Real Bows
05-24-2011, 11:30 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: dunkle hollow va USA
Posts: 4
Real Bows
I was checking with some of the local archery shops for Gold Tip Shafts today. I called the one I normally deal with and they didn't carry them then I called a new one.
I asked for the Laser II and he said.."No, that's for a cross bow. We only deal with real bows."
Guess who won't be getting any more calls from me?
I asked for the Laser II and he said.."No, that's for a cross bow. We only deal with real bows."
Guess who won't be getting any more calls from me?
05-24-2011, 03:45 PM
#2
Spike
Join Date: May 2011
Location: lowest alabama
Posts: 16
I was checking with some of the local archery shops for Gold Tip Shafts today. I called the one I normally deal with and they didn't carry them then I called a new one.
I asked for the Laser II and he said.."No, that's for a cross bow. We only deal with real bows."
Guess who won't be getting any more calls from me?
I asked for the Laser II and he said.."No, that's for a cross bow. We only deal with real bows."
Guess who won't be getting any more calls from me?
REAL BOWS ???
TELL'UM... LETS SHOOT FOR PICK SLIPS
Last edited by gendoc; 05-28-2011 at 01:38 PM.
05-25-2011, 09:46 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 2,186
This attitude is poorly founded. I too would avoid that business like the plague.
I cannot imagine anyone any more an avid "bow man" than me. Started before I turned 14 way back in the fall of 1962. Started out with a Ben Pearson straight bow. Went to a Shakespeare recurve. Transitoned to a Bear compound when some of my upper body strength ebbed. Moved up to an SQ-2 several years back. Switched to a Ten Point x-bow after blowing up a bicep in 2007. Hunted with a cross bow since.
Am I still a "real archery hunter"? I say yes .... because though I do not have to make or hold the pressure of a "draw" (heck, I can't !), a crossbow presents me a whole different set of challenges. I find it heavy and awkward. Setting up where there is enough L-R clearance for the the crossbow's limb width must be closely considered. My cross bow is substantially louder than any compound I ahve ever had and a ton louder than my old stick or recurve. Though I have not missed a deer as of yet, for sure if I had there would not have been a chance in Hades for a second shot. I have found no increase in effective kill range, other than with a good rest I can stay very steady on the target.
Will I go back to my compound when and if my bicep heals enough so that the intense pain I feel at full draw is gone? Yes. However, it is still nice to know that here in Alabama I do not have to forego "real archery" season simply because I cannot manage a "real bow".
I cannot imagine anyone any more an avid "bow man" than me. Started before I turned 14 way back in the fall of 1962. Started out with a Ben Pearson straight bow. Went to a Shakespeare recurve. Transitoned to a Bear compound when some of my upper body strength ebbed. Moved up to an SQ-2 several years back. Switched to a Ten Point x-bow after blowing up a bicep in 2007. Hunted with a cross bow since.
Am I still a "real archery hunter"? I say yes .... because though I do not have to make or hold the pressure of a "draw" (heck, I can't !), a crossbow presents me a whole different set of challenges. I find it heavy and awkward. Setting up where there is enough L-R clearance for the the crossbow's limb width must be closely considered. My cross bow is substantially louder than any compound I ahve ever had and a ton louder than my old stick or recurve. Though I have not missed a deer as of yet, for sure if I had there would not have been a chance in Hades for a second shot. I have found no increase in effective kill range, other than with a good rest I can stay very steady on the target.
Will I go back to my compound when and if my bicep heals enough so that the intense pain I feel at full draw is gone? Yes. However, it is still nice to know that here in Alabama I do not have to forego "real archery" season simply because I cannot manage a "real bow".
