It sounds like it can attract the "all the gear no idea" crowd. The same as my other passions - MTBing, and surfing. So I can see that the response can be sceptical but I am planning to do this properly.Hi, I'm pretty sure that most of the advice you were given was meant well, tone is so hard to read on a forum sometimes. The fact that your seeking a club to join speaks volumes as to your intent, compared to some of the beauties who have posted stuff up in the past.
Hope you and your son enjoy your new hobby, it's actually great fun. And maybe stick around here as well, some of us smile occasionally.
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Doesn't the archery club have an indoor venue?It sounds like it can attract the "all the gear no idea" crowd. The same as my other passions - MTBing, and surfing. So I can see that the response can be sceptical but I am planning to do this properly.
I had a good chat with the club guy (an instructor too) who thought the Ignite should be fine but might need a few tweaks to set up properly. I'm going to contact him once it arrives and arrange to meet up then get a lesson or two and get myself certified to be able to join the club which sounds sensible to me. I wasn't planning on randomly shooting arrows into a field while hoping no one walked across my path...:bowarrow:
Anyway I'm excited; I'll be learning a new sport alongside my son (instead of teaching him something I already know how to do well) and it should be an interesting experience.
However with storm force winds and floods here (Cornwall) I do hope the weather cheers up before the bow and kit arrives!
The friendly chap did mention that while the archery shop can do some setting up (draw length and pull weight), some things need doing in person so I'll get that done. Archery shops are very thin on the ground in Cornwall so it's a tricky one finding a good vendor.Yes, I would say so. But it has to be set in the right place. This is one of those set up things that your instructor will be running through with you along with peep sight height arrow rest finding your anchor point and draw length.
There is a PSE Phenom ME cam model no. 1399ME on Ebay at the moment.It has 4 hours left and at the moment the bid is ?170.00. Normally I would not recommend any thing off Ebay but it looks reasonable the bow is draw length adjustable 25.5 to 30 inches draw weight should be 50 to 60 lbs which should not give you any problems especially if can paddle a board or a surf ski. and at the sort of price it should go for you can spend a bit on it like new string and cables . This bow will do you for quite a while. Do a search on 'compound bow' and if the price goes up to more than ?210.oo let it go.I had noticed that; I'll have to hope it's okay. It's sold as a package all over the World with the sight I've ordered so hopefully okay.
Out of interest, what would you all recommend?