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New to Trad bow stuff. Help a noob!

If just getting into it get a 35 pound-ish recurve. Heavier bows will lead to bad & inconsistent form. Myself & a lot of others have been trying to overcome bad habits caused by heavy bow weights for years. An ILF riser is ideal since you can purchase heavier limbs later. Myself & all the trad shooters I shoot with hunt with 40-50 lb bows & shoot through most deer. A heavy arrow & sharp cu on contact heads are key.

Check out Clay Hayes, Jimmy Blackmon, Dewayne Martin & everything by The Push Archery guys. If you got the money get their subscription with Tom Clum’s lessons.

Good luck & enjoy the ride.

God Bless.
 
I hunt with a CD Archery WF19 & it’s very quiet. Just starting out & learning form it won’t matter if it is loud. By starting now you’ll be ready for next fall & if it’s loud there are things to quiet them down like Velcro under the limbs. In my option you need to shoot a trad bow almost everyday so it’s a big commitment.

God Bless.
 
I hunt with a CD Archery WF19 & it’s very quiet. Just starting out & learning form it won’t matter if it is loud. By starting now you’ll be ready for next fall & if it’s loud there are things to quiet them down like Velcro under the limbs. In my option you need to shoot a trad bow almost everyday so it’s a big commitment.

God Bless.
Yes.
But practice does not make perfect...PERFECT practice makes perfect. As you said 2 posts ago, start out with light limbs so you don't develop bad habits. For years, I paid the price of starting out with limbs too heavy for me.

And for me, there is a threshold to the right amount of practice shooting that I should do. Too little ain't enough, but if I try to shoot on a daily basis, that ain't good for me either. I need to give my mind a break and not try to shoot too much.
 
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