Tell me about your wife’s bow.

[Tim0712]

My 4 year old has grown very interested in archery. To the point that I cannot go near my bow without him running for the door wich is awesome and I love and I got him a little cheapo youth bow so he can be included. My sons interest in it has also spike my wife’s curiosity in it. She’s never shot a bow aside from recurves way back in the high school days. She’s made a few comments about wanting to get into archery and I figured with Christmas and her birthday coming up what better way to spend money. So long story short here I’m looking for some opinions from guys who have a wife that shoots on a good starting point. She’s not gonna hunt this is strictly for back yard fun

 

[krub6b]

Compound or traditional? If it were my wife, I'd buy her a samick sage with 25# limbs, something she can fling arrows with all day with and thoughly enjoy, and as your kids get bigger they can start using it as well. You can also put heavier limbs on it if she gets bored with it and you want to take it hunting, or post it in the classifieds here and unload it pretty easily

 

[Tim0712]

I was thinking recurve basically for those reasons haha I’m gonna poke the bear a little more and see if I can get out of her what she would rather! I was also thinking if I got a cheap rth package like a bear or something that if she lost interest my kiddo could hunt with it but by the time he reaches the age that’ll be some old school technology lol

 

[DelaWhere_Arrow]

45# Samick Sage recurve. I shoot it more often but my wife has no interest in wheel bows.

 

[Micneador]

I bought my wife a black hunter longbow 25lbs @ 28" off of Amazon. Depending on how strong she is, you can get limbs in 5lb increments I think?
It's a fairly cheap option and they're good bows for the money.

 

[Tknapp]

I bought my wife a diamond. then after a few years of that she decided to go to a crossbow which has boosted her confidence and success rate. She now enjoys it more and is more eager to go out. Fortunately, we have an 8-month-old now, so she is going to take a few years off.

 

[Camelcluch]

Tons of options for bows. BUT (it’s big) I would let her be more involved and pick what she would like. Is it recurve or compound? Only she knows. She will pick her bow and be more happy to shoot. Good luck!

 

[Tknapp]

My 4 year old has grown very interested in archery. To the point that I cannot go near my bow without him running for the door wich is awesome and I love and I got him a little cheapo youth bow so he can be included. My sons interest in it has also spike my wife’s curiosity in it. She’s never shot a bow aside from recurves way back in the high school days. She’s made a few comments about wanting to get into archery and I figured with Christmas and her birthday coming up what better way to spend money. So long story short here I’m looking for some opinions from guys who have a wife that shoots on a good starting point. She’s not gonna hunt this is strictly for back yard fun

I also think that how dedicated/time for practice does she anticipate? Also, how is her strength? Does she WANT to put in the time to be confident and accurate with a recurve? does she have the stregth to pull back a compond and hold it then relase acurately? OR does she just want to be involved and carry a weapon since she is out there, so it makes sense to have an easy to be accurate with crossbow? These are far more important than which bow to buy.

 

[Camelcluch]

After thinking about it. After she decides on a bow, your best money would be on a few lessons with a good coach. At about $50 a lesson and 3 or 4 lesson is better than the most expensive bows.

 

[BowhunterXC]

@Tim0712
I would choose a youth model compound, which has a huge amount of adjustment for growth, in both draw length and draw weight. These bows are very accurate, smooth drawing and .....the biggest feature....allow for the most success with good accuracy for a beginning archer. You're going to want her to get good at shooting as soon as she lays her hands on the equipment. Getting discouraged will put her off of shooting a bow and it certainly won't help with hunting success.

Once she sees how easy it is to attain good accuracy and hit what you want, perhaps down the road (next year or the year after) she may take an interest in the challenge of traditional archery. You know her and her abilities better than we do, so it's your call. Traditional archery is more of a challenge than conventional (compound bow) archery and I wouldn't want to see anyone throw in the towel before getting a good start.

Also, there's the time factor. It takes less time to get good at shooting a compound than it does a recurve/longbow. If she's working, raising a son, etc., etc., life has its' own time eating events that can take away from available time spent with an archery interest.

 

[Takern]

I got my wife a Diamond edge for the adjustability a few years back. I think we ended up setting it at 40lbs. We would do shooting dates where we would throw the kid in a pack n play at the range. Might get the kid a bow in a year or so if she shows any interest in it and put our new twins in a pack and play when we move back to the states next summer. I’m also going to try and use her bow to switch from lefty to righty before I purchase a new bow for me. I found myself not being able to shoot the first and last few minutes of legal light….getting old sucks.

 

[Gator]

My ex had a Diamondback. Very adjustable in draw weight and length. She even shot a doe once with it

 

[Bjpowell0]

TBH Obsession bows have the best short draw versions. My wife started with a Mission Flare about 10 years ago. She shot a couple deer with it but barely had a passthrough and the bow was set to the shortest draw length available 25".

This year we finally replaced her Mission with an Obsession Nitro Ghost short draw set at 24". She is back in love with archery and hunting. She even wants to go shoot some bowhunter class IBO shoots now. I sat in the tree with her for the first time in probably 5 years, since the birth of our first son. During this sit she arrowed a double, first the doe came in to 15 yards and I had to coach her while waiting for a broadside/quartering away shot and 30 minutes later followed up with an 8 point buck. The buck was smaller (don't tell her) but this is from a local urban archery hunt here in West Virginia.

 

[The_Fit_Ness_Monster]

My wife is a natural with a recurve out to 20, she shoots 45# black hunter from Amazon. It’s a great bow for beginner and everyone I shoot it some days over my bear super grizzley. She also doesn’t really want to hunt but loves to shoot.

 

[Iron_llama]

I bought my wife a Browning compound. She shot it once - very well - and never again. I reminded her we have it and she said she wants to get back into it.

Take her to a bow shop and let her pick one out. Make a date out of it. My buddy brought his wife to Scheel's (and Starbucks and probably a few other places) and left with, IIRC, a Genesis. He had his eye on a completely different bow; as it turned out the one that he thought was great didn't fit her well.