G'day everyone. I'm Steve and I've just gotten back nto archery after a 10 year break. I started out with an old Ben Pearson compound back when I was 13 and shot barebow for years, later I moved onto a Hoyt Magnatec with a pin sight. One thing was the same though I always used fingers to shoot.
I then moved onto firearm hunting and have done that for the last 10 years. My job as a military armourer has allowed me to hunt my way across Australia taking everything from bunnies to buffalo with my trusty old Enfield. But I always missed something. There is something zen like shooting a bow.
I decided that I needed a bow again. But what bow? I ruled out a compound. Modern compounds are pretty much a release only proposition and that is too much like shooting a firearm. If I want to use a firearm I'll use one. Not a bow that works like one. So I looked at recurves. I tried a few out. I can't remeber the brands or bows I tried but the hand shock and noise was terrible from them. I tried the Hoyt Gamemaster as I liked its ugly looks LOL. Nope terrible hand shock. So I tried the Buffalo. I was in love. It shot so sweetly! I also suprised myself I could comfortably draw a 55#@28" recurve! I hadn't shot a bow in 10 years! Well the Buffalo came home with me and then I deployed to the Middle East. DOH!
Well I just got home and am in the yard every afternoon shooting a few ends out of her. Its coming back now. I love shooting instictively and I think that it is coming back naturally to me reasonably quick. I'm not quite at hunting accuracy yet but with a bit more hard work and practise I'll get there. I look forward to taking some Aussie game with her and showing you guys what a Trad convert can do.
Steve.
Topic: New to Trad Archery (Read 439 times)
