You would be much better off posting this in the Traditional Section. Whatever you get, if you are intent on having a dual purpose bow, it would more than likely need to be ILF. That stands for International Limb Fitting. You can vary the length and draw weight of your bow buy buying different riser and limb length combos. For starters and your low budget, you may not get what you want right away. Whatever you get, it should probably (more than likely) be a lower draw weight.


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I paid $200 for my pse mustang brand new. I've had it several years with no problems. I imagine a target bow will run you more than $200 unless you get a good used one. One thing I would advise though.....50 lb limbs don't seem that bad at first but after I shoot for 30 minutes or so it really wears on me. I wish I'd have gotten 40 lb limbs now.

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I've been looking at the Samick Sage. Its a hunting bow but is at a good price and most people seem to like it. Should I just get that for now and see how my preference develops? Thank you both so much for the advice by the way.

 

I would say the sage bow would be a good starter bow but you would probably want to replace it once you got more experienced. I have only been shooting traditional for a couple of years so I'm definitely no expert. It is fun though......mpre fun than compounds to me just because of the difficulty. I've been wanting to upgrade my recurve but I just dropped $1,200 on a new Bowtech so I better hold off a little while, haha.

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I have no idea how big and strong you are but IMHO, it wouldn't hurt start light. 30# light. If I were to buy a Sage, I would buy it from Lancaster Archery because their customer service is second to none!


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I'm not very big. 5' 6" and about 127 lbs. I was hoping to try out a 40#. If I feel like it would hurt my technique, I'll move down. I was actually going to stop by a local archery shop/range tomorrow to see if they'd be able to help me and let me try things out. Although I've been hearing bad things about the customer service so we'll see how that goes

 

I hunt and shoot competitions with the same recurve. ILF recurves are very versatile because they are highly tunable. When i feel like shooting traditional in a 3d this is my go to bow. When i feel like taking a recurve on a hunt it is also my go to bow. Great all around bow

 

What kind of recurve is that and how much was it? Are there any other good ILFs for around 150 or would they be more expensive than that? It sure looks great!

 

Took a quick look online and most of the limbs alone were a few hundred let alone the bow haha.

 

Yep, That's why I haven't upgraded to a target bow yet.

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Check out lancaster archery for some risers...ILF type. Samick Avante, Cartel fantom, core spart, Hoyt Excel - last 2 are machied riser- the others are cast

http://www.lancasterarchery.com/bows/olympic-recurve-bows/recurve-risers.html

If your goal is target archery, then save all you can and go ILF, you'll be happy you did. But if you just can't swing the extra cost, go with the sage...it's not a bad choice.

BTW, you can get inexpensive ILF limbs---
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Greatree-Ar...mbs-medium-length-36-44-/171023460996?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27d1caea84
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SF-Archery-...in-ILF-34-lb-Medium-NEW-/261230702523?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3cd2902fbb

 

greattree highlander bow, priced excellent, and is used for all 3 types of archery

 

Bought a 32# Samick Polaris as the shop was pretty overpriced but they included some bonuses such as a free introductory archery class. Also, I'm left eye dominant but right handed and they ended up recommending a left handed bow so I suppose I'll just work on my strength in that arm. Thank you all for the help!