Hey Jan, welcome. You've come to the right place, you'll not find a better bunch of people than here. I'm rather new here myself so take what I say with a grain of salt. I think most people here will recommend that you pick up a cheap, low poundage bow to learn on first. Depending on you this may not be accurate, but the norm is 35-40 pounds at 28". You'll also need to find your draw length as it is usually different switching from wheels to a stick. The Samick Sage is the most popular. It is an ILF, meaning you can swap out for heavier limbs as you need to. By not "over bowing" yourself, you can work on form, and shoot a lot with out getting tired. Form is most important, a lot of good info in the form section.
As you get better form, you can pick up a heavier set of limbs and continue to strengthen your muscles while not sacrificing form. Once your ready to get your "dream" bow or bows you can always sell the Samick here in the classifieds. Your arrows won't be to important when you first start out, but getting the proper arrows is always fun. Especially when they fly like darts for you. Stu's calculator is a great resource for this. Google it and it will pop up.
Speaking of arrows BigJims online shop is a great place for goldtip blems. He's a great guy to do business with as are all the other sponsors here on this site. Seriously you can't go wrong with any of them.
Lastly as far as not really having anyone close to you, that's a bummer. Although there may be a few more than you think hopefully. May be one or two on this site that are close, you never know. But if not, ask your questions here, no matter how silly they may seem. Everyone starts somewhere, and that somewhere is the beginning. The members here love to help people get into the trad side of life and are very generous with their knowledge.
Glad to have you here and hope to see more posts in the future.
Topic: New to forum and Traditional Archery (Read 771 times)
