Trad guys.

[swampsnyper]

I might take you up on this. Can you set it up even though I cannot draw it back? Or would it be better after I can? Not sure when I will be able to draw it back since this surgery. I figured this one would be a marathon not a dash


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No it needs to be tuned for you, set up like you want to hunt with it. Shooting with a quiver full of arrows can make a difference. Different string silencers can make a difference. Changes in your form can make a difference.
I can get you a string on it and some silencers. Find a close enough arrow and let you just start shooting and develop your form. Once you get consistent form, then you will be ready to tune.
I didn’t read all the post above. I didn’t know you wasn’t shooting. It would be a waste of time to try and tune an arrow if you hadn’t developed your form.

 

[kbetts]

Sub 50# bow....I’d go two blade. You can use a three blade but it won’t be as efficient with the lighter weight.

Google the brace height.....that’s definitely going to affect arrow flight. Nock should start about 1/8” high. Don’t be concerned if it tunes at a high nock point. Any carbon will have to be a 500 but a number of aluminums will work.

I disagree that you don’t tune until you have form. You need a tuned bow and proper arrow to take the guess work out of the rest. Before I knew better, I almost quit for that reason.

 

[swampsnyper]

Sub 50# bow....I’d go two blade. You can use a three blade but it won’t be as efficient with the lighter weight.

Google the brace height.....that’s definitely going to affect arrow flight. Nock should start about 1/8” high. Don’t be concerned if it tunes at a high nock point. Any carbon will have to be a 500 but a number of aluminums will work.

I disagree that you don’t tune until you have form. You need a tuned bow and proper arrow to take the guess work out of the rest. Before I knew better, I almost quit for that reason.

You can get it close but how can you get an arrow to fly the same of you don’t shoot the same. If you don’t draw the same everytime, it won’t act the same, etc.

 

[kbetts]

If your arrow doesn’t fly straight......form won’t matter. There is usually a pretty decent sized window of what will work and what won’t. For me, the key was tuned arrows. Once I saw they would all go to the same spot, it was so much easier to concentrate on what I may be doing wrong.

 

[ThomasHemlock]

Man, I think everyone has pretty much covered it in the previous responses. My only advice is to practice shooting from deer hunting height, in the saddle, if you don't already.

 

[ThomasHemlock]

AND... join us over in the "Tradbow Daily Challenge" thread.

 

[ImThere]

Thanks for all the replies. I figured it would be a journey. That’s why I poised the question so early.
Right now I have zero use of my left arm. I’m excited to get back at it.
I have been shooting this bow for 30 years. I think when I can draw it back I can get back quickly


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[ImThere]

Here she is, old lady! Lol

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[ImThere]

I have another trad bow around here somewhere I need to dig out also.


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[Allegheny Tom]

Here she is, old lady! Lol

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Nice.
It needs a side plate though.
Some guys put a little tooth pick or something similar under the side plate directly above the push point of the handle. That little trick helps cut down on torque effect.

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[ImThere]

Nice.
It needs a side plate though.
Some guys put a little tooth pick or something similar under the side plate directly above the push point of the handle. That little trick helps cut down on torque effect.

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Can you explain this to me or link me to a picture to explain it?


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[arrow30]

look here, about 6:30 mark.

 

[Camacho]

Old thread, but I just have to add that in addition to all the great advice above, the authoritative source for the answers you are seeking is Dr. Ed Ashby’s studies on terminal arrow performance. All scientific and done with Trad gear on live tissue.

Nice roll ups available on YouTube:

Ashby Reports

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Or you can read the full reports which you can find online.

Wish I’d read them years ago. . .

Bottom line: High FOC, high overall mass, sharp 2 blade broadhead, good tune and arrow flight. You can get full pass through on deer with that weight.

Good Luck!