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Traditional or Compound?
06-27-2007, 08:47 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Madison County, IL
Posts: 551
RE: Traditional or Compound?
All depends on the hunting situation. Time of year, have I got a deer already, how confident am I feeling with my recurve, yardage from stand, ect. I love the recuve for the same reason I love the compound... For the challange!
Again for me it all depends on the situation.
Again for me it all depends on the situation.
06-27-2007, 09:14 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Traditional or Compound?
Rob... Don't belabor the obvious.[8D]
I prefer traditional because it's more flexible shooting style. Although, shooting a compound barebow makes the wheelie bow a good bit more comparable to traditional in that regard. I can cant a compound just as much as a longbow or recurve when I don't have any sights to worry about. It's still not as conducive to getting off a quick instinctive shot as a stickbow though.
I prefer traditional because it's more flexible shooting style. Although, shooting a compound barebow makes the wheelie bow a good bit more comparable to traditional in that regard. I can cant a compound just as much as a longbow or recurve when I don't have any sights to worry about. It's still not as conducive to getting off a quick instinctive shot as a stickbow though.
06-27-2007, 09:20 PM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Howard PA USA
Posts: 2,221
RE: Traditional or Compound?
Well, as of last season I hunt with both the compound and my recurve but I find myself leaning more and more towards my recurve. Its just nice to hike into the woods with a nice light recurve as compared to my heavy compound. Just something about carrying a recurve into the woods that seems so right. I can't explain it. But it is quickly becoming my weapon of choice.
06-28-2007, 06:02 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: Traditional or Compound?
The only reason I don't shoot a recurve is the fact that I refuse to shove kids out of the way at local bow shoots to shoot from the Cub/Traditional stakes. 
All kidding aside, it's obviously a tremendous challenge 'cause it seems to be a true struggle for most folks I've seen to even hit deer sizedtargets at 15 to 25 yards! [:-]
I need just a bit more precision than that when I finally get aB&C class buck in front of me!
I'll admit that they are fun to shoot. I've got an old Bear Kodiak Magnum that I throw some arrows through once in awhile but I couldn't imagine hunting with it..... man, I'd be way to vervous that some huge might come by! [&:]
All kidding aside, it's obviously a tremendous challenge 'cause it seems to be a true struggle for most folks I've seen to even hit deer sizedtargets at 15 to 25 yards! [:-]
I need just a bit more precision than that when I finally get aB&C class buck in front of me!
I'll admit that they are fun to shoot. I've got an old Bear Kodiak Magnum that I throw some arrows through once in awhile but I couldn't imagine hunting with it..... man, I'd be way to vervous that some huge might come by! [&:]
