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The best approach for getting to hunting

I got my 35 limbs today. It's harder, but I can pull, and anchor without shaking.

So I need to get the arrows. Ordered a cheap set off Amazon to practice with. All the spine charts are telling me 500, so that's what I got.

But, GCTerpfan when I get serious about hunting arrows, then it will probably be with bare shaft, a 500 and a 600 spine and my broadhead test kit. I use a 200 gr with my compound bow, I need to see what the trad bow likes. But I like heavier arrows anyway.

Scott F, GA has no bow poundage minimum and AL has 30 pounds. My issue is I like to hunt the Army post near me and they require 40 pounds minimum.

But I'm on my way!
 
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Check out these videos. One really important factor is to make sure you are drawing the bow with your back muscles and not shoulder pulling. Not just for the purpose of avoiding injuries but also because your muscles in your back will strengthen pretty quickly. If you have some of those rubber stretch bands, they work good too for stretching and building strength.

You want as little involvement as possible in your bicep and forearm muscles. I was amazed how much more weight I could comfortably pull just by doing it this way.

This is one area I want to make sure I'm doing right, but I can't tell if I am. So thanks for the video link and stretch band ideas.
 
This is another great video on back tension by Jimmy Blackmon. IMHO he has some of the better instructional videos on YouTube and he was IBO champion so he can certainly walk the walk.

His channel has some great videos for literally anyone interested in being a better shot with a single string bow.
 
This is another great video on back tension by Jimmy Blackmon. IMHO he has some of the better instructional videos on YouTube and he was IBO champion so he can certainly walk the walk.

His channel has some great videos for literally anyone interested in being a better shot with a single string bow.
This is exactly what you should be doing. Tom Clum teaches basically the same thing. You don’t draw straight back because doing so makes you use your bicep and tricep in different parts of your draw cycle. You should focus on that elbow path which will basically make you draw with your back. Start your draw with the hook that Tom Clum describes as the way you would hold a bucket by its handle at your side using only your fingertips. Your wrist should be angled inward slightly to create the hook. But that also helps you draw rotationally instead of straight back. The worse thing I did when starting out was trying to draw back while keeping the arrow pointed at the target. Let it point off to the left if you’re a righty and draw rotationally until it comes back to the target at full draw if that makes sense.
 
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