Ok, I have a buddy at work who annoys me sometimes because he tries to state (quite frequntly) as fact what is only his personal opinion. A lot of times this takes place in relation to bow hunting. I may not be an expert, but I pay attention and read a lot. He may have been bowhunting for 20 years, but has harvested only a few deer. So while I try to take him seriously, a lot of times I find him trying to blow wind. So I want you folks to chime in with YOUR experience and opinion so I can see if he is really lost or not. Specifically we were talking about Split Limb bows. I know some people like em, some dont care for em. I told him I was purchasing a split limb bow and all heck broke loose......"AW that thing is junk, garbage, cr*p." I asked him why he thought so. "Cuz after a year them limbs will be all twisted and shot to s**t and will be useless." He continued on "thats why most 3-D and tournament shooters hate emI know Ive talked to lotsa guys who shoot tournaments." Now to begin with I suspected his whole "talked to a lot of guys who....." cuz I doubt he knows ANYONE who shoots tournes. Add to that the fact I could swear I seen a few split limb bows at the tournes they show on TV (like Buckmasters and such.) Also, Ive had a few of you guys tell me there is nothing wrong with Split limbs, one of which shoots tournes! And when I pointed out that the guys at the Pro Shop me and him went to earlier this summer BOTH had split limb bows he said "thats cuz they work at a place that they can afford em!) (like working for an independantly own sporting goods store offers 6 digit salary :roll: .)
And the next biggest thorn in my side is his whole "ya CAN NOT kill a deer on the ground unless your arrow is going faster then 180 fps!" I told him he was lost there, big time. "Ive had 2 deer jump my arrow when I shot my old bow from the ground, thats why I got my super fast Martin." (which, by the way, he refuses to shoot past 20 yards.) I asked how them recurve stick shooters could do it, but a compound shooter cant! That just got him going crazy though. Its my contestion that deer jump the string for 1 or both of a reson....1) they react to your bow twanging when you fire it which means you have a noisy bow. 2) you shot from a mid range distance while the deer was looking you square in the eye. But he swears he has statistical computer software that proves this and that......but I aint seen no proof.
So can you guys help me out? If this goes good Im printing this topic and showing it to him. once again, my intentions are not to impose changes of his opinion. I just want him to stop stating as a fact what he THINKS is the answer, especially when he is giving advice to new/beginning archers.
Thanks,
Brian
