Archers/Bowhunters

are they on the string? can you put up pics as i think they are dampeners which take the vibration and noise out

Survival and hunting (that is, anything edible, including fish), if I may...

If you look after a compound bow it will last you well. However there are more components to them, but they are faster and built for more of a precision shoot in certain ways. Not that you cannot get such from traditional bows. It all comes down to practice, they each have their benefits.

I think you mentioned that you had a bad shoulder??? So have to be careful with this one as a bow will utilize muscles many havent used before. Ive seen bodybuilders who could out lift me in a gym fail to pull my bows before, if that gives you an idea.

the aspect of the traditional bow is that you dont get the let off on poundage you can get from a compound bow. You have to draw the full draw weight and hold it if an animal moves, or let down the bow. With the compound youll get 'let off' once the cams turn over where you are holding only say 20% of the draw weight at full draw. This might be easier on your shoulder if i have it right that you have an injury. Having said this, this might also be debated.

Compounds can be much more compact and way more powerful. I like to shoot a heavy arrow for bigger animals, therefore i shoot a compound, but again, you can get very high poundages in traditional bows also.

Many compound shooters move to traditional later on also as they want more of a primitive shoot.

There are a lot of things i could say about both here. Price point is important also. Less components and simple shooting is also important, but with compound many bowhunters will generally shoot out further than with Trad bows also.

If you get the chance to test both, do so.

So a stabiliser is like a counter weight?

I just googled whisker biscuit and drop away rest... the whisker biscuit looks particularly interesting.

I've definitely been looking for better alternatives to that little plastic thingy that holds the arrows, do you get into the whisker biscuits/drop aways??

Here's an alternative to a simple trad bow also, and youll see how the wikky biscuit works on it

Typical media, thats a weird looking compound bow....

One of our group members got us interested in bows as they can legally be left around the house unsecured unlike firearms
I certainly have one behind the bed as a home invasion deterrent but practise is the key
" kids bows" ie 20-30 lb draw are very cheap and easy to use and a great Prepper item
The only draw back is stubbing your toe on a concealed Broadhead in the middle of the night !!!
I have done that and it's not nice lol

Very true, and ive got to say, even with a kids bow, the right weight arrow and head, even at short range.....far out gives me tingles thinking about it given the amount of animals ive arrowed with a razor sharp broadhead...in a way id rather get shot! Make sure your broadheads are out of reach folks, i have heard of many bowhunter accidents and bleeding out fast isnt pretty, as thats what a broadhead is designed to do.

Ah yes, well if he admitted guilt in a statement to the police already then hes a little less well off.