Anonymous at Sat, 5 Oct 2024 12:16:01 UTC No. 212740

>>212688
>What's your style?
mederterranian

>What you shooting?
pse nighthawk 50lbs

>What you hitting?
a 3d hog target since im going hunting in 2 weeks

i wanna buy an expensice long bow but i want it to have a sight mount.
Any recommendations?

Anonymous at Sun, 6 Oct 2024 15:08:16 UTC No. 212826

>>212740
>hunting
nice man, got any goals of what you're after?

>long bow with a sight mount
Probably not going to have much luck, just get a target recurve and you can add as much or as little as you want.

Anonymous at Sun, 6 Oct 2024 19:21:41 UTC No. 212838

>>212826
>got any goals of what you're after?

im mostly going to go hog hunting since hogs are plenty. but if a deer walks out i'll be good with that too since it's deer season.

>just get a target recurve
thank you.
That was my original plan.

What do you shoot anon?

Anonymous at Sun, 6 Oct 2024 19:23:44 UTC No. 212839

>>212838
>That was my original plan.
that was my original plan to buy more targer recurves if i couldnt find a long bow with sight bearings*

Anonymous at Sun, 6 Oct 2024 22:38:29 UTC No. 212852

>>212688
>What's your style?
Mainly Olympic recurve but I do shoot asiatic thumb draw at times too.

>What you shooting?
Main bow is a Hoyt riser and limbs. They're around 10 years old now so I'm thinking of changing them soon.
My asiatic bow is a Mariner Ming Moon.

>What you hitting?
I've done almost exclusively target archery.

>Recs for bows?
For Olympic recurve, Kinetic does pretty decent budget gear. For higher ends, you can't really miss with Hoyt or Wiawis.

>I bought a yumi, oh god, I'm a fucking moron, please help.
Why?

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:56:39 UTC No. 213320

>>212838
>What do you shoot anon?
Right now I just moved to a place that has a club nearby so I am just shooting my small asiatic horsebows. Fun, but I need to redo the nock point

>>212852
Is your Hoyt ILF or will you get a new rig?
>Why?
Weeb intentions, also I always thought they looked cool. Not really worth the hassle unless you want a very relaxed shoot or want to stand out at every comp ever.

Anonymous at Sat, 12 Oct 2024 17:45:57 UTC No. 213328

>>213320
>Is your Hoyt ILF or will you get a new rig?
It's Formula, but I don't really mind sticking to it. They're expensive but pretty good.

>Weeb intentions, also I always thought they looked cool.
I've considered getting one for some time, but the fuck huge size puts me off.

Anonymous at Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:12:02 UTC No. 213763

>>212740
saturday...soon
waking up before dawn to avoid my crazy uncle.
Lots of legal shit going on with the land.
My cousin has given us permission to use his land though

Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:18:55 UTC No. 213889

>>213763
we saw 2 hogs and three deer.
All out of range.
I literally started having a coughing fit as one of the deer approached the feeder

Anonymous at Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:44:21 UTC No. 214255

Does any of you compete in official shoots? If yes, what kind?

Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:52:33 UTC No. 214430

>>213328
Would not recommend, it is more hassle than it's worth.

>>213889
Pics of what your bow was?

>>214255
Not yet, but indoor comps start soon, and I want to get involved in that.

Anonymous at Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:31:28 UTC No. 214712

What's the bare minimum poundage for a warbow?

Anonymous at Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:58:02 UTC No. 214716

>>214430
>Not yet, but indoor comps start soon, and I want to get involved in that.
Recurve or compound?

>>214712
Depends on the "warbow" you're talking about. In Tod's workshop video about testing arrows against plate armour, the archer said he thought the average poundage for a european longbow was around 150-160, and he could shoot up to 200, so I'd assume the lower end would be around 100.
For Asian recurves, they tended to be lower in poundage, as they were way more efficient so didn't require the same poundage. I can't remember where I read or heard it, but Koreans apparently didn't go over 60. Meanwhile, late Chinese bows could get to 100, so I'd say 50-60 would be on the low end of the spectrum?

Anonymous at Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:40:45 UTC No. 214729

>>214716
thank you

Anonymous at Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:38:23 UTC No. 214891

>>214255
I used to shoot for my national team and won international tournaments, was on track to compete at the olympics but injured myself. Thinking about getting back into it, but I'm the type of person that would only want to do so if I were to do it seriously again.
>what kind
Recurve

Anonymous at Sat, 2 Nov 2024 03:00:01 UTC No. 215110

I picked up archery last summer shooting compound bow - I shoot a Diamond XT, a $400ish beginners bow with a 3-pin sight and a huge range of draw weight, 20lbs to 70. It's been a blast and I've worked my way up to 60lbs, hitting decently accurately at 50 yards. feelsgoodman

I've only got another few weeks here before it gets too cold for me to comfortably shoot outside anymore. There are two indoor ranges near me in the city, but they both only have 20 yard ranges. The idea of shooting my compound bow at that short a length doesn't excite me, but I don't want to just not shoot a bow all winter long. If I were to take the plunge and become a guy who owns two bows, I'm not sure what I'd want to shoot. Probably easiest and smartest to buy a good starter recurve, right? Shooting bare bow sounds like a lot of fun, but it would be smarter to learn how to shoot the bow with a stabilizer plunger first. Then I can take off the gadgets and use my baseline skill to more easily learn to shoot it bare. Alternatively, I'm a tall guy: I would look good with a longbow. What do you recommend I learn to shoot this winter?

ALSO: Anyone else dislike crossbow-guys at the range? They take forever to do anything, you can never tell if they're about to shoot or if we're clear to go downrange. Had a guy shooting his crossbow with a lit cigarette in his mouth, he took the shot sitting on a small three legged wooden stool, and without standing up, handed the crossbow to his friend who passed him back his beer.

Anonymous at Sun, 3 Nov 2024 13:40:38 UTC No. 215189

>>214716
Asian recurve for me, though I do have a target recurved somewhere, and I should maybe get back into it.

>>214891
Nice man, whats your normal scoresheet?

>>215110
"that guy that owns two bows" in archery hobbyists is the poor guy who ONLY has two bows.
Keep buying dude, you won't regret it.
Would recommend a basic sammick sage if you dont want to get into target recurve properly.
Alt; you could switch your targets for tiny 3 spots and keeping shooting at shorter ranges.

>ad a guy shooting his crossbow with a lit cigarette in his mouth, he took the shot sitting on a small three legged wooden stool, and without standing up, handed the crossbow to his friend who passed him back his beer.
What a fucking king.

Anonymous at Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:08:18 UTC No. 215243

>>215110
>Anyone else dislike crossbow-guys at the range?
Clubs here work differently from what I'm assuming is an american range. Clubs here are usually affiliated with the national federation, and crossbows do not belong with the archery federation but the shooting federation, just like firearms. So crossbows generally don't shoot together with us because insurances don't work the same.

>The idea of shooting my compound bow at that short a length doesn't excite me
Shooting at 18m on a compound target face isn't really easy, the 10-ring is the size of a small coin. That could make it more exciting for you.

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:51:47 UTC No. 215638

Went to the shop today, tried out a couple recurve bows, ended up buying a Galaxy Sage with 30lb draw-weight limbs. 35lbs was drawable, but not hundreds of times in a row; can always buy more limbs later if I want. I missed having the compound bow's weight let-off, let me tell you that! Having a pocket to drop into with the compound bow is great, it's light enough to take your time aiming and it gives a very physical sign when you're fully drawn. Even knowing my anchor points, I kept having to remind myself to fully draw the recurve and not just fire off shots. I only shot at 10 yards today, but my groupings were still pretty good - another guy shooting complimented me on being so consistent for my first time with a recurve! I think I shoot consistently inconsistently: hitting most of my shots in the same place, but I don't feel in control of where that place is.

A big part of that is that my form is wrong, I'm using too much hand, not enough of my shoulder and back. Two older navy guys were shooting and gave me lots of advice, ended up shooting for near two hours with them and by the end I felt better about my form but was also exhausted. Got a bruise blowing up from slapping my arm with the string multiple times, and my fingertips are sore from holding it (glove > tab) instead of having a mechanical release.

>>215189
there were absolutely laughs when I told them that two bows seemed like a lot to me. A big reason I went with the Sage instead of getting an Olympic style bow for (at least) twice the price is that, in a year or two, I could just buy one of those as my THIRD bow.

>>215243
I respect anyone who can shoot extremely accurately, but I honestly don't care much about it myself. If I shoot 6 arrows and can wrap my hand around 5 of them, I call that a good round. I'd rather increase my distance than accuracy beyond that - at least with the compound. With a no-sight recurve, shooting at 20 yards and focusing on accuracy does seem exciting though!

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:05:46 UTC No. 215648

>>215638
>With a no-sight recurve, shooting at 20 yards and focusing on accuracy does seem exciting though!

20 yards is a good long distance start with recurve
what's your targeting method?
i slapped a compound sight on mind and removed all the pins but one

Before that i was shooting based off of point if references in the grass.
for example:
>x patch is at this distance therefore i should aim here
it worked out but i wanted to make it easier for myself
with a sight my max is currently 30 yards

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:10:07 UTC No. 215649

>>215110
>shoot a Diamond XT, a $400ish beginners bow with a 3-pin sight and a huge range of draw weight, 20lbs to 70

yeah dude and it could end up being the only bow you ever need.

>If I were to take the plunge and become a guy who owns two bows

i only own two recurves and plan on buying more at some point in the near or far future
target recurves so i can out sights on 'em


>What do you recommend I learn to shoot this winter?

any target recurve
just know that in recurve you're holding that poundage for the entire time
there is no displacement that makes it go down ti like <10lbs like the cam and axle system of a compound.
You may wanna get a cheapo 30lb fiberglass of amazon and see if you need to go heavier

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:13:50 UTC No. 215650

>>215638
>ended up buying a Galaxy Sage with 30lb draw-weight limbs. 35lbs was drawable, but not hundreds of times in a row

based you did it without even being told.
You're actually really intelligent especially for statting at 30 and getting 35lb limbs incase you needd to ot wanna go up.


>A big part of that is that my form is wrong, I'm using too much hand, not enough of my shoulder and back.

yes recurve is unforgiving form is everything
all the way down to your release can make or break even missing slightly

look up back tension
that's a good starting point
as well as being able to hold your bow at full draw with full energy(as in you arent tired from shooting etc) for at least 30 seconds to build strength

Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:20:20 UTC No. 215651

>>215650
clay hayes has a good recurve tutorial too

Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:26:30 UTC No. 215737

>>212688
>What's your style?
Three finger under, I want to start practicing thumb draw too though.
>What you shooting?
This hungarian style resin shit I bought used at the archery club for 50 bucks, it stalls at 28" so I need to buy anothed one.
>What you hitting?
Little ghost cutouts that were left over from the halloween contest.
>Recs for bows?
Don't buy a bow that stalls at 28" if you're a 6' tall guy.