Who are the archers?

Anyone use a bow? What style? Just targets or also to hunt? I am currently looking for a good compound bow (left handed b/c i am left eye dominant) but don't have one yet. Dad has a PSE compound but it is right handed. So what cha got?

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I shoot targets with a recurve.

I have a long bow ment for just target shooting but i can take down a rabbit or a bird (or cat lol jk) if needed

I'd really like to purchase this bow. A PSE Nova SU (50-70 lb) in left hand!!!

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Im more into recurve, compound bows are to modern lol.

yea but for deer hunting i want somehting that when i take aim there is no guesswork. i'd have my bow sighted in for the exact distance i'm going to have to shoot. probably with truglow sights.

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	Daffy wrote:
	yea but for deer hunting i want somehting that when i take aim there is no guesswork. i'd have my bow sighted in for the exact distance i'm going to have to shoot. probably with truglow sights.

Thats true, I guess it all depends on what your into eh, i like to shoot targets, you like to shoot people...Er..eh i mean animals.

Here is my { Ben Pearson Recurve Bow } i just got my hands on. These are now collector items, as they stopped making recurve bows over 20 years ago. I took it to my favorite place, Borman Archery. Ron Borman has been shooting recurve bows over 50 years, he is in his late 70'z. I told him how i got my hands on this Bow & he was floored at how little i paid.
I went to a place called, Value Village, it's a second hand store, i was looking for some cover-all's to work on my brothers Dump Truck. I was walking out & seen the top of a bow sticking out of a box. I went over & pulled it out, & i was like Shocked

i looked it over it's in good condition, & the price !! LOL, $ 7.99 !.
So i told Ron this story & he was wow, you are a lucky guy Dave. He would sell this Bow to a collector for approx
$ 300. to $ 400

. This Bow sold in 1958 for $ 14.95. lol. So im very happy with my find. This is a all Fibre Glass Bow, which Ben Pearson only made from 1958 to 1964. The reason i know that this one is a 1958 model is that all the Fibre Glass bows built were only named Strato Jet, & for 1 year Ben Pearson made a Strato Jet Target model. Cool

So i bought a new Bow string for $ 10.00 & im good to go. Now i got 12 wooden arrows ordered with real feathers for fletching to keep it all as it used to be many years ago. Not this aluminum shaft & plastic fletching stuff. I like the old school type Bow shooting. Smile

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Doug wrote:

	Daffy wrote:
	yea but for deer hunting i want somehting that when i take aim there is no guesswork. i'd have my bow sighted in for the exact distance i'm going to have to shoot. probably with truglow sights.

Thats true, I guess it all depends on what your into eh, i like to shoot targets, you like to shoot people...Er..eh i mean animals.

** Well Hundreds of years ago people " Hunters " never had anything like the tech stuff today.
All it was is a bent stick with a string, & killed what ever they aimed at, & were able to feed there
Family's for many centuries. The Longbow was around for 4 centuries and they did just fine.
What it comes down to is practice with what you have & you will be able to use it very
affectively.

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Well tomorow, i try out for the schools archery team Very Happy

	Doug wrote:
	Well tomorow, i try out for the schools archery team

Excellant

I need t oget a new target myself, mines punched out, arrows go right through, lol.

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I have a compound bow.(no pic Embarassed

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I have done just target shooting, but I hope to become good enough to hunt this coming hunting season. Smile

My Uncle gave me a "crash course in archery". Shocked

LOL

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Well i did half of what i needed to, im in top spot in the school, but everyone shot horrably(including me) today. im expecting the scores to get better(well hoping) soon.

Good luck Doug Very Happy

eric

I am an archer, I shoot longbow.
I believe sights are cheating Laughing

(I duck from the bottles flying at my head)

Havnt hunted anything but 3d targets.

been in some small time competitions, mostly at rendezvous and I always do pretty well.

get this, I actually won a muzzle loading rifle at an archery competition Very Happy

. (It was on a prize blanket along with other things i coulda chose)

Welcome Crazy Cool

Nice to see you around brother, i'm looking forward to you posting some gear Cool

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Daffy i have a left handed bow i will sell you for $100 canadian its a nice little bow i will put a pic up later
i have to sell it cuz im not a left handed shooter

i hope saying i will sell it doesnt break any rules does it?

Hurry, im going to toronto soon to shoot in an all schools of ontario archery compitiion. Very Happy

THats awesome Doug goodluck! Very Happy

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	NorthernHunter wrote:
	Daffy i have a left handed bow i will sell you for $100 canadian its a nice little bow i will put a pic up later i have to sell it cuz im not a left handed shooter i hope saying i will sell it doesnt break any rules does it?

no rules were broke, but a pm would have been every bit as appropriate. I have a PSE bow that I use now, i just wear an eye patch. Thanks for the offer tho.

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