Compound Bow Description

This week I will be telling you about Compound bows and their accessories.  I will also be telling you the differences between Compound and Recurve bows in competitions.

The Compound bow is mainly used for hunting, yet some people like to compete with them.  Since the bows cannot be used in the Olympics they get some slight modifications to their advantage.  On there sights they are allowed to have magnification, what Recurves and Barebows see at 70 meters they see at 35 meters.  They also all have a cam system which at full draw length reduces the poundage of the bow.  For example, on a Recurve bow if  you have 38 pounds its 38 pounds at full draw. For a compound bow at full draw to feel like 38 pounds, the actual bow poundage is 118 pounds.  They don't make 118 pound bows. They only make 70 pounds bow, therefore a Compound bow at full draw is only 15 pounds. What enables them to have this is the cams.  The pulley system reduces the weight on the string.  A Compound bow has the basic riser and limbs,  (Look on Archery Bow Types for further description). Compound bows have an arrow rest and the nock loop that ensures the arrow is in the same place every time.    In all, compound bows are more accurate but that doesn't mean tournaments are easy.  If you mess up when shooting a Compound its game over, at least with a Recurve you can catch up.  All in all its based on personal preference. 

Archery Bow Types

This week I will be telling you about Recurve bows and the accessories.  There are different kinds of bows, the three main types of bows are Recurve, Barebow, and Compound. 

The Recurve bow is the Olympic style bow in which you typically use sights, and stability systems. The bows come in left or right.  Below is a picture of Jake Kaminski an Olympic archer.   The riser is what you hold, which holds both the top and bottom limbs. In this picture it is designed to look like an American flag.  The limbs are what controls the poundage of the bow hence the distance you can shoot.  Here he is shooting 52 pounds and is shooting 70 meters equivalent to 229 feet.  There are two objects that are connected to the riser, the sight and the stabilizer set.  The sight in this picture is on the top and is blue and red to match the riser.  It is used to get a consistent aiming point, so it will hit the center more.  The stabilizer is the long rod on the bottom of the riser, and the v-bars are the same but shorter and pointing backwards.  At the far end of the stabilizer are silver disks.  They are used to weigh down the bow so you won't be blowing in the wind as much.  The v-bars are there for stability.  They help so you don't cant the bow left and right, and the weight helps to balance the weight of the sight.  Tune in next week to hear all about compound bows.

 

https://www.shootingcouncil.org is where this picture is located


 
In the picture above it shows the parts of a Recurve bow.

 The picture above shows the riser.

In the picture above it shows the hoyt Quattro limbs.

 
 
 

 

Traveling to Texas

Two weeks ago I was in Houston, Texas.  I went to the Texas A&M college campus.  I went for a week to shoot for the Olympic Trails for archery.  Before the tournament I had gotten an ear infection, and then I had to fly from California to Texas.  The day I arrived in Texas I got sick and couldn't help my grandparents with directions.  We got lost and couldn't find our way to the hotel.  I had to help them with the phones GPS while I was throwing up.  It was dreadful, and I had to shoot for a National Tournament the next day.  I had soup for dinner and when to bed.  I was going crazy because my ears were clogged the whole tournament.  I finished 2nd in the national tournament and for the Olympic trails I got 100th.  On the way back I didn't get sick and went to school the next day, and I turned in all my made up work.