Howdy Everyone, I'm new here so excuse the blunt jump in, but i could use a reliable answer. First, I guess I should state, that I normally shoot an 80lb Bear Whitetail Supreme XLR bow. It is what im am comfortable with, and have been using it for about 12 years now. A couple years ago, i picked up a nice old golden eagle 90lb bow, and have used it a bit. Recently i picked up a 100lb golden eagle, and have only had it for about a week, and am starting to do it up a bit, with a few modern bells and whistles. Although it has the archaic camo paint, and is not high-tech at all, it is still a nice bow, and i don't want to make any mistakes at the poundage. i have also read many forums over the years, and don't want to sound like some macho dude, trying to pull a heavy weight bow for show. I collect unique bows, and this one happened to catch my fancy, as they don't pop up much. I am looking to find some sound information, on d-loops, and release aids for bows with this poundage. I mostly shoot with a release aid (80% of the time) , and am very familiar with their mechanics.but i do not want to set this bow up , and have something break, and end up with a dry fire, or an injury, so i am seeking expert advise. i have not used a release aid that uses rope, or the kind that is open, like a spot hogg. I use the closed caliper aids, and have never had any malfunctions (on part of the release, once due to a heavy finger), even with the 90lb bow. I could use, and would much appreciate any stories, or advice for which release aid (brand) and which (brand) of string loop, would work best for this poundage bow, to reduce the possibilities of mechanical failure, and dry-fire/injury. Thank you all in advance, for your time. Shnippy
I like grew up with compounds and have some rather primitive compound bows from the 70's when we thought 50% let off was a FANTASTIC thing. The very first thing I would do is replace the string and inspect the cables. Some one gave me an old compound years ago and everything looked good on it. If I remember correctly I think it was 80lbs. I went to full draw and the bow blew up in my face. Yes, exploded. It wasn't a pretty picture. So save yourself the stitches and blood because a string is cheaper. On those old heavy bows we didn't use a D loop. Was no such thing then. We shot off the string with any good quality release aid which required brass nocks on the string. We used 3 brass nocks. Two for the nocking point on the arrow and a third below the bottom arrow nock and you would put your release there on the string.
Hello, I read your question and felt a need to reply . As a bow hunter and archer I have used high poundage bows in the past and now. Bows have changed a lot since the 1980's much more dependable now ! I have broken a number of older bow handles. Please be careful , the older handles were made from cast magnesium not aluminium.
Yep, when I started bow hunting there was no D-loops either. I still got a few releases from then....lol
