You hit the nail on the head Arthur P. If you gun hunt you can get away with not practicing until a week before the hunt. A gun is a lot more forgiving than a bow. If you happen to have an errant gut shot with a gun because you jerked the trigger from not practicing you still have a good chance of harvesting the animal. If you gut shoot a deer with a bow, you just made a coyote's job a whole lot easier cause you probably won't find it.

Man o Man is the crap getting deep!! Really I am tired of this post and the argument, but to tell me that I have to skills because I use a compound......give me a break!! I am not going to argue anymore, but that is a serious comment to be throwing out on a board full of fake bow shooters!!

That is a totally rediculous statement!! Not practicing with a gun is just as bad as not practicing with a bow in my book!! A gut shot deer is still a gut shot deer!!

WOW! I take a couple days off to chase turkeys, come back and see that eveyone is getting along soooooooo well.

Come on...group hug, and sing campfire songs.

Arthur, stealthy started all this BS by saying that compound hunting was a joke and no challenge and by saying the crossbow and compound were one in the same.

I for one enjoy shooting my compound and I shoot it almost year round, not everyday, but enough to stay consistent.

I have a lot respect for you trad guys, but statements like his really put a bad light on your type of shooting.

Arthur P wins again.

Ibo Score Word indoor.

Traditional 25 yard max

Ken Redding Columbus OH 333 4
George O'Oneal, IV Livonia MI 301 5
Aaron Leightey Upper Sandusky OH 297 3
Glenn Anderson Newark OH 295 3
Thomas Sloniger Gibsonia PA 295 3
Benjamin Hirsch Southfield MI 290 2
C. Jack Rhudy Damascus VA 285 3
Bill Trego Circleville OH 281 1
Milton Callaway Jaconsonville TX 272 2
Manning Baumgardner Powell OH 268 3
Roger Smith Hamersville OH 267 0
Raymond Borglum Waseca MN 265 4
Harry Hirsch Southfield MI 256 3
Don Hanson Brook IN 240 2
Guy Bishop, Jr Pulaski VA 231 1
Dale Gardner Walbridge OH 230 0
David Lee,Jr. Northlake IL 200 0


Compound Hunters 35 yard max

Tim Lane Weston WV 425 25
Jason Drerup Chippewa Lake OH 424 26
Michael Ringer Greenwich OH 422 28
Jason Wilson Weston WV 421 25
Ronald Isler Uniontown PA 420 24
Donald Gaines, Jr Buckhannon WV 418 24
William Fretenborough Kimball MI 418 13
Ron Hall Hookstown PA 417 24
Dan Pringle Pittsburgh PA 417 24
William Maloy Holland NY 417 23
A. Michael Matala Glenwood NY 417 21
Douglas Anderson Lost Creek WV 417 21
Bud Miller Rives Jct MI 417 21
Roger Force Brookville IN 417 19
Jamie McKibbin Parma MI 416 22
Frederick Davis Weirton WV 415 23
Gary Boyce Lucas OH 415 19
Patrick Manley Connersville IN 414 21
Rick Scrivens N.Olmsted OH 414 18
Tom Lodovico Industry PA 413 19
Phil White Medina OH 413 19
James Sapp II Smithfield PA 412 21
Vitus Loretto, Jr. N. Collins NY 412 20
Mark Vanord Russell PA 411 19
Bradley McClure Warren MI 411 19


Funny how one can score more then the other without being more accurate.

Why does more energy matter? When you guff and hit the shoulder. Why do people hunt elk with a 7mm instead of a .243?

Forget it I'm never going to change your mind. Arthur P once again you are the man.

WELL OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR RAMBLING YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE MISSED MY POINT. IF YOU GUT SHOOT A DEER WITH A BOW YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO HARVEST THE ANIMAL. I AGREE WITH YOU IN ONE ASPECT, NOT PRACTICING WITH A GUN IS JUST AS BAD. NOW TO CALL MY STATEMENT RIDICULOUS WELL I DON'T THINK YOU READ INTO MY STATEMENT ENOUGH. IN MY HUMBLE OPINION NOT PRACTICING WITH A BOW AS COMPARED TO A GUN COULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL. ESPECIALLY WHEN WITH A BOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY AMMO OR RANGE TIME TO PRACTICE. YOU CAN JUST GO OUT INTO YOUR BACKYARD AND SHOOT. OH UNLESS YOU CAN'T HIT THE BROADSIDE OF A BARN THEN YOU BETTER NOT SHOOT IN YOUR BACKYARD!!!!!!!

Arthur P -

" Opening day is this Friday and my broadheads won't fly straight ... HELP "

Ever wonder why those posts don't come around in April and June ?

Bottom line folks, a compound is an easier piece of equipment/weapon to use than a longbow or recurve is and a self bow is harder than those. Thats just plain facts or everyone would be shooting recurves/longbows, right ?

That doesn't mean the personal challenge is any greater or that is lesser - its just talking and saying how one weapons is easier to shoot than another.

Aint that something how compound scores were so much higher at 30% greater distances than the recurves were ?

How about this twist .....

I can pick up any of ya'lls compound (assuming its tuned and around 28" draw) and I can shoot it better in 20 minutes than I can with my longbow after shooting it for 3 years.

What do ya'll think of that ? It is a true statement.

I could take a tuned compound out into the woods and after 30 minutes practice assuming a deer gives me a 20 yard shot. Yes, I believe compounds are that easy to shoot.

Likewise, I could kill a dink or a doe in one or two hunts, yes it is that easy