I am SO lost!

[kyhuntertoo]

thanks for the replies so far.  i am making myself stop before i get too tired.  i am trying to feel/create that pinch/burn in my back muscle to use back tension.  i know i a long ways to go.  it sure is fun.  just for "testing" purposes yesterday, so my girlfriend could see the arrows in flight easier, i stepped back to 30 yards and put the first on dead center in the bullseye. heck this is easy........the next 5 were in the dirt.   this is fun!

[lilbobby]

Listen to Killdeer and by all means have fun, this is what this is all about.

[kyhuntertoo]

just check the FOC on the 2016.  comes up to 12.7  is that okay?  i'm not real up to date on aluminium arrows so i have no idea what spine those are.  if i went to more point weight on those shafts, will it be too weak?

[Killdeer]

Kentuck, don't worry about FOC and all that. Go shoot your arrow until you are tired. Have some fun. Get some more arrows. Shoot some more. Find a 25 pound bow for your girlfriend. Shoot that one too.

Killdeer
Lefty, you need a rural carrier with her own LLV?  

[kyhuntertoo]

Killdeer.  I have been trying like crazy to get her to start shooting.  I wanted to try out a little bowtech for her....she'll have nothing to do with it.  No i got this recurve and i am trying to get her to show some interest in it.  she says it's not for girls.  well....whatever.  i just figured if i could get her interested it will be that much easier to convence her to buy that nice deer farm in a few years

[kyhuntertoo]

okay guys and gals.  i'm leaving in about 1/2 hour to get another half dozen of 2016's.  I'm putting my faith in you all.....this goes against what the easton charts say, so stop me if i'm wrong!

[Lefty]

http://www.arrowsbykelly.com/Spine_Charts.html

Here is a spine chart that is a little more recurve friendly.  It shows your 2016 perfect.  Better buy a dozen!

Killie, always looking for a good carrier, though don't know how that LLV would like these gravel roads in the winter!

[Deadbolt]

Originally posted by Killdeer:
The 2016 is the closest you have to your correct spine. What you need to do is get at least 6 of them together and shoot only them. I think a 145 grain point would be best, and I can send you some if you don't have a closeby place to get them.

Stack all the other arrows in a spare quiver and forget about them. Practice your shooting, watch the form videos on this site, and practice some more. Don't confuse yourself with too much information or tuning, or fussing with equipment. A 2016 will hit the target well enough that you can concentrate on developing your fundamental shot sequence.

PM me if you need the points, and let me know how it goes.

Killdeer    

Best advise you'll get right there!

Dont bother bareshafting yet...everything needs to be perfect before you can do that.  You have to many variables that will throw off your bareshaft readings b/c you haven't figured out 100% what you are doing or how you want to shoot.  

What is your draw length?  From that we can pretty much get ya in the right direction.  I think a 2016 w/ 145g tip should do ya just fine as long as your not drawing over 28".  I use to shoot 2016s and they are cut 28 1/2 I believe.

[Stone Knife]

You may be over bowed, I went from a 60# compound to a 50# longbow thinking that if i dropped 10# that would be about right. A 45# would have been more like it, nothing will make you more inconsistent than too much weight.

[kyhuntertoo]

Originally posted by Stone Knife:
You may be over bowed, I went from a 60# compound to a 50# longbow thinking that if i dropped 10# that would be about right. A 45# would have been more like it, nothing will make you more inconsistent than too much weight.

well that might be for now, but getting rid of this bow in search of another is not an option.  i will have to grow into it.  i am easily pulling 70# with a compound, which i can do sitting down and hold for at least two minutes.  every time i walk past this bow i draw it back and hold it, just getting used to it.  it's already getting easier than when i first started.  i went ahead and got another 1/2 of the 2016 and am getting ready to cut them down and fletch them up.

[Shawn Leonard]

Kentucky, like Kathy said, go with the 2016's cut to 29"s and the 145 grain point, you have more than enough with deer for that set up and shoot lots and lots concentrating on form. Once ya get the hang of it ya can start fine tuning different arrows. Shawn

[kyhuntertoo]

thanks for all the PM's and advice. Since I'm still new, i just need a little (or a lot) of reassurance that I'm at least moving in the right direction.