Choosing your 1st Traditional Bow

[Hogleg123]

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[Terry Green]

I'm sorry, but I don't agree with trying traditional archery with junk.

[Kirkll]

I'm with you 100% on this one Terry. I think i'd recommend going to some large event bow shoots and trying different products, and have the experienced archers at those events help you figure out your draw length and draw weight that best suits you. Another option is to check out a local archery club, or an archery shop that sells Traditional  bows to get the basics down with help from experienced archers.

When getting started in archery it's real easy to form bad habits being self taught without instruction and recommendations  from experienced archers. Especially developing your alignment.  Those habits are harder to break than you might think. When i switched from a compound to a traditional bow i struggled a lot with it until i started shooting with experienced trad archers. And i was an excellent archer with a compound bow too.
It's a different ball game in many respects.

my .02 cents     Kirk

[Stumpkiller]

My first "attempt" at traditional archery for hunting (I shot a 30# Howatt Catalina for target in college)  was a Bear Kodiak at 55 lbs.  I returned it for a Bear Kodiak Hunter at 45 lbs when I realized a 70 lb Martin Cougar II ment s#it for any real muscle development.  Still have that Bear and it is the cornerstone of my go-to bowfishing rig.

[Terry Green]

I'm fortunate enough to have my dads and granddads bows . When is a bear and one is a pearson. Original strings and all. I can't believe the strings are still in the shape that the reum.