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Compound-to-traditional switch
- Thread starter Deertick
- Start date
archery bum
New member
- Sep 28, 2013
- 159
First bow was compound then bought a black widow recurve 60\" hunted with that for a little over 2 years. Shot a couple of doe and a small buck with it. Then had a decent buck out about 40 yards and my effective range was about 30 yards so I just sat there and watched him. Went back to compound after that. Love too target shoot with it in the yard every now and then.
Absolutely!
I\'ve had a recurve since I was a kid. They are fun to shoot and not long distance range is needed.
Good form is paramount.
I would look into the PSE takedown line. It won\'t break the budget and nice bows.
Start with something about 45lb.
You can get stronger limbs when you decide to hunt if needed.
I\'ve had a recurve since I was a kid. They are fun to shoot and not long distance range is needed.
Good form is paramount.
I would look into the PSE takedown line. It won\'t break the budget and nice bows.
Start with something about 45lb.
You can get stronger limbs when you decide to hunt if needed.
I have tried the recurve. I can shoot ok at 20yds. I have taken it hunting a few times but no kills yet. maybe this year I will comit to it early in the season and try to get a WT doe before the bucks start moveing. I just don\'t feel confident with it yet an would hate to wound one.
Don\'t \"over bow\" yourself. Going from a compound bow to a traditional bow , in my opinion, is not a pound for pound exchange.
If you get a bow too heavy for you, the problems you develop with bad form will defeat you before your started.
I have killed a couple of moose, black bear and several whitetails with a selfbow in the low 50\'s for poundage.
The used bow marketplace is a great place to get a good bow for little money.
Get close, use scary sharp, cut on contact broadheads, take only high percentage shots. It\'s a fun place to be.
If you get a bow too heavy for you, the problems you develop with bad form will defeat you before your started.
I have killed a couple of moose, black bear and several whitetails with a selfbow in the low 50\'s for poundage.
The used bow marketplace is a great place to get a good bow for little money.
Get close, use scary sharp, cut on contact broadheads, take only high percentage shots. It\'s a fun place to be.
elky McElkerson
New member
- Mar 13, 2014
- 2,038
i\'m thinking of getting a compound and shooting it with no sights and with fingers.
baby steps! get a relatively inexpensive Mission Blaze or something.
baby steps! get a relatively inexpensive Mission Blaze or something.
John
Next weekend when you come down for a visit, I will show you some stuff.
I have an old Bear Super Grizzly 40# that could make the trip back to Laramie if you want.
It was given to me over 40 years ago, and still shoots good.
To answer your questions:
Yes, you will need a glove or tab.
Yes you will need arrows that are tuned for the bow.
But like I said, I have all the goodies for you to try if you want.
Next weekend when you come down for a visit, I will show you some stuff.
I have an old Bear Super Grizzly 40# that could make the trip back to Laramie if you want.
It was given to me over 40 years ago, and still shoots good.
To answer your questions:
Yes, you will need a glove or tab.
Yes you will need arrows that are tuned for the bow.
But like I said, I have all the goodies for you to try if you want.
Bob Frapples
Member
- Mar 10, 2014
- 367
In no time you\'ll be showing this guy a thing or two!
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Bob Frapples
Member
- Mar 10, 2014
- 367
I don\'t know on the poundage, but I noticed his back muscles in one video.
It makes you rethink the olden days for sure. No telling how Many bow shooting Bob Mundens and Jerry Miculek\'s have lived in the past that are lost to history.
It makes you rethink the olden days for sure. No telling how Many bow shooting Bob Mundens and Jerry Miculek\'s have lived in the past that are lost to history.
Lancaster archery get yourself a samick sage like 130 bucks, get 40lber. That\'s all you need to start, ask for john whert in the trad section he will get you hooked up.
I started with that sold it 6 months later after I learned to shot, actually killed a spring turkey with it, 2 buddies I turned on to trad killed nice bucks with them.
It\'s a good looking bow, but point is it\'s the great starter bow, and you can hunt with it, learn to shot, then upgrade.
But 40lbs at 28 is a good place to start.
What\'s ur draw length on a compound.
I started with that sold it 6 months later after I learned to shot, actually killed a spring turkey with it, 2 buddies I turned on to trad killed nice bucks with them.
It\'s a good looking bow, but point is it\'s the great starter bow, and you can hunt with it, learn to shot, then upgrade.
But 40lbs at 28 is a good place to start.
What\'s ur draw length on a compound.
I would get goldtip 15/35 trad wood grain arrows and leave them full length to start with. 100 or 125 grain points. Get a darcums glove and pick up Rick Welches accuracy factory video, you will be shooting great in no time.
All that can be had for under 200 bucks at lancaster.
All that can be had for under 200 bucks at lancaster.
If you lots of spare time trad is the way to go.
It takes much more time and practice, it\'s more of a hobby than a compound.
I shoot both. Love it.
But I find that I grab my recurve before the compound.
The compound is like shooting a rifle compared to a recurve :crazy:
It takes much more time and practice, it\'s more of a hobby than a compound.
I shoot both. Love it.
But I find that I grab my recurve before the compound.
The compound is like shooting a rifle compared to a recurve :crazy:
