I'm mid 60's , not the man I used to be and feel a desire to return to bow hunting to bring home some decent protein. After watching some ridiculous penetration tests on you tube I wish to thanks you Ted for your wise advice on poundage and accuracy and making me remember when I took archery class and was handed a beautifull 30lb composite recurve to learn on. It was so effortless to Holland like you say, soft and gooey and accurate to the 30m max we finished on. I used to shoot compound at 75lb but it was cumbersome and slow. Thank you so much Ted for giving me new hope to revisit the thing I truly love.
I spoke with the owner of 3 Rivers Archery about 10 years ago and said exactly what Uncle Ted said. I told him that he needed to provide product for kids, at the time there was very little, well, he took my advice and today 3 Rivers Archery in Indiana has a wonderful line of traditional archery equipment for the youngins'.
Ted. Truth. I've always said anything over 45lbs is ego. It's all about accuracy. I'd ask ya to run for office, but then I wouldn't trust you. Fan for life. Keep up the good work.
@@yourunclejimmy8135 What? I have heard he is a draft dodger but I have missed the pedophile subject. can you provide me with a link to something that I could check out. Thank you my friend.
@@yourunclejimmy8135 Hey Dan, thanks for the info. I am a Ted fan and had not heard the Courtney Love accusations till now(let me say now that if the allegations are true, his actions were felonious & despicable and there is no excuse for it). I spent over an hour searching the subject using a couple different search engines and out of the 56 sites/articles I reviewed, I was surprised that there was only one news story on the subject. Everything I could find referenced the Howard Stern phone in interview with Courtney Love as the only evidence of the accusations. What I have trouble with is that 50 of the 56 articles I read included statements of draft dodging, drug use and defecating himself. With very little effort, any journalist interested in truth, can easily expose the untruth of all three accusations so I do not put a whole lot of faith in the regurgitated info I could find. I find it difficult to believe that if there were any possible truth to the pedophile/rape accusations that have been leveled against Ted. It is difficult, near impossible, to know the true heart of a man, especially if you don't have a personal relationship with them. That said, I will ask Ted to fill me in on the truth of the Courtney Love story next month when I am hunting with him in Texas. I will update you with what he says if you want.
Ted your right on with this one. I am a 72 year old man and cant draw back the heavy flagship bows of today. I purchased a Mathews Mission Hype DT bow max draw of 70# adjustable down to 30#. I set the bow at 46# and can draw it with ease and really enjoy shooting now. The bow has your so called mushy draw with a 80% let off and its the quietest bow I have ever shot. Try this bow, you wont be disappointed. This bow has got to be one of archerys best kept secret. Later, Nick
Yeah man I got a Mission Craze,my dad got me it when I was 6 it's adjustable from 15 to 75lbs and 19 to 30 inch draw, now I shoot 50 lbs and 27 inch draw they're cheap and effective
Local bow shop has all 70 bs bows in stock , all turned down to 60 lbs I turned 50 , I want comfort , ta hell with speed , that’s for the young fellers !!!!
Man! Ted is absolutely passionate about bow hunting. I’ve always known he was an avid bow hunter. But I didn’t realize there is that much science to it and HE KNOWS every detail!
i agree with ted, but also another problem is with the cost of bow hunting, you cant walk into a archery shop and find a compound bow for less then $500 and that would considered an entry level bow. with the prices of bows it cheaper to go buy a good rifle for $300 and start hunting
A major problem...its really difficult to find a place to hunt anymore. I live in Texas and almost ALL of the property here is privately owned It costs a hunter more money to bag a deer than it would to go and buy the meat at the local market.
i have a '14 cp oneida kestral @53 (50-70 lbs) lbs as my finger shooter & my matthews chill sdx is set at 60 lbs. my kids each have mission craze bows ( fully adjustable) for growing up with. (it was the craze that got me back into shooting lol)
And people get upset when people buy Walmart bows, and didn't go to a local shop. They have 20 and 30 pound bows for the kids. Went to my local shop to get my of Bear BTR restrung, asked what they had for starter bows, and he pulled down a 70 in 550$ PSE. 😄😅😆
I was completely BLOWN AWAY when I found out that Uncle Ted shoots a 50 pound draw weight bow and every single arrow passes completely through the deer. Excuse me now because I have to go and and drop my bow's draw weight to 50 .
I agree with a lot he has to say here specially as it relates to entry level bows. My 23 year old daughter informed me that I have to teach her to bow hunt when she gets out of the Navy and my grandson on the way will be taught to hunt with bow and gun as early as possible. I have been pondering what bows to start her on since I will have to get her her own since she will not be able to use my 2015 PSE decree which is a 70# max draw set at 60#. I look forward to those three generation hunting and fishing trips in a few years but it has to be enjoyable for each person or they will never happen. I can get her a PSE stinger which winds down to about 25# up to 50# then let her figure out what she wants as a hunting bow later but the grandson is a whole different problem that has no real easy answer.
Amen to this! I'm 61yrs old with really bad elbows and shoulders from injuries as a pro wrestler, and a bad car accident. I'm 6'5" and only have a draw of 26.5" when it should be about 31". I only shoot trad bows, and never over 45#. And my favorite bows are 40#'s.
The Diamond Infinite Edge Pro bow is the best bow for women and children. Hell, even I own one and I have 2 Bowtech Destroyer 350s, and I like shooting the IEP better, because it's just so much easier to shoot for practice. At the $350 - $400 price point in a ready-to-shoot package, and being so much easier to tune, it's the best bang for the buck.
L.I. Archer , yup diamond infinite edge pro is a perfect first bow. I bought one for my son who was 7 at the time, only issue was the wieght of the bow it was to heavy so after 10 mins he was done. This year we got the diamond atomic and wow he is loving it! Wants to shoot all the time. We got his cousin one as well and my wife shoots the edge. Absolutely great bows for starting out and with the infinite edge pro they will have a bow for years to come.
God bless you "Uncle-Ted"💯 my uncle is the only man in my family of hunters and fishers that bow hunted. I remember watching him as a kid being so amazed! I remember the first time I saw a broadhead he had got some new three blade cut on contact (this was 25 years ago) and I was in awe!!! And ask if I could watch him shoot an arrow, after that I have fell head over hills, no deniability, was hooked. And you Uncle-Ted was in idol and Inspiration. Therefore you have affected me and my life in a way that is so good, so much like a father figure, and In a most powerful and positive way that most people don't know nor can I fully explain. As much as one man can another man, or as much as a man can a father figure that's been one of the most influential people in his life. Ted (Uncle-Ted) Nugent I love you man and thanks for just being you!💯 I'm poor and work on a small farm just for a place to have a roof over my head, and a place to Hunt with the small 5 acres or so I manage. But my dream is one of the hunt. JUST to experience the MYSTICAL FLIGHT OF THE ARROW! SO FROM A SIMPLE MAN THAT'S A POOR AND HARD WORKING ON A SMALL FARM IN NORTH GEORGIA, THANKS FOR BEING YOU, AND THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC (Which is understandably sexy rock and roll at it's finest) thanks for helping shape me into the good man I try to continue to be every day! P.S. #archerytalk thank you for everything you do as well.. Maybe someday I can own my own hunting gear (bow) to finally get to enjoy the fruits of my labor and the land that I manage and work so hard.
So TRUE! I'm 50 plus years old and started with the mushy kids bow a year ago and have been struggling to find a 40 lbs bow with a "grown up" solid back stop and enough riser clearance to use an "off the shelf" fletched arrow. I'm sick and tired of pro shop boys telling me "try this, you can handle this (several pounds over what I asked for) weight with *this* cam system if you just try a little harder". After hurting myself a few times I now just walk out. Doesn't my $$ spend just as well as macho Joe's does?
Liked the video. Have hunted for years with 65lb Bear and PSE compounds, but after back surgery, I went to recurves to get comfortable and have fun. 40lb to 50lb are more than enough to hunt with. Plus they are way more affordable. To help quieting I also went to 300 grain broadheads.
All great points !! I have Bow hunted for 65 Years now and have always used bows between 45 and 48 lbs. I have hunted 17 States and 5 foreign country's--and I have never needed more "Power". It's not about Power and speed--but about quiet and accuracy !!
that's why I shoot a Elite Hunter @ 60lbs . smooth as butter, forgiving, graceful and deadly accurate. I'm glad my grandfather and father went out of their way to find kids fiberglass recurve bows for Me and my brothers at 7yrs old. to this day great memories.
I agree for the most part, but i think you should be pulling what you are most comfortable with. I pull 60 with no problems, even when the pressure is on. You will know if its to much pounds lol.
I am in complete agreement with Uncle Ted on this. I watched my brother (13 years old at the time) shooting 50 lbs and took down a mule deer at 60 yards with a perfectly placed shot through the top of the heart! it takes ACCURACY, and the placement of the shot to be successful in the hunting woods! Bows have come to a different UNIVERSE since then. Back then my brothers arrow MAYBE was 200fps
Started my wife on the PSE Mini-burner at Christmas this year, then moved her to a 55# Bear Cruzer G2 2 months ago. She's shooting 32#s and those arrows thump the target pretty hard. At 10 yards I think it would kill a deer. Much further than that I would be worried.
how much lower can we go? In interviews, Nugent has provided varying accounts of how he avoided a seat on a troop transport to Southeast Asia. In a 1977 High Times interview, he claimed to have stopped bathing a month before his draft physical, adding that he showed up for the exam with pants “crusted” with urine and feces. “I was a walking, talking hunk of human poop,” recalled Nugent.
I dont want 10 million bowhunters. Archery season is the new rifle season. Everyone wants to be a Cameron hanes. To many people that can't track or follow a blood trail wounding and leaving animals. It's more than just being able to hit a dot.
He’s right (as usual). A short, HEAVY arrow out of a properly tuned bow, with a properly sharp fixed head, will go clean through just about anything @20Y, even at 40lbs and 24”.
I live in Florida and my best friends run a orchard/beef farm. Well some cows got into the woods next to the orchard from apparently nowhere, because not one person claimed them. So, because we couldn’t catch them (spooky/fast mf’ers!) my buddy made the call to just shoot them. I took his wife out there and she’s pulling 45lb@26.5” old Hoyt bow. Anyways, she put one behind the shoulder a little high on the lungs and it passed thru, breaking a rib on the way out. 1171lb bull at the scale. If it will go through a twelve hundred pound cow, it’ll go thru a hundred pound deer.
Ted I completely agree with you on this topic. I agree so much, it has prompted me to start making my own primitive bow 3 years ago. Since I have made Bows for my wife and kids and they all love to shoot bows now. Gotta make the bow peak out, while being comfortable to draw is the key Johnny in Texas
Not only that but hunting is becoming a rich man sport fast. Through the camo clothes that aren’t worth the money they are charging. Sitka for example...$180 for a warm weather silk like shirt that would rip if u get caught on a thorn Bush, $400 for a 1 day backpack. Nobody allows people to hunt their land anymore. Was just talking to a guy the other day and I asked him is it me or 20 years ago people can walk on basically any property and hunt, now you can’t go anywhere and he said that’s the way it use to be. Try to hunt public land in Pa....you’ll have people come set up 20 yards away from you. I’ve lost 5 different hunting areas (which is about 30 spots) in the past 6 years. Hunting is becoming more of a hassle lately than what it use to be which is complete opposite of a hassle.
Greed , uncle Ted it drives all the suppliers manufacturer's. I need accessories for my ki ripper good luck with that! Love you stay healthy and happy XO.artie k from Ohio 😁
I tried shooting a compound once, back in 1978...didn't like it. Went right back to my recurves and also started shooting longbows. Bought my first longbow in 1980.
You are right about low powered bows however it's the dealers that don't stock entry level bows,like bear,mission,diamond all make good low powered bows for starting archers.I have been bow hunting for over 40 years and have shot the he man 70lb plus bows until I hit 50 now at 62 years old I shoot 56lbs and love it.I don't get were dealers are always pushing 70lb plus bows for younger archers when a 60 lb bow would work just as well.Thank you Ted for all the work you do in promoting and living our way of life.
that was exactly Ted's point. I worked for bow shops for years. and the bows they stocked with me trying to get the lower draw weight and lengths. But the owner would not stock them. Ted shooting 50# cannot find what he wants on the rack he has to order and wait. Kids and women don't like to wait. When I was 35 I could pull and shoot 110# bow making college football line cry cause they had no form and couldn't bend the string hardly. The point being even though I could I did not enjoy shooting that thing. It was hard on the back and the shoulders. I always like shooting the 50# bows cause I could shoot all day and have fun. Today I am almost a purest in traditional archery. I went back to the basics in 2003 and shoot only traditional bows. I shoot between 40 and 50 # depending on what I am hunting and like I said before will shoot as often as I am allowed becuase it is just plain fun.
Love you Ted, and thanks for all you do to promote Gods bow country! The Bear Legit is a modern bow with a draw weight of 10-70 lbs, and a draw length of 23-30 or so. My wife is now using it at about 35lbs and 26". She likes it!
Ted when I was like 12 I'm 41 now I use to rent block buster vhs I think it was archers of Africa u were shooting an onieda eagle an shooting across a pool I guess it was your land any way love everything you do an I shoot every day God bless guns an bows an you an your family I play music too love you bro my name is Bryan Mylan it good to meet you let me know if the dark continent an bayobob trees ring a bell lol be well!
There are tons of recurves that would easily accommodate those people Ted talked about. How much more graceful does it get shooting a handcrafted one piece bow made out of rare woods instinctively into an animals vitals?! I believe Mr. Fred Bear would approve.
@@arotom dude, if you can't draw and hold a 20lbs longbow or recurve you probably shouldn't shoot at animals in the first place, cause how are you gonna carry out the harvest???
New York State is anti-bow.... Our governor actually wanted to remove funding for any school that taught, sponsored or competed in any gun or archery program. As a bowhunter education instructor I'm seeing more and more girls and adult ladies in my courses.
Why they do this is because most people are after speed, everyone want to gets every last fps they can get, and why u see people shooting 80#s with a 400 grain total arrow weight arrows
Fred Bear killed everything with a 48 lb old school recurve, wood arrows and coc Broadheads. There is no reason that a 45-50 lb modern compound can't do the same. I don't agree with Ted on much...but he couldn't be more correct about this. The only thing I would add( not that it's really worth anything) is that I wish bow manufacturers would also build bows lighter and longer ata...they'd be even more stable and smooth drawing.
He talks about how would be new archer's are being scared away by certain attitudes and in the same breath runs down others archer's who choose to do it different than him.
You Ted is the one and only.....and I mean only one that gives hope to us hunter puts sense in our heads and will die protecting the second amendment......God bless you. I wish one day I could meet and that would mean I hit the jackpot for me. Keep up the good work!
ted you would be the best president ever and I am a Canadian..i absolutely agree with you . I shoot a 50 lb bear effect compound bow and it will kill anything that walks.. 50 lbs is all you need.there is no need to shoot more that 50 lbs MAX
If you are new to archery and want to learn there is no shame in starting with a lower draw weight. To really get the feel for it even a 25 lb recurve will really help you develop consistency and proper technique. A good takedown recurve allows this flexibility. The 25 lb limbs will still be fun for recreational fun after you have mastered them. Then you can get 40lb peak limbs for hunting.and you will be a much more ethical hunter for it.
Ted knows his compound bows. I do not hunt but I target shoot English yew longbows with (shoot-off-your-hand, medieval features) wood arrows, etc. The modern bows with high technology, light stiff arrows that fly fast and straight are deadly at lower weights than what I shoot. (50-80#) But even what I shoot, I can be smooth, accurate and soft as a whisper. Search out English warbows and see beefy guys shooting 100# and UP with grace and silence. But that takes years of practice. Peace.
Brent Not only does he travel from state to state paying crazy prices for "out of state" hunter licences. But he owns a very large "ranch" in Texas where he raises pure white deer with blue eyes the size of white tail deer. In Texas you want to harvest your herd you can do anyway you want. Walk it into a barn and butcher (which Ted can't do because they run wild) or shoot from a distance. (which is what he and his friends do) It's all legal. Hungary? Go shoot a deer in a fenced in field it cannot get out of. (Very big field)
I started my kids at 10yrs of age, and I agree low poundage isn't an issue, accuracy with said bow is more important, kids love when they hit something it's an achievement and that's what counts, I've seen full penetration at 30lbs, accuracy at that weight is the key, as it is with any weight...
I wish more archery ranges would hook up with JOAD to teach kids how to properly use a bow and arrow and to also teach the sport of archery because bowes being great for hunting archery is also one of the world's oldest sports
Diamond Infinite Edge Pro. $350 - $400 in a ready-to-shoot package. It is infinitely adjustable in draw weight, draw length, and tuneability with the split yokes at both cams.
Somebody must have been listening. The Diamond Archery Edge SB-1 is adjustable from 7-70 pounds with draw length adjustable from 13-31 inches. There are orther options. Spread the joy and challenge of archery buy a kid a bow or get your girl a bow. With a little time you be hard pressed to out shoot them.
I have a 60 as my bow. I had no idea what was what then. I really wish it was 40. However it is hella fun. My son wants a bow. He is nine. I can’t wait. The wife doesn’t care to shoot a bow. But she does love a reason to make wool hats and mitts etc.
Ted Nugent for President in 2024.
Thank you, Uncle Ted. You are the man.
Vise president maybe but Donald Trump will be President in 2024 !
I would vote that...
Trump/Nugent 2024?????
@@Golfnut_2099 I dont know would they get on ?
Ted Nugent - Part-time musician...full-time bow hunter
ruclips.net/video/orz0zxH72K4/видео.html
uncle Ted, has been educating those that will listen, for years.
I'm mid 60's , not the man I used to be and feel a desire to return to bow hunting to bring home some decent protein. After watching some ridiculous penetration tests on you tube I wish to thanks you Ted for your wise advice on poundage and accuracy and making me remember when I took archery class and was handed a beautifull 30lb composite recurve to learn on. It was so effortless to Holland like you say, soft and gooey and accurate to the 30m max we finished on. I used to shoot compound at 75lb but it was cumbersome and slow. Thank you so much Ted for giving me new hope to revisit the thing I truly love.
I spoke with the owner of 3 Rivers Archery about 10 years ago and said exactly what Uncle Ted said. I told him that he needed to provide product for kids, at the time there was very little, well, he took my advice and today 3 Rivers Archery in Indiana has a wonderful line of traditional archery equipment for the youngins'.
Ted. Truth. I've always said anything over 45lbs is ego. It's all about accuracy. I'd ask ya to run for office, but then I wouldn't trust you. Fan for life. Keep up the good work.
Get Down Nugent, you are a true Archer! Stay-True, Live-Long, Stay- Strong!!
Ted Nugent is a great American and a true Republican.
@@yourunclejimmy8135 What? I have heard he is a draft dodger but I have missed the pedophile subject. can you provide me with a link to something that I could check out. Thank you my friend.
@@yourunclejimmy8135 Hey Dan, thanks for the info. I am a Ted fan and had not heard the Courtney Love accusations till now(let me say now that if the allegations are true, his actions were felonious & despicable and there is no excuse for it). I spent over an hour searching the subject using a couple different search engines and out of the 56 sites/articles I reviewed, I was surprised that there was only one news story on the subject. Everything I could find referenced the Howard Stern phone in interview with Courtney Love as the only evidence of the accusations. What I have trouble with is that 50 of the 56 articles I read included statements of draft dodging, drug use and defecating himself. With very little effort, any journalist interested in truth, can easily expose the untruth of all three accusations so I do not put a whole lot of faith in the regurgitated info I could find. I find it difficult to believe that if there were any possible truth to the pedophile/rape accusations that have been leveled against Ted. It is difficult, near impossible, to know the true heart of a man, especially if you don't have a personal relationship with them. That said, I will ask Ted to fill me in on the truth of the Courtney Love story next month when I am hunting with him in Texas. I will update you with what he says if you want.
He is absolutely correct! 80% of all bows the dealers carry In my area are 70lbs and 29 inch draw.
Ted your right on with this one. I am a 72 year old man and cant draw back the heavy flagship bows of today. I purchased a Mathews Mission Hype DT bow max draw of 70# adjustable down to 30#. I set the bow at 46# and can draw it with ease and really enjoy shooting now. The bow has your so called mushy draw with a 80% let off and its the quietest bow I have ever shot. Try this bow, you wont be disappointed. This bow has got to be one of archerys best kept secret. Later, Nick
Mathews " mission " makes a great line of affordable smooth , very adjustable line ,
doug barabe uh huh.he knows,he is signed with Mathews
Yeah man I got a Mission Craze,my dad got me it when I was 6 it's adjustable from 15 to 75lbs and 19 to 30 inch draw, now I shoot 50 lbs and 27 inch draw they're cheap and effective
Local bow shop has all 70 bs bows in stock , all turned down to 60 lbs
I turned 50 , I want comfort , ta hell with speed , that’s for the young fellers !!!!
Man! Ted is absolutely passionate about bow hunting. I’ve always known he was an avid bow hunter. But I didn’t realize there is that much science to it and HE KNOWS every detail!
Better words never said!
That's why I set my bow between 45- 55lbs. Comfort and accurate, clean harvest.
Ted is such a common sense educator. His love of freedom and hunting in this country is great to see and hear.
i agree with ted, but also another problem is with the cost of bow hunting, you cant walk into a archery shop and find a compound bow for less then $500 and that would considered an entry level bow. with the prices of bows it cheaper to go buy a good rifle for $300 and start hunting
A major problem...its really difficult to find a place to hunt anymore. I live in Texas and almost ALL of the property here is privately owned It costs a hunter more money to bag a deer than it would to go and buy the meat at the local market.
Amen ! Go Ted Go !
Ted you still ROCK!! I'm downloaded Wango Tango and takin' my boy to the range tomorrow
i have a '14 cp oneida kestral @53 (50-70 lbs) lbs as my finger shooter & my matthews chill sdx is set at 60 lbs. my kids each have mission craze bows ( fully adjustable) for growing up with. (it was the craze that got me back into shooting lol)
And people get upset when people buy Walmart bows, and didn't go to a local shop. They have 20 and 30 pound bows for the kids. Went to my local shop to get my of Bear BTR restrung, asked what they had for starter bows, and he pulled down a 70 in 550$ PSE. 😄😅😆
The sling-bow is a good way to learn archery!
I was completely BLOWN AWAY when I found out that Uncle Ted shoots a 50 pound draw weight bow and every single arrow passes completely through the deer. Excuse me now because I have to go and and drop my bow's draw weight to 50 .
I agree with a lot he has to say here specially as it relates to entry level bows. My 23 year old daughter informed me that I have to teach her to bow hunt when she gets out of the Navy and my grandson on the way will be taught to hunt with bow and gun as early as possible.
I have been pondering what bows to start her on since I will have to get her her own since she will not be able to use my 2015 PSE decree which is a 70# max draw set at 60#. I look forward to those three generation hunting and fishing trips in a few years but it has to be enjoyable for each person or they will never happen. I can get her a PSE stinger which winds down to about 25# up to 50# then let her figure out what she wants as a hunting bow later but the grandson is a whole different problem that has no real easy answer.
Amen to this! I'm 61yrs old with really bad elbows and shoulders from injuries as a pro wrestler, and a bad car accident. I'm 6'5" and only have a draw of 26.5" when it should be about 31". I only shoot trad bows, and never over 45#. And my favorite bows are 40#'s.
October 3rd 2015 I got a buck and a doe with my 37 lb. Mission Craze 24 inch draw 2 deer 2 arrows
The Diamond Infinite Edge Pro bow is the best bow for women and children. Hell, even I own one and I have 2 Bowtech Destroyer 350s, and I like shooting the IEP better, because it's just so much easier to shoot for practice. At the $350 - $400 price point in a ready-to-shoot package, and being so much easier to tune, it's the best bang for the buck.
L.I. Archer , yup diamond infinite edge pro is a perfect first bow. I bought one for my son who was 7 at the time, only issue was the wieght of the bow it was to heavy so after 10 mins he was done. This year we got the diamond atomic and wow he is loving it! Wants to shoot all the time. We got his cousin one as well and my wife shoots the edge. Absolutely great bows for starting out and with the infinite edge pro they will have a bow for years to come.
God bless you "Uncle-Ted"💯 my uncle is the only man in my family of hunters and fishers that bow hunted. I remember watching him as a kid being so amazed! I remember the first time I saw a broadhead he had got some new three blade cut on contact (this was 25 years ago) and I was in awe!!! And ask if I could watch him shoot an arrow, after that I have fell head over hills, no deniability, was hooked. And you Uncle-Ted was in idol and Inspiration. Therefore you have affected me and my life in a way that is so good, so much like a father figure, and In a most powerful and positive way that most people don't know nor can I fully explain. As much as one man can another man, or as much as a man can a father figure that's been one of the most influential people in his life. Ted (Uncle-Ted) Nugent I love you man and thanks for just being you!💯 I'm poor and work on a small farm just for a place to have a roof over my head, and a place to Hunt with the small 5 acres or so I manage. But my dream is one of the hunt. JUST to experience the MYSTICAL FLIGHT OF THE ARROW! SO FROM A SIMPLE MAN THAT'S A POOR AND HARD WORKING ON A SMALL FARM IN NORTH GEORGIA, THANKS FOR BEING YOU, AND THANKS FOR YOUR MUSIC (Which is understandably sexy rock and roll at it's finest) thanks for helping shape me into the good man I try to continue to be every day!
P.S. #archerytalk thank you for everything you do as well..
Maybe someday I can own my own hunting gear (bow) to finally get to enjoy the fruits of my labor and the land that I manage and work so hard.
I'm ok with that! It's hard enough to find a peice of private in Michigan that's not already claimed and posted
So TRUE! I'm 50 plus years old and started with the mushy kids bow a year ago and have been struggling to find a 40 lbs bow with a "grown up" solid back stop and enough riser clearance to use an "off the shelf" fletched arrow. I'm sick and tired of pro shop boys telling me "try this, you can handle this (several pounds over what I asked for) weight with *this* cam system if you just try a little harder". After hurting myself a few times I now just walk out. Doesn't my $$ spend just as well as macho Joe's does?
Haleluja! God Bless you.
8 years later, Every manufacturer out there now has a women’s bow, and a youth bow designed to grow with the shooter.
Liked the video. Have hunted for years with 65lb Bear and PSE compounds, but after back surgery, I went to recurves to get comfortable and have fun. 40lb to 50lb are more than enough to hunt with. Plus they are way more affordable. To help quieting I also went to 300 grain broadheads.
All great points !! I have Bow hunted for 65 Years now and have always used bows between 45 and 48 lbs. I have hunted 17 States and 5 foreign country's--and I have never needed more "Power". It's not about Power and speed--but about quiet and accuracy !!
that's why I shoot a Elite Hunter @ 60lbs . smooth as butter, forgiving, graceful and deadly accurate. I'm glad my grandfather and father went out of their way to find kids fiberglass recurve bows for Me and my brothers at 7yrs old. to this day great memories.
I agree for the most part, but i think you should be pulling what you are most comfortable with. I pull 60 with no problems, even when the pressure is on. You will know if its to much pounds lol.
Ted you're always welcome to my hunting camp!
Diamond and bear make a great starter bow got a diamond sb-1 for my daughter now can't get her off the range
Thank you. It goes for target shooting as well.
I am in complete agreement with Uncle Ted on this. I watched my brother (13 years old at the time) shooting 50 lbs and took down a mule deer at 60 yards with a perfectly placed shot through the top of the heart! it takes ACCURACY, and the placement of the shot to be successful in the hunting woods! Bows have come to a different UNIVERSE since then. Back then my brothers arrow MAYBE was 200fps
Started my wife on the PSE Mini-burner at Christmas this year, then moved her to a 55# Bear Cruzer G2 2 months ago. She's shooting 32#s and those arrows thump the target pretty hard. At 10 yards I think it would kill a deer. Much further than that I would be worried.
the problem is people that make laws aren't true bowhunters. Darton 45lbs.
You're absolutely right. Thank you uncle Ted.
Dear Ted you sir are a stud, well spoken as always, god blessed you for sure.
how much lower can we go? In interviews, Nugent has provided varying accounts of how he avoided a seat on a troop transport to Southeast Asia. In a 1977 High Times interview, he claimed to have stopped bathing a month before his draft physical, adding that he showed up for the exam with pants “crusted” with urine and feces. “I was a walking, talking hunk of human poop,” recalled Nugent.
I dont want 10 million bowhunters. Archery season is the new rifle season. Everyone wants to be a Cameron hanes. To many people that can't track or follow a blood trail wounding and leaving animals. It's more than just being able to hit a dot.
I gonna start bow hunting so make it 30000001 bow hunters (btw I’m ten)
He’s right (as usual). A short, HEAVY arrow out of a properly tuned bow, with a properly sharp fixed head, will go clean through just about anything @20Y, even at 40lbs and 24”.
I live in Florida and my best friends run a orchard/beef farm. Well some cows got into the woods next to the orchard from apparently nowhere, because not one person claimed them. So, because we couldn’t catch them (spooky/fast mf’ers!) my buddy made the call to just shoot them. I took his wife out there and she’s pulling 45lb@26.5” old Hoyt bow. Anyways, she put one behind the shoulder a little high on the lungs and it passed thru, breaking a rib on the way out. 1171lb bull at the scale.
If it will go through a twelve hundred pound cow, it’ll go thru a hundred pound deer.
Ted I completely agree with you on this topic. I agree so much, it has prompted me to start making my own primitive bow 3 years ago.
Since I have made Bows for my wife and kids and they all love to shoot bows now. Gotta make the bow peak out, while being comfortable to draw is the key
Johnny in Texas
Ted Kicks ass. he's One hell of a Cool Guy.
He’s a draft dodging coward.
Not only that but hunting is becoming a rich man sport fast. Through the camo clothes that aren’t worth the money they are charging. Sitka for example...$180 for a warm weather silk like shirt that would rip if u get caught on a thorn Bush, $400 for a 1 day backpack.
Nobody allows people to hunt their land anymore. Was just talking to a guy the other day and I asked him is it me or 20 years ago people can walk on basically any property and hunt, now you can’t go anywhere and he said that’s the way it use to be. Try to hunt public land in Pa....you’ll have people come set up 20 yards away from you. I’ve lost 5 different hunting areas (which is about 30 spots) in the past 6 years. Hunting is becoming more of a hassle lately than what it use to be which is complete opposite of a hassle.
I figured this out when I bought my first bow which is adjustable to 80 lbs, I’m at 50lbs and can hit beer cans at 30 yards well.
Greed , uncle Ted it drives all the suppliers manufacturer's. I need accessories for my ki ripper good luck with that! Love you stay healthy and happy XO.artie k from Ohio 😁
I tried shooting a compound once, back in 1978...didn't like it. Went right back to my recurves and also started shooting longbows. Bought my first longbow in 1980.
You are right about low powered bows however it's the dealers that don't stock entry level bows,like bear,mission,diamond all make good low powered bows for starting archers.I have been bow hunting for over 40 years and have shot the he man 70lb plus bows until I hit 50 now at 62 years old I shoot 56lbs and love it.I don't get were dealers are always pushing 70lb plus bows for younger archers when a 60 lb bow would work just as well.Thank you Ted for all the work you do in promoting and living our way of life.
that was exactly Ted's point. I worked for bow shops for years. and the bows they stocked with me trying to get the lower draw weight and lengths. But the owner would not stock them. Ted shooting 50# cannot find what he wants on the rack he has to order and wait. Kids and women don't like to wait. When I was 35 I could pull and shoot 110# bow making college football line cry cause they had no form and couldn't bend the string hardly. The point being even though I could I did not enjoy shooting that thing. It was hard on the back and the shoulders. I always like shooting the 50# bows cause I could shoot all day and have fun. Today I am almost a purest in traditional archery. I went back to the basics in 2003 and shoot only traditional bows. I shoot between 40 and 50 # depending on what I am hunting and like I said before will shoot as often as I am allowed becuase it is just plain fun.
Love you Ted, and thanks for all you do to promote Gods bow country! The Bear Legit is a modern bow with a draw weight of 10-70 lbs, and a draw length of 23-30 or so. My wife is now using it at about 35lbs and 26". She likes it!
Ted when I was like 12 I'm 41 now I use to rent block buster vhs I think it was archers of Africa u were shooting an onieda eagle an shooting across a pool I guess it was your land any way love everything you do an I shoot every day God bless guns an bows an you an your family I play music too love you bro my name is Bryan Mylan it good to meet you let me know if the dark continent an bayobob trees ring a bell lol be well!
Elite - Ember
There are tons of recurves that would easily accommodate those people Ted talked about. How much more graceful does it get shooting a handcrafted one piece bow made out of rare woods instinctively into an animals vitals?! I believe Mr. Fred Bear would approve.
yes but they dont have the let off of a compond which most people wants
@@arotom dude, if you can't draw and hold a 20lbs longbow or recurve you probably shouldn't shoot at animals in the first place, cause how are you gonna carry out the harvest???
@@henningradasewski6172 have i said it was for me ?.ted is talking about women and beginners. personally i use a 70 pounds bow.
@@arotom just saying pal.
Oh ted. Give us a big back strap smile. All this mushiness and gracefulness. I’m all warm and fuzzy now.
There is so much truth in what he is saying.
New York State is anti-bow.... Our governor actually wanted to remove funding for any school that taught, sponsored or competed in any gun or archery program.
As a bowhunter education instructor I'm seeing more and more girls and adult ladies in my courses.
Why they do this is because most people are after speed, everyone want to gets every last fps they can get, and why u see people shooting 80#s with a 400 grain total arrow weight arrows
Yes is absolutely correct u can take a 18lb bow amd smoke anything
Fred Bear killed everything with a 48 lb old school recurve, wood arrows and coc Broadheads. There is no reason that a 45-50 lb modern compound can't do the same. I don't agree with Ted on much...but he couldn't be more correct about this. The only thing I would add( not that it's really worth anything) is that I wish bow manufacturers would also build bows lighter and longer ata...they'd be even more stable and smooth drawing.
Hey Ted...I think your my twin...we are so alike in every way
TED BEEN A FAN FOR 45 YEARS GREW UP WITH YOU I HAD A STROKE IN 2012 AND WOULD LIKE TO COME HUNT WITH YOU BEFORE I DIE .
Amen uncle Ted!!! 💪👊
Recurve, Longbow. Don't need massive speed and weight to hunt or target shoot. Don't need sights, balancers, cables, wheels.
ive never seen this before, twice the cerebral brain burn out with little to no drug or alcohol abuse, sad : (
He talks about how would be new archer's are being scared away by certain attitudes and in the same breath runs down others archer's who choose to do it different than him.
Yup any shop around here all there bows are 70-80 lbs it’s stupid
You Ted is the one and only.....and I mean only one that gives hope to us hunter puts sense in our heads and will die protecting the second amendment......God bless you.
I wish one day I could meet and that would mean I hit the jackpot for me.
Keep up the good work!
ted you would be the best president ever and I am a Canadian..i absolutely agree with you . I shoot a 50 lb bear effect compound bow and it will kill anything that walks.. 50 lbs is all you need.there is no need to shoot more that 50 lbs MAX
Ha ha, he's absolutely right! But, call me whatever you want, i don't "love" women who hunt.
I’m so glad
My wife doesn’t wanna fish or hunt that’s my alone time
Let's teach newbies with recurve and longbows.
Robert Decker that's what I'm starting with at 40 years old..just bought a 66 inch 28# recurve takedown and I love it.
Awesome love it
I wonder if ted has nightmares of all the animals he killed
Trisomy 21 Anomalies more like wet dreams
If you are new to archery and want to learn there is no shame in starting with a lower draw weight. To really get the feel for it even a 25 lb recurve will really help you develop consistency and proper technique. A good takedown recurve allows this flexibility. The 25 lb limbs will still be fun for recreational fun after you have mastered them. Then you can get 40lb peak limbs for hunting.and you will be a much more ethical hunter for it.
I've been saying the same thing for 30 years. Speed don't make a shit bit a difference if your not accurste
Ted knows his compound bows. I do not hunt but I target shoot English yew longbows with (shoot-off-your-hand, medieval features) wood arrows, etc. The modern bows with high technology, light stiff arrows that fly fast and straight are deadly at lower weights than what I shoot. (50-80#) But even what I shoot, I can be smooth, accurate and soft as a whisper. Search out English warbows and see beefy guys shooting 100# and UP with grace and silence. But that takes years of practice. Peace.
the government don't want 10,000,000 bow hunters. Fearful defenders they would become.
JRE podcast gets people into the bow shop more than ted nugent
I don't disagree however, if he shot hundreds of deer just last year...I mean WTF?
Brent he shoots his livestock.
where ever he gets his license to kill that many ,,,, lets all get one ,,,, there will be no deer left ????? must be a hyperbole,,,,,,,
Brent
Not only does he travel from state to state paying crazy prices for "out of state" hunter licences. But he owns a very large "ranch" in Texas where he raises pure white deer with blue eyes the size of white tail deer. In Texas you want to harvest your herd you can do anyway you want. Walk it into a barn and butcher (which Ted can't do because they run wild) or shoot from a distance. (which is what he and his friends do) It's all legal. Hungary? Go shoot a deer in a fenced in field it cannot get out of. (Very big field)
He culls his herds on his lsnd
Bear Archery has you covered
I started my kids at 10yrs of age, and I agree low poundage isn't an issue, accuracy with said bow is more important, kids love when they hit something it's an achievement and that's what counts, I've seen full penetration at 30lbs, accuracy at that weight is the key, as it is with any weight...
I wish more archery ranges would hook up with JOAD to teach kids how to properly use a bow and arrow and to also teach the sport of archery because bowes being great for hunting archery is also one of the world's oldest sports
ted.... im 46 years. first time bow owner. just got a diamond sb1. LOVE IT!! but dont have the $ for my nine year old. what do suggest
Diamond Infinite Edge Pro. $350 - $400 in a ready-to-shoot package. It is infinitely adjustable in draw weight, draw length, and tuneability with the split yokes at both cams.
Never understood why 40# recurves were hard to come by.
And 60” tall give or tske a couple inches
Somebody must have been listening. The Diamond Archery Edge SB-1 is adjustable from 7-70 pounds with draw length adjustable from 13-31 inches. There are orther options. Spread the joy and challenge of archery buy a kid a bow or get your girl a bow. With a little time you be hard pressed to out shoot them.
I have a 60 as my bow. I had no idea what was what then. I really wish it was 40. However it is hella fun. My son wants a bow. He is nine. I can’t wait. The wife doesn’t care to shoot a bow. But she does love a reason to make wool hats and mitts etc.
That's a 40 pound recurve for a Male instead of the macho 70 pound compound machine. Thanks finally. The arrow kills not the over powered bow.
so right!
I'm not sure I've ever agreed with anything more than what I just heard except for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
your are very right thank you
bravo love my 50lb draw mission bow.
Can I ask your specs? Draw length, arrow weight and speed
What a great message. Thanks ted
Nice vid
I pull 70lb like nothing but it's not enjoyable at all its more like unwanted work