archery thread 3 - /xs/

Anonymous10/05/24, 00:38No.212688

/archery/ Thread #3 /archg/ Let's keep this bad boy going! What's your style? What you shooting? What you hitting? Recs for bows? I bought a yumi, oh god, I'm a fucking moron, please help. What you wearing?

Replies

Anon10/05/24, 12:16No.212740

>What's your style? mederterranian>What you shooting? pse nighthawk 50lbs>What you hitting? a 3d hog target since im going hunting in 2 weeksi wanna buy an expensice long bow but i want it to have a sight mount. Any recommendations?

Anon10/06/24, 22:38No.212852

>What's your style? Mainly Olympic recurve but I do shoot asiatic thumb draw at times too.>What you shooting? Main bow is a Hoyt riser and limbs. They're around 10 years old now so I'm thinking of changing them soon. My asiatic bow is a Mariner Ming Moon.>What you hitting? I've done almost exclusively target archery.>Recs for bows? For Olympic recurve, Kinetic does pretty decent budget gear. For higher ends, you can't really miss with Hoyt or Wiawis.>I bought a yumi, oh god, I'm a fucking moron, please help. Why?

Anon10/23/24, 12:44No.214255

Does any of you compete in official shoots? If yes, what kind?

Anon10/28/24, 21:31No.214712

What's the bare minimum poundage for a warbow?

Anon11/02/24, 03:00No.215110

I picked up archery last summer shooting compound bow - I shoot a Diamond XT, a $400ish beginners bow with a 3-pin sight and a huge range of draw weight, 20lbs to 70. It's been a blast and I've worked my way up to 60lbs, hitting decently accurately at 50 yards. feelsgoodmanI've only got another few weeks here before it gets too cold for me to comfortably shoot outside anymore. There are two indoor ranges near me in the city, but they both only have 20 yard ranges. The idea of shooting my compound bow at that short a length doesn't excite me, but I don't want to just not shoot a bow all winter long. If I were to take the plunge and become a guy who owns two bows, I'm not sure what I'd want to shoot. Probably easiest and smartest to buy a good starter recurve, right? Shooting bare bow sounds like a lot of fun, but it would be smarter to learn how to shoot the bow with a stabilizer plunger first. Then I can take off the gadgets and use my baseline skill to more easily learn to shoot it bare. Alternatively, I'm a tall guy: I would look good with a longbow. What do you recommend I learn to shoot this winter?ALSO: Anyone else dislike crossbow-guys at the range? They take forever to do anything, you can never tell if they're about to shoot or if we're clear to go downrange. Had a guy shooting his crossbow with a lit cigarette in his mouth, he took the shot sitting on a small three legged wooden stool, and without standing up, handed the crossbow to his friend who passed him back his beer.

Anon11/12/24, 17:26No.215737

>What's your style? Three finger under, I want to start practicing thumb draw too though. >What you shooting? This hungarian style resin shit I bought used at the archery club for 50 bucks, it stalls at 28" so I need to buy anothed one. >What you hitting? Little ghost cutouts that were left over from the halloween contest. >Recs for bows? Don't buy a bow that stalls at 28" if you're a 6' tall guy.

Anon01/05/25, 19:18No.219091

What's the difference between american flat longbows and english longbows? I would like to buy one, but can't decided. Any recommendation?

Anon01/08/25, 08:20No.219423

anyone who got experience with Big Tradition or Bogensport Beier? Can't decide if i should get the BT Dark OWL for 300€ or bite the bullet and pay twice as much for the BB Enok, which also has a "100 year warranty"

Anon01/16/25, 04:23No.220171

How do I start at this? Compound bow, some arrows and a target?

Anon01/18/25, 18:54No.220419

Why do people keep saying that shooting with modern hunting recurves is traditional archery?

Anon01/18/25, 21:24No.220429

real tradbows are usually self bows right?

Anon01/21/25, 21:44No.220671

Can someone link me to some resource that will teach me bowery from scratch as someone who's never done any type of crafting before? My grandpa's shed has some old tools but no power tools or heatguns or anything so something I can do with a vice and some files and saws maybe.

Anon02/01/25, 20:01No.222362

Boy what da hell is this boiiii?!?!

Anon02/18/25, 15:48No.224038

What's your max distance anons? And why did you cap off at that distance?

Anon03/16/25, 12:06No.226004

I think my bows been strung for like 2 years, I hope it's not completely fucked

Anon03/31/25, 13:46No.227396

What spine carbon arrows do I get for a 30lb Samick Sage?

Anon04/05/25, 22:44No.227843

getting into archery. right handed but left eye dominant. never shot anything before. how fucked of a combo is this? better off just learning left handed from the start? dumb question, is there an actual difference between left and right handed bow?

Anon04/06/25, 12:21No.227890

Anon04/07/25, 07:08No.227956

>What's your style? SaranidWhat you shooting? Masterwork Nomad Bow>What you hitting? Desert Bandits or KhergitsRecs for bows? regular strongbow is fine until you can find something fancier and get your powerdraw at a decent level. it can shoot very quickly compared to the heavier bows but still pack a decent punchWhat you wearing? picrel

Anon04/27/25, 22:05No.228792

Does my draw length makes a different, when i'm shooting traditionaly? Mine is 27 inch and thought about getting 30 inch ones

Anon05/07/25, 01:57No.229825

>I bought a Yumi, oh god, I'm a fucking moron, please help! Actually did this, it's been wild. I have experience shooting with a thumb draw and was pretty attracted to the bow, it's been a wild learning curve. The bow doesn't respond like any other horse bow I've had, and the string it came with is totally fucked. I've had to engineer an 8 foot string jig and learn to make strings in order to rectify the problem. it's come with some interesting engineering problems. A few notes: - The top limb has massive weight and momentum - As a result the bow needs to swing through the shot like they do in kyudo or you experience extreme hand shock, and you can invert the bow. - the power is heavily modified by the way you grip the bow. Both a tight or loose grip will stunt the bow's power. The bow has to be controlled, but has to be allowed to swing free at the moment of release. When you get it right, the bow feels very graceful. The string loop horns are oddly shaped, arguably primitive. The string is a single length instead of a loop, with the end loops tied with arguably garbage knots. The material is a crappy synthetic rattan fibre, and is extremely thin. It has been difficult to knock arrows to it. I have instead decided to make a standard endless loop string, which has given me good performance. The problem has been that the shape of the string loop horn spreads out the string loop and threatens to unseat the string. It's required some additional reinforcement, but i think the last string I made should do the trick.

Anon06/15/25, 12:12No.234164

I couldn't shoot for 6 months duo to health issues and lost most of my skill. I want to go back into traditional archery, but have problems getting the right anchor point. I used to hold my knuckle under the cheek bone and aim with the tip of the arrow under the target, which worked good, but now I'm hitting shit. Any tips on what else to try or change?

Anon06/16/25, 13:01No.234291

Can anyone reccomend me some cheap light practice arrows for a 30# Samick Sage? My draw length's 29.5". I see those really thin fiberglass ones with the bulbous tips that are melted into the shaft are those any good? Most of the stuff I'm reccomended searching online are proper carbon hunting arrows but I don't want to waste money buying those in 30# cause I only intend to practice with the 30# limbs and buy 50# limbs for actually hunting later.

Anon06/25/25, 17:20No.235527

Anyone has experience with the Bearpaw Blackfoot longbow? Is it any good/recomendable?

Anon09/29/25, 21:27No.243630

I got a turkish Grozer used for cheap, 2005 make. Can any of you tell me what the core wood is? I know the belly is fiberglass and the back is epoxy with the middle having a glass paper reinforcement, but what kind of wood does this look like to you? I'm thinking beech maybe? Birch?