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Vintage recurve on the way! Edit: cracked, new thread made/close this one please

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TradBowGuy said:
Have you ever shot a trad bow regularly before, or is this your first one?
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First one, been shooting compound for 4 years, shot some "kidtrad" with some random fiberglass youth bow as a child like 30 years ago.

Edit::thanks for calling attention to the update, will definitely follow your advice and looking forward to learning more.
 
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GCTerpfan said:
Kicking a partially deflated basketball or soccer ball around the yard and shooting at it is a blast. Rubber blunts keep you from popping the ball and from your arrow burying in the ground.
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Great idea with the ball and blunts. I’ll have to try it. I was living in a tiny apt once and no place to shoot. I’d flip my mattress up against the wall and shot judo points into it. I still got my security deposit back somehow. A guys got to have a spot to shoot for Gods sake!!
 
Fgirtyman said:
Great idea with the ball and blunts. I’ll have to try it. I was living in a tiny apt once and no place to shoot. I’d flip my mattress up against the wall and shot judo points into it. I still got my security deposit back somehow. A guys got to have a spot to shoot for Gods sake!!
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just be aware that if you center the ball you sometimes have to dodge your arrow as it returns. It adds to the fun though. :)
 
I’ve been shooting a Ben Pearson cougar that’s older than me for about 4 years. It’s not the fastest but it’s more than adequate to learn how to be a good archer. Best of all it cost me $50 on Craigslist. We should start an antique trad bow hunter fan club.
 
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Jammintree said:
It’s so much more satisfying than shooting a compound.
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Well then it must be amazing because there’s nothing like an archery kill (with a compound)! I’d love to give it a go one day. I used to have my grandfather’s trad bow and got rid of it when I was younger. BIG mistake that I truly regret now.
 
Jammintree said:
It’s so much more satisfying than shooting a compound.
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I shoot a compound but hunted with a recurve and longbow for years. My buddy used to say guns and compounds don’t count. I get what he was saying. Recently I started shooting one of my old recurves again and I plan to hunt with it this fall, but I will still use my compound as well. I think they all count… but some maybe a little more than others.
 
HuumanCreed said:
Might as well....I'm just saying....

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Lol looks very nice but a bit too rich for my blood at the moment. Some day, perhaps soon, we shall see...

Is that bow so wiggly because it's a split from a stave/following a growth ring type bow?

I'm going to give that a try with one of the branches from my black walnut tree I saved some day. Will likely fail but it'll be fun to try
 
thedutchtouch said:
I've been wanting to try taking off the wheels for a while now, and found a bow on the book of faces for a song, so just sent off my payment and should have a sage range master heading my way shortly. It's a 66" Sage range master, From the small amount of research I've done, looks like this bow was built in the early 60s, before sage was bought by Shakespeare, nothing too special, but should be good enough to learn on. I was attracted to the length as a beginner as the internet tells me longer bows are more forgiving, particularly at longer draw lengths, and my draw length should be around 29 inches. Bow is sold as 39# @28, so a little higher # than what I was aiming for for the first one but I'm in my late 30s and I'm no bodybuilder but I think I'm strong enough to learn on this bow, can always buy a 20-30 lb sage next month if this turns out to be the wrong bow for me to start with. I will try to video myself and post on here/tradgang from the beginning, as I'm sure there will be form mistakes to correct.

I do NOT plan on hunting with this specific bow at the moment, though I would like to hunt with trad bow(s) in the future. Not sure if I'll hunt at all next season with trad equipment, it all depends on how much practice I get this off season and how comfortable I feel with it. I'm keeping my compound and HC mini, and will hunt with them as archery hunting has already been hard enough with that equipment.


Next step is buying some target practice arrows to shoot and a glove/tab (and a forearm guard). And a quiver I guess, though I can do the same as my practice compound arrows and use the box they came in at first if need be. If anyone has recommendations for those items I'm all ears.

I am going to try 3 under to start with, though I'm sure there will be some split finger attempts and such as well as I start learning to shoot fingers and figuring out what feels good to me.

Thanks, I'm not sure what questions I will have yet, but please feel free to treat me like a complete newbie, I have thick skin and would rather be directly told that I'm doing something wrong/making poor choices now while it's easier to correct than in the future. Perhaps I've already learned bad form from teaching myself to draw a compound and it'll show up even more without the training wheels, like I said, the only real way for me to know is to video myself and get your feedback.

I will add some photos when it arrives, these ones from the seller basically just establish that it's a bow. It's been refinished so I'm not expecting a beauty.
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Edit-: I won't be offended if it turns out this bow is a POS, I didn't spend much on it so feel free to share your opinions, good or bad. I was somewhat wary of buying a refinished bow- hiding cracks or delams or whatnot but it was cheap enough to go for it.
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the longer bows feel better on the fingers....finger pinch stinks

that draw weight is good for a healthy adult male

if you go too heavy, you will have too much of an urge to release the arrow once you hit your anchor point and you'll become a de facto snap shooter without another path available
 
I shot in the house a bit as a single guy. Got an over-the-door coat hook and hung a cardboard box stuffed with rags and newspapers from it. Worked out fine but I was too nervous about damaging something to really enjoy it.

I'm 1 for 2 with bows purchased off the Internet. One has hairline cracks in the upper limb and some more wear on the limb tips than I really like. I shoot it a bit but keep an eye on it; put Sharpie dots at the ends of the cracks so I can see if they grow.
 
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