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Originally Posted by Robinwho  I need some advice, I recently (6 months ago) took up archery (after a 40 year pause). All was bright and sunny on my Butt. Then a small but significant dark cloud intruded. In a moment of weakness, I invited my wife to come along and now she wants to take up the noble pursuit herself. This is slightly problematic in as much as she is not the tallest of people (topping the height scale at 4' 10", and having a (nominal) draw length of 21.5 inches. Getting to the point of this missive, I require advice as to a good starter set up for her. My conclusion is that she is probably best served by going to the dark side with something like a Browning compound which has a 10" variation in draw length, but as I shoot re-curve, (Hoyt Eclipse with 46lb FX limbs)I don't see why she should have all of the good toys (Telescopic sight, 65% load reduction at full draw, mechanical release and all of the other good stuff used to tempt us to this slippery path.
Can any one out there offer words of consolation and wisdom as to the best route to go!
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My wife was in the same boat last year,April, when we started,she is 4'11 1/2" 22in draw. She started with a recurve but then couldn't compete shooting ladies rounds because her arrows would only reach 30ish yards (20lb limbs) so could only shoot jnr rounds with our son who at 11yrs old is about the same size as his mum. So we bought a Hoyt Banshee 2nd hand 20-30lb compound with about 8in of draw length adjustment and she shot that for a few months to see if she liked it, she did and she could hit 80yds with it so we bought a new Hoyt Rintec 30-40lb. She shoots it at 30lb at the moment and she's doing great.A lot depends on how much poundage your wife can can shoot with and how heavy a bow she can cope with, for my wife it had to be light in the hand and lowish poundage.