Aug 2010
Any recurve bow hunters here?
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Any recurve bowhunters here? My father was an avid archer, and his favorite way of hunting is with a recurve bow and says this is only the true form of hunting left in the world. My father eventually gave me his bow, but sadly I know absolutely nothing about recurve bowhunting and was just curious if anyone else shares his opinion and uses them primarily for hunting, I usually only see/use compounds when hunting. Why wouldn’t you use a recurve?
I am an avid hunter. I initially started on a compound because I didn’t have the upper body strength to draw and hold a traditional bow at a weight needed for hunting. I still only draw 45 pounds on my compound, so it’s a bit iffy as to whether I could hunt well with a recurve. With that said, I own both a compound bow and a recurve and I can tell you I prefer the recurve for two reasons. I am purist, thus I shoot “instinctively”. I don’t care for the sight set-up that comes standard on most compound. Second, there is one thing you can do on a recurve (or long bow for that matter) that you can’t on a compound. That thing is what is referred to as snap shooting. As a hunter I prefer to stalk hunt rather than wait out my quarry in a tree stand or blind. Due to hunting this way, it goes without saying that many deer have seen me before I have seen them. In such a situation a quick is very often necessary (by quick I mean that one wouldn’t have time too fully draw the bow and then train his/her shot). With a recurve one can shoot without having the arrow at full draw as needed with a compound. If one tried such a shot with a compound bow, then they would most likely damage the bow and possibly hurt themselves.
For me I was never truly into archery shooting for a long and now compounds are the norm for me. A recurve bow is wonderful to shoot, and has all the power you need for hunting with the right broadheads for big game and judos or blunts for smaller stuff. Advantage a compound has is let-off. A 70 lbs compound can have 60% let off after the peak, while a recurve is a constant max poundage at full draw.
In todays world tradtional shooting ,, no sights just you your bow and arrows,,,, it is very good weapon to hunt with. I own four recurves fred bears takedown 76 ers,,,, 30-55 lbs ,,, why would,bt you use a recurve simply there is less to break damage foul with etc,,,,also you develop form easier in my opinion,,, like rock throwing instinctive shooting. That’s a nice bow and pretty good bow can run into several hundreds just stock and without accessories.