I have been desiring to get into traditional archery for a long time. I sorta got caught up with the compounds.

I would like to get one and I had a few questions...

Lets say you have a 50 pound compound and a 50 pound recurve.Would it take the same energy to pull back each one.
I have a 50 pound diamond bow and I was looking at recurves within the 40-50 poundrange, would I be able to pull back a recurve to do you think?

What are you suggestions for a good recurve within the $150-$300 range?

What are the basics I need to start traditional archery? Finger releases? Wrist Gaurd?...

In therory yes you should be able too.

But in practice with a compound as soon as your cam rolls over the pull weight drops.

With trad you are pulling the weight all the way to anchor and are going to be holding all the weight not 20% of it like a compound.

Best thing to do is start off with a 35 to 40lb bow in your draw lenght and learn good form.

Stay away from short trad bows,nothing under66" for a Long Bow and 60" for a recurve.

You draw lenght will be roughly 1" shorter with trad over a compound so if you draw 28 on a compound it will be around 27 on trad.

Thank you. That information helps alot. I was thinking there was something between compound and traditional bows that made the draw pull differant.

I was looking at the PSE Impala Recurve. Its 60" just where you said to stay above. It is 45 pounds. My compound is 50 pounds and I have no problem pulling it back (50 is max on it and I was wanting 55-60 pounds). Do you think I would have a problem with a 45 pound recurve?

Do trad bows use the same arrows as compounds? Do they use differant fletchings?

You will want feathers for your traditional arrows. Really, any shaft will work as long as you have proper spine.

A 45 pound recurve will do you just fine, your muscles will tune up to the new style pretty quick. Biggest thing is proper form, like Kanga says, as well as a lot of practice.

First get consistent, then get accurate.

I started out with a 50# Longbow, I dedicated myself to this and got it done! Like the others said, don't over bow yourself, you will regret it! The 45# would be perfect to get your form down and even hunt with for that matter, once you get perfect form every time your accuracy will follow! Don't get frustrated with one bad day of shooting, it doesn't help the fact, set the bow down for the day! I spread my practice out, I would shoot a few arrows every few hours so I wouldn't get tired and form bad habits! I had to other wise I would end up shooting ALL day because it is so much FUN!!!!!!!!!! Good luck brother!

Just a quick question.

Whats your draw lenght on a compound?????????????

The bow you mentioned is more than likely going to be 45lb @ 28" draw if you draw more than 28" then the weight will go up if you draw under 28 the bow will have less poundage.

Just about all commercially made long bows and recurves the draw weight is measured at 28"

Good point Russ, you will gain/loose 3# per inch of draw length.

to tell you the truth I dont know what my draw length is. When I got my bow they put the measuring arrow in and had me pull back to get the length of my arrows. They never told me what my draw length was. My arrows are 27" long.

Would it be better to go to my local archerystore and buy a recurve from there or could I order the Impala from PSE's website and then take it to store and have them set everything up?

Please correct me if im wrong but diffearnt limbs have diffearnt poundages and in order to gain pounds you have to buy new limbs?
How do they do the draw length? Do they shorten the string to my length?

If it is a take down model yes you can get different poundage limbs.

No they don't shorten the string you just pull back and anchor at the corner of your mouth.

On the bows that I make I have a daw board with different measurements on it, I place the bow on the board then with a scale I pull it back to the customers draw lenght toget the poundage at that lenght.

If it is more I have to take weight off each limb till I get it to where the customer wants it, thats one ofthe difference's in a custom bow than a mass produced one. Apart from you also get to choose what woods, thickness of the fiber glass etc on a custom bow.

Also something else I have found with commercially produced bows is the draw weight can differ by up to + or - 5lbs on 2 exact same bows and both will have the same weight marked on the limbs.