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Offline Getback

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To all of you Bow hunters
« on: January 15, 2010, 04:30:36 PM »
What is a good inexpensive Bow to purchase? I use to, back in the day, hunt all the time. I even use to make my own bows and arrows. Oh they were crude to even Indians.
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Offline mtnman

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 04:36:16 PM »
Quote from: Getback on January 15, 2010, 04:30:36 PM
What is a good inexpensive Bow to purchase? I use to, back in the day, hunt all the time. I even use to make my own bows and arrows. Oh they were crude to even Indians.

"Good" and "inexpensive" can be difficult to combine.  What type are you looking for?  A "real" bow?  Or one of those new-fangled gosh-awful ugly pulley-twangers?  Even nice recurves and longbows run $400 plus.

Are you the guy that moved to the Dakotas?  I'd think you be able to find a nice piece of Osage Orange out there (also called hedge-apple).  Tough to beat that...

Good bows can often be had if you buy used, for $300 or so.  I bought an old Golden Eagle that I killed many, many, deer with.  It doesn't need to be fancy to poke a hole in their side.

On the newer compounds, I'm not even sure they bend enough to really qualify as a "bow" anymore.
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 05:07:47 PM »
Quote from: mtnman on January 15, 2010, 04:36:16 PM
"Good" and "inexpensive" can be difficult to combine.  What type are you looking for?  A "real" bow?  Or one of those new-fangled gosh-awful ugly pulley-twangers?  Even nice recurves and longbows run $400 plus.

Are you the guy that moved to the Dakotas?  I'd think you be able to find a nice piece of Osage Orange out there (also called hedge-apple).  Tough to beat that...

Good bows can often be had if you buy used, for $300 or so.  I bought an old Golden Eagle that I killed many, many, deer with.  It doesn't need to be fancy to poke a hole in their side.

On the newer compounds, I'm not even sure they bend enough to really qualify as a "bow" anymore.

Haven't moved to ND yet. Have applied for jobs there though. If I do move there I'm getting back into hunting.
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Offline kamori

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2010, 05:16:57 PM »
Great just what we need another Sliver Slinger out there sticking animals. G/L

KAM
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 05:38:15 PM »


A REAL bow. No sights. No pulleys. Just you and 150-200lbs of draw.
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2010, 05:55:18 PM »
PSE. It's not cheap, but it's not expensive. Rock solid quality bow.
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2010, 06:13:47 PM »
I will second PSE as well. Good company and they build good solid bows. If you start looking at used ones that would be a brand to keep in mind. You do need to find out what your "draw" length is before you settle on a bow. It has to fit your length of draw to be really useful to you. On the flip side, as long as you are not prohibited from owning a firearm, you might actually find a decent rifle to be a bit cheaper to acquire and hunt with.
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2010, 06:18:48 PM »
Naa who would want to rifle hunt.. If u did this might happen...KAM

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2010, 06:43:14 PM »
  real men  use  a  blackwidow  longbow 
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2010, 08:19:37 PM »
If I still had my old Whitetail II I would sell it to you...best bow I've ever shot...70lbs draw weight - 31inch draw length...with the right gear I'd put it against newer models.
It's just louder than newer bows when you shoot it...
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2010, 08:35:48 PM »
I have an old PSE graphite strato-flight 2 wheeler, right hand, 64# 30" draw, hardly used that I would let go cheap if you are interested.

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« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2010, 08:47:28 PM »
Buy a used Mathews or Bowtech that your wallet allows. Everything else is junk... A two three year old Mathews Outback shoots like a dream. Most guys will sell their old bows for the new model and so you see good used bows in the $400 range.

I shot a Hoyt this year..

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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2010, 09:24:25 PM »
Quote from: Getback on January 15, 2010, 04:30:36 PM
What is a good inexpensive Bow to purchase? I use to, back in the day, hunt all the time. I even use to make my own bows and arrows. Oh they were crude to even Indians.

i don;t hunt with my bows, but rather i shoot 3d courses, and sometimes join in on indoor leagues when the weather is too cold.

 you get what you pay for in archery. in my opinion, there is no such thing as a good inexpensive bow.

 i like my hoyts. i have an ultra mag, and an ultra tec. they're both light, quiet, and very accurate...although accuracy is more the archer than the arrow or bow.

 i liked my martin too. a lot of guys i know shoot mathews...and they love em.


 just try different ones, and be prepared to spend some money. you'll like the sport.  :aok
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2010, 09:27:39 PM »
My Remington .243 bow is probably the best bow I've ever owned...
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Re: To all of you Bow hunters
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2010, 09:33:31 PM »
Quote from: FX1 on January 15, 2010, 08:47:28 PM
Buy a used Mathews or Bowtech that your wallet allows. Everything else is junk... A two three year old Mathews Outback shoots like a dream. Most guys will sell their old bows for the new model and so you see good used bows in the $400 range.

I shot a Hoyt this year..


not to sound like an arse....you actually like bowtech? you'd be the first person i've ever seen say that..........
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