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What age to start using a bow
Posted on 11/1/19 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 11/1/19 at 12:13 pm
What age would you consider to start teaching your kids how to use a bow in the backyard? Thinking about setting some targets and letting them have a go at it.
Posted on 11/1/19 at 12:18 pm to TigerGrad2011
i was shooting a long bow as early as i can remember. I just started bow hunting recently and im shooting as good or better than people i know who have bow hunted for years. I think it goes to when i shot as a kid. So i vote as early as you want.
Posted on 11/1/19 at 12:20 pm to TigerGrad2011
tough call, kids mature so differently
off hand, for me its when you feel comfortable he wont have an accidental release
off hand, for me its when you feel comfortable he wont have an accidental release
Posted on 11/1/19 at 12:42 pm to TigerGrad2011
I started shooting when I was 6 or 7. Dad never let me use sights until i was 15 or so. I can pick up a bow and shoot pretty decent even without practice.
ETA: I for a few months before season. I don't go hunting without shooting.
ETA: I for a few months before season. I don't go hunting without shooting.
This post was edited on 11/1/19 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 11/1/19 at 1:13 pm to TigerGrad2011
I bought my kids just small not quite toy bows but close when they were pretty young.
I bought my son a nice compound bow when he was 11. It's a Diamond Infinity Edge bow.
Adjustable draw and draw length. Very good bow.
I bought my son a nice compound bow when he was 11. It's a Diamond Infinity Edge bow.
Adjustable draw and draw length. Very good bow.
Posted on 11/1/19 at 2:10 pm to TigerGrad2011
Mine was shooting cheap long bows in the yard since he was 5. He never would stick with it for long but it did teach him the basics.
He killed his first with a bow a couple weeks ago. He turns 11 this month.
I got him an "infinite edge pro" last Christmas.
I don't think he could have started any earlier. I'm sure every kid is different though. Get him a bow and start shooting, when you think he is good enough to hunt you will know.
Great tip above, get good arrows even for the cheap bow.
He killed his first with a bow a couple weeks ago. He turns 11 this month.
I got him an "infinite edge pro" last Christmas.
I don't think he could have started any earlier. I'm sure every kid is different though. Get him a bow and start shooting, when you think he is good enough to hunt you will know.
Great tip above, get good arrows even for the cheap bow.
This post was edited on 11/1/19 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 11/2/19 at 1:54 pm to duckdude
What do y'all recommend as a "good arrow?"
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