AZBIG10 Report post Posted March 24, 2019 Ā No tags for us this year! Iām thinking of cashing in my compound bow for some traditional gear. Any one one this forum running around with a stick and string? Iām looking at August to have Ā my first. Stick and string coues buck. Ā what broad heads what arrows 45lb? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted March 24, 2019 Iāve been running around with a recurve for the first time this year. Whole different animal, thatās for sure. I have a 55 lb southwest archery spyder xl, and am shooting Ā 31ā 300 spine gold tips and 175 gr woodsmans. Seems to shoot nice to me but I donāt have any higher end bows to compare to 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted March 24, 2019 I hunted last year with an old Ben Pearson but the limb cracked. So I hadĀ gene from g&b in Peoria make me a long bow. 52@28ā . 500 spine black eagle vintage 100g brass insert. 150g rms cutthroat. 580g total.Ā 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runningbird Report post Posted March 24, 2019 Good luck, I hunt with a longbow and it is tough.Ā I got a mule deer this year at 18yds.Ā Ive shot at a couple whitetails but at over 20 yards they are long gone before my arrow arrives. Its still a blast. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBIG10 Report post Posted March 24, 2019 It took me a decade with a compound bow. I expect to double that length of time with a longbow! Iām all now too late to turnaround. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted March 24, 2019 2 hours ago, AZBIG10 said: It took me a decade with a compound bow. I expect to double that length of time with a longbow! Iām all now too late to turnaround. Dang,Ā In the last 10years I took 7 otc deer in Az. I figured it was time. I was able to get a javelina Iām jan before the crack was too bad.Ā Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted March 24, 2019 5 hours ago, runningbird said: Good luck, I hunt with a longbow and it is tough.Ā I got a mule deer this year at 18yds.Ā Ive shot at a couple whitetails but at over 20 yards they are long gone before my arrow arrives. Its still a blast. Thanks with the recurve I felt like I hadĀ a natural gift. With the long bow sometimes I think I might be left handedš Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBIG10 Report post Posted March 24, 2019 41 minutes ago, oz31p said: Thanks with the recurve I felt like I hadĀ a natural gift. With the long bow sometimes I think I might be left handedš Is a long bow slower? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted March 24, 2019 1 hour ago, AZBIG10 said: Is a long bow slower? I donāt think so. Itās 2lbs heavyer and my point on is the same Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZAV8ER Report post Posted March 24, 2019 I hunted one year with a recurve then went to black powder roundball. Did a lot of range time with a 55# bare bow and mounted about 3 pins for the hunt. At the time read up on traditional gear and a 2 bladed broached with a 3-1 aspect (length to width) with hefty arrows sounded like the way to go with trad gear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idgaf Report post Posted March 24, 2019 ,I took one a few years ago still hunting. One of my greatest hunting achievements.Ā Fred eichler 150 grain broadheads and Walmart aluminum arrows. The bow is a ben Pearson I picked up at a swapmeet for fifteen bucks. Whenever I have time I switch back to it.Ā Ā Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBIG10 Report post Posted May 12, 2019 Here is my set up. ragim slik trikĀ gold tip trad Itās a 50# 28 DL GPSd it at 89 fps Ā Ā Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MULEPACKHUNTER Report post Posted May 12, 2019 We shoot every weekend at work, shooting right now atually. Shooting a couple cheap 45 lb off the shelf bows. I don't hunt with it yet but it's a blast.Ā Ā Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MULEPACKHUNTER Report post Posted May 12, 2019 Here's our target, haha use what you got.Ā Ā 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
