.......it was a good deal. Now I just need to figure out how to use it?
Hoyt Maxxis 31, came loaded with carbon arrows, case and heck the guy even threw in the release.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Todd_Rahm/ca2e8c53.jpg)
Very nice! It is kind of funny how bows don't look like bows anymore. :laf:
:laf: Yah I had to study it a second to make it out
Those are some cool looking bows. And they are wicked faaaast too!! :biggrin: Nice pick up Todd!!
Altho some folks still prefer the ones without training wheels. :innocentwhistle:
:laf: :laf:
Todd,
Nice looking bow and I am sure that you will enjoy it.
Glen,
I don't think those are training wheels. While I am not sure, many of these new bows are REALLY heavy. The wheels allow you to pull them along the ground. There is a three wheel (tricycle) model that comes on crossbows. :innocentwhistle:
Jerry
Edit: I just looked at the bow a little closer and can see that it was previously owned by a plumber. If you look you can see the plunger on the top of the bow.
:doh2: My bad Jerry. So are you saying Todd can just hop on that thing & ride it off the hill at the end of the day?? :laf: :laf:
:laf: :laf: @ a plumbers bow!!
That is a nice bow. I went out to Ashland to a hunting store there a while back & looked at the new bows. Those things are really nice & none of them lack speed either. Well,, if you can draw a 70lb bow that is. Which I can't. :nono:
Lol, just show me where grab on to it to shoot it? :alscalls:
I think he said this one is currently at 63 lbs.
The only downer is, the kid I got it from is a sniper headed to Afghanistan for the next year.
Aint nothin wrong with that. Just offer him 1st dibs if he thinks he will want it back later. :biggrin:
The let off on the new bows make them pretty nice to shoot. You should be below 30# (max) at full draw. The only problem is getting it started. It is all down hill after that.
Jerry
Nice set up Todd ! :yoyo:
Thanks Scott!
Well took her to the range today, and she's a tac driver, the shooter just needs a lil practice. I noticed two things as a new shooter. One my shoulder is burning :innocentwhistle: and two, I don't ever see the arrow leave or fly to the target. It's rease, smack! :shock2: :shock2: Then pulling them out is a work out its self!
Looking forward to practicing with it though!
Whatcha sayin Todd?? It's fast?? :eyebrow:
If you don't have an arrow puller you need to get one - they work well and help. The second thing is to coat the arrows. There are several different products for arrows that you wipe on them and that too will help when you go to pull them out.
Jerry
Edit: Woody's Arrow Lube seems to be the best right now.
Lemon Pledge from the Dollar store for me. The cheaper the better. :laf: :laf:
That probably makes the arrows smell pretty good too.
Jerry
:shrug: I aint no arrow sniffer. :nono: :nono:
But I do know it works on one of those "The Block" targets. The crossbow bolts pull a lot easier too. The guy at the bow shop recommended the Pledge. He said that's all he uses when he shoots. Even in tournaments.
Its fast for me Glen, but I'm not sure how fast or if its normal.
A puller is on the list now. :biggrin:
You're probably at 300fps at 63lbs. :eyebrow:
Ok. :biggrin: I really don't know what that means yet Glen. :confused: He had it at 65 lbs and the shop lady turned me down to 57 until I get used to shooting it (which she thinks will be in two to three weeks) and then back up to 65 lbs I guess. :confused:
I did how ever successfully pass my on-line Bow Certification. Now I just need to sign up for one of the shooting days and I'm in. :sneer:
Quote from: Todd Rahm on May 06, 2011, 07:52:16 AM
I did how ever successfully pass my on-line Bow Certification. Now I just need to sign up for one of the shooting days and I'm in.
Bow Certification? Is this so you can hunt with a bow or so you are allowed to carry concealed?
Jerry
Edit: I was just looking at the picture again and it looks like a left handed bow. Is it, or did the image get flipped?
Not sure Jerry, I hold it with my left hand and pull it back with the right? :shrug:
No, I can hunt during regular seasons with a bow, bur need the cert for special bow hunts and bow drawing areas only, plus to get the 10 day head start on rifle seasons.
Quote from: HaMeR on May 06, 2011, 05:27:58 AM
You're probably at 300fps at 63lbs. :eyebrow:
You're arrows are probably flying toward the target at 300 feet per second with a draw weight of 63 pounds. :whew: Man that was a lot of extra typing!! :laf: :laf:
The faster your arrows the flatter your trajectory & less hold over you'll need. PLUS with the extra speed you can shoot a heavier arrow & broadhead combo for those big ol Moose & bears. :biggrin:
That's a right handed bow. I kinda looked at that too Jerry. But the quiver wouldn't be on this side, or the head of the bolt that holds the rest on, or the bracket on the sight,,,,
At 63lbs I'll be very impressed if your getting 300fps but with the parallel limb design id say your in the high 280's maybe 290 for sure!
What I use to do when I shot alotta 3-D tournaments was to take a 35mm film canister and put a piece of para cord through it and tie it to my hip quiver and put a piece of foam in it and punch an arrow all the way through it from end to end and spray a couple of shots of Armor-All on the foam and every now and then run the arrow through it and it lubes it up really well and make pulling it out a breeze from any type of target!
Nice Bow! Good find!
WWW
It's my first compound bow WWW, and I couldn't even begin to guess what it shoots or even know how to figure it out. But I'll ask, is fast good or bad?
I'll take it to the range for the second time ever in a few days! :biggrin:
The faster it shoots the better! Fast= flatter trajectory, smaller sight pin gap and Ideally if you can shoot 1 pin out to 30yds that would be a huge plus!
WWW
Thanks WWW. I think the pins are set at 20,30,40,50 and 60 yards. I have tested it at 20 and 30 so far and they are dead on for me.