Best Youth & Kids Archery Sets

The Bear Titan is the classic first bow for a kid who's outgrown a toy — a 60-inch youth recurve set, ambidextrous, with a continuous draw up to about 29 pounds and composite limbs that take real practice. It ships as a set with the essentials to start, aimed at ages 12 to 16, for fifty-five dollars. It's a genuine recurve, not a compound (Bear's youth compound is the separate Brave), so it teaches proper form from day one.

In the box

Complete-kit

Price

$54.99

The Genesis Original is the most-shot beginner bow in America, and for one clever reason: zero let-off and a single cam mean one bow fits any draw length from 15 to 30 inches, so a school can hand it to any kid without modules or a bow press. The kit ships complete — bow, arrows, and the essentials — in a dozen colors, right or left hand. It's not a hunting bow and it's not fast, but as a first bow that genuinely fits everyone, nothing else comes close.

In the box

Complete-kit

Weight

3.5 lb

Price

$229.99