I have only read the last one but from what he tries to convey there in the material is that would be a good book to get. I still want to read the first 2 but will slowly over time.
Shop TBM ads or other trad websites has a few bows up for sale that might fit you bill. Also try Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear they are here in Denver and do good jobs on communicating with customers over the phone who want to place an order. Like Dave I would be concerned about dry-fires on a demo bow so I would inspect with a very careful eye to see if you can notice anything on the bow that makes you go hmmm. I got my first longbow when bob lee archery was having a special to clear out inventory and I love the bow. So try other options before just the local the shop.
Etter there used to be a standard that for most recurve and longbows that you go up or down by 3lbs for every inch you gain or lose in draw from 28#. For some bow makers this holds true. I have seen where it might be as low as 2.5 and one up to 3.25, so it is pretty close to 3 in my experience.
I am beginning to think people are so encouraged to be selfish at all cost most recently that we are now generating more and more people who have no empathy and remorse for doing something like this. I noticed one of the local Denver stations carried it saying that the arrow was from a but looked to me from the video I was thinking either real small bow for a kid or a crossbow. The other local station then did say it came from a crossbow so the media can sometimes be the big misleader.
Troy, I still think the shockwave would look awesome as a lefty 🙂 Kidding. Anyway I would recommend getting to know some locals to have to talk to. That was the biggest downside to the part of Ohio my family lived in for a year was how hard it was to make friends as a kid.
My screen name is from one of my other passions downhill skiing, that I used to race and coach racing in. Still get as excited for a fresh day of powder as for an elk hunt.
There are a couple of books that can help with some of this “The StillHunter” by Theodore Van Dyke He does a good job of dissecting pieces of land and how deer and elk mostly move on them. Again though wind is important to have in your face and read the terrain and stop where to break up your outline for how to move and how fast “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking” in there he talks about moving as slow as a fox, and with the same footstep as a fox so to not be heard by the game as you come.
When I was kid leaning to hunt I could never get comfortable up in a tree stand. Now put me up on a rock face roped in and I am fine. So I have kept the feet on terra firma, might climb a tree by hand to scout but get back down to set up ambush.
