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Hoots.....

Just looking at some research. Many of the bowyers I see are pricing new bows at about $550. Knowing the used route is an option as well.

Just thought they looked 'pretty'. :)
 
Thats some serious eye candy, I like the last one, the dark colored one.

Some of them are just to purty to drag around in teh woods tho, but if they shoot good it wont take long to get over purty.
 
FOX FIRE said:
Thats some serious eye candy, I like the last one, the dark colored one.

Some of them are just to purty to drag around in teh woods tho, but if they shoot good it wont take long to get over purty.
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I know a guy that will make a bow for someone every so often. he makes them to hunt with but uses pretty wood. he told me he made one for a guy that stood there and looked at it.
'what's wrong?'
too pretty to take hunting. I might scratch it.
'i made that bow to hunt with, not to put in a picture frame'
i dont care, too pretty to hunt with.
'hand me that bow' the guy handed the bow to the bowyer, the bowyer walked over to the fence and rubbed the bow on the fence post, walked back and said 'there, ain't pretty no more, go hunting' :grin:
 
Well, in the true fashion of keeping my own thread alive, I'm back.

I emailed Lee and asked him if I could come up. He said he's got half a dozen bows on hand that he felt would be right for me, and I was welcome to shoot them all I liked. More sunday night...
 
Well guys, call me a yuppie if you wish, but I liked Lee (Lee Hoots)this afternoon so I bought one of his bows. As you all know, I really have no idea what I'm doing, and he spent the better part of 3 hours with me shooting his bows and talking basics on traditional archery.

I shot 6 or 7 bows before making up my mind, and really couldn't believe how quiet they all were. I ended up liking the feel of the recurve over the long bow, and found that I preferred heavier draw weight instead of lighter. I shot everything from a 42#-55#, and I simply was not comfortable with the lighter draw weights. I ended up with a 55# basic bow, which oddly felt the most like my dad's 47# browning nomad that blew out on me. I guess it's not shocking that the one that felt the closest in poundage was the most comfortable.

I'll take some pictures tomorrow when the light is right.....now off to find some places to buy 250 grain broadheads!
 
Good deal, the way I see it the way it feels to ya makes a lotta difference, if the shoe fits...wear it, be look'n forward to the pics.
 
Pictures as promised:

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Man...is that a love machine or what ?? great look'n bow, if ya need someone to take it hunt'n for ya just give me a shout.
 
thanks fellers. in the 24 hours since the purchase, I've spent a lot of time looking at broadheads, shafts, fletchings, inserts, LW/RW, new sharpening tools.....I guess getting into something is always more expensive than getting out of it.

She shoots good. Quiet and fast. I guess I won't have much proof until I can pass out tenderloins.
 
And another awesome thing. I've been working on building my arrows, as I've mentioned. I need 250 grains based on the current arrow set-up, and picked 150 grain simmons glue ons, opting to add a 100 grain insert to total 250 grains. For anyone that cares to know - there's apparently a GLOBAL SHORTAGE of the inserts. Everyone I called was sold out of everything they had, no matter what the weight. Totally bummed.

So I called Lee Hoots back and asked him if he had any more people to point me towards (he originally recommended Big Jims and 3 Rivers for the basic consumer looking for a wide variety of stuff - I called a few more too). He sounded pretty bummed that I was on such a wild goose chase, so he offered to drop me half a dozen in the mail that afternoon. Super nice dude. Awesome bows. Great service.....I guess now I have to kill something with this thing. ha!
 

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