I have been shooting a bow for 40 years. Started w/a longbow, recurve, and acompound since 1976. AJennings Sidekick, $ 79.95 what a bargain. I am currently shooting a PSE Nova@ 55 lbs w/60 percent let off, I draw 29 inches. I hunt turkeys from a ground blind and maybe a whitetail if I have the opportunity. I am able to practice @ home in my basement, It's 60 feet long!I recently started wearing bifocals, and can't see thru a peep sight clearly.
Why not simplify the problem get rid of the sight and shoot the way you started? Go back to a longbow...
Were do I start?

find you a gander mountain or cabelas. Get you a Nice grizzly the one i shot last weekend had #55 and 28" draw. shot very nice at 20yards. I am getting away from my compound bow as well, goin to traditional shooting. PSE also offers some pretty nice bows as well priced around $160-$280. One of the guy on here said you need atleast 45lb draw to kill a deer so make sure you get one with atleast #45. 2blade broadheads seem to be the choice of most of the guys in this section as well.

Start light, work on form, be patient and practice, practice, practice.....

You started the instant you made the decision.

Most longbows these days are reflex/deflex design, though you can still get the old straight limbed longbows from Howard Hill, Schulz and some other makers. The r/d bows are popular these daysbecause they arereally sweet shooters and don't give up much, if anything, to recurves as far as performance. Another benefit is they don't have anything near the 'bump' in the hand of the Hill style bows. One of the best bargains in a longbow these days is the SamickViper at around $200 or the Viper Delux for a bit more. It'd be a good one for getting your feet wet again without setting you back too much coinage.

I guess one of the biggest changes over the past 30 years is the near universal use of bow stringers, to keep from damaging the bow - or yourself. Another change has been in string materials. Most bows made these days are compatible with fastflight strings but if you get an older bow you should stick with B-50 or B-500 dacron strings. Fastflight strings have destroyed a lot of good old bows.

Also, flemish twist strings have become pretty standard now. Every once in awhile somebody shows up with an endless loop string but, excepting target bows,it's getting rare to see one.

Other than that, things are pretty much as they were before you went to compounds. Bow, quiver, armguard, well matched arrowsand glove or tab, put a nock point on the string and you're ready tostart shootin'.

If you want some reading material to refamiliarize yourself with this archaic stuff ()I highly recommend the book "Become the Arrow" by Byron Ferguson.

Welcome back.

I'd suggest checking your state minimum requirements for big game as far as draw goes, and go with that the first year. Around here it is 40 pounds, I think that would be a great starting point.

If you want to go with a new bow, I'd take Arthurs advise on the Viper. If your draw is 26 or under, I'd go with a Howard Hill bow that you can get for $200.00. Or you could go the used bow route and get something. try the tradgangs classified.

I was on the same predicament 2 years ago and I went back to longbows and recurves, and have harvested many animals since.
So the descision is easy.
Good shooting to you.

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