Hind sight is 20/20
Anyone ever do something they think they know enough about then find out later thru hind sight they didn't know crapola?? Well, I have learned the hard way that all bows are NOT created equal! [/align][/align]I've been shooting a compound bow since I was old enough to drawthe required draw weight to hunt (about 14). Since then I learned as much as I could and became fairly self sufficient with bow tuning, repair, stringing, etc. A couple years ago I was visiting with a couple of traditional bow shooters and they asked when I was going to take the training wheels off my bow. I've always been drawn tomore traditional & primitive hunting methods, and couldn'tget this "challenge" out of my mind.Since then I have been lurking at the bow shops and trying out different traditional bows off the shelf. Last monthI was fortunate enough to be able to purchase a fineMartin long bow and start my transition to traditional shooting. With the help of theshop "Pro", weselected the rest of the accoutrements(arrows, glove, field tips, etc.) to start me on my journey.[/align][/align]The journey started out fine,butI made a crucial mistake in the beginning that led to a couple posts of concern here in this forum. My mistake was thinking like a compoundarcher. It came very apparent that my thought processes were 180 out fromwhere I needed to be. For instance, with compounds youtune a bow to your arrows, and with trad bows, you tune arrows to a bow. My prior posts revealed this little truth as many of you here pointed to an over spined arrow for my setup. I had purchased $80 in arrows that the "Pro" set me up with, and the thought that I needed different arrows didn't settle well with my financial consultant (the wife). A final confirmation ofan overspined arrowcame when I purchasedthe book "Beginner's Guide to Traditional Archery" by Brian J. Sorrells.I used the bare arrow tuning techniques of the book and found out without a doubt that the arrows were indeed overspined. Hopefully just adding a heavier field tip to the arrow will correct my problem with this batch of arrows, but looking around at available weights in broadheads I may not be able to find the broadhead to match the field tip weight. Therefore it will be back to the drawing board to get properly spined arrows for this bow.[/align][/align]This book has beena true revelation as it really breaks things down, and my thought processes have been turnedback in the right direction. I highly recommend ANYONEwho is starting out to get this book before purchasing your setup! If I would have had it before I started I would have saved myself a lot of time and $$.[/align]