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 should at least have looked at a picture or video or something before randomly trying to shoot stuff eh? 😅.

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

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 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.

Hey everyone, after lurking for a couple weeks I figured this is the right place to ask. I (26M) have been shooting a compound bow on and off since 4th grade. I used to be pretty decent when I was younger (elementary-middle school) and then completely fell out of archery before high school.

A couple coworkers convinced me to take up deer hunting (and turkey in a few months) with them so I broke out my old 2007 Bowtech Diamond Black Ice and got briefly reacquainted with shooting. I also picked up a Martin Speed Flite for dirt cheap at a swap meet but haven't shot more than 5 arrows through it yet.

Anyways, after getting myself to the range a few times and getting everything sighted back in, I got the itch bad again. All I want to do is get out and shoot more once it's above freezing outside, but I'm really interested in a traditional setup. Please note I do not intend to hunt with this new setup, just to poke holes in paper. I'm still very much a noobie when it comes to a recurve vs a longbow vs a bare bow vs an Olympic setup, etc. So I guess my question is, where should I start? I'd like to keep my budget on the lower side of things until I know whether or not I'll enjoy shooting without the sight, release, peep, etc.

I've seen people on here mention alibow as being reputable, and I've been eyeballing their Tatar bow in 25# as a starter. It does not have to be "competition ready" but if i enjoy this enough, I could also be interested in local leagues or tournaments. Thoughts, opinions, other resources?

Tldr; Used to shoot compound bows a lot, now looking for a beginner traditional setup. Help?

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!

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?

Hello folks,

I don't seem to have the usual pin float of either slow and drifty or fast and twitchy. It seems I get a sequence of "freeze at one spot" and then "sudden deflection", often to the right, or down. Sometimes up as a result of trying to make an adjustment. Almost never to the left.

I have reduced the incidence of the right deflections by lengthening draw by 1/4", and also because I realized that even though I have a stance that is only open by a few degrees, my torso was actually further rotated towards the target. The right deflections have reduced but still there.

I have reduced the incidence of downward deflections by purposely "low wristing" the grip, making the contact point on the grip a little lower, and pulling harder into the back wall, which tends to pull the bow upwards a little bit. But the deflections are still there, and I haven't figured out how hard to pull into the back wall. No, I am not going to pull "really hard" since that will tire me out faster.

Shooting a right hand compound target bow with mid 40's draw weight and approx 70% letoff. (Haven't measured)

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'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!

Hi,

As the title says.

Beginner archer here, I'm attending my first archery class in a month or so, and have been watching instructional videos, hunting videos, and regional competitions...to which I quickly devolved into rewatching katniss everdeen and princess Merida. Kicking my legs like the little girl I am. But that leads me to wonder... I've been thinking what an experienced or even inexperienced Archer could do -not even saying anything - that would be the equivalent of talking shit. Mad shit.Crazy shit. Shit you'd never say All I can think of that I can use as an example would be Deadshot in suicide squad hitting the same target no pause in movements. Or you know which scene katness is catching virtual bodies in the training room. Or princess Merida from brave shooting for her own hand. Only the assured confidence of a badass who's been doing this for years.

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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.