Primative Archery, Bow Hunting on a budget??

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KiljoyKutlery

KILJOY KutLery, hand made in Luling Texas
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OK, I am an OK archer..but I have shot mostly compounds and in my childhood, recurves. I'm ready for the LONGBOW, were do I get one at a good price and decent quality. I really want to get one soon to start practicing for the upcoming hunting season, what do you guys think on the subject and were do I go to get a good bow of around 60lbs and up? I can go to the local archery shop and pick up arrows or fletch my own, (I might find one here as well) so I'm really on the hunt for the BOW to start, and I'll go from there. I just started my new job, so I kinda think its easier to order one than go shopping all over hell and back, and I would love to make one, but thats an art that I don't know, and times ticking. If you think that ordering on is the wrong Idea, then I'll listen to that as well, I know there are more than a few guys on here that do the old school archery, and you guys always seem to have alot of good perspectives, so thats why I'm here... Any input would be a big help...thanks in advance. Gene
 
Look at ebay, Quinn archery, do a search for chekmate bows or buy a Martin x200 a fine longlasting beginers ++ bow. Now these are recurves but still traditional bows at decent prices...

TS
 
i just got my viper deluxe for $159 new, there should be three left, search the auction site. a friend just bought a predator for a little more, it shoots nice enough but i'm no authority on nice bows.
 
I would reccomend the viper deluxe as well it is made by internature who are reowned for thier beginner bows My best friend has an internature recurve that I shoot frequently and it's a great little bow for the $$$ so the viper deluxe would seem a a good place to start.
 
The key to the Viper is to get a fastflight string on it , that will get the most out of the bow.
 
gunknifenut said:
OK, I am an OK archer..but I have shot mostly compounds and in my childhood, recurves. I'm ready for the LONGBOW, were do I get one at a good price and decent quality. I really want to get one soon to start practicing for the upcoming hunting season, what do you guys think on the subject and were do I go to get a good bow of around 60lbs and up? I can go to the local archery shop and pick up arrows or fletch my own, (I might find one here as well) so I'm really on the hunt for the BOW to start, and I'll go from there. I just started my new job, so I kinda think its easier to order one than go shopping all over hell and back, and I would love to make one, but thats an art that I don't know, and times ticking. If you think that ordering on is the wrong Idea, then I'll listen to that as well, I know there are more than a few guys on here that do the old school archery, and you guys always seem to have alot of good perspectives, so thats why I'm here... Any input would be a big help...thanks in advance. Gene
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I'm not sure when Texas bow season starts, but my understanding is that the learning curve for traditional archery is pretty steep. There are plenty of guys on here who can address if it is realalistic to plan on hunting with your longbow this season. As you know, getting accurate with a compound comes pretty quick. Learning to shoot instinctively - with fingers, no sight and no arrow rest, and be consistently accurate, will be more of a challenge.

-- FLIX
 
The learning curve doesn't have to be so steep. Quit talking your self in to inferior shooting.
You have been shooting for a while with a compound. apply what you know.
Shoot 10 arrows One at a time, at just far enough distance to clear the bow on a back stop with NO TARGET. (1 yard)
Shoot 30 arrows in 3 arrow groups at 5 times the distance you think you will shoot when hunting.
Do you see what the common denominator is ?
Archery is about consistency. Shooting at close range with no target lets your mind concentrate on form.
Shooting at long distance makes you concentrate on form.
If you have any energy left after this practice section just shoot for the enjoyment and don't think about it.
 
FLIX said:
I'm not sure when Texas bow season starts, but my understanding is that the learning curve for traditional archery is pretty steep. There are plenty of guys on here who can address if it is realalistic to plan on hunting with your longbow this season. As you know, getting accurate with a compound comes pretty quick. Learning to shoot instinctively - with fingers, no sight and no arrow rest, and be consistently accurate, will be more of a challenge.

-- FLIX
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I was kinda telling a fib...not to toot my own horn, but I can snap shoot with a recurve, and I had a couple small fiberglass longbows as a small boy, I grew up hunting frogs in the summers with my bows..I grew up in a big archery family...with champion archers in ahead of me and after...I just dont have any idea how to put the bows in perspective right now, I havn't shot in years, and I don't know the brands very well...I want to get an idea what they cost and how to find them on the web..no big deal..I can shoot a bow...thats not the problem..its that I don't know anything about the market right now. I kind of decided to get back into it about 1 week ago. I just changed my my profile by the way...I forgot..I am in MA now, sorry. Gene
 
Got your email and responded...send me the details of what you want to do. thanks, Gene
 
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