ORIGINAL: va bowbender
Adam,
First let me say welcome to the wonderful obsession of Traditional Archery. I would like to ask you if you spoke to anyone before your purchase of your bow. I ask because I would like to know why you bought such a short bow to start shooting traditional with. A short bow is much harder and much more unstable to shoot and you have one of the shortest. May I ask what poundage your bow is, what your draw length is and how long have you been shooting bows in general?
Yes,I understand this. I really hadn't planned on buying a recurvefor awhileconsidering Ive only taken 2 deer with a bow ( last year was my first year bowhunting)...But when someone decides to sell a perfectly good recurve for 50 bucks, I drove to the ATM right then..
The draw weight is 55 pounds and my draw length is 29". That is why I was concerned, because I wanted a pretty light draw weight to start out with trad.
As far as the shortness of the bow, I understand that it is harder. But I like to challenge myself. I know it is going to take a lot of practice, and I highly doubt I will be hunting with it Fall of '09.Ishot my compound for a little over a year before I took it into the woods. I want to be confidentwhen it comes to taking an animal.I still have a lot of confidence to build in regard to my compound, but hey,why not get into traditional archery for fun.
Looking forward to learning from you guys..