I've been wanting to get my son a recurve or longbow for a while but funds haven't allowed it lately. He'll be 8 in October so it's a bit overdue. Well today I was heading outside to shoot my Red Wing Hunter and decided to take my other two bows and shoot them a few times also. I wanted to make sure they were ready to go for a church shoot next Saturday in case any of the wheel bow guys wanted to try them out. They are a 70# Super Kodiak that was given to me a couple of years ago and a 35# Black Bear that belonged to my late uncle. After a couple of shots it suddenly hit me. 35# at 28" would probably translate to around 20# at my son's 18-20" draw. Long story short, 10 minutes later my son was stacking 3 arrows into about 6" at 5 yds. Not too bad for his first day, even if it almost drags the ground when he shoots ;) . After we finished, I explained to him who the bow belonged to (my uncle was killed in a boating accident when I was around 12 years old so my son never got to meet him) and then passed it on to him. I didn't think to take a picture, but I'll try to get one up soon. He makes 3 generations of my family that has shot this bow. Never know, maybe he'll be the first to kill a deer with it since my uncle and I neither used it to hunt with.
God bless,
Matt Toms
Matt that is awesome, my avatar is my 6 year old son shoot a 35@28 browning curve....Good on you! I bet he thinks he is good as dad! Congrats! May you have many more days shooting with your son!
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PS: I'll be watching for his picture.
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Nothing better than shooting and hunting with your kids!
Great job and how cool for him to shoot a bow with 2 generations of shooters from his family.
He started squirrel hunting last year with a 22 and has killed a couple of rabbits and armadillos out of the yard/garden with it. He will be starting deer hunting during the firearm season this year with a 308 that I shortened the stock on and loaded some light hand loads for. Only restriction on archery that I know of is draw weight and that's 35#, so I guess it'll just depend on when he reaches the right skill/maturity level before he can bow hunt.
AWESOME!
I think I have as much fun, if not more, teaching as I do shooting. That's the other side of the trad archery coin! Passing it along to others. Congrats to your son and you, and may you have many long days together flinging arrows!
Great story! It will perfect for deer hunting in a few years.
Very cool. I love watching my daughter and other kids shooting trad bows. Does the soul good.
Thanks for the kind words guys. I've to get him some youth arrows fletched up with feathers. That little bow doesn't put a whole lot behind my 530gr hunting arrows from a 18" draw. :)
Matt
My kids and I made their arrows. We made them from dowel rods, painted them all up (sometimes pretty flashy!). I think they enjoyed building the arrows ALMOST as much as shooting with the old man. I know I sure enjoyed those moments! Just gotta remember newspaper on dining room table - Mom doesn't seem to like paint on it ....