Out of curiosity, what is a no name recurve? Is it the Black Hunter out of China?
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Is this good enough?
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HaHa! I bought it on fleabay and the name brand is Wolfman. Any one else on the face of the earth ever hear of them?
I havent.HaHa! I bought it on fleabay and the name brand is Wolfman. Any one else on the face of the earth ever hear of them?
Generally speaking, yes. To stay in very general terms, with a compound effective terminal performance is in large part driven by draw weight and broadhead type. With a stick bow, the general measure to expect effective performance with nearly all fixed heads is 10 gpp of draw. From my personal experience with compound I could go as low as 400 grain TAW with a fixed head and expect pass throughs. With mechanicals that weight, for me, needed to go up to 450+ to expect pass throughs. With the stick bow, 10 gpp more times than not will achieve a pass through unless I hit the offside shoulder depending on the cutting diameter of the head. If you give up speed, you have to increase mass to achieve the same level of terminal performance everything else being equal.
No sir. Then again at one time nobody had heard of the Black Hunter. Now, who hasn't?HaHa! I bought it on fleabay and the name brand is Wolfman. Any one else on the face of the earth ever hear of them?
Interesting, so your saying that a 40# bow with 400 grain arrows should pass through a deer assuming a good shot placement.
Just asking because I have a light weight 46# @ 28”, long bow. So I should at least be shooting 460 grains for a chance at a pass through?
Thanks
No absolutes but if the arrow is well tuned and you arent shooting and overly wide head and avoid big bone, there is a reasonable likelihood of having 2 holes. Maybe not a full passthrough but 2 holes. Certainly plenty of penetration to kill deer. I wouldnt have any issues or concerns hunting with a 460 grain arrow and 46# bow. Put a cutthroat 2 blade or Ace standard on there and go kill stuff.
Yes. 35# is enough. With heavy well tuned arrows, good shot placement and limited range you can make 2 holes
Love it! What are you shooting for equipment? I'm having a bit of trouble finding the right arrows for my set up.Yes. 35# is enough. With heavy well tuned arrows, good shot placement and limited range you can make 2 holes
Samick sage. Was 35# then but 40# now. 28.5” draw length. GT 500 traditional carbon. 8.6 g/“. 4 fletch aae vanes. Rms cut throat 2 blade single bevel 200gr. 100gr brass insert.
That deer was a 7 yd shot from tree stand.
Of course I would advocate “as much as you can comfortably pull”. At the time, that was it for me. Better now. 40#. Wahooo! Its just that 35# was so much fun to shoot that i would usually grab the recurve when it was time to shoot instead of the compound
I tuned the arrows to the bow by cutting off 1/2” increments until they flew straight bare shaft.
These other dudes are way smarter than me. Just telling you what worked for me
Of course I would advocate “as much as you can comfortably pull”. At the time, that was it for me. Better now. 40#. Wahooo! Its just that 35# was so much fun to shoot that i would usually grab the recurve when it was time to shoot instead of the compound
I tuned the arrows to the bow by cutting off 1/2” increments until they flew straight bare shaft.
These other dudes are way smarter than me. Just telling you what worked for me
Perfect! I'm having a ton of fun playing with my set up but haven't hit the right combo with my arrows yet.
Update on my recurve adventure. Remembered yesterday that my brother bought a recurve a couple of years ago but since has gone to a cheat stick, ahem, I mean crossbow. lol. So, I did a road trip to camp with him yesterday and I told him I was gonna steal his recurve. To this he replied "go ahead, I ain't gonaa use it" so now I am the proud owner of a Sage Samick recurve. Funny thing is, both he and I thought it was a 45# bow and it turns out it is actually 40. Just what I was looking for. Hehe!
Must have meant to be. Enjoy it!!!
Yes sir. Haven't actually stolen it yet but he lives 300 yards down the road from me, so I'll be swinging by his place real soon.
Thats awesome! Id get some 30 or 35# limbs for it also. They are cheap. Use them for a while and then save them away for kids, wimmen, others new to trad, etc in the future.
I think yer gonna really enjoy shooting it
Absolutely good enough. I hunt with mine at 50#@28. Turns into 44@25 for me. I did what @Will Harris said. It was my trad learning bow. I started at 30 and worked up to 50. Great bow to start with and hunt with. Enjoy!