My past is plagued with shooting traditional in hunting situations as many of you know. I have not missed animals, I seem to hit them high, either I do not compensate for them jumping the string, or I don't focus, or they're farther away and I misjudge .... in any event, my arrows have not been sufficient to pentetrate deep enough IMO. I don't believe in my equipment anymore.

So ... I made changed

I now shoot a Zipper recurve instead of a longbow - a bit more power, another #1 or 2 # in draw weight.

I am now shooting Steel Force 2 blad traditional heads - ultra sharp - over a 3 blade (Striker and Thunderheads have been my past choices)

My biggest imporvement, I use a 100 gr steel insert, and I've bumped my arrow weight from the 550 gr range to 680 grains now


I'm shooting my Zipper well ........ and I leave for Kansas Nov 7th for a 7 day or so hunt.

I think I'm going to commit to trad when I go. I'll take my compound, if something happens I'll have it as a CRUTCH and there aint no shame in killing a deer with a compound I just want to do it a harder more satisfying way.

Ya'll understand that of course.

I've battled a lot of trad demons ....... I need this to be a good hunt. I've taken a nice gobbler this year with a shotgun, a nice 8 point buck in AR with a compound ........ I need to take a nice KS buck. I'd settle for a 200" KS buck tooof course taking one with my Zipper would be icing to a very nice year.


I'll do a semi-live hunt, I'll post a thread, pictures, video and updates every night if anyone would like to follow along ???