Anybody here into archery? I’m thinking of taking it up and wouldn’t mind some pointers for a beginner. No hunting, only targets for fun & exercise. Considering a recurve with 30-40 lbs draw. Anything beyond that, I’m clueless. Planning a trip to a semi-local archery shop that has a good reputation. Advice? #archery
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New bow came! #Alibow, Tibetan style, #60 at 29 inches and it's a beast to string! Unfortunately my neck is still sore from a few bad form pulls on my part so I'm going to heal up a bit before shooting it.
#archery Hi all, I am looking for a good sturdy arrow rest. I shoot recurve with carbon/alu arrows and I am open for suggestions.
I was thinking like something this:
@amunizp Yes, this one.
And yes: it seems to be best for barebow.
If you buy the Shibuya rest, please tell me how it works. Currently I have Decut Sius, and it sucks: magnet is very weak (or resistance is too big) and wire does not return to default position itselfs.
I'm interested in your #archery stories regarding how you got involved in the sport. What got you interested? What barriers for entry did you experience? What keeps you shooting? What caused you to lapse?
An update on my #archery adventure progress to see how far I can go at field archery with my ridiculously cheap $200 compound bow.
I discovered that the Chinese company who make my bow, make a thumb button release as well, so I had to try one. For science!
I've only used a wrist strap release before so this thing is... Interesting.
It costs $35. For comparison a Truball Hunter is around $150 and a Carter will set you back $350. There's no adjustment for tension or travel and, hoo boy, is there a lot of travel. Like, half a mile of travel. I had to rotate the thumb button upwards so I could press it all the way down with my big mitt and get it to fire. 😄
It's also very short, so I extended my draw length by about an inch and a half.
I missed at least six of the twenty targets completely in the second round which hurt my score severely. That's a potential one hundred and twenty points thrown away! 😬
The way the field #archery game is scored - three zones worth twenty, eighteen, and sixteen, with the sixteen zone being almost an outline of the entire animal, even dropping an arrow "somewhere" on the target would have gained me over eighty points more...