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Traditional Bow Hunting
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:04 pm
What's up fellas? New here, but have lurked for awhile.
Anyway, wanted to know what your traditional bow setup is. Recurve? Long bow? Put down the compound for awhile and started shooting a recurve not long ago and it's quite addicting. Also, any tips for beginner traditional bow shooters?
Anyway, wanted to know what your traditional bow setup is. Recurve? Long bow? Put down the compound for awhile and started shooting a recurve not long ago and it's quite addicting. Also, any tips for beginner traditional bow shooters?
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:08 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
I've got no tips for you but...welcome to the OB.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:15 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
I tried it for a season but didn't shoot at anything.
The season after that I wussed out and didn't feel like putting in that much practice time to shoot well enough to hunt with one.
They are much funner to shoot, but require time and discipline.
The season after that I wussed out and didn't feel like putting in that much practice time to shoot well enough to hunt with one.
They are much funner to shoot, but require time and discipline.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:21 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
I haven't hunted with my longbow this year at all. Just made me realize that. But I shoot a Falco 66" 50# I love it. Never killed anything with it though. Missed a doe 2 years ago. It's fun.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:26 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
Will go to this if I ever find the right bow only club.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 4:58 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
Welcome.....
I have a 50# Howatt Recurve with a rug rest/shelf using bare finger release. I shoot "instinctively", which means I wing it and hope I am close. A few years back I got good enough to consistently hit a 4" bulls-eye at 25 paces so I tried hunting a couple times. I did not kill a deer with it, but I intimidated the hell out of one.
I have not hunted with it in years and now only use to shoot (at) garfish off the dock at night.
Have you shot fletchless arrows to select the spine, and adjust brace height and knock position? When I was setting mine up that was supposedly the key to perfecting arrow flight. Fletch the arrows after flight is good. I went to the bowshop in pearl river.
I have a 50# Howatt Recurve with a rug rest/shelf using bare finger release. I shoot "instinctively", which means I wing it and hope I am close. A few years back I got good enough to consistently hit a 4" bulls-eye at 25 paces so I tried hunting a couple times. I did not kill a deer with it, but I intimidated the hell out of one.
I have not hunted with it in years and now only use to shoot (at) garfish off the dock at night.
Have you shot fletchless arrows to select the spine, and adjust brace height and knock position? When I was setting mine up that was supposedly the key to perfecting arrow flight. Fletch the arrows after flight is good. I went to the bowshop in pearl river.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 5:41 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
Started messing around with my compound a couple of years ago after a friend who shoots natural with no sights talked me into it.
After a couple of weeks of shooting everyday you begin to see how your bow shoots at what aiming point with your eye.
I've shot a few split tail deer at about 30-40 yds and it's built my confidence. Target practice I can hit a 6 inch group out to about 50 yards. Wouldn't shoot at a buck that far but it's a cool new way to hunt.
After a couple of weeks of shooting everyday you begin to see how your bow shoots at what aiming point with your eye.
I've shot a few split tail deer at about 30-40 yds and it's built my confidence. Target practice I can hit a 6 inch group out to about 50 yards. Wouldn't shoot at a buck that far but it's a cool new way to hunt.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 6:05 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
My only tip is for females only but welcome to the OB.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 6:08 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
My first experience with a recurve was bow fishing in the marsh for reds and it was a blast. I can only imagine how it would be hunting for deer.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 12:31 pm to Berry McCaulkiner
Vintage Bear Grizzly @ 45 lbs. no deer hunting yet, however, it is great fun for targets. I shoot instintive with no sights.
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