Bow Hunting

[mackem 30,514]

1 minute ago, Leo Sayer said:

However on my permissions they are a lot of footpaths with general public , so when practising at targets I'd rather look like robin hood than Rambo 3. 

I never see anyone where I go Leo,plus a 28 inch A2A triax is unobtrusive and slides into a bag,I think from memory Rambo had a Hoyt with a 40+ A2A? That’s a whole different ball of wax.

[Leo Sayer 3,873]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

I never see anyone where I go Leo,plus a 28 inch A2A triax is unobtrusive and slides into a bag,I think from memory Rambo had a Hoyt with a 40+ A2A? That’s a whole different ball of wax.

But could you take down a Russian helicopter lol 

[mackem 30,514]

Just now, Leo Sayer said:

But could you take down a Russian helicopter lol 

Nope,but when in the UK I live in Surrey,it’s the UK’s most forested county,I think 24?% is covered in trees?Its in no way comparable to here (of course) but it’s not difficult to be discrete when out and about.

[Leo Sayer 3,873]

Just now, mackem said:

Nope,but when in the UK I live in Surrey,it’s the UK’s most forested county,I think 24?% is covered in trees?Its in no way comparable to here (of course) but it’s not difficult to be discrete when out and about.

More open were I am on my permissions.  I also I  think if I was to go abroad and legally hunt,  then take quarry with a primitive recurve shooting of the shelf no sights. Is the ultimate test , to get within 15 yards of your intended quarry . Then to draw and hold that weight until a shot presented it's self is very hard work and every kill very hard worked for and I would imagine very rewarding.  

[mackem 30,514]

2 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

More open were I am on my permissions.  I also I  think if I was to go abroad and legally hunt,  then take quarry with a primitive recurve shooting of the shelf no sights. Is the ultimate test , to get within 15 yards of your intended quarry . Then to draw and hold that weight until a shot presented it's self is very hard work and every kill very hard worked for and I would imagine very rewarding.  

There’s an excellent Canadian archer you should follow,stick and string trad only,GUNSHY archery on YouTube,he also sells trad archery gear.

[Leo Sayer 3,873]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

There’s an excellent Canadian archer you should follow,stick and string trad only,GUNSHY archery on YouTube,he also sells trad archery gear.

Been watching him mate , he does some nice quivers and shoots from the ground 

 

big Jim’s bow club and shatterproof archery do the tested updated black hunters 

[mackem 30,514]

6 hours ago, Leo Sayer said:

Been watching him mate , he does some nice quivers and shoots from the ground 

 

big Jim’s bow club and shatterproof archery do the tested updated black hunters 

Shatterproof is the one I watch,it’s a decent channel.

[greg64 3,075]

9 hours ago, mackem said:

Strange you mention those,I watched a few reviews on them earlier,there’s a company that fits custom strings on them and checks the true draw weight as they are sometimes out,the bows look interesting.

iv'e seen the same said about the black hunter can come in at 5 to 10lb over

[mackem 30,514]

54 minutes ago, greg64 said:

iv'e seen the same said about the black hunter can come in at 5 to 10lb over

A shade over £45,worth it just to see if it suits your style.

[mackem 30,514]

@Leo Sayer have you bought any arrows from China?I was in Bass Pro earlier for some bowstring wax and had a look at some of the carbons,you can get them for less than a quid from China,are the tolerances the same?

[Leo Sayer 3,873]

4 hours ago, mackem said:

@Leo Sayer have you bought any arrows from China?I was in Bass Pro earlier for some bowstring wax and had a look at some of the carbons,you can get them for less than a quid from China,are the tolerances the same?

Tbh mate yeah and all the cheap Chinese ones I didn't rate. I started buying my arrows from Merlin Archey UK , just found them better suited to me. But the chinese bows I rated , such as the black hunters and the T Bows ( Hoyt copies ) were great for what I wanted. 

 

Edited to add, I actually did get some cheap chinese arrows off eBay for my compound which did shoot fine, but for trad archery a better quality arrow I got better results.

Edited 18 hours ago by Leo Sayer

[WataWalloper 4,161]

4 hours ago, Leo Sayer said:

Tbh mate yeah and all the cheap Chinese ones I didn't rate. I started buying my arrows from Merlin Archey UK , just found them better suited to me. But the chinese bows I rated , such as the black hunters and the T Bows ( Hoyt copies ) were great for what I wanted. 

 

Edited to add, I actually did get some cheap chinese arrows off eBay for my compound which did shoot fine, but for trad archery a better quality arrow I got better results.

What was easier to start with, compound or trad, I had a go with mates trad one an was shit haha only spent hour on it tho 

[Leo Sayer 3,873]

4 hours ago, WataWalloper said:

What was easier to start with, compound or trad, I had a go with mates trad one an was shit haha only spent hour on it tho 

I had no lessons and bought a cheap compound and set it up off YouTube vids and was shooting pretty straight away. I found trad a different ball game, it's harder ( my opinion anyway ) and took me a good while to get a were I am now. I settled on 3 under gap style. But I just prefer trad , I shoot at about 20 yards and can hit the bottom of a coke can, so happy with that. Am sure compound is a lot more accurate,  but I do just prefer trad mate 

[WataWalloper 4,161]

7 minutes ago, Leo Sayer said:

I had no lessons and bought a cheap compound and set it up off YouTube vids and was shooting pretty straight away. I found trad a different ball game, it's harder ( my opinion anyway ) and took me a good while to get a were I am now. I settled on 3 under gap style. But I just prefer trad , I shoot at about 20 yards and can hit the bottom of a coke can, so happy with that. Am sure compound is a lot more accurate,  but I do just prefer trad mate 

I tried compound bow a good few years ago when on holidays with kids, an I’m sure I was hitting target, don’t know if it was a beginners set up or summat, but when I tried the trad one I proper struggled

[Leo Sayer 3,873]

1 minute ago, WataWalloper said:

I tried compound bow a good few years ago when on holidays with kids, an I’m sure I was hitting target, don’t know if it was a beginners set up or summat, but when I tried the trad one I proper struggled

I did mate,  till I watched a thousands YouTube vids and practiced every day even if only 10 mins till I picked it up and penny dropped