Hunting with your 3D rig??

GMMAT · 12-09-2007, 01:31 PM

How many of you guys get a bow set up for strictly 3D shooting......and end up hunting with it? I'm thinking this may occur, for me.

MGH_PA · 12-09-2007, 01:45 PM

I've thought about getting into some 3D shooting, but I'm not willing right now to spend extra money on a SEPERATE bow, so for me, I'm sure I would just shoot HC with my current rig (maybe some slight modifications). Aren't you setting up an 82nd for 3d?

GMMAT · 12-09-2007, 01:49 PM

Yeah (82nd). I'm going to use the same sight, though.....maybe the same stabilizer. I might not use the same rest......but then again....I might.

I'll also be shooting HC.

JoshKeller · 12-09-2007, 01:55 PM

I hunted with a hoyt protec with spiral cams for 2005 and 2006. It just want practical hunting with a bow that long ATA when I moved back to WV.

GregH · 12-09-2007, 02:14 PM

All of my hunting bows were 3-d bows first.

jmbuckhunter · 12-09-2007, 02:18 PM

Never set one up strictly for 3D. But I do shoot some 3D with my hunting bow. I do shoot different arrows tho.Never been that serious into 3D. But I have placed 3rd a few times in HC at some local shoots.

Matt/TN · 12-09-2007, 02:42 PM

I just placed my order for a LH, Elite GTO, 28.5" draw, #60 limbs, and in all black "ninja" style. That's going to be my hunting and probably 3D bow for this year. Keeping my Vectrix XL is still up for grabs. I'm toying with the idea of powdercoating it and turning it into my open setup.

mauser06 · 12-09-2007, 03:45 PM

i shoot 3d with my hunting bow

i have mixed feelings about competitive shooting....im 20 and still dont know how i feel about it. ive been shootin guns since i was 3...i learned to shoot a gun before i could do much else...now, im just a "natural" shooter. gimme something to shoot and i'll have it doin what it does in no time...weather its a shotgun busting clays, or shooting a pretty little group with a rifle, or shooting pistols, or now, shooting my bow...im not tooting my own horn...i know im far from the best...but im far from the worst...and with dedication and real training and practice, ive been told i could probably let my shooting "take" me places...dad says its my "gift" and i need to persue it in one way or another...

i LOVE to shoot...have a bad day at work, i head to the range with a couple boxes of shells..or grab the bow and fling some arrows. if you feed me ammo i will shoot all day...if my shoulder didnt get sore, id fling arrows all day every day...i just love it...

to me, its like the infamous "make hunting your career" posts...i know, first off id need the opprotunity, but if i wanted it, i feel i could make it realistic with time and money weather its firearms of some sort or shooting bow competetions...but if i had the chance, i dont know if id take it...i love it...but i seen WAY to many expert professional shooters burn out and not enjoy what they do...my highschool shop teacher shot pistol and indoor 3 position 22 competition...he was world class...long story short, i got to watch him fire his small bore rifle for the last time ever...

so i dont have that decision...i goto 3d shoots for the heck of it...to have fun with the buddies...to practice for hunting...and because i love to shoot..

maybe one day i'll try persuing competetively shooting something...but i dont know..watching my shop teacher QUIT doing what he absolutely loved kinda...opened my eyes...and hes not the only competition shooter i know that quit what he loved...if i quit shooting and hunting what do i have left? take up golf?

i really dont know...thats what holds me back..

GMMAT · 12-09-2007, 03:51 PM

Nothing wrong with that Mauser. I'm just at a plce in life that I can afford to have a couple bows and it not tax me too much. I've only competed in <10 3D shoots. I've done everything from finish in the middle of the pack to winning. I will only compete once a month or so in the off-season......+ my local shop shoots. It's kinda like this.....I just wanna know how good I could score if I gave myself every advantage (equipment-wise). So....I ordered a second bow. I won't put anything on that bow that I wouldn't hunt with.

MGH_PA · 12-09-2007, 04:01 PM

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ORIGINAL: GMMAT

Nothing wrong with that Mauser. I'm just at a plce in life that I can afford to have a couple bows and it not tax me too much. I've only competed in <10 3D shoots. I've done everything from finish in the middle of the pack to winning. I will only compete once a month or so in the off-season......+ my local shop shoots. It's kinda like this.....I just wanna know how good I could score if I gave myself every advantage (equipment-wise). So....I ordered a second bow. I won't put anything on that bow that I wouldn't hunt with.

That's what I would be doing if I ever got into it. Maybe shoot once or twice a month. What are you doing with your Allegience?