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Title: Black rhino
Post by: Grizzbear on June 21, 2012, 11:51:00 PM
Can anyone give me a review of the black rhino.  Was gonna order one for my son. Hes seven
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Post by: longbowben on June 22, 2012, 12:03:00 AM
Great starter bow.
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Post by: Grizzbear on June 22, 2012, 01:32:00 AM
Just ordered one. Cant hardly wsit. Hes shot some self bows before so hopefully the consistancy will spike hid confidance..
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Post by: DuffyRP on June 22, 2012, 03:02:00 AM
They are great bows and when I talked to them at Cloverdale this year they said that when you ready for a larger bow you can trade in your old one for credit towards a new one.  Can't beat that.
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Post by: Greg Clark on June 22, 2012, 08:07:00 AM
Place that order, you won't regret the decision.

I have purchased several thru the years for friend's kids and they love them.
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Post by: recurve3 on June 22, 2012, 08:10:00 AM
They are great bows. My wife has one of Chucks bows. Have known Chuck for nearly 30 years, he is a standup honest man and will treat you well.
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Post by: Drewster on June 22, 2012, 08:42:00 AM
I bought one for my four year old granddaughter a couple months ago.  It's a fine little bow for a kid just starting out, and like DuffyRP said, you can trade them in when the kid grows.  Pretty good arrangement for our growing young archers.
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Post by: Davesea on June 22, 2012, 10:32:00 AM
TBM just did a review of kids bows.  They reviewed the BR
48".  The way to get consistency is the arrows, Easton Jazz 1214 for light and consistent arrows.
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Post by: Rick Perry on June 22, 2012, 12:51:00 PM
Chuck builds outstanding adult longbows as well
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Post by: sledge on June 22, 2012, 01:34:00 PM
much more truculent and dangerous than the larger, but docile white rhino.

no huntable populations anywhere in africa now, though.

theodore roosevelt's experiences with the black rhinoceros are a great read.

the big 5 is now a big 4.

joe
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Post by: mahantango on June 22, 2012, 03:49:00 PM
Great starter bows! Good quality, good price, upgrade option, can't go wrong. My kids grew up on them.
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Post by: Rob W. on June 22, 2012, 04:02:00 PM
I bought my sons some of their arrows at Cloverdale. High quality, consistant, and a good price.


Rob
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Post by: fz4vgq on June 22, 2012, 05:46:00 PM
Here is my 6 year old son with his Black Rhino. He loves it !

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Post by: 2fletch on June 22, 2012, 05:55:00 PM
They are fine bows and he is good to deal with. Did you know that he sells a light weight bow quiver for these bows as well?
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Post by: Bill Kissner on June 22, 2012, 09:35:00 PM
These are really fine bows! I have kept one of them around for several years for the grandkids and others to shoot. Just bought another from Chuck at Comptons. Seems one was never enough as we have some great grandkids coming along and getting big enough to shoot.
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Post by: vintage archer on June 23, 2012, 07:59:00 AM
Great bows. I have eight grandkids and have been outfitting them with Black Rhinos.  I just bought two at Compton last week. One more and they a will have them
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Post by: BowsnLabs on June 23, 2012, 08:21:00 AM
We own two...a 15# and an 11# longbows for my daughters ages 8 and 6.  Really nice shooting little bows and I also recommend them.  The wood arrows they sell fly like darts from these bows too!
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Post by: matthewp on June 23, 2012, 09:38:00 AM
We have one Black Rhino.  Awesome bow for the kids.  The arrows that they sell are great.  They fly awesome out of any youth bow that we have tries.  Very reasonablly priced.  I would reccommend Black Rhino any day.
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Post by: BowsnLabs on June 23, 2012, 01:58:00 PM
I'd like to add that arrow selection is very important for starting a kid into shooting...not necessarily for proper flight but they need to stick into whatever the kids are shooting at...this helps keep them interested and excited.  The Black Rhino arrows are wood with a real steel point and they WILL stick in most any target even from these lighweight bows.  Many of the "youth" arrows being sold have the crimp-on metal points and they bounce off all but the softest targets with super lightweight bows.

Another good way to get them shooting is to blow up some balloons for extra incentive to hit their targets.  My girls love shooting at balloons either stuck to a target or laying in the grass shooting from the deck stairs.