05-11-2006, 07:32 AM
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| HMFIC   Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina
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| 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?
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05-11-2006, 07:55 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT
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| 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 |
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05-11-2006, 08:11 AM
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| PUKHA DAWG  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C.
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| 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. |
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05-11-2006, 09:06 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland
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| Compound bows with sights are pretty easy to use accurately. recurves and such are a little tougher. |
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05-11-2006, 09:09 AM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Mar 2002
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| At 20 yards, I'm more accurate with my bow than a pistol. It's hard on arrows when they are robbin hooded.
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05-11-2006, 08:54 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn
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| 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. |
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05-17-2006, 12:31 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006
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| 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... |
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05-17-2006, 08:44 AM
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| Super Moderator   Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri
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|  Is it true that compound bows are illegal for some game hunting? Seems that I heard this on a TV program once.
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07-13-2006, 05:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: burton michigan
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| bows are acurate its me thats not |
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07-21-2006, 12:46 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Jun 2006
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| 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 |
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07-21-2006, 01:30 AM
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| HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina
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| Please let us know how that goes! Welcome to G&G btw!
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07-21-2006, 10:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri
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| 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
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