Archery

So it has been a lifetime since I got my merit badge in archery. I want to take the sport up again and have a fondness for the long bow. But my querry is what is better for hunting, traditional long bows or recurve long bows? Also, which traditionally has more power and accuracy, if there is a difference past the archer?

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Daniel W. "Gigagei Waya" McCullar, 4th Dan

Oooh, look the Korean stylist used Chinese
http://www.dragonslist.com/discussio...read-ever.html

Go for a compound bow. More power for less bulk.

A recurve will have more power than a traditional I suspect. Accuracy will be down to you. If you are looking to be traditional then ditch all those ridiculous sights etc.

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“	Originally Posted By: john100 Go for a compound bow.	”

My friends who are pretty into it call those "training wheels"...

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“	My friends who are pretty into it call those "training wheels"...	”

Lol... I'd say that about their bows. When they're using a black palm bow with bamboo string and cane arrows with wood points and no flights they're doing archery

Back home (back then) bows were the main weapon in the fairly constant fighting that went on and no one showed anything but enthusiasm when they first encountered compound bows

Also, they take a real knack to pull. Took me 15 min to be able to pull one and I'd been using a bow day in day out for years.

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“	Originally Posted By: john100 Lol... I'd say that about their bows. When they're using a black palm bow with bamboo string and cane arrows with wood points and no flights they're doing archery	”

LMAO, wish i had some pics of the stuff we used to make, i had a homemade bamboo footbow that i used to shoot from my yard back in Guam....
Had tons of range, not much accuracy...
Even then we still used weed-wacker line.

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“	Originally Posted By: H@pkid0ist But my querry is what is better for hunting, traditional long bows or recurve long bows? Also, which traditionally has more power and accuracy, if there is a difference past the archer?	”

Longbow on both accounts.
Power is easily 5x more on a longbow as compared to the recurve bow, traditionally.

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Daniel W. "Gigagei Waya" McCullar, 4th Dan

Oooh, look the Korean stylist used Chinese
http://www.dragonslist.com/discussio...read-ever.html

OK so I found the one I like, I just have to be able to afford it now..



The quiver I want.



or



hip quiver



bow sling



arm guard

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Daniel W. "Gigagei Waya" McCullar, 4th Dan

Oooh, look the Korean stylist used Chinese
http://www.dragonslist.com/discussio...read-ever.html

So you've chosen a recurve then?

PS, the hip quiver looks sweet, get it.

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