My gear…

[Wexbow]

#3730

Just thought I’d share some photos of my set-up. It’s a Samick Sage 66″ Takedown Recurve (hybridized with a Polaris riser to get the added length). Shoots 45# at my draw. My arrows are Fir shafts from Merlin Archery in England held in one of their trad hip quivers:

Closer look at the fletching and riser with a Bear rest – centre raised with tie-clip ends under the leather (something I picked up from this forum):

Down time at my Torges Tree Seat – a cool piece of kit that I also picked up on from this forum:

Thanks for looking!

[Ireland]

#23142

Great looking gear Wexbow…Thanks for sharing. Now we need to get you in the USA some time so you can actually go on a hunt!!!

Ireland

[pewanogo]

#23329

Great photos of your gear.Isn’t it great how everyone has just a little bit different preferance or style of the same basic elements of gear? Ireland is right in getting you on this side of the pond and into the woods for some shooting with real purpose. We sometimes take our hunting for granted until we realize how difficult it is for some guys to actually take part in this great sport of hunting with bow and arrow.

[Stephen Graf]

#23830

…And the landscape sure looks lush. Is that backyard or bigger wilds?

I have a friend staying in London and his wife says that there are deer running around the parks in the city… If that can happen, maybe Ireland wont be far behind.

[bruc]

#23909

Great pictures !!

Really like the lighter arrow and fletch color. Perfect example of “more is less”.

How many “different colors of green in Ireland”

Bruce

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#23919

pewanogo wrote:

We sometimes take our hunting for granted until we realize how difficult it is for some guys to actually take part in this great sport of hunting with bow and arrow.

No kidding. It’s easy to forget just how good we have it.

It’s also great to have people from other countries on this board. The more different perspectives the better! Thanks for sharing Wexbow.

[Wexbow]

#24226

Thanks for the comments guys. It’s a simple inexpensive rig but I love it. Someday I’ll go custom but I’m letting my archery develop before that. I absolutely love shooting the wooden shafts, they just feel so natural.

There really are 40 shades of green over here, especially now that spring has well and truely sprung here. The photos were taken in what I like to call “the grove”. It’s a patch of trees beside a tiny pond among the fields of the farm that backs onto my property. I rove the fields stump shooting and setting up targets on old abandoned bales. While great fun I would love to be legally able to hunt here but I hope to get away in the future for a hunt somewhere in Europe or even Stateside. You guys really are blessed with the opportunities you have. I’m supporting a campaign in Scotland to legalise bowhunting which would be great, I’ll post the details in another thread fyi.

This forum and the magazine have been so helpful in putting together the right gear for me. Thanks!

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