junior longbow ??

[windknot]

Evening all,


I asking a question for my young bloke, he is mad keen on a longbow and has been haunting the Kustom King site.

He's very keen on the coyote selfbow (hyper link wont work ???)
they are $32us, has any one had anything to do with these ?? I'm concerned that by the time he gets it here he could have put his cash into a respectable recurve, eg one of the Samick Polaris $150 at archery supplies.

He doesn't see what I'm trying to say (desperately want's a longbow)
but I have convinced him to ask a question here for you people, as you may have some alternative ideas or suggestions (we're new to the game)
that may help him.

Jordan is 11 1/2 years old and a pretty big kid for his age, he currently pulls around 35 lb on his compound , but i'd hate to see him get something that is to strong for him and get put off.

Cheers and thanks for any help

Wayne

http://ns1.bowsite.org/acb/showprod.cfm?&DID=6&CATID=12&ObjectGroup_ID=12

[bobzila]

mate it looks like a pritty good bow if it came in a higher poundage i would consider geting 1 for my self

[Glenn]

Wayne how old is your young fella, the cost of freight for a one piece longbow would be more than double the price of the bow. The three piece take down bow underneath it looks like a better buy and they could post that one through the mail making it cheaper. I would be going for the Samick bow you can buy here at least you young fella can try it out to see if it suits him. The selfbow from Kustom King would cost about the same as the Samick by the time you add the freight. If he really wants a selfbow what about one of the Internature longbows bows, or you can buy a really good selfbow from Cliff Turpin in Brisbane for $150.00...Glenn...

[perry]

Back up what Glenn has said mate . You will find the internature and samick line of longbows great value for money and Cliff's bows are top value for money , however there is a reasonable waiting time.
At a young age I overbowed myself and have suffered shoulder damage because of it ,you are correct to warn him. At 11 even if he is a solid lad his bones are still forming.
I reckon a bow in the 30 to 35 pound range @28" say 66 to 68 inches long could be Ok for him as it will grow with him.Many people switching from compound to a string bow are amazed they cant draw the same weight bows as there compounds to a full draw esspecialy the young ones
Lastly the grip on a longbow is very different to any compound , along with no letoff this will create form issues .Find him a good longbow shoter to coach him . Poor form will turn him off long bows because he wont hit anything

[ricochet]

Evening all,


I asking a question for my young bloke, he is mad keen on a longbow and has been haunting the Kustom King site.

He's very keen on the coyote selfbow (hyper link wont work ???)
they are $32us, has any one had anything to do with these ?? I'm concerned that by the time he gets it here he could have put his cash into a respectable recurve, eg one of the Samick Polaris $150 at archery supplies.

He doesn't see what I'm trying to say (desperately want's a longbow)
but I have convinced him to ask a question here for you people, as you may have some alternative ideas or suggestions (we're new to the game)
that may help him.

Jordan is 11 1/2 years old and a pretty big kid for his age, he currently pulls around 35 lb on his compound , but i'd hate to see him get something that is to strong for him and get put off.

Cheers and thanks for any help

Wayne

http://ns1.bowsite.org/acb/showprod.cfm?&DID=6&CATID=12&ObjectGroup_ID=12



Wayne- The advice from Glenn as usual is spot on, I would follow his advice mate. :)

Rick

[windknot]

Gents,

Thanks for the replies and input, Jordan has read all this (a couple of times) and taken the advice on board. Still determined on the longbow, but see's that he is better to look at the local products and retailers.

Basically what the old man was trying to tell him, but we've all been there, eh.

Thanks again

Cheers
Wayne