Recurve Bow..any suggestions

[Bowchica]

Good morning ALL

I wanted to see if anyone uses a recurve bow and could suggest some that I could try out. I woke up this morning, and for whatever reason I was thinking I wanted to try a recurve. ( HUNTING ON THE BRAIN!!)I know it a challenge, and really don't know where to start. Right now I shoot a Browning Mico, 50 pd draw. And I love my bow and get to upgrade this year, and decided to get something a LITTLE different. LOL. Thanks for the help! now where did i put my coffe??

[Chunky]

Lot's of us shoot traditional bows, in fact they gave us our own forum, which I would invite you to come over and check out.

Most of us suggest getting a used, low weight, recurve to start with. They can be had on e-bay, or several trad classified sections. You can get a good starter bow for less than 200 bucks and sometimes less than a 100.

They are tons of fun to shoot and most of the people who shoot them are pretty laid back and really helpful.

[Bowchica]

Sweet!! Thanks for the help. I'll jump over there now!

[tinman]

Start here...

Mark beat me to it but I would suggest starting right here on TBH too. The link above has some sound equipment advice for newbies and we're always ready to asnwer questions for folks.

There are also 3 other threads that are "sticky" at the top for beginners and a bunch of questions that have been asked/answered in the history.

[holepuncher]

I picked up a Stemmler 60" 50lb. recurve off Ebay back in april for $125.00 bucks in mint condition this bow is between 30/20 years old. can't really find out because they are out of business and before the internet. But she is definitly a killing machine that has many good years left in her. the moral to the story is..... take your time and look around.do some research.

[Bill]

I'd call local archery shops and see what they have hanging in the back gathering dust, and get a 30-40# bow to learn form with. Form is all you have with a recurve, and shooting one for 40 years now, it's easier believe me to learn right the 1st time instead of unlearning bad habits. Find somebody who shoots recurves and pay/ barter/ bribe some lessons to get off on the correct foot, or find a class for an NFAA Level 1 coach (8 hours) and learn how to teach shooting, and in so doing learn 'their' method of shooting.

When you're confident with the learner bow, then move into a hunting bow in the 50# range. The 'last' 6 inches of drawing a recurve use your back/shoulder muscles much harder than a compound where you have let off I've learned. I own 3 recurves, the 1st bow I bought with my newspaper route money 40 years ago, plus 2 more. All late 60s- early 70s Red Wing Hunters. I'm obviously biased.

And remember, cedar arrows are great- the smell wonderful when they break