I haven't competitively shot 3d since 2011. I have always shot my hunting equipment, just using field points instead of broadheads. I was using an A&H, ACS, 55lbs@28", with 620 grain arrows. We weren't a large club so our trad classes consisted of Men's Longbow, Men's Recurve, and Ladies trad. I shot in the longbow class and won my class championship. That was the year I turned 65 so I think I stacked up pretty well against the young bucks. Incidentally, that year, my wife, shooting a Massie Longhorn longbow, 40 lbs@26" with 500gr arrows won the class championship in Ladies Trad.
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Congrats, Phillip! Cool arrow awards!
As far as shooting hunting equipment: to me, it seems like the only way to go if you're a hunter. I mean, everything about the activity is theoretically designed to simulate hunting -- the foam animals, their "kill zones" (which are somewhat debatable regarding reality for some ), shooting a single arrow, distances, placement of animals among obstructions, etc. It all seems to try and evoke as near a hunting experience as possible. So, yes, I use my hunting set-up, with the same weight field tips screwed in as the broadheads I plan to use hunting.
The other aspect of 3D is creating a little bit of competitive "pressure" to make the best shots possible to score -- as one would want to make the best shots possible on live game. Blurring that reality -- between shooting at a foam-versus-real animal -- to heighten focus on each shot is what makes 3D shooting a more effective hunting practice tool than merely shooting at a bag target.
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