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burroughs85
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I had archery in junior high school with recurve bows.
burroughs85
Posts: 168 Member
I always thought if I hunted with a bow, it would be with a recurve bow. To me, that looks like the most elegant bow style there is. At school, we had recurve bows for PE. I like the traditional quiver over the back as well. I saw bow hunting features in OL magazines as a boy. I once asked my grandfather about what he thought of bow hunting and he told me to go on, kid, get out of here. He must have discouraged me from giving it any more thought. He wouldn't dare put a scope on his hunting rifles he was so old-fashioned. He thought scopes were cheating. I must confess that I have only hunted deer and squirrel with a scoped rifle to date going against my gramps' wishes in that regard.
But I digress. A recurve bow looks much more elegant than a compound bow. Certainly bow hunting deer is more challenging than gun hunting deer. A bow is not as long range as a rifle or even a slug gun. A bow is not as easy to shoot accurately as a long gun. Archery does, however, give deer hunters more seasonal opportunities.
Now that I'm all of tripe, I'll shoot a question or two here, no pun intended, so I might learn something to gravitate toward having some venison instead of the "tripe".
Are there any recurve bow hunters here? If so, please share with this board any such recurve-bow hunting experiences.
But I digress. A recurve bow looks much more elegant than a compound bow. Certainly bow hunting deer is more challenging than gun hunting deer. A bow is not as long range as a rifle or even a slug gun. A bow is not as easy to shoot accurately as a long gun. Archery does, however, give deer hunters more seasonal opportunities.
Now that I'm all of tripe, I'll shoot a question or two here, no pun intended, so I might learn something to gravitate toward having some venison instead of the "tripe".
Are there any recurve bow hunters here? If so, please share with this board any such recurve-bow hunting experiences.
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Even if you put some kind of sighting system on a recurve or long bow, it will continue to be a much more instinctive shooting experience. A modern compound bow will drop up to 80% of its draw weight at full draw, so you can hold and aim more comfortably for longer. Comparatively, a recurve will be pull, briefly sight, and let 'er rip.
The cams on a compound will give you more speed and a flatter trajectory, no question. Estimating distance and how to compensate for it are critical with either, but more so with the old stuff.
Quiver on your back is cute, but impractical. That's where you keep the backpack necessary for dismantling and hauling out pieces of dead deer.
Find your local archery shop and talk to the pros.
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The whole quiver on your back, while a romantic notion, isn't all that practical...you have other stuff to be toting around...a bow mounted quiver that holds a half dozen arrows gets the job done...Just remove it from the bow when you get to your stand...
It took me all of 30 seconds to find that the internet is full of Traditional Archery stuff...
Go to a shop that deals with archery equipment...
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This archery thread perked my curiosity about the legality of CO2 / air powered arrow guns, cant really call them bows no limbs or a string? Check Benjamin,Umarex, advertising 450+ fps speeds and 130 ft lbs which is at or above any available compound bows or even cross bows. Unarex has a double barrel version 2 shots without reloading.
are these things legal hunting weapons? firearms or archery?
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