Author Topic: Newbie question on arrows (Read 1643 times)

Coastey · « **on:** February 09, 2003, 06:39:40 AM »

I picked up a Bear Kodiak 50# recurve and a Martin ML-14 55# longbow for starters, but all I have right now are my Gamegetter arrows 2117 and 2118 which I used with my compounds. Can I use my old arrows or do I need wooden shafts before I start practicing?

odie-wan · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2003, 05:20:23 AM »

Coastey,
Welcome to the traditional world. You'll have better luck with the Bear for now since it's grip is more like your compound. Depending on the length of the shafts, what you have may suit your bows. Check out the Easton spine charts as a starting point. You'll have to check them out of your bows to be positive. Did you really mean 2118 or 2018? A 2018 may work well.

2 cautions before you start.
-Make sure your brace height is high enough or you'll get bad arrow flight and you'll never know if it's the right spine.
-If you shoot off the shelf, you MUST have feathers, not plastic vanes. I found out the hard way.
-The ML-14 may not be as center-shot as the Bear. It will be much more picky about spine. Too stiff will fly left (for a righty).

Good luck.
Sean

odie-wan · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2003, 05:23:33 AM »

Here is the easton link. I find that these shafts are a little on the stiff side, but I shoot B-50 strings.

http://www.eastonarchery.com/products/shaft_selector.htm

Sean

Coastey · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2003, 02:37:38 PM »

Thanks Odie-Wan. What I have are 2117 shafts. The site you gave me is just what I needed.

duxman · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2003, 04:35:45 AM »

Those aluminums will work fine. I've found that every bow shoots a little different. The charts are a good place to start. I've got a bear super mag. that I still haven't found the right arrow. Watch out though, before you know it you'll be bitten like the rest of us and you will be tearing the catalogs apart ordering everything to build arrows. It's lots of fun. My advise is to throw that compound into a garage sale. You will wish you had swithed to the traditional stuff long ago. I did and Ive never shot better.

Coastey · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2003, 04:58:07 PM »

duxman,

I've already found that the recurve and longbow are much lighter than my compounds. If they shoot halfway decent, I'll be using them for deer season this fall.

TheBowhunter · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2003, 06:24:25 AM »

Coastey, I have found it to be more sastifying to hunt with than a compound, to me it is more of a challenge to get a deer with. I have tried both but went back to the recurve bow years ago and enjoy still today.
If you put a recurve against compound at a 3-D shoot scenerio being log in front of animal with vital just showing a little bit majority of time the recurve shooter will hit the vitals while the compound shooter will hit the log or they will not take the shot, why because the compound is almost alway flatter, while the recurve shots are lobed (that trajectory type of up and over the log into the kill zone type of flight pattern of the arrow) into the kill zone. with practice you can shoot just as good with recurve bow as you can with compound bow. they have less maintness, just remember to wax the string, keep-em sharp shoot-em straight. You will enjoy it.

Coastey · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2003, 08:51:32 PM »

Thanks Bowhunter, I already like not having to worry about cables and pulleys. I've also given up my bow release and gone to a glove. Now I just have to practice, practice, and practice.