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    Outdoor survival shows- why do they all shoot recurves

    Been keeping these on in the background while working in the office.

    Been watching one on Netflix, called Alone. They go camping in the woods and whatnot for an extended amount of time and are left to their own devices with minimal gear.

    One thing I notice, is they all have recurve bows. Not knocking them, but if I was forced to be alone in the woods and had to hunt to survive, as these folks do, I would carry my compound bow instead of a recurve due to the effective range.

    Is this more for a prop for the show than anything else?

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    I wouldn't call the contestants on alone campers

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      #3
      They’re only allowed primitive bows. Go online and you can see the list of items they can bring

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        #4
        Recurve over longbow over self bow. But if they allowed mechanical advantage I would take a 22 lr

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          #5
          Originally posted by Quackerbox View Post
          I wouldn't call the contestants on alone campers

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          I wouldn’t call them alone either……..

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            #6
            Originally posted by Drycreek3189 View Post
            I wouldn’t call them alone either……..
            Lemme guess, bear grylls is cooking them lobster?

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              #7
              Originally posted by Outback77 View Post
              They’re only allowed primitive bows. Go online and you can see the list of items they can bring
              Gotcha....that makes sense

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                #8
                Show rules. And they have to follow all local game laws.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Quackerbox View Post
                  Lemme guess, bear grylls is cooking them lobster?

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                  Uh no, those people are suffering. That show is legit/self filmed. Highly recommended.


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                    #10
                    Alone is legit. They can bring 10 items, but only trad bows. Clay Hayes is on season 8. He made a self bow because he’s successfully hunted with self bows before and wanted to use one for the show. He was successful with it earlier in the season, shooting a large animal.


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                      #11
                      Originally posted by glen View Post
                      Recurve over longbow over self bow. But if they allowed mechanical advantage I would take a 22 lr
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                      A .22 is the World’s best survival tool, unless you can bring a recurve AND Geena Davis.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by bdog14 View Post
                        Uh no, those people are suffering. That show is legit/self filmed. Highly recommended.


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                        Well aware. I'm a fan of the show. Comment was for naysayer

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                          #13
                          let me know when they have an ar15 in a survival show... that might be worth watching , on second thought ... no ... it would not ! the survival part would be much easier, but so many would get offended.

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                            #14
                            Whole lot less to mess up on a recurve compared to a compound.

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                              #15
                              Cause they’re stupid. They are dumber than a box of rocks.

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