switching

Cane Knife · January 24, 2010, 01:53:00 AM

Do you think a person can switch between shooting a recurve and longbow, and shoot both well? Or should you stick to one or the other?

tj69 · January 24, 2010, 02:10:00 AM

If the difference is just in the limb design and the draw weight and the riser is the same, no problem.
But switching between complete different bows
(grip,sight window, cut to or past center, riser lenght, limb lenght, and so on...) would be very difficult to me.

Shakes.602 · January 24, 2010, 05:44:00 AM

YOU can Train YOUR Body and Brain to do ANYTHING YOU Choose Partner!!

Benny Nganabbarru · January 24, 2010, 07:16:00 AM

I love both, and shoot both. I agree totally with Shakes.602. Yesterday, I had a ball with my 75# Hill and my 65# K-Hunter, and did really well shooting the little milk bottle shoved on a stick on the oval out to 30 yards.

jsweka · January 24, 2010, 07:22:00 AM

Takes me a few shots to re-train by brain/body between longbows and recurves, but it can be done. Yesterday I was shooting both. Shooting great with my recurve, then picked up my "Hill Style" longbow. First shot missed the target by about 3 feet at 20 yards. After a couple more I got zeroed back in.

tj69 · January 25, 2010, 07:18:00 AM

Yes, I know that many archers can switch and shoot well. I admire that a lot.
I would need a couple of days with hundreds of shots to do the same.

joevan125 · January 25, 2010, 10:16:00 AM

I have no problem going back and forth.

All my bows are around 50@30 and the arrow set-up is about the same.

I love to shoot different bows and when i practice i normally have 3 bows that i shoot.

kat · January 25, 2010, 10:36:00 AM

It depends on the grip for me for the most part. I think it is a mental thing for me though. Just can't seem to shoot a long bow well.

Mudd · January 25, 2010, 10:39:00 AM

I'm not saying I shoot anything good but I do it all the time. I love shooting bows and if they fit into that category I'll sure giv'em a try if I have opportunity.
God bless,Mudd

George D. Stout · January 25, 2010, 10:47:00 AM

It is really not difficult at all, and you can shoot any weapon well just by developing familiarity. It would be like saying one can't play football, baseball, basketball, or golf well if they try all of them. There is obviously evidence that one really can.

I shoot my longbows the same as my recurves, and I never understood why anyone would need a different grip on a longbow. They are simply bows that shoot arrows and can be shot the same.
And, with a little practice, you can shoot them all very well.

ottertails · January 25, 2010, 10:59:00 AM

Sure you can, after a few shots and a little mental adjusting. It may take a person longer if he or she has only been shooting one type of bow for a long time. But it can be done.

Jim Wright · January 25, 2010, 11:03:00 AM

I think the grip and it's effect on hand position is a huge factor here. I shoot Toelke Whips and before going Longbow only owned one of Dan's Take-downs and a one pc. Chinook recurve as well. The medium-low locator grips are very similar on all three and my bows were of similar weight and with the same arrows I could could shoot one like the other with no "transition" between them save a slight allowance for the Chinook's higher velocity. I mostly shoot Dan's D bows now and with the low grip I initially had a tendency to shoot high when shooting behind the Whip for a few arrows but that has pretty much gone away especially if I am shooting them both regularly.