Put my toes in the traditional waters today.
I have been kicking around the idea of trying trad for a while now, over the last few weeks i have been looking into it with a bit more enthusiasm. I just ordered my first trad, a samic sage 55 lb.
I have been doing a lot of shopping around and reading posts, not only this forum but a few others, to try to make a more informed decision about what bow to go with. My compound is a Hoyt and i love that bow, so obviously Hoyt was at the top of my list. To bad the prices on them put them on the bottom of my list along with black widow. I just couldn't justify laying that ind of scratch down on a trad bow when i wasn't sure how much I was going to like it. My budget would allow me to look at the new Martins, I really liked the look of the diablo and the panther, but I wanted to stick with a wood riser and work my way into the more tech machined risers. I shot a bear Kodiac magnum today and liked it well enough, but decided to wait on a one piece till on down the road, if I find a deal on one I cant turn down, I might pick one up though. I also had the opportunity to shoot a sage today. I didn't hate it, I was hitting the mark after three shots at about 20 yards. A lot of my research has also shown that the sage is considered one of the best "entry level" trad bows on the market. When I found a deal on a package that included an arm guard, (which I really could care less about) a three finger shooting glove, a rest pad, as well as 12 carbon express 400 herritage arrows fletched with 5 inch feathers, for $279 with shipping, I decided to go with it.
My plan is this. Work with it this summer, if it looks like trad is something i can get into, then next year I will move up to a higher quality bow.
any advice for a novice is more than welcome.
I have been kicking around the idea of trying trad for a while now, over the last few weeks i have been looking into it with a bit more enthusiasm. I just ordered my first trad, a samic sage 55 lb.
I have been doing a lot of shopping around and reading posts, not only this forum but a few others, to try to make a more informed decision about what bow to go with. My compound is a Hoyt and i love that bow, so obviously Hoyt was at the top of my list. To bad the prices on them put them on the bottom of my list along with black widow. I just couldn't justify laying that ind of scratch down on a trad bow when i wasn't sure how much I was going to like it. My budget would allow me to look at the new Martins, I really liked the look of the diablo and the panther, but I wanted to stick with a wood riser and work my way into the more tech machined risers. I shot a bear Kodiac magnum today and liked it well enough, but decided to wait on a one piece till on down the road, if I find a deal on one I cant turn down, I might pick one up though. I also had the opportunity to shoot a sage today. I didn't hate it, I was hitting the mark after three shots at about 20 yards. A lot of my research has also shown that the sage is considered one of the best "entry level" trad bows on the market. When I found a deal on a package that included an arm guard, (which I really could care less about) a three finger shooting glove, a rest pad, as well as 12 carbon express 400 herritage arrows fletched with 5 inch feathers, for $279 with shipping, I decided to go with it.
My plan is this. Work with it this summer, if it looks like trad is something i can get into, then next year I will move up to a higher quality bow.
any advice for a novice is more than welcome.