Hello all,
Im going to try to make this is as easy and straight forward as possible, while not straying too far off topic.
A little background just as a reference point.
I’m getting back into archery in general working on building confidence and the ability to efficiently bow hunt after about a 4 year break. I have owned 2 bows during my time when I was pretty hard and heavy into it.. but now I’m starting over basically as a beginner and from scratch with equipment as I sold them when I stopped hunting.
I did about a weeks worth of deep diving on this forum as well as watching countless reviews on YouTube, reading pretty much every compound bow review I could find that were posted the last year and half. I didn’t want to buy something dirt cheap but I realized as I was just getting back into the swing of shooting again I probably just needed a reliable budget build to start working on building my foundation again.
I landed on getting a Bear Legit ready to hunt packaged deal.. I have since had it paper tuned.. all the while making sure im shooting the proper spined arrows.. (which I went with the Axis FMJ 5mm 340 spine)
Here is where the advice is needed.
So after having the bow properly tuned and a week and a half of practicing daily I’ve seemed to hit my first issue with the bow. Currently while drawing back it’s like the strings are almost getting caught on something. At least that’s what it feels like. Almost like it’s wanting to stop drawing back completely. I noticed it and pulled it to full draw but something is for sure not right. I didn’t shoot after I noticed this, and will take it back to the bow shop Monday to see what the issue is. (I’m not sure if anyone possibly has seen this before on a compound before or not? If so what would cause this?)
All that to ask this. In some of you more experienced bow hunters. Is it worth spending a bit more on a bow to ensure consistency and reliability? I know as a beginner and a newer bow hunter in general going out and dropping $1500+ on a bow might not be the smartest move… since at the end of the day it’s form and practice that’s going to translate to actual hunting.. I understand that.. I just hope this bow isn’t wrecked already within like 150 shots.. and now I can’t help to feel like I maybe should have paid a bit more for at least something that’s tried and true and not purely a budget bow. Does anyone know of any brands/bows or could point me in the direction of where to look for something that may be a sound investment and could last a while?
Apologies for the novel but I wanted to get all the details out there. Maybe someone has been down this road as well.. hopefully this isn’t major issue. Worst case this bow can serve as a backup.. I just hope I don’t have to pay what the bow was worth to fix it.
Thank you for the time spent reading.. and any advice is appreciated.
Im going to try to make this is as easy and straight forward as possible, while not straying too far off topic.
A little background just as a reference point.
I’m getting back into archery in general working on building confidence and the ability to efficiently bow hunt after about a 4 year break. I have owned 2 bows during my time when I was pretty hard and heavy into it.. but now I’m starting over basically as a beginner and from scratch with equipment as I sold them when I stopped hunting.
I did about a weeks worth of deep diving on this forum as well as watching countless reviews on YouTube, reading pretty much every compound bow review I could find that were posted the last year and half. I didn’t want to buy something dirt cheap but I realized as I was just getting back into the swing of shooting again I probably just needed a reliable budget build to start working on building my foundation again.
I landed on getting a Bear Legit ready to hunt packaged deal.. I have since had it paper tuned.. all the while making sure im shooting the proper spined arrows.. (which I went with the Axis FMJ 5mm 340 spine)
Here is where the advice is needed.
So after having the bow properly tuned and a week and a half of practicing daily I’ve seemed to hit my first issue with the bow. Currently while drawing back it’s like the strings are almost getting caught on something. At least that’s what it feels like. Almost like it’s wanting to stop drawing back completely. I noticed it and pulled it to full draw but something is for sure not right. I didn’t shoot after I noticed this, and will take it back to the bow shop Monday to see what the issue is. (I’m not sure if anyone possibly has seen this before on a compound before or not? If so what would cause this?)
All that to ask this. In some of you more experienced bow hunters. Is it worth spending a bit more on a bow to ensure consistency and reliability? I know as a beginner and a newer bow hunter in general going out and dropping $1500+ on a bow might not be the smartest move… since at the end of the day it’s form and practice that’s going to translate to actual hunting.. I understand that.. I just hope this bow isn’t wrecked already within like 150 shots.. and now I can’t help to feel like I maybe should have paid a bit more for at least something that’s tried and true and not purely a budget bow. Does anyone know of any brands/bows or could point me in the direction of where to look for something that may be a sound investment and could last a while?
Apologies for the novel but I wanted to get all the details out there. Maybe someone has been down this road as well.. hopefully this isn’t major issue. Worst case this bow can serve as a backup.. I just hope I don’t have to pay what the bow was worth to fix it.
Thank you for the time spent reading.. and any advice is appreciated.
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