Post by: lucky33 on February 26, 2013, 08:26:32 AM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 26, 2013, 02:04:29 PM
Post by: npaull on February 26, 2013, 02:09:23 PM
In terms of gear - start lighter than you think. If you're shooting 70 lbs compound I wouldn't break 50 with trad gear - and that's more than powerful enough. 50# is plenty for any big game in North America, honestly, if your broadheads are sharp and you choose your shots wisely. Anything heavier and you'll have trouble with accuracy. I currently shoot 55# longbow, (I am a big-framed, strong guy) and wouldn't dream of going heavier. Sometimes I think about going lighter, in fact.
As far as bows, it's really up to you recurve or longbow. There are advantages to both. Recurve will feel more familiar to you, at least at the get-go, and if it's a takedown you can get interchangeable limbs, which can be nice. You will probably find your draw length to be a tiny bit shorter with a trad bow but maybe not.
Best of luck and have fun!
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 26, 2013, 02:14:43 PM
Post by: Noiro on February 26, 2013, 02:14:47 PM
I used Osage, yew, hickory and pecan in the two bows I made a Jay's.
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Post by: lucky33 on February 26, 2013, 03:47:59 PM
lucky- you'll love trad gear. I think it's probably fair to say that most people never go back after switching. I certainly love hunting with my longbow way more than I did with a compound.Thats what I was feeling, I grew up shooting fiberglass recurves and it was a blast. Any advise on arrow weights/point weights for a short draw? I must also add Ive had many surgeries the last few months on my left arm and now have some loss of feeling making a traditonal setup much easier to shoot.
In terms of gear - start lighter than you think. If you're shooting 70 lbs compound I wouldn't break 50 with trad gear - and that's more than powerful enough. 50# is plenty for any big game in North America, honestly, if your broadheads are sharp and you choose your shots wisely. Anything heavier and you'll have trouble with accuracy. I currently shoot 55# longbow, (I am a big-framed, strong guy) and wouldn't dream of going heavier. Sometimes I think about going lighter, in fact.
As far as bows, it's really up to you recurve or longbow. There are advantages to both. Recurve will feel more familiar to you, at least at the get-go, and if it's a takedown you can get interchangeable limbs, which can be nice. You will probably find your draw length to be a tiny bit shorter with a trad bow but maybe not.
Best of luck and have fun!
Post by: npaull on February 26, 2013, 04:33:36 PM
Post by: lucky33 on February 27, 2013, 02:26:56 PM
Post by: SGTDuffman on March 04, 2013, 04:33:20 PM
As far as bow types, typically longbows will be a bit quieter, but are usually longer and can be harder to properly tune, unless you find one cut past center. Recurves for their part generally shoot a bit faster pound for pound than a longbow and are usually shorter, though also usually louder because of the string contacting the ends of the limbs. I've got a recurve and am starting to get the itch for a long bow. Even though the recurve is fun, and much more difficult to shoot well than my compound, it still kind of seems like cheating some how. Like it's not traditional enough or something. Maybe that's because I bought Quinn Stallion and it has an aluminum riser. I've been giving Falco Bows the stink eye. Also toyed with the idea of getting a Bear Montana before getting the Quinn, but the ability to change limbs won me over. There were also some reviews around that time of people having the Bear limbs delaminate on them, so that didn't help. I think that was probably a fairly isolated thing though. I haven't heard much about since then and people seem to love those bows. It was just the wrong place wrong time for me while I was looking at them. Though I'm looking at them again, for whatever that's worth.