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Description
The Sioux is a powerful longbow for archers with shorter draw lengths. This makes it particularly suitable for children and young people. The beautiful combination of woods and the forward curved riser, like the recurve hunting bow Tombow, round off this short longbow harmoniously. The draw weight for this bow is indicated for a draw length of 28 inches.
Every single Bodnik Bow is handmade by the bow makers at Bodnik Bows. Bearpaw Products is the exclusive partner of Bodnik Bows!
Specifications:
Bow length: 54" (approx. 137 cm)
Draw weight: 15, 20, 25 and 30 lbs
Riser: Walnut
Limbs: Cherry
Tips: Mycarta
Handle: Locator
String: Whisper String
Brace height: 6 3/4"
Quality: German Quality
Warranty: 30 years Bodnik Bows warranty*
Storage: The bow can be stored in strung condition
Delivery contents:
Bow Sioux incl. whisper string
*Warranty conditions: For all BODNIK BOWS bows, BEARPAW grants a 30-year warranty on fractures, cracks and delaminations. Excluded from the warranty are signs of wear, damage due to gross negligence or intentional behaviour or twisted limbs after a period of use of 6 months. The warranty is provided by replacement or repair of the bow. The statutory warranty rights remain unaffected by this warranty and apply independently of it.
Characteristics
Right-handed or left-handed?
Determination of the draw hand
The draw hand is the hand that pulls the string. This means that a right-handed bow is held in the left hand and drawn with the right hand.
Determining your personal draw hand has far less to do with whether you are left-handed or right-handed than you might initially assume. It is much more about determining the dominant eye. The dominant eye is used for aiming. This then automatically results in the draw hand.
The term dominant eye refers to the eye whose visual information is superimposed on everything. If a shooter tried to aim with the other eye, he would have to close the dominant eye.
There are two ways of determining the dominant eye: On the one hand, it is the eye that is generally favoured, for example when looking through the viewfinder of a camera, through the peephole or similar situations. On the other hand, there is a small exercise that can be used to determine the dominant eye beyond doubt:
- The arms are stretched out and a triangle is formed with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
- A small target is aimed at through the triangle, for example a socket or a cupboard knob. Focus on this object.
- The hands are now slowly brought towards the face without taking the target object out of focus.
- The triangle of thumb and index fingers will involuntarily tend towards one side of the face and this is where the dominant eye is located.
If the dominance of the eye and hand do not match, the bow should still be selected according to eye dominance. The arms can be easily retrained for the new draw hand, but not the eye.
More information on choosing the right type of bow, the right draw weight and the right arrows can be found here: A brief introduction to archery
Warranty information
This item comes with a manufacturer's warranty. Information on the warranty period and its conditions can be found here:
Overview - Manufacturer warranties
