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bow tips for a young bowhunter?
Hi i just got a Diamond Edge 40-50 lb bow for Christmas. Im 13 and i havent shot it yet. Is there any good tips or tricks. Or is there any sights or rests that you would suggest?
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The best tip i can give is practice, practice, and practice some more.
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ORIGINAL: MOhunter46 The best tip i can give is practice, practice, and practice some more. and find a setup on your bow that you are very comfortable with |
RE: bow tips for a young bowhunter?
My advice would be to make sure your bow is set up correctly for you. Lots of young hunters and shooters have bows with too long a draw length. Make sure you get that set correctly. You'll shoot so much better. As far as sights and rests go, go with something simple. It is hard to get any more simple than a Whisker Biscuit. There is always more accessories you can upgrade to, but get the basics down first. x3...Practice, practice, practice and have fun.
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Be patient even in the tree your time will come. Pratice, Pratice an more practice.
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Like has been said above...practice. Something else I would add is try to find a mentor (friend, family member, etc) who has some archery experience, and ask, ask, and ask some more questions. Anything and everything you can think of. I started out with bowhunting all on my own, learning as I went. I came from a hunting family, just not bowhunters. I didn't really have anyone to go to with questions until I found HNI of all things. I've since met a few members here personally and I think I've learned more in the past few weeks than I did the first few years on my own. It's a non-stop learning process which is what makes it so fun.
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Find some adult freind that really knows bows and have him help you it will save you alot of frustration make sure your draw lenth is right buy a good target set yourself up a nice range and practice.I showed my step son and his freinds how to shoot when they were young and now they all turned into good bow hunnters and showed me alot when I got into the release peep shooting and keep looking at the archery sites you will pick up alot of good pointers.Well to bad you werent around i be glad to show you how to shoot well keep it up it is fun. hope you find some good guidence i am sure there is someone around where you live that will point you in the right direction it is almost more rewarding fo the teacher than the student it was in my case cause every time those kidds shoot a big deer i pipe rite up and say i taught them.David
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Like everyone has already said...tons of practice.
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Practice,Practicce,Practice is most important. I shot every day unless it is pooring down rain or snowing.
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Well, practice is good, but proper practice is better. All the practice in the world won't help much if your doing it wrong and your bow doesn't fit you.
First you need to make sure your bow fits you right. I don't know where it was purchased, but if it was from a shop they should be able to help getting it set up for you. And you don't need all the fancy equipment you see the guys on here use. Some of these guys must have pretty decent incomes because I have a full time job and can't afford some of this stuff. Decent 3 pin sights and a good rest will get the job done. You don't need fancy 100 dollar sights and expensive drop a ways rests. And make sure your release fits you as well. Quality arrows are important, if faced between the choice of cheap carbons and aluminums I say pick aluminums. They are better arrows for the money and have better spine choices, especially for low powered set ups. Easton Jazz arrows are better than most of the 50-60 dollar carbons on the market in my opinion. If you want to spend money on something, spend it on lessons. Join a youth archery league or something along those lines. Even a few individual lessons would be a great start. Some shops will start you out for nothing if you get the bow from them. This sounds mean, but having your Uncle " Billy Bob" help you out is great, unless he has poor form, has too long of a draw length and draws 10 lbs more than he should. In that case he may be doing you more harm than good. It's much easier to learn how to do it correctly from the get go then it is to get rid of bad habits later on down the road. My opinion anyway Paul |
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I am just guessing that your new bow didn't come with sights or a decent rest. That's okay, and it's actually good for starting off. Get a nice, inexpensive prong rest like a Tiger Tuff "Tuff Star". I think a prong-type is better for beginners than a captive rest like a Whisker Biskit because it will force you to develop a nice, smooth draw so that the arrow doesn't fall off - which a captive rest is designed to prevent.
I started each of my children shooting with fingers and no sights: I believe that this made them master the fundamentals by shooting the old traditional ways first. Practice, practice, practice..... and learn to have a solid anchor point with each and every shot, keep your body still and in the same posture each time,too. When you've gotten to where you're doing pretty good without the benefit of sights, then you should add one, and probably a peep too. Stay away from plastic ones! get a decent, low-cost fiber optic pin sight, and only use one pin. The Apex Gear Atomic single-pin is good. With a single pin, you'll learn how to adjust for the arrow drop, or lack of drop, at different distances. It might be better to say "practice and learn, practice and learn, practice and learn". Oh, one more thing: if there's a Boy Scouts organization in your area, see if maybe there's a "Venturing" crew around, particularly one that's involved in archery. |
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Before You shoot even one arrow, find someone in your area who can set your equipment up. Then have that person work with you on your shooting. It is almost impossable to correct abad habitonce you learn it. Start out right and stay right. Concentrate on form and shoot, shoot, shoot.
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I agree with most of the above. Make sure the bow is set up properly. Don't cheap out on your accessories, but don't go thinking you have to have top of the line stuff either. Most high priced stuff is just that... high priced. The middle grade rests and sight will do almost everything that the high end stuff will.
#1 Rule - HAVE FUN! Spend time working strictly on your shooting form on a target, but don't make it ALL work. Get away from that target for most of your shooting. Get some el cheapo arrows, tip them with Judo points, then go out in the woods and just have fun shooting at stuff. A lot of my practice has always been to take a trash bag with me into a patch of woods and shoot drink bottles, cans and other litter. See how far you can be and still hit a soda can. Or find out if you can get an arrow through thatlittle holein the weeds or leaves to hit a bottle. Put your 'kills' into the bag and take it to the nearest dumpster when you're done for the day. It really is hard to lose an arrow that's got a Judo point on it, so don't worry about that. You wind up havinggood practice, it teaches you what you can and cannot really dowith your woods shooting (knowledge that ispriceless to havewhen you get ready to hunt)and helps keep yourarea clean. Too many people make all their practice sessions into work, so they wind up making up excuses to not practice. DON'T FALL INTO THAT TRAP! Make your practicesomething you enjoy doingand you'll be making excuses to get out and shoot. And you'll be a darn sight better archer than the ones who sit on the couch and watch TV instead.;) |
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As has been said Practice but then again as has been said proper practice, not sure where you are from but in my home state of Texas there are a lot of really good clubs and local archery shops, if you have the means to get there you can pick up a lot of good information and form tips from the guys at the shops. Some shops have staff shooters that will work with you just for the cost of your shooting time and some even have clinics for young shooters, if you can find one of those where you live use it. Good Luck and keep us informed on your progress....
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ORIGINAL: Arthur P I agree with most of the above. Make sure the bow is set up properly. Don't cheap out on your accessories, but don't go thinking you have to have top of the line stuff either. Most high priced stuff is just that... high priced. The middle grade rests and sight will do almost everything that the high end stuff will. #1 Rule - HAVE FUN! Spend time working strictly on your shooting form on a target, but don't make it ALL work. Get away from that target for most of your shooting. Get some el cheapo arrows, tip them with Judo points, then go out in the woods and just have fun shooting at stuff. A lot of my practice has always been to take a trash bag with me into a patch of woods and shoot drink bottles, cans and other litter. See how far you can be and still hit a soda can. Or find out if you can get an arrow through thatlittle holein the weeds or leaves to hit a bottle. Put your 'kills' into the bag and take it to the nearest dumpster when you're done for the day. It really is hard to lose an arrow that's got a Judo point on it, so don't worry about that. You wind up havinggood practice, it teaches you what you can and cannot really dowith your woods shooting (knowledge that ispriceless to havewhen you get ready to hunt)and helps keep yourarea clean. Too many people make all their practice sessions into work, so they wind up making up excuses to not practice. DON'T FALL INTO THAT TRAP! Make your practicesomething you enjoy doingand you'll be making excuses to get out and shoot. And you'll be a darn sight better archer than the ones who sit on the couch and watch TV instead.;) |
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Have Fun and enjoy your WILD AMERICA.! (DUKEEEEEEEEEEEE)
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make sure your bow is well tuned and practice
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Great post, and as usual -- great advice from a couple of my favorites. Thanks Paul and Arthur for taking the time to weigh in.
I love the advice about taking to the woods with blunts or judo points ... I just secured a new Diamond Edge youth bow for my boy who turns 5 this summer, as well as a dozen Victory junior arrow shafts. Matt / PA was gracious enough to bring him a 3d coyote from his club when he came down for this last year's hunt to give him something fun to shoot at in my back yard, but I really like the idea of taking to the woods to keep it fresh and exciting as we go "exploring"... Great stuff, guys!! |
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I didn't get a chance to read the responses but I'll give you my 2 sense...and end with a pic of me when I was 12 with my first deer. I wish you all the luck and have fun. You are hooked for life...
You're young now and technology is at its best. With your current set up I would get a whisker biscuit rest and a site that feels good for you... Never be afraid to hunt with a range finder to make your kills the best they can be. Practice all summer long...Don't be choosey in your first 5 years in the woods...You need to put deer on the ground and learn learn learn...you need to build some experience and also try to learn the appreciation of a good doe harvest...I still shake after 22 years of hunting with a bow. MOST IMPORTANTLY - I started with a Martin Tiger 45 pounds with NO SIGHTS...You may want to walk this path of no sights as you learn...I also spent my early years shooting squirrels and partridge and pheasants with a long bow... Before you enter the world of technology try to experience the art of bowhunting in an instinctive way like the indians did it...You'll thank me 20 years later when you reflect back on you accomplishments...Here is me back in 1986. Have fun buddy. Remember..take your compound with sites to the woods...but take a recurve or long bow too....whack a few animals instinctivly and you'll see what I mean...  |
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MichiganWhitetails74, that's an awesome pic:D.
The only thing I can add to all this excellent advice is to not "overbow" yourself. Shoot at a draw weight that is comfortable. Work up gradually. You wouldn't believe how many problems can develop from too much draw weight. |
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ORIGINAL: Doegirl75 The only thing I can add to all this excellent advice is to not "overbow" yourself. Shoot at a draw weight that is comfortable. Work up gradually. You wouldn't believe how many problems can develop from too much draw weight. |
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Wish there were more post like this on this sight gives renewed faith alot better{LOOK AT HOW PROUD OF MYSELF FOR THIS SHOT}I wanted to puke
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ORIGINAL: blackfish Wish there were more post like this on this sight gives renewed faith alot better{LOOK AT HOW PROUD OF MYSELF FOR THIS SHOT}I wanted to puke |
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ORIGINAL: Schultzy ORIGINAL: blackfish Wish there were more post like this on this sight gives renewed faith alot better{LOOK AT HOW PROUD OF MYSELF FOR THIS SHOT}I wanted to puke |
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ORIGINAL: blackfish ORIGINAL: Schultzy ORIGINAL: blackfish Wish there were more post like this on this sight gives renewed faith alot better{LOOK AT HOW PROUD OF MYSELF FOR THIS SHOT}I wanted to puke |
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Oh theres no dust on it
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nice talken my beagle wants to go to bed
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Always wear a safety harness if you plan on hunting out of a treestand, and practice shooting from your stand.
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RE: bow tips for a young bowhunter?
1. Listen to Paul
2. get the bow set up correctly by someone who knows how too 3. Listen to Paul 4. Practice often 5. Listen to Paul |
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