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Author Topic: sticking to one bow this season  (Read 430 times)

Offline Ian johnson

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sticking to one bow this season
« on: July 28, 2009, 07:57:00 PM »
well I am down to owning just three bows and normally I switch between them too much and have to re adjust my shooting habits for each one which affects my shooting so my dryad orion td longbow is my main bow this season and am not gonna shoot another bow till the season is over, with the exception of my grizzly as a bowfishing bow, does anyone else stick to just one for the season?
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Offline BowHuntingFool

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 08:09:00 PM »
Last year I did as I only owned one bow for half the season. Back down to 2 bows with one more on the way. I'll be hunting with my Mohawk this season until I kill a deer then move to the Big River.
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Offline Ian johnson

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 01:03:00 PM »
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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 02:51:00 PM »
For hunting this year its a SR swift 58" 483@28" and as back up RER recurve 58" 47#@28" and I draw 29". Lam. birch arrows @ 725grs from both bows also some carbons 675grs...both with 2 blade broad heads. No guess work just grab one bow and go.
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Offline Bowspirit

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 03:49:00 PM »
Dang [email protected]'t know you were such a beast...

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Offline Thumper Dunker

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2009, 03:57:00 PM »
My old AMF Wing recurv 58"  60@28.  Been hard not to play with the other two
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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2009, 04:23:00 PM »
Because I make my own wood bows I shoot a lot of different bows through the year. A month before the season opens I pick the one I will hunt with and shoot it exclusively through the season. I generally pick a back up bow that shoot similarly to my go to bow and am sure it shoot as well but most of the shooting I do during the season is with my go to bow.
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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2009, 04:26:00 PM »
Bowspirit, to bad I can't type..lol
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Offline bushytail

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2009, 04:31:00 PM »
I would like to see that bow.And Mr. ron w pull it back.Ron you`ll be my friend for life.  :D  But seriously,I`ll be shooting my (newer style)Bear Super Kodiak 50#er with 650gr.Herritage 250 arrows Bear razerheads.  :thumbsup:
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Offline hawk22

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2009, 04:49:00 PM »
I am with Dave. I have gotten rid of everything I don't need and I'm gonna stick with the only bow I have left.  I've got a tomahawk longbow that i shoot pretty well and it hasn't let me down yet.  It would be nice to have a bunch of bows but I have to pay tuition next week.  oh well, can't wait until october!
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Offline joe skipp

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2009, 04:50:00 PM »
I alternate between the Groves Spitfire, Kempf Stealth and this year a Kempf longbow. Depends what mood I'm in and the area we decide to hunt. Same arrows fly from all 3 setups.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2009, 06:34:00 PM »
Minimizing can be very good.  This year it's a vintage Shakespeare Necedah.  Bear Razorheads on 2016 aluminum arrows.  Everything I'm using was available in 1967....the year I took my first archery deer.
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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2009, 07:18:00 PM »
George, I got my first bow in 1967 also, Browning Nomad Stalker.
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Offline ishoot4thrills

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2009, 07:24:00 PM »
I stick with just one bow a season, that is unless I trade my only bow for another bow during the season! I've always been a one bow man, since I've shot trad only.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2009, 07:26:00 PM »
Hey Ron, I owned a Nomad Stalker for a year or so. I bought it through Bennett Brothers, a wholesale distributor, when I worked for a food distributor in Bedford, Pa.  I sold it and bought a Wing Thunderbird in 1968/69.
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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2009, 08:31:00 PM »
Maybe I own too many bows... Maybe. Like shootin' them all too. But right after the Muzzy Shoot in August I'm gonna stick with ONE BOW and hunting weight arrows! My "new to me" RER Vortex and 600 grain compressed ramine arrows will be with me this hunting season.

... mike ...  :archer:  ...
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Offline D. Devall

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2009, 10:50:00 PM »
ian i will take all of your strings for you and hide em next time im in town.

i think that the dryad is an awsome bow.....but mr. brent's bow is better.  :D

give ya 3 guesses what i'll be shooting.
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Offline Ian johnson

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2009, 10:55:00 PM »
gator, the reason I chose the dryad is cause thats the only bow that will shoot the arrows I have accurately
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Offline SteveMcD

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2009, 10:56:00 PM »
Fred Asbell recommended in an article he wrote for TBM a few years ago, to pick your hunting bow at least 60 days before your season opener, and stick with it through the hunting season. Each bow has it's own feel if nothing else. It is best to leave all variants as much as possible out of the equation when the moment of truth comes. Be completely familiar with your equipment and capabilities.
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Offline D. Devall

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Re: sticking to one bow this season
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2009, 11:01:00 PM »
yeah i know. but i still like that little recurve. if it was righthanded you would have......'missplaced' it by now.  :D
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