wanna buy a recurve or long
 

i currently own a pse compound bow, and i know someone that has long bow, it looks like ALOT of fun using one. i wanna start savin up(savin since im only 14) for either a recurve or long bow. which kind and which brand would yall suggest for not alot of money?

thanks for any comments
T.J.

RE: wanna buy a recurve or long
 

For the recurve, I'd definitely recommend the ChekMate Falcon. www.recurves.com

The Samick Viper is a decent entry level longbow for around $200.

Or, if you're handy and don't mind a little do-it-yourself stuff, do some reading on Ferret's and Jawge's websites and learn how to make a bow from a piece of lumber. It takes longer to save up a couple hundred dollars - to get a storebought bow - than it takes to save up $10 to buy a good red oak board and make it yourself. You can do it. I was making my own bows when I was a lot younger than 14.

You can learn how to make your own flemish strings on this site. And there's a lot of nifty projects over here.

Summer vacation is coming up. Making some archery gear is a great way to keep from getting bored. Your homemade stuff might not be as fancy as your friends', but it'll be a lot cooler. "Wow! You MADE that?"

Whatever you wind up doing, enjoy.:)

RE: wanna buy a recurve or long
 

I second the Chek-Mate bows, anyone of them, Also Martin makes are very good bow. My current is a Savannah, very nice shooting, also had a Chek-Mate Crusader that waas equally nice, just a liitle to much draw weight for me.

RE: wanna buy a recurve or long
 

thanks for the info, i really like woodworking so i might have to just try makin my own that would be cool. thanks again for the info.