[Gar Impaler]

Hey yall, i am new to this website and the sport of bowfishing in general. Im doing my research and I have an old hunting bow that is 50-60#. From what im seeing, this is too much for here in sc. What bow do yall think I should get?

 

[NuffDaddy]

Welcome!! :thumbsu: my bow is set at about 35#s. I just use a garage sale special I picked up for $1. If you look through some of the other threads some guys have some bow recommendations.

 

[Gar Impaler]

WOW that was a great deal do you ever have any problems sticking them with the 35 or should i go 40 or 45

 

[NuffDaddy]

WOW that was a great deal do you ever have any problems sticking them with the 35 or should i go 40 or 45

On Carp I get a solid hit out to about 10 yards every time but will get a good hit most of the time out to 15 yards. On gar I turn it up to 40 or so. With 35# I was getting deflections if I didn't get a center hit on them. Anything over 35#s on carp I get too many pass throughs on the close shots. 90% of the fish I shoot are within 10 feet so I don't worry about the long shots.

 

[Gar Impaler]

OK well i dont think pass throughs are gonna bother me too much because the way i tie the arrow to my retriever is with a loop on the arrow and a loop on the end of the retriever and when i am going to shoot just connect the two loops so that if i do have a fish pass through i can untie the two loops and get the fish off easier.

 

[NuffDaddy]

That's how I do it too. But around here the shooting can be fast and furious at night and I don't want to be messing with a pass through when my buddies are bringing in the fish. But if you don't have a heavy concentration of fish then it wouldnt be as bad.

 

[upsouth811]

welcome from sc...what part you from?

 

[B.A.F]

Welcome

Zollie

 

[NightKnight]

Welcome to the site!

 

[Gar Impaler]

upsouth im from columbia

 

[upsouth811]

cool i was down in your area last weekend for the murray shoot

 

[Gar Impaler]

oh thats cool i didnt know that had shoots on murray

 

[Gar Impaler]

what all did yall shoot?

 

[upsouth811]

yeah had a big 10 shoot last sat night. had 16 boats show

 

[Gar Impaler]

that sounds decent, did yall get anything big?