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Those of you who know me, know I am deadly serious all the time.
Yeah, right.....
But, seriously...this is a serious question.
I've been eyeing some really sweet used vintage bow deals on eBay lately. Many of them can be snatched up for a song, some under 100 bucks.
But, I wonder if owning a bunch of different trad bows of various draw weights and makes can mess with your mind while shooting instinctively?
You guys remember when I was shooting my Baby Ben at 35# and then transitioned over to the 45# Grizzly? I was constantly hitting high while gapping and basically had to re-learn the bow. Now that I'm no longer gapping, I wonder if the mind can make the switch between various bows without a lot of grief...in essence, is it best to just pick one or two bows and stick with them throughout the practice season, or is it OK to shoot pretty much anything you want and then switch to your hunting bow a few weeks before archery season?
I appreciate your input.

I don't have any trouble when switching and I shoot several different bows and weights. Shot the new longbow yesterday and took a different one hunting today.

Carpdaddy wrote:I don't have any trouble when switching and I shoot several different bows and weights. Shot the new longbow yesterday and took a different one hunting today.

No problems with POA?

What is poa when shooting instinctive ?

You're right; I worded that wrong.
I meant POI (point of impact)

If you shoot a lot of different weight bows all the time it will indeed mess with your mind.

Larry wrote:If you shoot a lot of different weight bows all the time it will indeed mess with your mind.

So that's what happened to me!
I'm guessing that I just don't shoot well enough for it to make much difference. If I am shooting a 50lb bow and suddenly drop to a 30lb then yes the first few shots may be off but it's amazing how quick the brain will compensate. There are other things also that compensate, for example, you wouldn't pick up one of your arrows that you have been using in your 50lb bow and shoot the same arrow from your 30lb bow expecting the same results. Lighter poundage bows will mean that you are shooting a lower spine, and normally a lighter arrow. These factors will help the brain not have so much change to make, mine don't need the pressure. But on the bows that I hunt with the variance is normally 3-6 pounds and I cannot tell a difference other than in my shoulder and in the appearance of which arrows I use.

I have been taught if you want to become truly accurate that you should stay with the same bow. I just can't do that, tinkering on to many...I am no perfect shot by all means and am guessing since my hunting shots have been closer it has helped with my error. I do try to stay close in weights and shelf heigth during hunting season.

Larry wrote:If you shoot a lot of different weight bows all the time it will indeed mess with your mind.

This is Captiankirk we're talking about here .

graps wrote:

Larry wrote:If you shoot a lot of different weight bows all the time it will indeed mess with your mind.

This is Captiankirk we're talking about here .

Lol, yea like myself that mind is already a mess!