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About a trad bow...

Mr Price said:
Most recurves are measured at 28". The poundage is determined at that draw length since it's standard. If your actually 29" you can expect another 3-5 lbs added to the weight. And if shorter you will deduct. This don't necessarily mean he wants a 28" draw. But he may. Just clarifying that for anyone that doesn't know
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My point was for him to make sure he knows his draw length before deciding what bow length will work best for him.
If I understood him correctly, his main concern is about limb clearance (post #15). Guys with super long draws may prefer a longer bow to avoid stacking. Guys with very short draws may want a shorter bow to maximize limb mechanics.

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If you find yourself fully consumed in a few years, and are looking for a dynamite short bow, the 2-piece Wengerd Tahr hybrid longbow is an amazing bow. I believe it's 56". Performs amazing.
 
mnol4 said:
If you find yourself fully consumed in a few years, and are looking for a dynamite short bow, the 2-piece Wengerd Tahr hybrid longbow is an amazing bow. I believe it's 56". Performs amazing.
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That's crazy talk! Who could possibly get addicted to trad bows?! (asked the trad junkie). LOL
Saddles and trad bows...it's like a cross-addiction.
 
Arkhunter18 said:
Any thoughts on the Navajo bows??
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There's lot of good bow out there, some not so great. I don't know anything about Navajo bows but suggest you attend a traditional bow shoot and shoot a bunch of bow. New bow and used bows, shoot 'em all. You never know what will gel with you. I've shot some big name top quality bows that, as good as they might, just didn't fit me or feel right. Some just feel right when you pick them up and shoot where you're lookin.:cool:
 
If your looking for a shorter bow check out the Big Jim Thinderchild. It’s a short hybrid longbow that is amazingly smooth and quick as a cat. May be more pricey than your looking for but great nonetheless. Bodnik slickstick good little bow also. Like some have said try as many as you can you’ll know when the one that wants you shows uo
 
Starting out I’d get a samick sage or journey if you can still find it. I’d start at 40 pounds and learn proper form and backtension.

I started out with the journey back in 2015 and have killed two big mature bucks, a doe and two turkeys with it at 43 pounds. All with a $125 bow. It’s all you need starting out with traditional.

I’ve since bought a higher dollar bow but I can assure you it doesn’t shoot all that much better than the samick.
 
I am pretty partial to a one piece bow. Nothing against takedowns, they’ve got their pros especially being able to swap out limbs starting out. If that’s your thing. I came across Old Mountain bows online and bought one last year just to have as a “beater” bow. It was their Neo model, very short recurve, I think I paid around $150. I haven’t been able to find it for sale again so they may have DC’d it.

Either way check them out, they’ve got good stuff from my experience with them.
 
I have a 54 inch Toelke Pika 56@28. It’s just as accurate as my 58 inch 51@29 Blackwidow PCH and much lighter. I killed two turkeys with it this spring. It seriously is just as easy to shoot as the Blackwidow. Smooth, Quiet and fast. My draw is just shy of 28 inches but I think you’d be fine out to 29 inches even with the 54 inch but he has a 56 inch model as well. I killed several deer from the saddle last year with a 58 inch Black Widow and a 58 inch Border Covert super recurve. I feel like a long bow gives you more clearance than a recurved limb especially in the odd angles you might encounter in the saddle while trying to shoot. The regular recurve limbs aren’t so bad but the super recurve is especially apt to hit your leg or pack or tree and mess up the shot. A 54 inch longbow should be the ultimate saddle tradbow. I’ll let you know this fall.
 
I have just started shooting trad and am shooting well for only six months shooting.
I bought a Chinese Black Hunter with two sets of limbs for $200 #30 and #35. I am shooting #35 and can't tell any difference from the #30.
I belong to Lee County Archers in FL. And half of the 250 members are trad shooters over 60. They shoot all over the country.
The President of the club shot a Black Hunter at The Tennessee trad shoot a couple months ago and shot very well.
Most of the guys I shoot with have Black Widows and their very surprised at how well the Black Hunter shoots
I just ordered another one #45 before I came to work three weeks ago. It was $98 free shipping.
I can't say enough good about this bow for the money.
I wouldn't start with a bow over #35 till you develop your form.
On my compound bow my draw length is 28" shooting trad it's 26" just the way you anchor you will lose draw length.
Also just bought Chinese link boy 600 and 500 arrows for these two bows.
32" arrows with 4" feathers off eBay $31.99 a dozen.
These are the same arrows that the President of the club shot at the meet. I shot his and they shot as good or better than my Gold Tip 600 arrows.
We did a search at the club and all the major arrow companies have theirs built overseas.
So for my new #45 bow and 1 dozen arrows it's $129.99
I have also shot the Samick Sage but wouldn't trade for my Black Hunter's.
This is only my opinion as I'm very new to Trad but the guys I'm shooting with have tons of experience they shoot every day.
There are four of these bows at the club. They make them in recurve or long bow all four are longbows with 15" risers and with the limbs their 60" bows.
Well I have to eat crow. I went on AT classified last night and ended up with an old Black Widow MA3 so much for the hoopla about cheap Chinese bows. I'll shoot it against my Chinese ones and will sell whatever I don't like the most. The one I bought is 64" #50@29" draw and I draw at 26" so that should put me at #43 about. Any input on this bow would be appreciated because it was an itichy finger impulse buy.
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Had my first now a little over a year, $200 Samick Sage 68 inch one piece longbow. Took a long time to nail down my form, tab vs. finger, anchor point, arrows and tune, etc. At at a point where I have it where I want, feeling good that I will be ready for this fall deer season, good out to 25 yards, but I am glad I went with the longer bow. Have a solid 2-3 months now to just "practice". Maybe another year and if I am still really into trad (can't imagine I wont be, especially if I am able to harvest my first deer with it this year) it will be time to think about a higher end model. I have been reading and viewing a lot of Big Jim's bows, that just may be my next investment.
 
Hoyt satori riser, get ILF limbs you can comfortably shoot, I shot the **** out of my sage for a year before I upgraded, but this thing is awesome.

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