Amazing Daala

Retired GW · December 15, 2011, 11:21:00 AM

I'm really liking this bow...got it a little over a month ago and last week had my first trad deer harvest w/ it. And yesterday was shooting it out back and shot my first robinhood. I know many folks on this forum have shot these multiple of times, but for me I'm floored by it. What a great bow and big thanks to Shawn at 3 Rivers for his help and advice.

Anyway I'm interested in hearing from other Daala owners and their experiences.

blessed beyond measure, kt

Crash · December 15, 2011, 01:55:00 PM

Nice shooting GW. I haven't shot one but have heard good things about them. Do you have the foam limbs or the wood core limbs?

Retired GW · December 15, 2011, 02:49:00 PM

Carbon foam limbs and the extra low grip set-up.

xtrema312 · December 15, 2011, 02:55:00 PM

I have black max limbs on my riser, but it is a great shooting bow. Very quiet, and accurate. What grip do you have?

xtrema312 · December 15, 2011, 02:56:00 PM

That was a fast reply. Faster then I type.

stujay · December 15, 2011, 03:21:00 PM

I have the 21" ILF Daala. Love the versitilty of the bow. I use both longbow limbs (dryad epics), and the carbon wood daala recurve limbs.
The only negative is it's noiser than my other ILF risers (Tac & Sky)
Also waiting on 3 rivers to send a extra low grip...they were on backorder. I've used the other three and none of them are as nice again as my TAC and Sky...too big.
The Daala has a slight preformance edge and is slightly more accurate, for me, than my other two.
What are some tricks you others have found for maximum quiet?

xtrema312 · December 15, 2011, 03:48:00 PM

My bow is just quiet from the start. I do run at the 8-8.5" brace vs. the lower brace height noted in the online manual. I also use skinny strings. Don't know how the standard string is, but I do have one in a box someplace.

Is the low grip a lot better than the std? I have a std grip, but shoot mostly hybrid LB's so find the std grip not to my liking.

stujay · December 15, 2011, 06:15:00 PM

I currently have the low grip, still not my cup of tea (Too fat/bulky). The extra low grip is suppose to be a much thinner grip. I'm looking forward trying it out. Will post my take on it when it comes.

Besides the low grip I've also had the std and High grip. I preferred the High grip of the three...My rating of the three. 1-high grip 2-low grip 3-med/std grip. Still all three are too bulky for me.

A.S. · December 15, 2011, 06:38:00 PM

I have an original DAS Generation 1 (the predecessor to the Dalaa). I am shooting Winex limbs on mine. I shot a new Dalaa this past summer for a couple weeks It had their carbon/foam limbs on it. I was the easiest bow I have ever had to set up and shoot accurately right away.

If you are having any noise issues at all with a Dalaa, then your string is probably to blame. Try an 8 strand D10 with padded loops. I use wool puff silencers, and mine is dead quiet even fairly light arrows.

I have had a bucnh of high dollar, extremely beautiful, as well as expensive custom bows in the past. The DAS is MY go to bow. As a matter of fact, it is the only bow I own now!

kestimator · December 15, 2011, 10:34:00 PM

Dalaas are great bows!!! I do not currently own one, but the ones that I did play with were super!!! I killed my first "Trad" big game animal (a boar hog) with a DAS Dalaa 58"amo, 50#@28 recurve. Mr. Sosa designed a great bow!!

saltwatertom · December 16, 2011, 01:26:00 AM

I love mine (55# @ 28) and it has harvested a few animals so far and I am racking up the score with snowshoe hares this winter. I am shooting 55/75's out of it with Woodsman broadheads for big stuff and blunts for small game. It pushes my blunts right thru the bunnies! It is the only bow I shoot now.

I have a walk around course on my place with 20 "3D" targets (home made) in the woods and I only shoot one or 2 arrows at each target because I ruin so many arrows if I shoot more at each one.