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    Posted: 01 August 2007 at 1:13am

Well, I just got back from shooting the longbow I got from my sister. It's way too weak. I'm now officially looking for a good recurve/longbow, about 45-50 lbs., to target shoot/small game hunt with. I'm all about tradition, so the less knick-knacks the better, but anything recurve/longbow will do fine.

I may just build my own...



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Need a little more than 32lbs for huntin dude.
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Originally posted by Ghost-Rider Ghost-Rider wrote:

Need a little more than 32lbs for huntin dude.

What? Rabbits and 'coons? Ya think so? Wouldn't mind keeping it recurve, so I should still have some options.
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cool. we used those same arrows in gym class.
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Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

Originally posted by Ghost-Rider Ghost-Rider wrote:

Need a little more than 32lbs for huntin dude.

What? Rabbits and 'coons? Ya think so? Wouldn't mind keeping it recurve, so I should still have some options.



It would kill them, but it might not always drop them.And if you end up with a compound bow, never shoot them wooden arrows from it, to much power, i have seen them shatter and the shooter gets a face full of wood.
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I'm a recurve/longbow fan. I've always been "oldschool."

So what, for small game I should look for a 40 lb. or something? I've never really been bowhunting before.
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Originally posted by Ghost-Rider Ghost-Rider wrote:



shooter gets a face full of wood.



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Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

I'm a recurve/longbow fan. I've always been "oldschool."

So what, for small game I should look for a 40 lb. or something? I've never really been bowhunting before.



40lbs would be plenty, but if your going for rabbits 32 would be fine, rabbits are very soft critters, some say if you swing em under your legs real hard their guts will fly out their butt,not hard to kill one.

I'm sure it would take down any small critter if you got a good shot on them, i have heard of kids deer hunting with 35 lbs bows.

I only hunt deer as of now with my bow and the lowest i shoot is 50-55lbs, i got my bow at 55 with now and i wish it could crank it up some more.But also i'm hunting more of big game type stuff.
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Yeah, there's little to no deer or any bigger game on my grandma's property. So this should work.
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Should be fine, it it starts running......find a big stick and beat it ...lol
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I've hunted turkey with 30 before. You have to get them close, but it works.
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I stick to guns...bow hunting is darn expensive.
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I use guns and a crossbow. My crossbow has a draw weight of 175 lbs which is good for moose and apparantly elephant - take a look at this video of a guy shooting an elephant: http://www.summerfield.ca/excalibur/elephant_high.wmv
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Originally posted by Ghost-Rider Ghost-Rider wrote:

Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

Originally posted by Ghost-Rider Ghost-Rider wrote:

Need a little more than 32lbs for huntin dude.

What? Rabbits and 'coons? Ya think so? Wouldn't mind keeping it recurve, so I should still have some options.



It would kill them, but it might not always drop them.And if you end up with a compound bow, never shoot them wooden arrows from it, to much power, i have seen them shatter and the shooter gets a face full of wood.

32 is like boarder line of hunting somthing like that. You will probally hit it, and it will run and die a slow painful death.
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I just got this mental image of DeTrevni stalking through the thick brush with this during a woodsball game while muttering "Wipe this cheater-boy" to himself.
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Is nobody else wondering why Detrevs sister has a bow and arrow?
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Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

I'm a recurve/longbow fan. I've always been "oldschool."

So what, for small game I should look for a 40 lb. or something? I've never really been bowhunting before.

good man. I dont like compound bows, it just kills the "romance" behind the archer.
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Originally posted by Da Hui Da Hui wrote:

Is nobody else wondering why Detrevs sister has a bow and arrow?

More specifically, a medieval bow.  That was my first thought.
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