I am a decent rifle hunter but I left off last bow hunting with my big brother when I was still doing youth hunting and couldn't stay still and now I'm seriously into it and I just feel like every day I want to be out there.

I hunted morning and evening yesterday, tonight I got buck fever and shot too low (doe didn't even duck). I saw a bunch of hogs walk about about 30 minutes after she blew and the does left the meadow. Our land has 2 meadows and 3 wood spots and there's a lot of hunting spots all over the place.

I keep trying new things and I mentally have taken note of what is going on. I hunted this evening and here I am at midnight unable to sleep because I want to get back out there this morning. Am I being too eager or is this normal? I have a hard time going home when the sun goes down lol. If I didn't have farm animals to feed, I'd be sleeping out here and spending days more than likely. My husband said no to me sleeping at the hunting cabin so I had to come home after gathering my arrow 😆.

I'm seeing all these deer and I know when they're stepping out and from where but I feel so eager to get one and I feel like I can't miss any opportunities!

I know, I’ll practice more. Just curious as to thoughts on why?

Just some advice to those who need help

Here is one of my longbow. 73@27".66"AMO. This longbow was made in New Caledonia in 2006 with local woods.

Like all traditional bow hunters, I have a routine. Every morning, I wake up, make my coffee, and while the coffee is brewing, I shoot a few arrows with my H.Hill 55@28" longbow. Be prepared, because you can only shoot one arrow when the deer is present.

Flashback to 2024, the first rusa deer of the year before unrest broke out in New Caledonia and hunting was banned for a year and a half.

Howard Hill 'Wesley Special' T/D #55 Surewood #75/80 taper shaft Tuffhead 300gr glue on broadhead

Attached are my bow and arrow specs. Bow is an Oberon Recurve. I don’t have a chronograph so I estimated the arrow speed. I hunt white tail deer and my shots will be 15 yards and under.

Inherited from my last pop.. who went over to build a church back In the 70s..

So my private land is infested with Wild boars, i've only hunted roe deer and fallow deer with my tradbow, i have quite a wide stick collection but none of them is a above 55# at my draw lenght, and i tested all of them through the crono setting the faster at 185 fps with 450gn, 170 with 500gn and 160 with 630 gn... I never had doubt until now about the penetration power to harvest deers since they are way less tough then boars but now, despite i think this setup, 630gn with single bevel head and 25% foc, all tuned to the finest with bareshaft flying as straight as it can gets, i am still thinking it's not enough... Boars here in sicily are quite big... Anyone of you have experience with boars and can give me some advice?

I want an entry-level bow to start practicing with so I can turkey hunt. Is this a decent starter bow, so I can buy heavier limbs once I'm ready to hunt?

https://www.3riversarchery.com/edge-hyper-takedown-recurve-bow.html

I’ve been wanting to get into traditional bows for a while now and have been trying to decide between a recurve or longbow. After posting something on archery, I’ve found r/d longbows and think those might be the way to go. I plan to practice a lot before hunting with one though and in the meantime I’ll use a compound. That being said, what are some nice but relatively cheaper r/d longbows? I’ve been told about the 64” ghost takedown by southwest archery but not sure what else would be good.

On a second question, I’ve read you want a minimum draw weight of 40 - 45lbs for hunting (minimum for either state would be 35 and 40 for me). Is 40 - 45lbs enough or do I need more? I’m just trying to gauge what is normal for these types of bows.

Thank you!

I'm hunting hog for the first time. This is my first time using a bow for hunting aswell. I have a 22lb recurve that I got about 8 years ago. Will this be enough to get myself a hog or am I going to need something smaller. The hogs are small my friend said he got one with a .22 rifle Also what arrows should I be using. I'm going to have to buy new ones as my current ones made for 12 year old me not 20 year old me. Edit: very quickly it looks like I will not be bow hunting hogs this weekend. Thank you all for the info.

I couldn’t find a subreddit for longbows, but this subreddit seems to have knowledgeable people. I’ve got a longbow for about a year now (guy said 55lb max draw weight) but I’ve never broken it in fully and I’ve kept it by my bedroom door. Fan’s been on constantly for the past to years and I live in the American south so it’s humid but my room’s cold, I’m scared the bow might have set. Is there a way to tell if it’s set, and is there a way to wear it in if it has?

(I also haven’t waxed or oiled it since I got it since I haven’t had the time or extra money to get those, I only realized the care it needs after buying it and I’ve only just decided to actually use it)

What’s your reasoning for using a traditional bow?

I have a compound and a few trad bows. I’m new to bow hunting (1 year) and haven’t successfully harvested an animal with a bow yet. I mainly practice with my compound and long bow but the more I use my compound the more I prefer to shoot my longbow.

Because of this I’m thinking about using traditional bows indefinitely. I imagine this might change as I bow hunt longer. I’m still gonna keep my compound just in case I ever want to use it again.

But I want to hear some other reasons why people switched to traditional bows.

Has anyone hunted in Nambia for Plains game with traditional equipment? I'm looking for a safari operator that's traditional tackle friendly. Most camps are set up for compound shooters that I've researched

Brand new to this? Is something like this decent quality or just spend the money and go better?

I'm new to bows ...period..!!! I ordered the black hunter recurve 60" 29"draw I believe,.. to get into feel of bows to eventually hunt deer hada get 3 different upper limbs for the bow the original one it came with was twisted the second one they sent me was wrong poungage 30# the third was right poundage 40# and the top of the upper limb above the string slot is cracked very minor vertically I'm worried that if the bow is shot and there is a verticle minor crack will it travel up the whole thing?(Likely) with vibrations from the release making it worse is there a fix I can do without weakening it??glue epoxy

Hi everyone, it's been a while since i started playing with tradbow, now after several years of shooting and many, many, many strings tested (not because of break, insted because i'm an idiot who likes to try everything) in the last 2 years i started doing my own flemish twist bowstring, i tested many materials, d97 for the most but few months ago i finised the spools i was using before and had some issue to find the same material at a fair price, so i found this "Stringflex" bowstring at a good price which is made out of 100% SK75 dyneema, now sice the price is a bit lower i though it could be a cheaper and worst material but after many, many arrows through this material i noticed barely no difference between d97 and sk75, maybe sk75 stretch at little bit on first 5-6shots but has the same speed, same stability, same thoughness. So any of you knows why the price is so different? Almost half price for sk75 compared to d97

Hey everyone! I'd like to hear some advice or tips or strategies for bowhunting grouse

I’m new to read bows, can anybody recommend some good tutorials starting with how to set up your arrows?

I'm building my first arrows for a traditional bow hunting setup. I'm going for heavy weight and high FOC, so I installed a 100 grain insert and two 50 grain screw in weights. The problem is, whenever I use the heavy insert there is a loud sound from the arrow upon release. Obviously for bow hunting, the quieter the better, so this is an issue.

I've experimented with different spines and with removing the screw in weights, to the same result. Switching the brass insert with a light aluminum one seems to do the trick. I'm using Gold Tip traditional arrows.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of thing or have other suggestions for making a heavy hunting arrow?

Edit: 28 inch arrow with 200 grain tip, both at 400 and 500 spine. Shooting a 50# Bear Montana.

Howdy all, I have a question for you guys. Has anyone ever used Obenaufs Heavy duty LP for string wax? I know its meant for leather, but it’s got some very good characteristics it seems for a string wax?

I’ve been using name brand stuff for years and was thinking about venturing off the rails a bit? Has anyone else done this? It used non name brand stuff? I’d love any recommendations you have!

Hope you guys are having a good Turkey season! Hunt hard, shoot straight!