Post by torpedo on Feb 23, 2020 21:41:03 GMT
Archery is difficult but it's not tough.
If you're close to the target, which is a good way to begin, you hit it more often and enjoy the sport more. Ten feet is a good starting distance. You'll break a few arrows, so you'll buy some repair equipment like vanes, glue, nocks, various and sundry other stuff. You'll stash them in the box you used as a kid when you played slot cars--I did, anyway. It still has the stickers on it from the 60's.
You move away from the bag step by step, week by week, unless you like chasing arrows. This is what happens when you miss the bag. Beginners will start out with maybe fifteen or twenty pound fiberglass recurve bows, snagged like at Big 5 for like twenty five bucks. Yes. You'll spend more later. Even at twenty pounds draw weight, you still may have to walk fifty yards to get your arrow. Boring.
As you gain strength, you'll increase the strength of your bow, the development of your muscles, and your aim. It's sweet.
If you go slow you won't hurt your shoulder, as mentioned in the other fine answers, and if you don't hyper extend your elbow on drawing, you'll find a lot of fun may be had.
I actually shoot from both sides--holding a recurve in my left hand, and holding a compound bow in my right hand. I don't think my brain could handle shooting two different bows from the same hand. Boobie-shoobie, flip city, you hear? Couldn't pull it off, so to speak.
It's lots of fun, though, testing myself against myself--I don't use sights, shooting by looking. I'm a bit better with the compound than with the recurve, but I enjoy the recurve most.
You move away from the bag step by step, week by week, unless you like chasing arrows. This is what happens when you miss the bag. Beginners will start out with maybe fifteen or twenty pound fiberglass recurve bows, snagged like at Big 5 for like twenty five bucks. Yes. You'll spend more later. Even at twenty pounds draw weight, you still may have to walk fifty yards to get your arrow. Boring.
As you gain strength, you'll increase the strength of your bow, the development of your muscles, and your aim. It's sweet.
If you go slow you won't hurt your shoulder, as mentioned in the other fine answers, and if you don't hyper extend your elbow on drawing, you'll find a lot of fun may be had.
I actually shoot from both sides--holding a recurve in my left hand, and holding a compound bow in my right hand. I don't think my brain could handle shooting two different bows from the same hand. Boobie-shoobie, flip city, you hear? Couldn't pull it off, so to speak.
It's lots of fun, though, testing myself against myself--I don't use sights, shooting by looking. I'm a bit better with the compound than with the recurve, but I enjoy the recurve most.
Enjoy!
Michael Bertsch