Newbe to bows

[wildwill]

I am looking to get into Compound Bow hunting. I have been raised in hunting with guns all my life but would like to change it a little with a bow. Can anyone give me any good suggestion of what brands would be good for someone starting off in bow hunting?

[dnm]

I just picked up a Bear Lights out and Its been abreat bow for not alot of cash

[Jasonlester]

There are lots of good brands out there. All make a wide range of prices. Figure out what you want to spend TOTAL and then start looking. If you buy a bare bow you'll have to buy accessories to go with it. So keep that in mind when looking at them.

Do yourself a favor and firure out what weight you want to pull and figure on 10 lbs or more lower. The reson for this is most people get a bow and learn to shoot it wrong (but get by) and then spend years trying to undo the bad habits. So my advice is to get a bow light enough you can shoot without tiring even after alot of shots. Also when you draw try not to lift you bow arm toward the sky. Meaning when you pull back the bow you have to point the bow upward. This is a classic move done if your pulling to much weight. You can back the weight down and work up to the heavier weights later. Plus pulling to much weight can realy hurt you. You should be pulling mostly with your back not your arm (bicep) Form is everything when you start. Forget shooting at any great distance. Focus on drawing and anchoring and the form that goes with both. Then as it becomes more automatic move back some.

That mayseem aggrivating at first but it pays off in the long run. Don't be convinced you need 70 or even 60 lbs to hunt. 50 is plenty and if you get a 50-60lbs you can dial it back to 50 and work up as you get stronger. Also give yourself time. You don't normaly use the muscles you'll use to shoot a bow so treat them that was escpecialy at first. Warm up and stretch. Then shoot a few and rest a couple minutes and shoot some more. Just like if you were working out.

Some brands out there that are good are Bear, Hoyt, Bowtech, Mathews....I think there are some spin offs of them too that are fine. But get to a shop and at least pull them and talk to the techs. A good shop will point you right. Over all the bow has to feel right to you. If you can shoot some and see what you think.

Don't get hung up on hype (speed etc) or brand. You need to be acurate with you bow. More expensive doesn't garrenty that.

Good luck and ask all the questions you need or search the forum for answers. There is alot of info on here.

[sportsman22]

I started out with an AR (branch of PSE). It's a mid quality bow. I wish I would have just bought a better bow, becuase it didn't take me long get "good" or familiar with bowhunting.

But if you don't want to go with the most expensive bows, I think the ROSS is an awsome bow to go with. But then again, everyone is different with their bows and you will hear from other people, "Shoot a variety of bows and buy the one that suits you best."

hope this helped.