r/CompoundBow

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Need advice from a vet

I have zero bow experience. Am an avid hunter with a rifle however. Cutting to the point I'd like to bow hunt and my grandpa gave me his old bow and it is a Mountaineer brand. (Doing some research I see that parts can be hard to find lol) It definitely needs some work and some parts (I think)... but here's my question. With zero context behind bow hunting/building/archery, what should I do. I discovered the "frankenbow" which would be buying other parts and kitting it out otherwise, which I'm open to. Honestly since it was his and now mine I'd love to restore/kit it up and learn to shoot/hunt with it. I don't have much of a concern for budget and buying replacement parts or whatever, but what would a vet in my shoes suggest. Will answer any questions and can provide a photo of it if requested. Thanks!

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u/Less-Might6482 — 8 hours ago
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50y bareshafts.

Felt like I was shooting high lately, so I wanted to make sure it wasn't my bow or my form before I made any changes to my sights or dight tape.

Dropped a half yard from my tape and gave 'er two clicks to the left, and we're right back where we need to be

u/Small_impaler — 8 days ago

Built an archery camera scoring app (point your phone at the target, works offline) - need testers

Hey fellow archers, I’ve been thinking about this app idea since I started doing archery in 2015 and finally implemented it. Shoot your end, point your phone at the target, and it finds your arrows and scores the end for you - much easier than manual arrow plotting. It runs entirely on the phone, no internet connection required, so it works at the range with zero signal.

It's still early and not perfect - it'll miss an arrow now and then or misjudge a line, and you you just tap to fix it. Your corrections train the model, so it gets better the more real archers shoot with it. If you're up for shooting a few ends and telling me where it falls apart, that'd genuinely help.

Link's in the comments if you want to try the beta.

u/sereja — 9 days ago
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New to compound bow archery

Hi, I'm new to archery and just started using a starter ready to hunt Bear species EV that has a single cam, 6inch front stabilizer, 4-pin scope, 27.5" draw length, about 50lb draw weight, and uses 400 and 300 spine arrows. I don't see the difference in results between the two arrow types that I use.

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Attached is my best grouping using three arrows for each spine, at 40 yards. If I want to get better, what is the best thing I should improve first? Do I need to change stabilizers first, or should I practice more with the same setup, or focus on increasing draw weight, etc.? Please I need what I should do next to improve.

u/moonlightbearer — 13 days ago