Are Bows accurate?

Chris · 05-11-2006, 07:32 AM

I have always wanted to use a bow to just target shoot with. I do understand that take quite a bit of getting used to, but done properly can be one deadly accurate item.

Anyone around here use one and can comment on how a bow performances overall?

DANA · 05-11-2006, 07:55 AM

It is a skill like most hunting sports. Practice is the key. You can learn with sights and accepted form and stance but if you learn the draw and fire the instinctive way you will have much more fun. ( in my opinion)

DANA

Dallas · 05-11-2006, 08:11 AM

I use to target shoot with a bow. The key word is use to. Practice, practice, practice. At close range a bow in the properly trained hands can be very accurate. I just didn't have the time required to reach the skill level I wanted to acheive.

ash · 05-11-2006, 09:06 AM

Compound bows with sights are pretty easy to use accurately.
recurves and such are a little tougher.

jerry · 05-11-2006, 09:09 AM

At 20 yards, I'm more accurate with my bow than a pistol. It's hard on arrows when they are robbin hooded.

lefty o · 05-11-2006, 08:54 PM

bows are very accurate, with the right shooter. i myself never managed to be a good target shooter, but can kill anything walking inside of 40yds or so.

jellydonut · 05-17-2006, 12:31 AM

I've been considering getting a compound bow for a while. "The Punisher" really put it over the top. heheh. What's a good price/place to get one? I know practically nothing about them, like pull,etc...

Oxford · 05-17-2006, 08:44 AM

Is it true that compound bows are illegal for some game hunting? Seems that I heard this on a TV program once.

burd1959 · 07-13-2006, 05:57 PM

bows are acurate its me thats not

mosinnagant18 · 07-21-2006, 12:46 AM

yes it has been made illegal in some areas, some people consider bow hunting cruel for the animals, i myself have a reflex excursion and cant wait to go bow huntin up in georgia :-D

Chris · 07-21-2006, 01:30 AM

Please let us know how that goes!

Welcome to G&G btw!

Pumpkinheaver · 07-21-2006, 10:39 PM

I just bought one of these. I'm get 3" groups at 40 yds on a good day.

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05-11-2006, 07:32 AM	#1
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,127 Trader Rating: (0)	Are Bows accurate? I have always wanted to use a bow to just target shoot with. I do understand that take quite a bit of getting used to, but done properly can be one deadly accurate item. Anyone around here use one and can comment on how a bow performances overall? __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. --Thomas Jefferson No one has the right to deny my personal safety Need a reminder, why this site is so great?

05-11-2006, 09:09 AM	#5
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,760 Trader Rating: (0)	At 20 yards, I'm more accurate with my bow than a pistol. It's hard on arrows when they are robbin hooded. __________________

05-17-2006, 08:44 AM	#8
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 12,981 Trader Rating: (0)	Is it true that compound bows are illegal for some game hunting? Seems that I heard this on a TV program once. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

07-21-2006, 01:30 AM	#11
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,127 Trader Rating: (0)	Please let us know how that goes! Welcome to G&G btw! __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. --Thomas Jefferson No one has the right to deny my personal safety Need a reminder, why this site is so great?

07-21-2006, 10:39 PM	#12
Pumpkinheaver Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,311 Trader Rating: (0)	I just bought one of these. I'm get 3" groups at 40 yds on a good day. WWW.rossarchery.com Everything you ever wanted to know about archery. www.archerytalk.com __________________ Just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!

05-11-2006, 07:55 AM	#2
DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,590 Trader Rating: (0)	It is a skill like most hunting sports. Practice is the key. You can learn with sights and accepted form and stance but if you learn the draw and fire the instinctive way you will have much more fun. ( in my opinion) DANA

05-11-2006, 08:11 AM	#3
Dallas PUKHA DAWG Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C. Posts: 3,591 Trader Rating: (0)	I use to target shoot with a bow. The key word is use to. Practice, practice, practice. At close range a bow in the properly trained hands can be very accurate. I just didn't have the time required to reach the skill level I wanted to acheive.

05-11-2006, 09:06 AM	#4
ash Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 932 Trader Rating: (0)	Compound bows with sights are pretty easy to use accurately. recurves and such are a little tougher.

05-11-2006, 08:54 PM	#6
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,691 Trader Rating: (0)	bows are very accurate, with the right shooter. i myself never managed to be a good target shooter, but can kill anything walking inside of 40yds or so.

05-17-2006, 12:31 AM	#7
jellydonut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 234 Trader Rating: (0)	I've been considering getting a compound bow for a while. "The Punisher" really put it over the top. heheh. What's a good price/place to get one? I know practically nothing about them, like pull,etc...

07-13-2006, 05:57 PM	#9
burd1959 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: burton michigan Posts: 606 Trader Rating: (0)	bows are acurate its me thats not

07-21-2006, 12:46 AM	#10
mosinnagant18 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Trader Rating: (0)	yes it has been made illegal in some areas, some people consider bow hunting cruel for the animals, i myself have a reflex excursion and cant wait to go bow huntin up in georgia :-D