Has Anyone Hunted Deer With a Recurve?
#5
Heck yeah...Like Oldtimr said us old fogies used recurves and long bows because that's all there was. I have to laugh when I hear these bow manufacturers boast of 300+ fps! Heck back in our day if your recurve cast an arrow 180 fps that was fast...LOL
And we killed our share of deer and other game too. And for the average Joe, 25 yards was a loooong shot.
And we killed our share of deer and other game too. And for the average Joe, 25 yards was a loooong shot.
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,242
Hunted deer for over 30 years with a recurve. Took a couple nice bucks and a lot venison with it. I loved shooting. After work I'd shoot in the backyard. The process of shooting forced me to put everything else out of my mind to focus on each shot. I found it relaxing. I never felt the need to go with a compound. It was just a matter of setting up a little closer to the trail. I found that although I couldn't hit as precisely as my compound shooting buddies, the wide broadheads and heavy shafts had great penetration compared to their light, fast arrows, and I usually ended up getting the deer. I miss it.