Been shooting a 60 pound recurve off and on for a while. If you were looking for the best possible deal on a Bear 80 pound take down bow, where would you go shopping?

I too have had an interest in a takedown bow although I don’t know what # pull I could reasonably handle.

I'd email 2000z-71, he's been helpful when we were looking into archery for our oldest.

I've been tempted to get some limbs for her takedown so I can do some shooting too. Need to see what they run, might be cheaper to just get a 2nd bow.
Looks like the PSE Nighthawk we have runs about $140 & limbs are about $90.

80lbs? Remind me never to play tug of war against your team

80 lbs is not very common even for compound bows with a significant let off of 60-80% at full draw. I am not sure any of the modern manufacturers offer 80lb limbs for a production take down recurve.

What is your draw length? Recurve draw weights are typically stated at 28" of draw, are you maybe not getting that 60lb bow to 28 inches?

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Originally posted by 10X-Shooter:
I too have had an interest in a takedown bow although I don’t know what # pull I could reasonably handle.

If you have never shot traditional archery look for something under 40 lbs. Closer to 30 lbs would be better. Good repeatable technique and lots of practice are key to shooting traditional equipment well. You won't learn good form or be able to practice enough if you are fatigued after 5 shots.

I've got arms and shoulders like an ape. Again, 60 pounds never struck me as that difficult to take to full draw or hold long enough for a steady aim and release. Bear does offer 80 pound limbs in both longer and shorter lengths - to be honest, I simply assumed the longer limbs would provide an easier draw and hold and I don't plan on shooting from relatively space-constricted positions.

10X-Shooter, FWIW, Bear makes a 60 pound takedown that was reportedly a favorite of Fred Bear, the founder of the company, well into his later years.

Fair enough, from a quick look on Bear's website I only see up to 70lb limbs for their current take down offering but I only took a cursory look. I am sure there may be 80lb options though. Do the current Bear bows take ILF limbs? If so, that will open your options considerably.

I would look used. Don't take this as a swipe, I don't mean it toward you it's just the truth. High poundage bows are readily available used because lots of people over bow themselves and then never shoot the things.

As to your other assumption, it is generally accurate. Longer limbs will have a smoother draw curve. Shorter limbs tend to "stack" meaning the weight per inch of draw length increases more rapidly as you draw the bow.

Thanks. So high-poundage bows are sorta like .357 H&H Magnums and .458 Lotts, eh? I can hang with that. Now I'm gonna have to look up ILF limbs.

Like the calibers you mentioned, they have their purposes just like high poundage bows. The question is, what are you looking to put arrows through? If you plan to go after Cape Buffalo than 80lbs and 1000 grain arrows make a lot of sense. If you plan to hunt north American game, anything over 45 lbs pushing a 500 grain arrows will do the trick and that 60lb bow you have would be more than enough. If you are punching paper it doesn't really matter and something you can shoot 100 times in a single session is your best option.

I am 6'1 215 lbs with a 28.5" DL and shoot 65lbs on my compound bow and also hunt with a 47lb Bear recurve.

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Been shooting a 60 pound recurve off and on for a while. If you were looking for the best possible deal on a Bear 80 pound take down bow, where would you go shopping?

No idea what they offer as I only shoot compounds due to previous shoulder and elbow injuries but, and I hope I’m not violating anything (apologies in advance if I am), check out Texas Bow Hunter dot Com. I only typed it out as I wasn’t sure of it would be censored.

There’s a lot of people who shoot strictly traditional on that site and they can probably point you in the direction of Trad builders that might be able to help getting what you’re after.

There is a decent size trad community on TBH and just a lot of good dudes (me included )

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
There is a decent size trad community on TBH and just a lot of good dudes (me included )

you can probably check out lancasterarchery.com or 3riversarchery.com to at least see the range of choices out there for production takedown bows with either custom or ILF limb connections. I really don't know that Bear would be my first choice since there are some really good options out there.

Samick is probably the biggest player in the takedown recurve market. Das bows from 3 rivers have a pretty good reputation for the hunting crowd, but I've never shot one to be able to give a personal opinion.

ken

Will definitely take a look!

I don’t want to be a Nancy here but I will. 80# is a shit ton to work with. Ive shot bows for over 45 years. I am now the proud owner of 2 near ruined shoulders.

So at about 55 I was done shooting a hunting weight bow. I believe the body much like a machine has a finite working life. I’m not ready for surgery but I do miss Bowhunting. Minimum keep a mid weight bow around to warm up with. I found there were consequences to using a truck spring for a bow.

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Originally posted by 10X-Shooter:
I too have had an interest in a takedown bow although I don’t know what # pull I could reasonably handle.

If you have never shot traditional archery look for something under 40 lbs. Closer to 30 lbs would be better. Good repeatable technique and lots of practice are key to shooting traditional equipment well. You won't learn good form or be able to practice enough if you are fatigued after 5 shots.

. Thanks for that! I haven’t shot since high school in the 80’s.