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Who's hunting without training wheels this year? Let's see your setups.

Here's mine:
60'' Martin DreamCatcher - 50lb @ 28''
Selway Archery 5 arrow slide on quiver
Arrows are BlackOut X3 Carbon Hunters with 4'' feathers
- 400 spine cut to 31''
- 100 grain brass insert with 150 grain Magnus Stinger 2 blade broadheads
- Total arrow weight is 523 grains and they chrono at 150fps

Nice setup. I have too many trad bows to list. My own homemade longbow is the favorite killer but I have a Ernie Root recurve that really likes me and fits like a glove. Broadheads are homemade single bevel and arrows are homemade using the feathers from turkey I kill as the fletching. My finger tab is made from one of my old sorell boot, leather uppers. Ive taken deer and bear with this setup.

I’m sticking with wheels, but you have a great season.

Blackwidow HS
55# @ 28"
58"

Delta quiver
K tech 3 stabilizer w S coil module

Arrows? Haven't tuned it yet. Have some GT 55/75 from the 60# HS I had a couple yrs ago.
Might have to add a little up front.
Have some 35/55 from the HF 1225.........which was 5# lighter than this rig, so might have to take away a little.
Run 4"helical parabolic.........on everything. If 125's tune, then Magnus Stingers again this yr.

Tab..............BW 3 under, calf hair.
If I go split a KP300

I'll get some beer and paper tune this weekend.

LOL. For you newbs just getting into trad archery. Paper tuning is for compound bows with a release. Bare shaft tuning is for trad setups shot with fingers. Since you cant move the rest up and down or in and out and you are shooting fingers, Paper tuning is not the correct approach.

From Gold Tip arrows. (since you use gold tip)

"Although there are a number of acceptable tuning methods that work well, Gold Tip recommends paper tuning for release aid shooters and bare shaft tuning for finger shooters. "

http://www.lancasterarchery.com/blog/paper-tuning-101/

"(Shooting a compound bow with fingers is more like shooting a recurve bow, and Lancaster Archery Supply recommends bare-shaft tuning in such cases"

This guy does an ok job of explaining it for you so you wont waste time paper tuning a fingers rig off the shelf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6zC4iZ-pK8

Glad I was able to save a newb some time this weekend. Let me know if you have any others questions.

I plan on using both. I'll probably start the season using my new to me bow with training wheels but I have a much better time with my old busted up Pearson recurve.

my son shoots a 72 lb. black widow long bow built for him with his name on this bow,2219 arrows ,Zwickey eskimo 2 blade with bleeders,because of my latest nasty shoulder surgery hope to at least be able to handle 45 lbs. with my Barnsdale compound Dave built for me. good luck to all,Pete53

Very nice - the Dreamcatcher has been a bucket list bow for me for years and 50# @ 28" is perfect. My Dad just gifted me his vintage Howatt Hunter and I'm looking forward to spending some time with it. I usually shoot and hunt with bows of my own making but haven't hunted with a bow in a few years. My preference is a hybrid longbow which is what I make, but I've been shooting an ILF recurve this year and will hunt with it. This is one I made and is the one I've shot and hunted with more than any of my others - it's 57#@28" and shoots a 500 gr arrow at 192 fps:



Here are some riser close-ups of one I made for a friend off the same form as the one above:




and what they look like strung up:

Black Widow (only the best). PSA X, Bocote riser, limbs. 53#.

Post pics later....stuck in LA currently.

I gap my rug rest so don't get quill deflection.
Paper works, is short distance and convenient (can do in garage or off my patio).
Never had a good paper tune show bad bare shaft.
30 yrs of this stuff, dozens of recurves set up.
Not w newb.
Not a fat c unt either.

The issue w paper tune and fingers/trad, is that somebody might have a sh*tty release and crash it, giving false reading.
If one has a crappy release.............bare shaft testing aint gonna fix it.

This my 60#, sold it and got a 55#, same model/quiver/stabilizer

After more than 42 years of this trad stuff I can spot BS from a young buck a mile off but your attempt at a save was cute.

Broadheads hit w field points, seems to work..........and has for decades.
Fail to see the friggin' problem.

42 yrs of sucking cock, you should be dead from AIDS by now.

Seems I struck a nerve exposing your error (again) Settle down lil fella. No need to get so upset. You learned something today. You are welcome.

Black Widow.

Thats badass....

Amen! Only way to fly. Congrats on a great bull.

Awesome pic scenar