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: 3,834,165 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 18	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 No one has the right to deny my personal safety Please be descriptive in your thread titles!

05-11-2006, 09:09 AM	#5
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,870 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	At 20 yards, I'm more accurate with my bow than a pistol. It's hard on arrows when they are robbin hooded. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

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Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,021 Blog Entries: 4	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: 3,834,165 Images: 19 Blog Entries: 18	Please let us know how that goes! Welcome to G&G btw! __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members No one has the right to deny my personal safety Please be descriptive in your thread titles!

07-21-2006, 10:39 PM	#12
Pumpkinheaver Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,339	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: 1,595	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: 3,595	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: 934 Images: 3	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: 4,785	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	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	bows are acurate its me thats not

07-21-2006, 12:46 AM	#10
mosinnagant18 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1	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