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Big man Big bow?

Started by longbowman, July 12, 2007, 11:31:00 AM

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longbowman

I thought it would be neat to post this picture of my son shooting his HH Wesley.  As you can see he's a real brute of a guy LOL.  The bow is 80# at 27" and that's a 28" arrow to the back of the head.  He isn't just pulling for the camera but had been shooting for about 20 mins. when his wife took the picture.  He's an 80% shooter at 3D tournaments and we always shoot the hunter stakes, not the trad stakes.

Jack Guard

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mike g

Tell him good form.......
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mcgroundstalker

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies"

Cutty47

Good form, an HH or HH style bow, and a consistent practice routine will make moderately heavy weights comfortable for archers of any physical size.

I think one of the biggest myths in Trad shooting is it takes a ton of physical strength or size to shoot heavier weight bows.

The HH grip and the lack of bow mass, plus the length of time at full draw (generally less with HH shooters) allows a shooter to use 10-15 more than with a heavy weight/target style recurve.

Just another factor that is often overlooked in the bow speed comparison...add in an additional 10-15 pounds to an HH draw weight when comparing the style to the "high performance" styles and the gap closes quite a bit.

I also notice he isn't using ANY string silencers...

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