[Yosemitest]

Thanks. I haven't used a bow since I was a teenager, and I think he could handle 45-55 lbs, but I don't know where that is in range of today's technology and limits.
Any particular brand you recommend, or it does it matter?

[varmintman]

It's nearly impossible to buy a compound bow for somebody other than yourself. The most critical thing is draw length, which absolutely has to be right. Once you had an idea of draw length and poundage, you could look for a bow on ebay.

The big innovation in archery over the past ten years or so has been the High Country carbon arrows.