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I have been taking game with a bow since the age of 9, rabbits, squirrels and porcupines. At 16 a got my first whitetail with a fred bear grizzly super mag recurve. I love the bow because it is swift, silent and deadly. No one in a SHTF situation would hear you taking game so your location would less likely to be compromised. In a pinch you could build a bow and arrows. That being said my new bow shoots 300 fps and is pure heaven to shoot. Yes it is a compound Hoyt Alpha Max 32 I do still have a couple of recurves to keep me honest. I just rigged up a red spotlight to my bow for coyote hunting.
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I bow hunted back East years ago, but after moving out West, gave it up. Almost nothing beats sitting in a tree, or silently moving thru a forest on a cool Fall day. Leaves changing, critters gathering food, smell of an apple orchard.... I miss it, think I'll buy a bow...."Lighthouses are more helpful than churches" Franklin -
I really wish i knew someone who could teach me how to use a bow. I have taught Cub Scouts to hit a 3 foot target at 10 feet but that is a whole different critter from being able to take out a deer at 50 yards.Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" while picking up a big stick.Comment
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I'd like to be more than "lucky" when I bowhunt.....most of my "confirmed kills" were no more than having a target turn (just as I fired), actually stepping into my shot....plus: I can't hit "air" past about 30 yds....at least not on purpose...:("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson
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LOLOriginally posted by Big_Saw View Post
I am thinking about getting a good Barrett crossbow with a scope.Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" while picking up a big stick.Comment
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I started out years ago with a Bear One Cam....I could shoot the crap out of that bow but it lacked FPS. I missed deer every possible way that you can miss them with that bow. No excuses, I didn't get "buck fever"...I just missed!
Then I sold it and got a Jennings Buckmaster. A fine, top of the line bow in it's time. Never could shoot it as well as I could the Bear at non-living targets.
I'm ready to get back into it, but I want a compact, single cam bow. They sure have gone up in price over the years!...but with let-off of 80% now!
I now live on a piece of land that I can pratice every day on...at every angle...from any position....so I'm ready to buy again!Comment
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If you go single cam I would go with a Mathews solo cam. All of their pre 2008 bows are buttery smooth and forgiving. My choice would be the switchback or the switchback xt. Now is a good time to buy a used bow because the economy is in the crapper guys are dumping their bows for short money. Heck shops are even blowing out the last years bow models.Comment
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Omegaman,
I took archery as one of my mandatory PE classes in college, but never shot at a moving target. Must get that experience soon."Apocalypse is by no means inevitable." --Jim Rice.Comment
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Crossbows are nice but they a darn heavy more then my rifle. And compared to a bow they make a ton of noise and are wicked slow for a follow up shot. I do think they have their place though. When setting a new customer up with a cross bow the 2 comments you always hear are "man that is heavy and a lot louder then I thought". I always tell them you have seen to many movies in which they don't make any noise and they shoot a person out of a tower at 100 yards:eek: Like any tool you have to know its intended use.Comment
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I shoot archery
I shoot a Bowtech Allegiance compound bow and also a old traditional recurve bow. Both form of shooting are very fun but fundamentally differnt from one another.
I use to shoot tournament archery with a bowtech pro40 but gave that up a few years ago and now just hunt and shoot for fun.Comment
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Thanks for the offer but i'm about 3 1/2 hours away from you. Of course if you are free during the last week of June i could come by while we are at White Lake and i'm bored out of my mind.Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" while picking up a big stick.Comment
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I bow hunted for years. And until rotator cuff sugery I used to practice weekly or dailey. That was in 2004. I couldn't pull back my self bows or recurve. I got rid of all of them. DUH. I was alittle P.O.d at not recovering well. It took a compound bow at a garage sale and all last summer, oh and I had to change shooting eyes and shoulders! Try that one just for fun. I still can't hold the bow at full draw on with the operated shoulder. I tried the wifes crossbow and did well but it was different, just different.
I didn't get any game as here I wasn't elegeable to hunt as a resident.
The good thing about wyoming hunting is I can go out in alot of areas for archery and gun in the same week off. So if I can't get um closeup,in a day or two I'll get um alittle farther out.Comment
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Shooting moving targets is tough. I have yet to get one of the neighbors cats, but I keep trying!~Lyon~Comment
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