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Several years ago I shattered my wrist and have a steel plate wrapping the bone with screws holding it. I shot compound at the time (mathews) that never caused me any problems. Several years later I built a long bow from Pignut Hickory and it is just a beautiful bow. As I started shooting it my wrist began to hurt badly to the point that I couln't stand it. It "kicked" and the shock was evidently pushing on the screws. I padded the grip with a shoe insole and rewrapped it with leather but it just felt "fat" in my hand and still it hurt after a few shots. Next I lowered the poundage but, that didn't help and was a big undertaking. I then tried a stiffer spined arrow that seemed to help tame the kick some but, the arrows were just "lobbing". I finally gave up and put the bow away until the other day when the wife asked if I wanted to keep it as she cleaning out the closets. Uh, yeah, I'm keeping it if for no other reason that to say I made my own working bow.

So all that being said, what if anything else can I do to help tame the "kick" of my bow? If the answer is nothing what is a good brand traditional bow with little or no kick to it?

My likes are made mostly of wood. Lamination is ok but, I don't like the "modern" look to the "traditional" bows made of fiberglass with aluminum risers.

I like a light mass weight bow. (this may be one of my problems)
Long bow or recurve are fine with me but, I have always leaned more towards a recurve.

I'd rather not spend a war pention on it.

I only built a long bow because I didn't know how or have the "artillary" to build a recurve.

Thanks for any help.
 
Just my opinion, but if the "hand shock" is that bad on your bow, there is probably not a lot you can do about it. You could try a heavier arrow, but I doubt that would help enough.

There are a lot of recurves and longbows out there with little or no perceived hand shock. You don't have to spend a ton of $$$ to get one - especially a good used bow. You might want to check out "tradgang.com". There is a lot of useful information there along with an excellent classified section.
 
Phil is right.

Some bows just have handshock especially D-shaped longbows. (Hill style) That's what I started on so I like em. Good you have built a working bow so keep it. Find a cheap 45# recurve and have some fun. The draw cycle may be hard on your wrist too. Don't try to shoot a short bow they will usually Stack quicker. My son has a 68" 40# longbow that I would hunt with anytime.
 
Train yourself to shoot with the other hand. It can be done it just takes time and patience.

6.5 swede said:
Does shooting a compound bother your wrist? If it's not as bad try a recurve. The high wrist grip may help.
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Train yourself to shoot with the other hand holding the bow and pull it back with the off hand
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