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11-27-2006, 10:34 AM
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Longbow for Arthritis?
My doctor (bless his little pointed head) who told me years ago no more compound bow shooting EVER has refused to write me a ticket so that I can crossbow a deer during archery only season. He has ALSO said that I SHOULD be able to shoot a longbow (But not a recurve). . . .
Anybody ever heard of this? I am all for sticking with traditional bows. I started on a Sears 25# shortbow as a kid and moved to a used Bear 55# recurve when I was in my 20s. When it splintered (After several years of use and mostly due to the abuse of the previous owner) I went to a Bear compound bow (And thats when my shoulder and elbow went all to pot) I Have never been a sight and trigger user. Even my old compund was setup for fingers and (as the Texas Bowhunting society calls it) Adult Compound Unaided shooting. I know of a shop that has an old 35# longbow I could start with to build up and they only want around $100 for it, BUT I am dubious as to if this will really work (In Texas you need a 40# or greater to hunt with by the way, but I would have almost a year to build up before having to buy a new bow again) Opinions? GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004 
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