I am an adult and would like to learn how to use a bow. Can anyone recommend a good recurve inexpensive bow that I can use for hunting and Halloween?
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The Martin xr recurve is barely strong enough to stick a target at 15 feet, so Halloween yes! No way for hunting. It's pretty much a toy.
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I don't hunt but I use mine for target archery. If you range on the animal first then set your site, you should be good.
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Great thinking. A normal male would love a bow. I bought this bow (and many others) for a youth group but I and other adults have shot and enjoyed it. The bow you found is a 20-29 lb pull. However, this Bear Firebird bow which is the same price as yours, is a 30-35 lb pull which would be even better for an adult male. Bear Archery Firebird Bow, 60-Inch Either way, I am sure he will enjoy it.
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It is a good beginner bow for children to learn how to use a compound bow and sights. My nine year old granddaughter was able to use this bow very well. I believe it is worth the money.
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You want to get a "carbon" arrow with a "300" spine. It won't matter what brand they are. I bought mine at Sportsmans Warehouse, the cheapest ones they had. In late summer/fall, you can find some at Walmart. Just look for the "carbon" arrows that say "5570" on the side, (that translates into 55 to 70 pounds draw weight). I hunt Razorbacks with this bow, and if it can penetrate their hide, it can kill anything. Best of luck.I should also mention that you don't want those cheap bulk no-name arrows from China.
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These are great beginner arrows overall. However, because the have stiff plastic fletching your accuracy with a longbow would be somewhat limited unless you learn to adjust your shot to compensate. Arrows with feather fletching are the best for longbows, but they will cost you two to four times as much. The length of these arrows is pretty good especially for youth and lady shooters. A full grown man might find them too short for a comfortable draw. I am 5'4" and I can use these with my traditional longbow without too much difficulty. Between them, my kiddos have a longbow (standard), a recurve, and a compound bow and they ALL use these particular arrows. They are durable and fairly true to aim overall, but I still think the accuracy is best with the recurve and the compound, probably because they are more 'powerful' than the longbow. Hope this helps!
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if your recurve is 63" UNstrug you should in theory go with the 60" string. strings for recurves are generally supposed to be 3.5"-4" shorter than the unstrung bow length from nock to nock. you have a some-what unusual bow length, much like my fiber glass flat bow which I find it hard to locate strings for. you theoretically need a string 59" long. you may want to do what eventually did and find some vids on youtube for making strings and then you just buy the Dacron b 50 and make it whatever length you need.
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Yes i beleive that these bows are made well and shoot very good. The only trick is, is to be sure that you cock the string equally or your arrow will fly off scope. Also be sure to read the instructions when assembling. I am 19 and love to shoot it.
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Age 16, girl, beginner - perfect bow! Get some extra arrows as they are easily lost and are not very stout to start with. Best wishes! Bruce. (don't discard the sight that is embedded in the cardboard that is entangled within the bow strings.) Throw nothing away until you have used the sight! :-) BTW this is a serious bow, you could kill with this (with broadheads - a deer)
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I went out and bought a youth compound bow and it works great on that. If mounted on a more powerful bow, it would be too much and you may lose a lot of arrows. It mounted where the sights went. The only thing extra I would recommend is buying different tips for your arrows, depending on what you are fishing for. I have lost many carp on the stock tip but not many gar or snakehead.
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I have broken a few of them using a 20lb recurve bow, but don't let that get you down (they are nice arrows). I'm sure your OMP would be fine with them.
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Hello,I have a recurve bow from 1972 60" the string seems to fit tight enough, though I have not had the time to actually take it to a range and test it. It is worth the "try" you can always return the string. I could not find anything even at Cabela's so I ordered from Amazon.
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It's a long bow. It's not a bear-killer. It falls slightly above the kid category, and slightly less than a good solid long bow. But it's light and you could use it for hunting game up to the size of a deer perhaps. I wouldn't try a shot on one past sixty or seventy feet, though. Maybe twenty pound draw is all. I took a shot with it once on a throwaway arrow and the arrow went about 150' high and arced down cleanly into a canyon. I would say it makes a good bow for a kid, or for a campsite bow, or for light hunting if you can get in fairly close. For the money I was happy.
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and yes it would work for a adult as long as their draw length is not over 28", i would recommend a Samick sage for any adult looking to get into archery
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This is a really fine bow for the price. I bought it for my granddaughter and she loves it. But you have a very long draw length and this bow might be a bit too small for you.
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I also bought this bow as a gift to my grandson. For target practice I purchased the Easton Genesis II 6-pk. They are great as a beginning arrow, but the fletchings (vanes) are flimsy and come off easily. I decided in the future I would buy arrows else where.
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My advise is to go to a range where they rent bows. Have him try out a few of those to see what his ideal draw weight would be. He would need something that isn't so light that it's too easy, unless he is just starting to learn. Also he would need something that isn't too hard to pull. But starting out at 40 is a bad idea.