Way back in the day I tok the occasional deer and shot a compound bow in a Bow Hunter Archery league.
Over the years as compound bows advanced from 50% let offs and mediocre speeds to 65%-80% let off and real world speeds in the 280-300 FPS range (and ad hype speeds in the 350 FPS range) I devolved first to recurves and then to traditional recurves as they were just more enjoyable.
I’ve now devolved a bit further to a long bow. It’s a Kota Prairie Fire made by Tim Finley in Oberon ND. It’s a 60” bow with 42 pounds at a 28” draw. The curly mango outer laminates look good but it’s the bamboo inner laminates that make it the smoothest bow I’ve ever shot and it’s exceptionally quiet.
I went lighter as I’m still rehabbing a left shoulder injury and I don’t want to abuse it. Still, Tim’s long bows are pretty efficient and with 467 gr arrows I’m thinking the arrow speeds should be in the 160-165 fps range.
Over the years as compound bows advanced from 50% let offs and mediocre speeds to 65%-80% let off and real world speeds in the 280-300 FPS range (and ad hype speeds in the 350 FPS range) I devolved first to recurves and then to traditional recurves as they were just more enjoyable.
I’ve now devolved a bit further to a long bow. It’s a Kota Prairie Fire made by Tim Finley in Oberon ND. It’s a 60” bow with 42 pounds at a 28” draw. The curly mango outer laminates look good but it’s the bamboo inner laminates that make it the smoothest bow I’ve ever shot and it’s exceptionally quiet.
I went lighter as I’m still rehabbing a left shoulder injury and I don’t want to abuse it. Still, Tim’s long bows are pretty efficient and with 467 gr arrows I’m thinking the arrow speeds should be in the 160-165 fps range.
