Thread: Any Archers out there??

Hey everyone,
Apart from Straight Razors, I'm slowly getting into archery too - my dad has done it his whole adult life, starting with bow hunting and now only field archery - I don't condone hunting though, being vegetarian and all.. But I recently got an Oneida Eagle Tomcat compound bow which I've completely reworked and resprayed and made custom wood grips for - a lot more work than dealing with razors I'll tell you that...

Anyways, was just wondering if any of you guys are into the sport too?

Between Cutthroat razors and archery, I'm kinda feeling like I was born in the wrong era...

I've done archery for couple of years. Barebow only, and none of that fancy stabilizer stuff.
My bow is wood and fiberglass, and is older than I am.

I used to be quite good too. I was very good at aiming. Partly because I had the knack, and partly because I can aim with both eyes open and focused. My trainer told me I would do well in the national competition if I started competing. But I never could be bothered to travel around in the weekend and sacrifice my entire weekend.

And NOTHING is nicer (archery wise) than shooting the X ring 3 times at 25 yards with an old bare bow, when the competition archer next to you shoots 9-9-8 with his expensive compound bow

When I moved and then got kids, I stopped going but I still have my bow. And if they get older I'd like to start in the local club again.
If I go through with that idea, I'd like to buy an old fashioned English longbow. I've always considered that to be the ultimate in archery. That is where the men are separated from the boys. Using your own instincts and judgement to hit a target, instead of using a bow with stabilizers, triggers, clickers, sights, ...

But I make no complaints about being born in the wrong age. Unless I would be a lord or other type of rich bugger, I'd have to work like a slave, and most likely die at a young age due to extremely unhealthy work conditions or being used as arrow fodder in one of the wars that raged throughout europe for the last 1000 years.
All things considered I choose here and now vs there and then.

I've got a nice old Shakespeare bow that I shoot sometimes, just for fun, I still use a rifle for dear season.

I've been an archer for years now. I'm not a competition archer, 3D or olympic, but I practice quite a bit and bow hunt.

Glad to see there are fellow archers here. I've also got an old olympic hoyt recurve, but it's just too demanding to set up and use compared to the compound. I've customised the Oneida I've got quite extensively, and am quite proud of it - I'll post some pics once its done if you guys are interested. I've just got to spray it with this satin polyurethane spray I use.

Again, thanks for checking in guys.

I have once sat for hours in a tree top cabin with a professor of anesthesiology of Salt lake University waiting for an elk that he had a licence to kill with bow and arrow on his own private 1/2 square mile an hour's drive from Salt Lake City. We did see some female elk with young ones but not the stag he wanted to kill. He did have a freezer full of elk meat and one night he invited us all to an elk steak party. I do remember the single malts more than the elk steaks I am afraid. Needless to say that by the end of the party we were s**t-faced as the Houstonians amongst us described our mental state.

I have a self longbow older than perhaps myself and my grandfather combined that I shoot from time to time. I've had to re-glue the horn nocks once or twice. It pulls approx. 60# according to the shop that made me my first string for it.
I also have a stave of yew I've been shaving on and off for quite some time, which, eventually, I plan to turn into a fairly heavy longbow (120-130 lb @ 31 " if possible, but not sure if my skills and the stave I have will allow this).
I enjoy shooting in general, but shooting a bow is especially therapeutic.
I haven't owned a compound bow, although they do have impressive performance.
My bow before this one (the longbow) was a Bear Kodiak Super Magnum 48". A recurve drawing 55#@28" that I bought used, when I was too inexperienced to realize that the extremely twisted limb was going to make my shooting suffer...

John P.

Yes i am. I shoot a pse. Hunting and target

Any of you gents...or ladies...shoot archery or bowhunt

I live in Northeast Wisconsin so I whitetail Bowhunt. My work is flexible and I am allowed to take two weeks off at the end of October beginning of November during the rut and put in 8 hours in a stand instead of designing highways...


Interested to see your setups and any nice animals youve taken...

let the braggin begin

here is mine

2007 Mathews Drenalin 28" Draw 70#
Carbon Express Maxima Hunters 350 with 4" feathers
Rage 3 blade broad heads
Scent Lok Savana pants and jacket in Mossy oak break up for early season
Cabelas Super Slam Fleece Bibs and Jacket in Break up for cold weather
Extreme Archery 3 Pin Sight
Fuse Stabilizer
True Fire 360 release
Bushnell Scout 1000 Arc and Bushnell Binocs
M.A.D Calls New Grunt Snort Weeze
M.A.D. Calls Heat bleat
Tru-Talker Grunt tube

Bagged a 135" 3 year old in 2007 my first buck ever with my bow...

No luck this year...got married in late october so did not get much stand time in.

Haven't goten a white tail in 4 years it dosent help that i get back to mn with one week left of archery season in dec. But i love it anyway. My younger sister(15) set a state record in a target compitition last year and is on her way to a state championship this year.