any anons here shoot arrows? how easy is the sport to get into? do I have to have a tacky polymer monstrosity or can I target shoot with something like pic related
Archery
Logan Miller
Levi Lopez
No. you have to have a bow that is both longer and taller than a normal rifle. It must be either a very bright color or a trademarked camo pattern that normies know, like realtree or mossyoak. The most absolute essential rule to remember when it comes to archery, a thing that has been mastered for thousands of years, is that you must do everything you can to overcomplicate it.
Jack Ward
Grayson Mitchell
archery is absolutely based, pic related is absolutely based, go stupid simple and experiment with arrow weights
John Baker
Mad but completely correct
Jace Clark
Make your own Jow Forumsomrad, Jow Forumsbowyer
Parker Baker
You can target shoot with that just as well as polymer monstrosities. Just takes more effort, of course. Instinctive archery would be the most fun, to me, at least. Anyway, yeah. Archery is really easy to get into, really hard to master.
Jose Bailey
>babby tier recurve
shoot traditional, without arrow rest, or stay a babby.
Tyler Richardson
Samick Sage for beginning traditional bow.
Elijah Thompson
Is SevenMeadows a good place to shop for bow stuff?
Jayden Morales
no,
I have a large text file with all of my approved traditional bowyers, any interest in a drop?
Lincoln Reyes
Dropped it anyways, all my personnel research.
I fancy myself a bowyer, have shoot traditional my whole life, feel free to ask questions about any of these or others.
Luis White
>pastebin.com
OP here, great stuff man. thank you.
Andrew Richardson
Been getting into it a little lately. A friend's gf has a 25lb flatbow she brings when we go shooting and I'd almost forgotten how fun it is.
Planning on getting a traditional English longbow style because of muh heritage and to prepare in case the French get a bit uppity again.
Thanks for the pastebin. Don't suppose you've heard much about Bearpaw bows? I'm eyeing up their Strongbow Sir Henry as a decent starting point and it has good reviews on most retailers' sites I've looked at.
Gavin Cooper
Have not ran into them yet, I'll check em.
Oliver Brooks
stumbled upon this thing today - a rediculously priced airbow
amazon.com
says pcp tank on it is good for 8 shots.
would you actually be allowed to bring a scuba tank or high pressure air compressor to a range without someone shitting bricks at you?
James Brooks
/out/ says go to Jow Forums. Jow Forums says go to out lol
Aiden King
Or you could just rig up a good hunting compound and step back to 80+ yards
Jason Edwards
Oh, of course. That's our long distance warm up. We like to go out to 200-250yds towards the end.
Brody Hughes
about $100
>$89 bow
>$3 arrow
>$8 other
OR
MAKE YOUR OWN
you need:
>a 6' piece of wood, no knots, from the mid wood of a hard wood like oak, yew, or hickory (you can use a 2"x4"x6')
>string made from the sinew of a deer (or synthetic B-50 ~$10)
>a knife or cutting implent
OR
>a 6' peice of PVC about 1" schedule 40
>heat gun
>fishing line
>knife
FOR THE ARROW
>a strait dowel of 3/8"x2' or so
>duck tape
>twine
or you could buy youth arrows at ~$3 a pop.
Samuel Myers
Is that you Cam?
Brayden Russell
You can’t buy youth arrows if you’re pulling a lot of weight they will splinter and you could get hurt you gotta get arrows made for your draw weight
Zachary Peterson
this. you can get higher pound arms for it as you progress
Matthew Robinson
Juan Thompson
I don't know what's worse. the gay bow, the bracelet, the trailer home, or the bare foot
Adam Baker
The, “I bought a bow and arrows and did no research about them first.” Special
William Smith
a starter bow is usually no more than 60lbs, anyone willing to pay more would probably be aware. for a 60lb bow youth arrows are fin for target practice.
if you shoot a wood arrow at plus poundage it would survive it just isn't accurate enough for a professional shooter, with that being the case I would just use a 1/2" diameter arrow.
IF it was made of carbon fiber or plastic I would recommend only shooting the recommended poundage.
Blake Clark
Obviously doesn’t shoot a bow. Slings are used so you can let your bow swing when it’s fired to improve accuracy
Jacob Jenkins
Owen Smith
thanks, i'm pretty much set on this path. primarily because it's cheap and gives me an excuse to do some wood shaping.
Noah Ortiz
I'll tell it to my recurve
you buy more toys
Kevin Johnson
Bows have been futuristic since the 70's though.
Austin Ortiz
The bow pictured is a recurve just a carbon fiber one. You could use a sling on a wooden recurve as well if you tied it around where you hold the bow., but you’re really just convincing me you don’t know anything about bows much less own one
Aiden Torres
if you say so buddy. buy some more toys
maybe another red dot because 2 is better
Ian Wilson
Stick a few fiberglass rods inside the pvc pipe if you want extra draw weight
Joseph Bell
OR
>shape the bow into a recurve using a heat gun.
>no additional parts needed.
Asher Hall
Couple questions.
DO I need a arm guard for compound bow while starting out? How big of a chance do I have of slapping or gouging my arm?
Are cheap 12 packs of arrows from amazon ok for field points?
Is centerpoint 370 sniper worth it as first crossbow or should I go higher price? I mostly want it to pass the archery test for NJ hunters. I hurt my back a bit recently and not sure if im up to shoot compound bow under pressure like that. (Also I want a crossbow)
If not sniper 370 any suggestions under 400 dollars?
Michael Williams
Archery is fun, and cheaper than shooting guns.
Not a good defense option, but it lets me put holes in things for a fraction the price i'd otherwise spend on ammo.
You can shoot whatever bow you like. I like longdraw horsebows, my buddies are all wannabe olympians, and the local club is a bunch of boomers with compound hunting setups.
Julian James
You dont need an arm guard. Just good form.
If you're clipping your wrist with the string, its a sign that you're fucking up your form.
Kevin Ward
Opinions on PSE stuff? I'm about 4 minutes from their headquarters and every time I have mentioned I wanted to get into archery, people in town always referred me to them.
Jeremiah Williams
find an archery forum and ask them, fucktard
asking here for beginner advice is too wrong to explain.....
Lincoln Lee
Still looking for beginner crossbow recommendations.
Ah just saw other folks at range.
Do I need to study form for compound bow. I have never been instructed.
Asher Johnson
First I would go to an archery shop to figure out your draw length and lbs cause you’re almost certain to get the wrong stuff if you try to figure it out on your own. Then I would watch videos on proper shorting stance and form. You don’t need an arm guard just put a sight bend in your arm when it’s extended you don’t pull a bow with your arm completely straight
Carter Sullivan
Alexander Cooper
Eli Robinson
Ryder Rogers
You don’t have to take a class but I would watch a few YouTube vids
Angel Thompson
or do both for even superior draw powah!!!
Jaxson Hernandez
>asking here for beginner advice is too wrong to explain.....
Just because you are ignorant of archery doesn't mean we are.
>Are cheap 12 packs of arrows from amazon ok for field points?
Yes, they are fine. The no name packs of shafts are not worth it if you were tempted to get those.
Ethan Powell
Great bow wizards, I seek your knowledge. I'm looking for a traditional-ish recurve to shoot targets with, no interest in bow hunting. However I have 3 stumbling points. 1: I'm left handed, and learning to be right handed isn't an option. Most offer an option for me so it's not too bad. 2: I'm Canadian, so buying options aren't as great as in the US. 3: I'm 6'7" with a matching wingspan, and calculators tell me I want a 72" + bow, but I can't find any. Any pointers, bowfriends?
Jacob Ortiz
Barnett Jackal. If you are limited to a recurve by your state hunting regs Arrow Inferno Fury.
Jaxon Cox
>then make a compound
Landon Gonzalez
bump