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recurve bow
JimmyJack
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I have hunted 20 plus years with a compound bow. I picked up a recurve the other day and and shot it a few times and it was a real pleasure to shoot. I deceided to buy a used Bear recurve to shoot. I am looking at a tackedown recurve that is 60" long and 60# draw weight. The price is right and I have always shot 80# draw weight compound bows at 65% let off. Is this to much bow to learn with?
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This might help you some.
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
Ben
1-Powder
2-Patch
3-Ball
4-Remove the Rod
5-Do Not Forget the Cap.
Hornet
Ken Beck, the manager of Black Widow is one heck of a guy. Contributes regularly to bowhunting causes, builds top drawer bows and is a hard-core veteran bowhunter himself.
Plus - a person simply cannot own too many great bows.
Jay
Plus - a person simply cannot own too many great bows.
Jay, it's very interesting that you say that. I have always believed that you should taylor bows for specific hunting. At the very least, if you bow hunt frequently, you should have a small game and a big game set-up. I find it interesting that many guys will own a gun for every possible shot on any animal between 1 and 2000 pounds, but only own one bow that they hunt everything with.
Ben
P.S. Welcome to the forum, please stick around.
huh. [:I][:D]
I am a perfect example for your statement Ben. I have guns, but
only one bow. Never thought about it before, but what you said
makes sense.
How many people on here hunt small game with there bows? I don't
that much and when I do I am mainly tinkering to have something to
do. My neighbor makes his own recurves from wood he cuts and now he
has been making his own broad heads. He's killed whitetail and Elk
with his own recurve, but hasn't tried any elk with his own broadhead.
That's a bit extreme for me, I don't think I would enjoy building
a bow to hunt with. How about you guys?
pacyew, welcome. hope to see you around more.
NRA Life Member ---"A pocket knife, a clean hankey, and a pistol... things I can use." - Ted Nugent
Now - you can get a feeling of going a little stale shooting the same old bow. It's boredom. Your concentration falls of and with it your results. In this case shooting a bit with another stick can be like hitting your shooting reset button.
Plus - to repeat - there's no such thing as too many nice bows.
A fellow can tailor a bow outfit to a specific, such as a lighter draw weight bow for a day-long gopher shoot or the heavy draw, super heavy arrow outfits used by some for the heaviest game.
But - by simply switching arrows and tips, a single recurve bow can be made to do for most everything. Most fellas find that through practice they can shoot a 50#-55# pretty easily. With that they can hunt any deer and still use if for a days shooting at small game or targets. When you change your use - changing your arrows does it all.
And I've found that with a .375 you don't have to actually hit the squirrel, just put it in the general vicinity.
Jay