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Before putting your compound bow together, carefully read the owner’s manual. If you read some instructions that are not quite clear there should be a customer service # on the instructions that you can call to clarify any confusion.

Parts Inspection

Carefully remove your compound bow from the box and take off all the plastic wrapping and discard. Your owner’s manual should have a packing list of all the parts that come with your bow. Match the parts on the list to what is in the shipping box. If you are missing any parts, or it is obvious a part is damaged, immediately call customer service.

Almost all archers and bowhunter of the modern world use the compound bow. Very few bowhunters know how this bow works. The physics behind the compound bow is what makes the arrow fly so straight and accurate.

Energy in the Compound Bow

As the bow is drawn back, the wheels and/or cams rotate. This pulls the limbs together. Energy is contained within the cams, wheels and limbs of the bow. The more energy that is stored, the faster the arrow will fly and the harder the arrow will hit its target. How much energy is stored depends on 3 factors: how far back the string is drawn, the shape of the cams, and the bow’s top draw weight.

Like all products on the market, the compound bow has its advantages and disadvantages. In both makes of the bow and final outcome when the product is in use, there are positives as well as negatives.

Advantages of the Structure of the Compound Bow

Holles Wilbur Allen invented the compound bow in 1967 in his home state of Missouri. This bow uses pulleys and cables that form a leverage system to bend the limbs or ends of the bow. The long bow, also known as the recurve bow, has limbs that are much more flexible than the compound bow. The compound bow stores more energy than most other bows but that results in very stiff limbs. It is virtually impossible to pull the bow back with the single string. This problem is solved with the pulleys and cables. A string is attached to a pulley with a cable attached to the opposite limb. The pulley will turn when the string is pulled back. The pulley, in turn, pulls the cable which bends the limbs and voila! …stored energy ready to send an arrow flying.

Almost all hunters nowadays use the compound bow. The advantage of these bows is that they reduce the force needed to hold the bow back at a full draw. They can reduce the force from between 50-80%. This reduction in force, called the let-off, lets you hold your draw for a longer time than you could a standard long bow. This gives you the time needed to take perfect aim. The let-off percentage is an important factor to choosing the right compound bow for your.

Cams

Almost all compound bow makers now offer their products with 1 or 2 cams.

Now that you own a compound bow the next step of course is to shoot the weapon using a target. Before you begin to shoot, it is best to get used to the feel of drawing the bow and releasing the string. Try it several times drawing back at different distances to get used to the feel of the weapon in your hands. These bows are difficult to pull back at first, but once drawn back to a certain distance the tension will release and the position will be easier to maintain.

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