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Old 11-22-2010   #1
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Official Bow thread

Well, I've had a bit of an itch to pick up a bow and arrow lately. Maybe it's the last few years of tons of co-workers killing deer or something. A few of them are bow hunters.

Anyways, I picked up a pair of compound bows today. For $100 (thanks craigslist) I picked up these:



A Jennings Back Lightning and an Xi Silverhawk XP.
The Jennings Back Lightning is currently set at a 50 pound, 26" draw.
The Silverhawk XP has a broken string. I'm thinking I'll have it re-stringed and set at at 60-65lb and 26 or 27" if possible.

The JBL at 26"/50lb is about what I can handle for now. I haven't played with a bow and arrow for 2-3 years, but have managed to be decently accurate for the first ~20 arrows I've put down range. Not impressive but not terrible by any means.

Not sure what the last bow I shot was, but it seemed easier. Anyways, a little something to have fun with for the next few months. Any one else play around with these things?
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Old 11-23-2010   #2
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Sweet! nice pick up, me and peter were just discussing this today.
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Old 11-23-2010   #3
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Re: Official Bow thread

I use to really love archery as a teen...spent hundreds of hours practicing. My Dad ended up giving me his Jennings Unistar and it was the only bow of its kind back then (late 80's).
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Old 11-23-2010   #4
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Cool. Do you plan to hunt or just shoot targets?
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Sweet! nice pick up, me and peter were just discussing this today.
Haha we were!

I think this summer im going to really get into it, so I can hunt next year. The bow season is open way longer than gun.

Good idea on craigslist, I checked ebay the last few days but theres nothing super cheap on there.
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Bow and Arrow.. Rambo Style:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcVG6dxsVG8&hd=1
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Re: Official Bow thread

For now just targets. We'll see how long I stick with it. Any one know of any decent indoor ranges?
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Re: Official Bow thread

First 4 of the day:

The one little arrow off to the left, and leaing on the right side of the target are a lighter grain, shoot different. Quit shooting them after this.

45min - hour later:


Decent, but I'm only at about 15 yards with these shots, I moved out to 25 for a few and I need to re-sight the bow. I was using the middle pointer for the 15 yard stuff, and the bottom is loose right now, so at 25 I was aiming 6" over the top to hit the middle of the target. Not too bad for my 2nd day of shooting in 4+years.
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