Given the current climate, I'm thinking about getting back into archery. I haven't shot a bow in a couple of decades and the innovation seems to be going at light-speed. (Read: The last bow I shot was a Jennings bow that had about a 900 lb. draw pull on it)
As I have proper-fucked shoulder, anything other than a compound bow is going to fun for about 10 shots before I have slump over in a heap of pain. I see that Diamond makes fairly decent entry-level compound bows at not bank-breaking prices.
Thoughts, insights? What's good these days that isn't over $400. In terms of quality and reputation, I'm looking toward Smith & Wesson-like.
TIA.
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2I know people in your situation, with the shoulder. One word answer: crossbow. Unless you get your shoulder totally healed, pulling a traditional or a compound bow will not be a good thing and will permanently ruin your shoulder.
Crossbows are as accurate as rifles out to 100 meters. You can cock them with a crank device. You still might be able to use a pulling rope cocker with your shoulder now, but folks with wrecked shoulders usually enjoy the crank cocking device better.
I know the Diamond line of bows very well. Most of them can be adjusted down to about thirty pounds draw if you want to shoot compounds. Thirty pounds will drive an arrow into a deer fatally at about twenty yards with proper shot placement. A crossbow will drive a bolt through about six or seven deer at once.
Best of luck.
CDFingers
Crossbows are as accurate as rifles out to 100 meters. You can cock them with a crank device. You still might be able to use a pulling rope cocker with your shoulder now, but folks with wrecked shoulders usually enjoy the crank cocking device better.
I know the Diamond line of bows very well. Most of them can be adjusted down to about thirty pounds draw if you want to shoot compounds. Thirty pounds will drive an arrow into a deer fatally at about twenty yards with proper shot placement. A crossbow will drive a bolt through about six or seven deer at once.
Best of luck.
CDFingers
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3It's a bursitis thing combined with dislocating while I was in high school. I'm thankfully generally pain-free most days, but I can definitely feel it after a day of manual labor or too many wheels of 357mag.CDFingers wrote: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:57 am I know people in your situation, with the shoulder. One word answer: crossbow. Unless you get your shoulder totally healed, pulling a traditional or a compound bow will not be a good thing and will permanently ruin your shoulder.
Crossbows are as accurate as rifles out to 100 meters. You can cock them with a crank device. You still might be able to use a pulling rope cocker with your shoulder now, but folks with wrecked shoulders usually enjoy the crank cocking device better.
Best of luck.
CDFingers
That said, I think crossbows are really cool. Is there a brand/model you'd recommend?
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4You have a price point, so google with that in mind. I have shot Parker and PSE crossbows. Both fine products. Don't dry fire.
I edited while you posted, so have more info above.
CDFingers
I edited while you posted, so have more info above.
CDFingers
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5CDFingers wrote: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:57 am A crossbow will drive a bolt through about six or seven deer at once.
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a weapon of mass deerstruction!
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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6A fancy crossbow can deliver speed, power, and accuracy, but a slow rate of fire. A simple recurve has less power, speed, and accuracy, but with some practice, you can develop a high rate of fire.
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7Compared to Legolas or Katniss, she's hella slow. Derp.
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8I'm definitely more Daryl Dixon than Legolas. I'd sooner just carry my S&W 686 than take my chances with my gimpy shoulder and a recurve bow. I need all the mechanical advantage I can get.featureless wrote:Compared to Legolas or Katniss, she's hella slow. Derp.
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9Some compounds can adjust from like 20 lbs to 70 lbs on the same bow. If you get something like that, you can gently work your shoulder, slowly increasing poundage to the level you want. Many Diamond bows have that capability.
CDFingers
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