I'm sorry to hear my fellow protec accuwheel lx pro finger shooting freind. is hanging up the Hoyt. Pain takes the fun out of everything and it sucks when its something you love. At least you can still shoot your tradition equipment. Your not leaving this forum are you? that would suck for all of us. Say explain something to me what poundage is you traditional equipment and does'nt it take more to hold a recurve back than a compound becuase of the absence of letoff? or is ot just holding up the weight of the bow thats killin ya.[:@] you don't think a year off from your compound would make a differance?
Oh well its late I wish you the best and hope you feel better so you can still enjoy what you so passionately love.
Timbow.

I don't have any problems with pain, but if you want to get rid of the compound, a couple of traditional guys I know shoot Martin and Black Widow traditional bows and they say they are great. everything I have read on traditional bows says these are great bows. I have shot it, but I have no idea how to tell whether they are good or bad myself. Sorry to hear about all your pain and I hope it subsides enough so you can still stay in the woods. Good luck on finding a bow.

Sorry to hear of your medical problems Arthur! But glad you can still shoot traditional.

Whatever you do, please don't leave this board. We need your knowledge and experience to help us stay the course.

Thanks

No problem 'finding' a bow, riverknight. I've got 'em already. I've even been known to make my own longbows.

Tim, I think it's a combination of things. Mainly the actual weight of the compound vs the actual weight of my recurves and longbows and how much longer I have to hold the compound up vs my stickbows. Maybe even the difference the draw cycle and stored energy.

My compound stores a good 40% more energy than the recurves and longbows do. That means I'm putting 40% more energy into drawing the compound, and probably putting 40% more strain on the shoulder for the same draw weight.

A trad bow hits peak weight for you at your draw length. My style of shooting is I aim while I'm drawing, when I hit my anchor everything should be lined up (SHOULD be lined up... I miss sometimes[&o]), so there's often not even a hint of hesitation before the shot is gone. So, I'm at peak weight for a mere fraction of a second. With the compound, it takes me a couple of seconds to pull through the peak and control the draw through the letoff. And then the letoff disrupts my barebow aiming method. It takes me a couple more seconds to reacquire my sight picture before I can release the arrow.

But the bottom line is simply the way my shoulder feels after shooting.

Oldguy, I hadn't figured on leaving the board. [&:]