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spaceman

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do you feel like a compound bow is cheating?
how difficult is it to use a longbow?
 

JEDI

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btw- i 've only practiced w/recurved (olympic?) bows.

why is a compound bow cheating?

British longbowmen with +1 thumb rings FTW
 

walkur

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It depends what you like to get from using the bow.
Personally I find the compound bow "too easy"

I mainly stick to recurve(olympic) for competitions, but I like the traditional shortbow the best.
Allthough I must admit using a traditional longbow for some cloud-shooting (160 meters) comes a close 2nd.
 

MrFire8808

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I use to own a compound bow. After you get the hang of it, its pretty fun. My only rant was that I used these carbon fiber (i think?) arrows and I was still new so I would always lose them and have to buy more. But in my own defense I lost them because they would dig into the ground and not because I tried sending them to the moon
 

fire400

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compound if you are technical

but if you want to stay classic, hit up the original longbow

personally I'd go with compound, they look cooler to me