what kind of bow is this and how powerful is it?

[sloppy joe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL1W3HkjJ2Y&feature=relmfu

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=1o9RGnujlkI


how is her hand not getting burned by the arrows?

 

[themcfarland]

cool post, it cant be that powerful, no more than 35-40 lbs..

 

[Ritten]

It's called a recurve bow. It's how bows were made before the use of rests, mechanical pullies, cams, and the fancy stuff most people think of today when they hear the word "bow". If you were to see a slow motion video of an arrow being shot you would notice that it bows upwards as the string pushes it forward and doesn't really touch her hand as it is released. The arrow flexes while it's in the air similar to a guitar string.

 

[#1bambam]

Powerfull enough to hurt.

 

[gunut]

A long time ago, indians use to kill buffalo with those.

 

[general mills]

a long time ago, genghis khan used to kill everything with those

 

[sloppy joe]

whats a good brand of recurve bow to start with thats not too expensive? i saw some at amazon for around $50 but where is a good place to look at some around baton rouge.

im not hunting with it. i just want to play around and it may be a good thing to have for zombies.

 

[Countryboy1985]

Been shooting traditional bows for going on 15 years and used to shoot competitively, and i can honestly say ive never seen anyone use that type of finger placement. That is a recurve bow though. She seems to be pretty accurate with it though. Couldn't honestly tell you a good name brand though, all of my bows were custom made. However, if youre interested in learning more, try http://www.artactradbow.org/
It's a good hobby and definitely challenging