I am toying with the ideal of getting a traditional setup (preferably on the cheap). Also this forum is kinda dead during the off season, so lets hash out the good, the bad, of bows, and all other equipment.
Your in luck. If your interested in getting into traditional archery, you have to make it to the OJAM. Its from March 19-22. Your won't be dissapointed. Its put on south of Stillwater and it free to attend.
I shoot a new model Bear Super Kodiak (50#) with a flemish twist fast-flite string, beaver balls and leather glove 3 fingers under. Like all my guns, it shoots way better than I am capable of making it shoot.
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Martin makes some good bows at a reasonable price, the X-200 is pretty good bow for the money, the grip on them is too big for me but they are a good bow if they fit you.
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Martin makes some good bows at a reasonable price, the X-200 is pretty good bow for the money, the grip on them is too big for me but they are a good bow if they fit you.
Growing up I had a Bear that was set up to bow fish. I sure had a lot of fun with that set up. During my college years I left it at a friends house and he moved and we lost contact--no more bow.
I have thought about getting another traditional bow because like a lot of things I have been enjoying the simplier things lately.
I have thought about getting another traditional bow because like a lot of things I have been enjoying the simplier things lately.
I just bought Martin X200 from Sportsman - beautiful bow. I need a lot of practice, but I'm planning to do mostly archery through hunting season this year.
I would really like to have someone help me with basics of traditional shooting - I am very inconsistent
I would really like to have someone help me with basics of traditional shooting - I am very inconsistent
Oh man...I just bought a Bowtech Sniper compound, now the mention of a traditional recurve makes me want to whip out the credit card again!
Hey! It's good to see a few recurve shooters on here. I myself have shot them since I was old enough to string one. I sold my compound bow, and now all I have is 3 recurves. I plan on hunting with my recurve this next season if I get some time. Cap'n
I was thinking about getting back into archery, and thinking about a recurve this time. I stumbled on a forum that is devoted to traditional archery, but has a lot of stuff on modern recurves with metal handles - - lots of adapting olympic target shooting ideas to hunting. They have a guy who takes handles from old compounds and converts them recurves using olympic archery limbs, too. Anyway, lots of interesting stuff at tradtalk.com
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well I traded okiewhitetail for his pearson predator recurve. It's a nice bow and I finally got out to shoot it a little bit today. I just rounded up some old arrows that I had laying around and took my block target out to the back yard. Besides the fact that all of the arrows shoot differently I can put them all in the block fairly consistently from 8 to 15 yards. I backed up to about 25 and put the better flying arrows into the target several times each(the ones that don't fly so well were put into the privacy fence lol). It's a blast to shoot. I gotta get an arm guard and some arrows. Shot until my form started suffering from fatigue, not having 70% let off is a little bit of a change.
If there is anyone in the Wford area that is into trad archery and would be willing to get together and shoot sometime I would love to pick up some tips. There is a 3d archery shoot here in town but I work every weekend that it is held.
If there is anyone in the Wford area that is into trad archery and would be willing to get together and shoot sometime I would love to pick up some tips. There is a 3d archery shoot here in town but I work every weekend that it is held.
