The bow I got for my sister

GWashington1732

GWashington1732

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Was the Bear Titan Youth bow. And it is a youth bow in the sense that maybe a younger version of Hercules could manage to fire the darn thing, accurately is a different story. I had a hard time pulling it back the first couple of times and I've been shooting since I was five. But I let her try it out anyway, I had to laugh at her attempt, I thought for a second that the bow was going to shoot her out of it and stay standing there like in the cartoons :D. So I tried it a few more times and after bouncing a dozen arrows all over the place and only hitting the bales, let alone the target, four times, I gave up, though, though this may have been caused by the lack of a nock point on the string and the fact that it was getting dark. I was thinking that it was just that the fiberglass needed a chance to loosen up because it seem to pull back a lot easier after a few (dozen) shots. Is this a reasonable assumption or did I just buy a worthless arrow flinger that I should return?
 
It's a brand new bow...it will take time to "break in", between the string stretching (yes, it will stretch slightly), and the limbs to as you put it "loosen up".

also, the accuracy thing; it takes practice to get good.
 
stealthchaser13 said:
It's a brand new bow...it will take time to "break in", between the string stretching (yes, it will stretch slightly), and the limbs to as you put it "loosen up".

also, the accuracy thing; it takes practice to get good.
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I have quite a bit of practice, but the string also has no nock so that'll probably help.
 
GWashington1732 said:
I have quite a bit of practice, but the string also has no nock so that'll probably help.
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yes, knocking points will help. But just like shooting guns, you still need to fire alot of arrows through it; you have to be consistent with the practice.

"practice makes perfect, but it's worthless without consistency."
 
A nocking point is a nice thing to have but the lack of it shouldn't make you miss the target entirely -- not if you're eyeballing it and making a reasonable effort to set the arrow at a right angle to the string.

It sounds like it's far too heavy for her. Is it too late to take it back? Or put it away for later and get her a bow she can draw now. An unreasonable draw weight is a more important disadvantage than any advantage the bow could possibly have.
 
I took it out put a nock point on it and fired it a few times, it fired straight enough for me. So I just wasn't putting the arrow on right causing it to fire straight up in the air :p. But then, I had an great idea, I handed it to my sister and told her I fixed it, not only could she pull it back easily, but she could pull it back easily and hit the bales with it, which was about all she could do anyway, so, I didn't get a new bow. Of coarse I felt like calling her a few things not appropriate for this forum, because I did nothing to the bow to make it easier to draw :grumpy:.
 
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