Any Recurve Hunters/Archers Here?

[samoth]

I swear, it's both an attention-getter and people look at me like I'm nuts.

Anyways, is it hard to develop the skills and accuracy to actually go hunting [successfully] with?

 

[Broadhead]

Yeap, I love to fling arrows......I have bowhunted exclusivly for the last six years..... hard to beat that rush of having a animal so close and to get drawn and watch them fall down 30 yards later.... nothing beats it..below is a link to the buck that I harvested last season..

 

[samoth]

One more bump as the beginning of WI's archery season commences...

 

[Scotsman]

I prefer recurve to compound, I guess it's that midevil feeling or something. I'd think that if you spend a few quality sessions a week with a good bow that you could get ready in a couple weeks. Just remember that you can't hold the draw as long so you need to wait till closer to the oportune moment than with a compound. As far as the stalk it just depends on how powerful your bow is for how close you need to be. I am probably going to have to have a bow made since I can't find any recurves with a heavy enough draw for my tastes in the commercial arena.

Just like everything else the more you do it the better you get so practice as much as you can as often as you can.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[alien amp pharm]

Pussies.
My shortsword coupled with my gazelle-like speed would slice thru your pancreas before you'd even pull an arrow from your quiver.

 

[samoth]

Wow, a hindsight in combination with a normal n-pin sight brings my grouping within inches of each other. Cheap and highly recommended:

http://www.cabelas.com/hprod-1/0014655.shtml

I just use the basic $30 model with a Toxonics 5-pin and the increase in accuracy for a beginner like me is amazing.

 

[mobro]

I bow hunt a lot when I am home. I have only used a compound though. A pendulum sight is almost like cheating. I love those things.

 

[needtogetaas]

fuck now you have found new friends.

 

[BNG]

I shot an old Fred Bear made recurve until a few years ago. It's not hard to do but takes practice. You have to develop a feel for it. I drew and released together. Hard to describe but basically the harder you pull the the weight builds on your fingertips. Then as you reach about what you can draw, let the string slip, but it's all in one motion.

That bow is more of a collectors piece. I retired it and got a compound but am not Robbin' Hood.

 

[samoth]

I shot an old Fred Bear made recurve until a few years ago. It's not hard to do but takes practice. You have to develop a feel for it. I drew and released together. Hard to describe but basically the harder you pull the the weight builds on your fingertips. Then as you reach about what you can draw, let the string slip, but it's all in one motion.

That bow is more of a collectors piece. I retired it and got a compound but am not Robbin' Hood.

The Fred Bear bows are beautiful. I'd love to get a nice single-piece longbow some day.

I started out shooting with fingers off the shelf, but since I'm still a beginner, I went with all the compound accessories in order to work on precision, accuracy, and form so I'll have more experience under my belt when going back to traditional shooting.

The smooth, draw-and-release motion for traditional archery was difficult for me. I always wanted to stay at full draw to eye up the target which caused my form to slip with muscle fatigue. I found that a good solid week or two of practice really eliminates that, though, and now I have little problem staying at full draw at 55lbs for several seconds for half a dozen groups of 3-4 arrows.