In my 3D champs post, I mentioned something that caught my eye whilst looking at the trade stands that were there. That item was a new bow!
Since I started archery in November last year, I’ve been shooting and old Howatt Archery Coronado. It’s a one piece wooden recurve, 32lbs at 28″. It’s a really nice, smooth bow and I love shooting it. For those of you that know me, you’ll know that I’m not the smallest guy in the world and my shoulders have become accustomed to the weight of this bow very quickly. I was stuggling to keep any back tension on the string while at full draw.
I’d been thinking about a new bow for a while and ever since I first got involved in archery I’d always like the look of the Martin Archery Dreamcatcher. I hadn’t shot one up to this point so I didn’t know if the bow would suit me or not.
When I walked into Carol Edwards tent at the 3Ds there were a couple of Dreamcatchers sat on a bow rack. As luck would have it there was a right handed one at 40lbs, just the weight I was looking for! The price was also very good, much less than I’d see elsewhere on the internet. I decided to go back to the car and get kitted up so I could give the bow a try.
I took it out to the practice butts with my own arrows and tried at a target that was about 15 yards away. The first 6 arrows were all inside the kill zone, although it was quite a big zone on this particular target, but still pretty impressive considering this was the first time I’d shot from a shelf and the arrows weren’t really matched to the bow. The riser also had a really nice feel in the hand. All this combined lead me to the decision that this bow was for me.
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