PICTURES ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Best recurve I ever had was a Silvertip ........ I got this one for a good price I think and just had to have it - what a GORGEOUS BOW ! I've been trying to NOT buy any new bows lately ....... I was weak last night :D

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[/align]Windaur Schafer Silvertip, Gaboon Ebony riser with Amarillo crescent wave and medium checkered grip.

Limbs are 60" & 58@28", actionboo core with tulipwood vaneers back & belly, sheep horn tips and sheep horn knobs.




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RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Buster,
Any chance you could post a pic? I'd love to see it.

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

MAN LAW.
[8D]

"A new bow is not to be described or introduced on the Traditional forum without providing the jealous members with a visual representation...........in the form of a PICTURE."

Motion to MAN LAW..........do I hear a second to the motion?

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

I second

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

The pictures I had of it don't work now (link) I'll see if I can get more.

Its kinda pretty :)

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Gonna' bring it with you to the Lost Tribe shoot in Collierville on the 10th of next month?

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

I saw that bow on tradgang--you don't know how tempted I was to buy that.Very nice looking bow and you got a good deal on that

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

JimPic - you don't know how good a deal :D

LBR - hmmmmmm 10th of next month ? My mother and father in laws house burned to the ground along with everything they owned Valentines morning at 2 am ...... we've been going up there to help them get their lives back a bit, they're fixing up the old house his Mom use to live in (gutting it, and rebuilding fromthe framing up). I don't know what I'm doing on my days off - almost on-call for them if they need me so to speak, delivering donations etc. Sure would be fun though ....... I'll keep it in mine

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Very nice. Goodluck with it!

Hatchet Jack

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

There we go.......:)

WOWthat ISa good looking bow![:-] Congrats on such a nice new purchase.

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

buster,
em em em ! Them silvertips are SWEEEEEEEEEET !
Tj

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Tj Craig this is like a kids' bow to you (only 58# ) !!!!!!!!! sad part is ....... 58# is pushing my max control weight. Its 60" so that'll help a bit. With Silvertips I think you can interchange the limbs fairly easy.

Can't wait to get it ........ I bought my Dad's Mathews Q2 last weekend, took it out on Sat and I haven't shot a compound in 3 years I guess, the bow isn't tuned to me or anything, and 5 of 6 shots were in a 4" group between 20-30 yards. The shot that didn't hit in that group was my error, not the bows.

With the compound I KNOW I'll kill any deer that comes by - thats what I'm missing with my trad shooting, the I KNOW ....... instead its " I HOPE " [&o]

Anyway, my point is I wasn't excited at all to get, or shoot this Q2. I'll be like a kid at Christmas when thisSilvertip gets here !

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

No offense, but that lack of confidence needs to be overcome IMO.


BTW: Beautiful bow!!!

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

I don't know how to overcome at this point. I'm not confident in my bow anymore, or the power it has. 58# recurve and 650-700 grain arrow ....... assuming I can shoot it well, might help.

Maybe


I dunno ........ I have to change something though, I can't stay the same after having poor result after poor result [&o]

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Man, what looker!! I hope it works out for you!

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

You may want to take a look at this book. It looks at the psychological as well as the physical side of archery.

http://www.n-sights.net/iai/

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Bobco,
Lack of confidense ?? you a "SHRINK" ??? Howard hill bowman ?? you need a identity ?? Your very JUDGEMENTAL with your comments mister!
Tj

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

I agree with Bob-I think Buster even agrees with Bob.Read his post,Tj.He even says he's going out hunting knowing he's not gonna kill a deer like he could with a compound.Sounds like he's not confident in his abilities yet with a trad bow.That doesn't make it wrong.JMO

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Absolutely agree Bob.

Especially if you're going to hunt with it, you do really need to overcome thelack of confidence Buster. But that'll come the more you shoot. I had that problem last year, so I took the compound with me. I can keep a nice 3-4" group out to 15 yards now,but I'm aiming for that group at 25 yards.I plan on using the longbow this season for sure. The more I shoot it, the more I hit where I'm aiming, and so the more confident I feel in my shooting.

BTW, that bow is BEAUTIFUL!! And contrary to popular-belief, you can't own too many bows!;)

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Nope.

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

guys, for those of you who don't know me, I've been bowhunting for 20 + years, compound for all but the last 4 of it. I've killed elk, mule deer, antelope, whitetail, varmits etc - I'm a pretty lucky hunter (hate to call myself good) but bottom line, I aint no rookie to hunting or killing animals


I killed a 130+ " 11 pointer in KS my first trad season. Its all been downhill from there though and I don't know why. I practice a LOT, I practice RIGHT and my equipment is tuned well. My shot selections have become more and more picky, I've made a lot of changes to my hunting .......... and I'm still not getting it done.

I felt a LOT of pressure this season, no doubt. I was determined to NOT wound and lose an animal - to the point that NOT wounding an animal was more of a foucs than killing one if that makes any sense. I passed shots on bucks ya'll would slap me for - and the one shot I did finally take ? Gorgeous arrow flight, perfect shot - high back hit, lost deer [:o]

I have absolutely lost faith in my bow, and my ability to kill deer with it. Would a different bow help ? IT certainly can't hurt ! I can't help but feeling I need more poundage, more arrow weight, more UMPFFFFHHHHH behind my shots to power that broadhead.

I'll not lie - I bought my Dad's Q2 when (at 72 years old) he went to a crossbow a few weeks back. I have a bow now I can kill deer with and not lose deer. Yes, I'm THAT confident shooting it.

Will this Silvertip be a bow I can believe in my shots like a compound ? I don't know - but I do know this ...... I HAVE to make changes to my equipment, to my hunting because I will not continue to wound and lose animals. I can't do that. If going back to a compound is the answer, so be it. Maybe though this SIlvertip will be it too ....... I have 6 months until my Colorado elk hunt to figure it out though.

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Buster--I know what you're going thru.For awhile,I was on a roll-filling tags with my 'curves and longbows every season.then about 5 seasons ago,I hit a nice 7pt a little far back(actually gut shot him).I wound up losing that deer-1st one I ever lost.For the next 2 seasons,I couldn't even draw back on a deer.I hunted hard,saw alot of deer and had many in my comfort range,I just couldn't pull that string back on them.I kept thinking,"what if I do that again"?
Then the one season came-opening morning-and a nice 8pt came in at 18yds.I mouth grunted to stop him and when he stopped,without hesitation,the bow arm came up,I drew and anchored and released.What I didn't realize wasmy brace height slippedand the bow twanged real loud.The buck flattened out and the arrow went right over his back.
The point is,I knew I had a good shot,I was ready to take the shot and there was no 2nd guessing myself.When the right shot presentation comes along for you-you'll know it and be confident to make it

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

I've had that the past two years - both resulted in lost animals. One wsn't hit bad, the other (this years buck) I don't know ...... my gut says I killed him, the tracking job says he lived.

I don't have that confidence anymore ...... and don't know what to change to get it back. LBR is right in that I need to kill some animals ....... I've got a hog farm buddy who's going to bring me a couple of pigs in the coming weeks. I'm going to put them into a pen, and shoot them.

Why ? I want to remember what its like to kill an animal, to focus on a spot and send the arrow there. As weird as this "practice" seems, I'm gonna do it

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

Buster, IMO, from your posts, it really sounds more of a mental problem then equipment problem. Your new bow is a beauty and I'm sure it can kill deer. But, mental preparation is very important in our sport. Please don't over look it as a possiblity of an underlying problem.

RE: I can't help myself ( bought a Silvertip last night )
 

BobCo19-65 Its absolutely a mental issue. WHY I have it I don't know though. I shoot well, its not target panic to the best of my self evaluating ....... its focusing. I can't seem to keep the focus on THE SPOT .......... for whatever reason.

That said ....... the last two shots were both killing shots - with a compound. The impact, angle of arrow = dead deer, but my 52# longbow and 525 gr arrows wasn't enough to get it done IMO.

58# recurve, 625-650 arrows ....... that will bring more to the table, and an added mental feeling that hey, with this bow, I CAN do it.

I know that might sound stupid but I don't know what else to do. Well, I DO know what else, and its a Mathews Q2 I already bought - but truthfully I want to shoot trad - I love it. But I will not continue to wound/lose/miss like I have the past 2 years. Its unacceptable in my hunting world.