Lmao, yeah you bet. The fact that you can't see the irony in what you just posted is hilarious. I got nothing against a wood bow. I own a half dozen. But they can't hold a candle to a metal riser. Period. Name one measurable way they are better. You can't.
I am. I'm hammered drunk right now. Just came in from the fire and shot off 600 bucks worth of fireworks just to watch my kids smile. Still got all my fingers, so it was a good night
They aren't ugly and they aren't metal and that is measurable in my eye whether it is in yours are not, and except when I very first started shooting, and once I got good enough to occasionally place in a tournament, I've only been outplaced one time by a guy shooting a metal riser and that was by Aron Snyder and I think he was shooting a Buffalo or Satori then, and he was beat by a wood bow. If you are like me and don't want to shoot a crawl or even 3 under then a metal riser isn't an automatic improvement and I own a few of them. Now I will give this up, when you start talking about really long target models, they probably are better because there's no twisting in the riser and it's a longer more stable platform etc, top that off with low draw weight limbs, hard to beat that. But I don't hunt with those.
Wood lives and breathes, it sings and dances. I am not qualified to say whether it actually has soul or not but it certainly has the pre-requisites. The argument is that metal is superior because it is not affected by weather, it doesnt flex or twist like wood. Not all woods are created equal like all metals are not created equal. I would venture a guess that a lignum vitae riser would account for itself quite nicely when compared to a metal riser. It is way less enjoyable to hold a metal riser on a cold day too. Bottom line though is the fact that only a very small percentage of people could actually shoot the difference between wood and metal, the same as most cant shoot the difference between a well built wood arrow and carbon. Maybe the biggest difference is that about anyone can build their own wood bow at home. Virtually no one can build a metal bow at the house. There is something entirely different about hunting with stuff you built. You say it has no soul, well I would argue that my bow has plenty of my soul in it. Same as the wood arrows I am building or the strings I twist up and shoot on my bow or the turkey feathers I stripped and ground to make the fletching. The weapon I take into the woods this year very much has my soul in it. I cant say that about any metal bow. I can certainly kill with them and have plenty but all they will ever be is a tool. And that is a ok.
You ever mess with any other old metal riser take downs? I just acquired a pile of stuff from a buddy who is helping a friend offload some old bows and arrows. I’ve got an old Shakespeare TD in a wooden box and a Ben Pearson Flame Hunter that has a velvet covering over the entire riser.
Nah, I just like these because it's what I had as a kid, spent countless hours in a giant vacant lot near my home in West Texas chasing quail and rabbits, never got one but came super close, had no idea it was capable of taking big game, no internet in the seventies!You ever mess with any other old metal riser take downs? I just acquired a pile of stuff from a buddy who is helping a friend offload some old bows and arrows. I’ve got an old Shakespeare TD in a wooden box and a Ben Pearson Flame Hunter that has a velvet covering over the entire riser.
Obviously, pictures would help but I literally threw it all in my vehicle over lunch and haven’t had a chance yet. I’ll add some later this evening.
Thank the good Lord
Yeah, probably, but sure wish I had an archery resource back then, don't even remember seeing a magazine at the stores where I lived!Thank the good Lord
I get that point too but thankful for no smart phones and internet.
Just sponge paint it and call it good.
I have a 31" draw, all bows have good performance when I shoot them
You missed my point, I can shoot a piece of junk at 31" and get the performance somebody pulling more on a big hook at a short draw length, I've owned some big hooks, wife still shoots them for the reasons you state!
