[Shoobee]

I can see that this is going to be my new home here.

Archers, ready!

Archers, draw!

Loose!

[texnmidwest]

Welcome to the forum!!!! Learning more about Bow hunting and archery is one of my goals this year!

[Shoobee]

Good luck to you, Txn.

The best place to start is google your area for an archery range. Often times they will also rent you gear there as well.

That's where you will find the best of the best too, because good archers must practice practice practice.

Once you have tried out a few different bows, then google an archery shop in your area, and see what they sell. The best archery shops also have a 20 yard indoor range, so you can try the equipment out first.

These days, surprisingly to me, many new archers start-out with a compound bow. Once someone sets this up for you, it is easy to shoot, compared with a recurve bow or a longbow.

I have found that I enjoy a recurve better, although a compound is more practical for hunting. Thus I spend virtually all my time on the range with my recurve bow, but then I will switch over to my compound bow just before the season opens. That's rather unusual though. Most archers are dedicated to either a compound bow or a recurve bow or a longbow.

If you are a patient person, and you want to do this right, then start out with a recurve bow, without a sight on it, and learn to shoot from an instructor with board certified credentials. Then add a sight to your recurve. Then add a compound bow to your inventory. Don't worry though; not everyone is that dedicated.

Whatever floats your boat. There are a thousand ways to skin a cat. Etc.

[sell33]

Welcome aboard! I just started bow hunting last year, got my first archery kill this year.

But I cheated and used one with training wheels on it...haha

[Shoobee]

Yup, Sell, compounds are now often called training wheels.

Back when they first came out in the 1970s they were called pulley bows.

I believe that for the benefit of the game themselves, a humane quick kill is more likely with a compound than with a recurve or longbow.

All of my kills are with a compound of some sort, as well.

[BadHabit]

i am going to really cheat, and use a cross-bow. is little easier for me since i am disabled.

[Shoobee]

We have disabled archers who come to our range all the time.

We leveled the ground for them and anytime they visit we give them the first spot at the range.

We also go downrange for them and bring back their arrows.

That is fairly common courtesy at any archery range.

So you can still shoot a real bow if you want.

Crossbows are not allowed on our range because they do extensive damage to the bales due to the short bolts, which bury themselves inside the bales.