Hey all,
STORY TIME WITH QUICK QUESTION
I'm new to these forums and half new to reddit posting. I've been using/learned on my dad's/grandad's recurve bow for my entire life. I started setting up home made targets like moving frisbees to help build up my skill for small game hunting
My best/last shots on the 50 year old bow that's been passed down to me from my dad, and his dad, was last week when I had the best grouping of a 30+ meter distance of my life!
I came walking back about to unstring and clean up the bow until I realized...to the worst dread I've had for as long as I can remember... the bow snapped almost fully on my last shot.
I thought the string may have snapped, but was so excited about having 3 separate grouping locations on the target, with 3 arrows in each group touching (even destroyed 1 of my arrows splicing the feathers off). I didn't even check on it until I came back.
I've never felt so bad in my life for a physical object, and was the only thing that I had that my grandpa made sure got passed down to me. In the future, i will be looking in to aesthetically fixing the bow for a mantelpiece , but my main question with everyone is..
WHAT BOW SHOULD I PURCHASE NOW?
Should I go compound, or continue with a new recurve? I'm trying to go hunting more for deer, but LOVE target practice and heard the compound is...well... no fun for anyone that actually wants to build skill (no offense, you need accuracy and power for a humane kill shot).
I would like to purchase a quality bow that I can use a bunch for target, hunting, and potentially passing down to my future kids like my grandpa did for me.
Recommendations? I'll be happy to answer any questions. I can easily handle a very heavy pull strength, but I do not know a bunch about archery, and would like to learn a lot more to honor my grandpa while continuing having fun target shooting, or actual hunting.
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