[Spaventa]

Ive been up working on mine. Just wondered if anyone else on here is into bows and arrows? I have a couple of bows, Hoyt compounds. I'm bit of a fan boy. Im into 3D, Field and outdoor target.
What do you do? what do you shoot?

[MJPassion]

I've gotta work on my form if I'm to shoot well as I'm only a beginner archer.

My gear consists of 2 custom long bows, built by Bama Bows. 1 Bamboo "Hunter" model with a 40lb pull @ 29inches & 1 Zebra wood "Elite" model with a 55lb pull @ 29inches.
I chose the traditional style bows because I can build strings myself & string the bow without any special tools. Also, at my age, I didn't think the training wheels were necessary. (poke) Hehe

Damn I need to skin my wrist up!

[Spaventa]

Originally Posted by MJPassion

I've gotta work on my form if I'm to shoot well as I'm only a beginner archer.

My gear consists of 2 custom long bows, built by Bama Bows. 1 Bamboo "Hunter" model with a 40lb pull @ 29inches & 1 Zebra wood "Elite" model with a 55lb pull @ 29inches.
I chose the traditional style bows because I can build strings myself & string the bow without any special tools. Also, at my age, I didn't think the training wheels were necessary. (poke) Hehe

Damn I need to skin my wrist up!

Im not the only one then I get all of your reasons for shooting trad bows - Ive been eyeing Mongolian, Siberian and Persian horse bows for some time.
Im not about to saddle up but I do want to learn the techniques for fast repeat shooting at moving targets. The compounds are amazingly accurate at long ranges but no fun under 50 yards for me.

[Bush Dr]

Originally Posted by Spaventa

The compounds are amazingly accurate at long ranges but no fun under 50 yards for me.

Try taking the sight off and fit a 12" stabiliser

[MJPassion]

My accuracy is ok...
I wouldn't use my skills for hunting as they're not well developed yet. Hehe

Shooting at a box is kinda boring but a must do. Every once in a while I'll go chase chipmunks through the woods. (Aim small, shoot small) It's more of an exercize, for me, in getting used to carrying this 66inch long beast through the woods.

Oh yeah... I forgot to mention that the 55lber is also a two piece bow. Man is she a beauty!

[Spaventa]

Bush Dr - bare bow compound might indeed be fun. i run a 27" stab on my carbon as it goes. not sure if stabs are allowed on bare bow.

Anyway guys, I had a great result today. I managed to buy what i thin is the last Timberline No-peep.




Its the 3rd gen one brand new from a shop in MO, U.S.A. Lovely lady that end shipped it to me for pocket money too. Its lie an "Anchor sight" by Archery Innovations but rather than a nasty red crosshair on white background, it has a black dot on green, lie the Retina loc on IQ sights. I wanted it because I had an IQ and got really used to the retina loc. Now i have an Axcel carbon pro and this Timberline is ideal to use with it. I rejected the whole concept of string mounted peep sights as soon as it was explained and shown to me. A RIDICULOUS brain fart that somehow caught on imo.

Olympic recurve archers prove quite conclusively, with no peep, its the indian, not the bow.

Oh anf i thin the saying is "Aim small, miss small"

Edit - I did used to thin about bowhunting and got all set to go on a trip to Northern Spain to arrow a Ibex. I built hunting arrows, bought heads and a target for them and got pretty good with fixed blades at 40 yards. Then I joined Archerytal and it put me off the whole deal. Deer don't die easy. They can tae an arrow in the heart and run till you can't find them. You can double lung them with a two inch head that passes through and they still put a mile between you and them before they drop. Also, deer are smart. You only have a chance if you hide in a tree all day and night and don't move, or fart or nothing. You may still see no deer. From everything I heard, Its 49 percent waiting for it, 2 percent shooting it and 49 percent looking for it.
Its considered unethical to headshot them but if I was going to shoot a deer, that the way i would go. I have more confidence to hit it in the brain at close range than finding it after it runs with arrow in its engine room. I now some guys say all their lunged deer drop within sight but I thin thats bullshit frankly, its lic when it happens because you hit a big artery. These days I could hit a golf ball consistently at 30 yards so that would be my max distance but I have no immediate pans to do it.

[Bush Dr]

I didn't mean bare bow but bowhunter, look it up on the NFAA website, 12" stabiliser, fixed anchor point, finger release

Well done not going bow hunting if you didn't feel confident or comfortable with it, I used to hunt deer around Lassen, donate the meat to local Hunt for The Hungry group

If you can't hit a golf ball at 30 yds every time, don't think about it

[Spaventa]

Maxed my limbolts last night. went to check the weight with my scale and i couldn't draw the bastard lol

Surprising how a few months of not shooting and you lose it. Had shoulder op last year and been shooting the bow backed off. Needs to stay based off for a bit

[MJPassion]

Why I got both 40 & 55 lb bows. Hehe

Good luck w that shoulder.

[bigganjabud]

I got an armex 175lb draw crossbow