My youngest son's elementary school started doing archery in PE last year, and was given the green light to join the state's competition league. My boy has absolutely fallen in love with the competitive side of archery!

I've only used this string 4 or 5 times, an hour at a time, and the serving is being pulled apart at both loops. Is this normal?

18 degrees outside, shooting from 60-75 yards. Funnily enough, my 3 year old has now named all deer “target” after adding this guy to our backyard range.

Got a new Sitka jacket as a gift for Xmas, it’s a bit bulkier than I’m used to so I think it impacted my anchor as groups were trending a bit left- still a beautiful day for some cold weather shooting!

Striker RK1 custom build

I recently bought this longbow on Amazon and found it to be pretty enjoyable. I got the 35# for target shooting with my kids. The bow looks really nice and looks like it is decent quality, especially for the price. Great plains did a review of it on YouTube. They thought it was pretty good too.

I made up a Flemish twist string and put some yarn puffs on it. So far I have had an enjoyable experience with it.

26 meters, 60lbs thumb draw. Finally starting to put together all the things I've been practicing and this is the best result so far.

I think I know what I’m using for a cocking vane

This is the view from the street where we shoot. I added the light so the rising sun doesn’t bleed out the targets so badly. We can shoot up to 70 yards here however my son and myself shoot strong enough bows to penetrate the hay and break arrows in the wood if we miss. Should I do a stacked HD insulation foam in front of the hay? Or maybe hang some stall mats from the rafters? It’s 10’ wide and about 6’ tall. No fear of what’s behind it. Just hate breaking VAP TKO’s on a miss. Thanks!

Im looking into getting into traditional archery preferably old Arabian peninsula style bows.

Where can I look into how they were made/are made now? I'm a rather tall person so do I need to make some measurements to get bows fitted?

What measurements do I need? I'm 6'4

I hope y’all don’t get sick of me.

Got remeasured and sure enough, draw length he got was 23” for me. From what I have read here and other places, I would ± about 2.5 lbs per inch. You guys typically suggest that someone who has not a lot of experience start between 20-25lbs. If I were to go for a recurve for 40lbs at 28”, that would have me at 27.5, which is just a smidge above. Would this be fine? I’m 5’3” male and 190lbs (working on it being lower, trust me I’m upset about it)

I love the look of recurves and just the simplicity behind it. Plus since I want my wife to shoot along side me in this hobby, and we are nerds who love renfairs.

I am wondering what pros and cons of going for proprietary limbs over ILF would be. I have been looking at the mandarin duck black hunter for years, but it seems like people are also looking at bows from amazon that just go by black hunter. Would it be better to go for the name brand in this case?

If I were to also want to go for compounds, would it be better to have it set at the initial draw weight be in the 25lb range or aim for the let off to be at the 25lb range?

I'm going on a bikepacking trip this spring and want to bring my recurve bow for target practice in my downtime. Since I'm on a bike, I obviously don't want to carry around a heavy target. Any ideas for a DIY target in the backcountry? Could a bag full of dirt work? Using field tips on a 35-pound bow. TIA

I've been having some issues lately, so decided to take my bow apart and found one of the limb alignment bolts had a crack all the way through it.

Is it possible to obtain these bolts at all? They are from the W&W Meta-DX, there is a similar post but it's 4 years old and I will be asking a distributor anyway, but if they are not available I won't waste either of our time.

Also what sort of issues would a failed alignment bolt cause. It still felt tight when I unscrewed it, so don't know if this would have been the cause!

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I have a Hoyt Torrex XT, left hand. Limbs cranked all the way down (70 lbs in theory).

I’ve shot this for the last 3 years or so and took it in to get new strings and cables. Initial 3-4 arrows after picking it up felt really heavy but figured it may take a few to loosen up. Shot it again yesterday and after about a 15 arrows or so I could barely get it back. Took a break and sent another handful of arrows and was feeling bad about not being able to shoot anymore. For reference prior to re-string I could shoot 60+ arrows in a session without feeling it much.

When I was pulling arrows from target 3 shafts were broken / splintered carbon. Decided maybe the issue wasn’t me and took it back to the shop. They checked it at 85 lbs. Left it there, they are going to take it apart and measure the string or cables but generally seemed confused about what’s going on. Strings are from a reputable aftermarket manufacturer.

Any guesses? I’ll update when I hear back from the shop.

I used to shoot archery competitively years ago, I fell out of it after my coach passed due to Covid and the shop was unable to remain open due to lack of funds from the shutdown.

I still love archery and fortunately the university I’m heading to in the fall has archery as a club sport. I have both a recurve bow and a compound bow and would like to bring them but I’m not sure how traveling across state lines work especially to a state that has strict laws around weapons and bows are sometimes considered weapons. How do I store them in a dorm too?

Anyone have any insight on the matter? Thanks!

Just here for honest reviews of the Bowdometer, heard about it and from what I understand from my short research is it:

1. Tracks your arrow count

2. Gives your shot a reading (not fully sure if the index or metric of the reading) but it isn't a scale, it just allowed you know know how much your shots differ from each other. So you want to stick as close to "your number" as possible

Also I'm guessing you have to take it off for competitions

Hi all im a beginner and my bow broke trying to reduce the draw strength, could this be repaired? Its a cheap Bear Vast

Hello community, I am looking for recommendations and opinions on entry to mid range level traditional bows. I intend on shooting instintually and eventually hunting with it. I have a measured draw length of 30.5", 6' tall and about 200#. I have looked at the Samack Sage and all of its clones but am concerned that my longer draw length will damage the bow as the Sage states a 29" maximum draw. I understand that drawing beyond the industry standard of 28" increases the actual weight of the draw. What are others experiences when at the same stage of their archery journey?

Grandmother past away recently and I found an old bow in her shed while helping family sort her belongings. Not sure how old the bow is but it was papa's and grandma held on to it after he passed years ago, so I would love to restore it... I just don't know where to begin or even how to re-string it. YouTube has some videos but not all very helpful. Would love any recommendations for youtubers who do great bow restorations. Was wondering if someone here would be able to point me in the right direction please. Again sorry if wrong sub for this.

I need some input on how i sight my single pin sight in I recently got. I bought a trophy ridge attack and have tried sighting it in and I’m just lost on how to do it considering I’ve only shot with the sight that was on the bow when I bought it and can’t find much videos with enough information I guess you could say. But do I start at the highest point it will go for 20 yards or do I start at the lowest point