GunnSmokeer
Senior Member
I am introducing two of my friends to the sport of Archery. We are just shooting in the backyard or in the woods behind a nearby industrial park, shooting at somewhere from 25 to 35 yards at a target that is attached to a big square foam block.
I'm happy with my bow. It is an old Bear Whitetail Hunter from the early 80s set out a peak draw weight of about 45 pounds, 28 inch draw length. It shoots a trajectory that is reasonable for the distances I want to shoot from and the arrows don't bury themselves too deep in the block. Retrieval of the arrows is easy.
If an arrow misses the block entirely and buries itself into the ground or hits a tree trunk, usually the arrow is not bent.
(My friend has a much stronger bow that will destroy its own arrows unless you hit the target, and sometimes we've bent the arrows trying to wrestle them out of the block because they are embedded 12 inches deep into the foam! )
QUESTION:
What is a good way for a beginner adult to get a compound bow in the 40 pound peak draw weight range (or maybe 50 pounds if it has a 65% let off)
with the bow coming complete with sights, a stabilizer, some vibration dampeners or silencers on the string and cables, and an arrow rest or whisker biscuit?
I see such complete kits that come also with some arrows a quiver a forearm guard a mechanical release trigger all in a set for about $200 online.
Of course these are "no name" bows made in China.
Are such bows good for casual target shooting or doing 3-D archery events where you don't want a lot of power and where your arrow velocity may be limited anyway by the rules of the game?
I'm happy with my bow. It is an old Bear Whitetail Hunter from the early 80s set out a peak draw weight of about 45 pounds, 28 inch draw length. It shoots a trajectory that is reasonable for the distances I want to shoot from and the arrows don't bury themselves too deep in the block. Retrieval of the arrows is easy.
If an arrow misses the block entirely and buries itself into the ground or hits a tree trunk, usually the arrow is not bent.
(My friend has a much stronger bow that will destroy its own arrows unless you hit the target, and sometimes we've bent the arrows trying to wrestle them out of the block because they are embedded 12 inches deep into the foam! )
QUESTION:
What is a good way for a beginner adult to get a compound bow in the 40 pound peak draw weight range (or maybe 50 pounds if it has a 65% let off)
with the bow coming complete with sights, a stabilizer, some vibration dampeners or silencers on the string and cables, and an arrow rest or whisker biscuit?
I see such complete kits that come also with some arrows a quiver a forearm guard a mechanical release trigger all in a set for about $200 online.
Of course these are "no name" bows made in China.
Are such bows good for casual target shooting or doing 3-D archery events where you don't want a lot of power and where your arrow velocity may be limited anyway by the rules of the game?