Originally Posted by
BGfisher
Do you possibly mean 5 decades? Half a decade would almost make you a newbie compared to me---41 years now.
Yes I did mean 5 decades (1/2 century). Been shooting bows for over 50 years. LOOOOOONG before compounds ever came out. It's amazing how many deer we killed with recurves and longbows.
I was on a hunt in TX and a young man pulled out a recurve and I was watching him shoot it. He was all over the place and we started chatting. He swore something was wrong with his set up. I asked if I could give it a try. He handed me the bow and said have at it. He gave me the fingers and offered me the arm guard but I refused. At 20 yds I proceeded to place 3 arrows neatly into a 4" group. Then told him I was a bit rusty as it's been about 5 or so years since I shot a recurve. His response was "Well I guess it ain't the bow": I told him all he needed was more practice and gave him some pointers.