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Hey guys! I've been doing trad archery for going on 14 years now but never with any direction. Recently I've renewed my passion and started to to take it seriously. I bought a new bow at lower poundage (30#) and got some arrows and tuned them roughly to me and the bow as much as my limited...

Hello all. I have always shot compound bows but recently have gotten the urge to switch to traditional style shooting. Well, apparently I should have come here and asked a few simple starter questions before purchasing a bow but I didn't. I wanted a longbow with a shelf and after reading many...

Shot our first IFAA 3D of the year, I was a little worried about shooting my Pro-Accent with my carbons (they go so fast one missed arrow and it's gone) so decided to shoot the Tradtec Pinnacle with 480g Heritage arrows with 5" helical, did some practice with it Sat to figure my point on was 40y...

I'm a beginner at traditional archery. I would like to know what are the most common mistakes of the beginner? I can't pull my bow back far enough to anchor so I pull it as far as I can. It's only 40 lbs at 27" draw and at full draw I'd be about 29" I guess another way of saying this is...

I remember the first time I picked up a bow and got burnt by the string as I expect many have. While hunting with heavy clothes the arm guard is a must to keep from hitting the sleeve in a hunting shot. The bracers that some use are nice looking and the olympians shoot a very narrow arm guard...

Newbie Alert! What are some common newbie mistakes when it comes to traditional archery when it comes to form technique? I'm a new shooter with a longbow with no previous archery experience and would like to know what to avoid before it becomes a bad habit. Thanks VI*