Crossbow and recurve recs?

Wyvern Creations or Crossbow Experts

This is not the place to ask about crossguns.

Cant help you in the crossbow area, but, I own quite a few recurves. Custom bows, Bows from Bear and Martin etc. if you just want bow to start target shooting get a Black Hunter off amazon. I have 2 of them and they shoot as good as my expensive bows and only cost around $100.00 . For a little more you can go to "Twig Archery" and get a "Black Spitfire" recurve for a little over 200. Its a great shooter and my favorite bow to take 3D shooting. John and Gayle are great folks and he will make sure you get it set up right and help with the right spined arrows for it.,

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if you just want bow to start target shooting get a Black Hunter off amazon. I have 2 of them and they shoot as good as my expensive bows and only cost around $100.00 . For a little more you can go to "Twig Archery" and get a "Black Spitfire" recurve for a little over 200. Its a great shooter and my favorite bow to take 3D shooting. John and Gayle are great folks and he will make sure you get it set up right and help with the right spined arrows for it.,

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Thank you. This is the information I’m looking for. Arrow recommendations for it?

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It is okay then.

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I am starting to think that my last hunt got me here. I had to draw very quickly in an awkward sitting position and the paid that led to my recent surgery started not that long after.

Can’t help you with crossbow…..
Go to 3Rivers.com. They are a traditional archery store. They also have spine calculators and an arrow builder on their website. Good people to talk too. Steer you in the right direction.

I second the Black Hunter recommendation and that Twig Archery is a good place to deal with. As to arrows, that depends on your draw length and the bow's poundage. My advice is to get an an arrow test kit from 3Rivers Archery. They will sell you a few arrows of differing stiffness. Don't have them cut -- order full lenghth arrows -- and don't have them fletched. Order a common arrow type to test, like Easton carbon arrows. See which of the different unfletched arrows shoots straight for you. Then order six of that stiffness of arrow for your first arrows. As you learn more, you may consider cutting the arrows or changing the tip weight to achieve differing results. But that isn't necessary at first (or perhaps ever).

Depends on what the weight now is and your draw length. I shoot Gold Tip Traditional carbon arrows with 125 grains up front . This is for a 42 pound draw weight and a 28.5 draw length. I also shoot aluminum which is a lot cheaper and honestly just as good. I just like the way the carbons look. Have fun. Oh yea, first thing you need to do is order a good string to replace the one that comes with that bow. The one they give you is garbage.

Yes. 3 Rivers is a great source for trad archers. They have a dynamic spine calculator on the site that will really help you choose the correct shaft

I just moved over to the dark side today, and bought the new Venom X from Ten Point. They had just set it up and I was the first to shoot it. Had it sighted in with only 3 shots. Never shot a crossbow in my life, but was super impressed with the speed and accuracy. I just wasn’t disciplined enough to spend hours shooting my compound to feel confident at longer distances.

I do suggest trying em out before you buy. I went in with full intentions of buying a Ravin. The Ten Point just felt better to me.