SAS Courage 60″ Takedown Review – The Perfect Recurve Bow For Beginners

Hello Marc,

I am happy you enjoyed my review of the SAS 60″ takedown recurve bow.

While javelina do have a good sense of smell, their eyesight is rather poor. This makes it easier to stalk them and get up close enough to hunt them with a bow.
In addition their skin is not very thick, so you wouldn’t need a bow with a very high draw weight.

Another easy way of hunting Javelina is to bait them. If you know an area where they usually live, you can choose a good place to hide and spread corn kernels on the floor.
Don’t move and stay in cover until they come to eat and you will have a rather easy shot.
This technique is especially good for beginners.

The SAS 60″ takedown bow would be more than enough to hunt javelina.

But before you go hunting with a bow, you have to become a decent archer first. If not you might only hurt the animal and cause a lot of suffering if it gets away and dies somewhere slowly.

If you are completely new to archery, head over to my beginners training where I explain everything step by step.

Let me know how it goes.

Moritz

Thank you San!

That means a lot to me!
At the moment I want to finish my training of the 10 archery shooting techniques.
After that I will focus more on great bows and crossbows I can recommend to my readers.

A take down bow is a bow you can assemble and disassemble. It has three parts, the riser (grip) and two limbs (arms).
Many modern recurve bows are actually take down bows. They are easy to transport and when you need a stronger bow you can just buy new limbs and don’t need to buy a whole new bow.

Cheers

Moritz

Hello Marc,
welcome to my archery corner!
I would recommend your friend the Samick Sage Takedown Recurve Bow.
It is very similar to the SAS Courage Takedown Bow, but you can choose between left and right hand. The cost is almost the same, too.

Make sure your friend selects the correct hand when he purchases the bow.

If you have any more questions, please let me know!

Moritz

Welcome back, Theuns.

I am happy to read from you again.
There is a lot you can learn about archery. It is way more than just letting an arrow fly and (hopefully) hitting a target.

Most modern bows have a grip that is shaped in a way that it is only comfortable to use with your right or with your left hand. If you are using additional equipment (e.g. arrow rest) then you can’t just turn your bow around to use it with the other hand, as the arrow rest would be upside down then.

The tricky thing in archery is to find out which bow you have to use.
It has nothing to do with whether you are usually right handed or left handed.
The important thing is which of your eyes is the dominant one.

I am happy that you brought this to my attention, because I noticed now that I haven’t explained this to my readers yet.
I will add this to my archery step by step guide right now.

Cheers

Moritz

Hello Benjamin,

I agree with you that recurve bows can be tough to hold for a longer time.
That’s why recurve bow archers can’t and shouldn’t hold the bow fully drawn too long.

It is different when shooting a compound bow (like you mentioned), because the pulleys do a lot of the work.

Have you ever tried a crossbow?
They can be an interesting alternative, because you don’t need to worry about holding their draw weight and can aim as long as you wish.

Have a great day.

Moritz

Hello Karam,

don’t worry.
The SAS Courage will give you the same joy, accuracy and durability as the Samick Sage.

Both are takedown bows, so you can change the limbs should one get damaged, or if you want to change the draw weight.
But when treated well, the SAS Courage bow will do its job for a very long time.
I don’t think you need to return or cancel your order.

Is this your first bow?
If yes, then I would recommend to use a stringer to string the bow, because it can happen easily that the limbs get twisted, when beginners try to string the bow without a stringer.
Did you get any additional equipment?

I have a step by step guide in my archery training that helps everybody to become a great archer!

Let me know how it goes and write me if you have more questions.

Cheers
Moritz

Hello Lucas,

while your problem with your hand is rather normal for beginners, it could also be caused by the wrong technique. The SAS Courage Recurve Bow is a great bow and shouldn’t cause this problem when using the right technique.

Not sure which hand you are talking about.
If it’s the one which is holding the bow, make sure that you don’t grab the bow too tight. We actually try to keep our hand as relaxed as possible and close our fingers lightly around the grip, just enough so that the bow doesn’t fall down.

If it’s the hand which is pulling the string, you should definitaly wear either a finger tab or a shooting glove to protect your finger tips.
This hand has to stay relaxed also. The whole weight is held and pulled back with your fingers (the strength comes mostly from the back though) while the hand stays relaxed.
This takes practice of course to get it right.

I’d highly recommend to go through my archery training to make sure that you get the technique right.
This will improve your archery experience immensly.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Moritz

Hey.

Welcome to My Archery Corner.
I am happy you like my site.
If you want to get started with archery the SAS Courage Takedown Bow would be a great choice.

Let me know if you have any question about archery.

Moritz

Hi,
you can buy arms (limbs) with different draw weights here. They cost around 60 dollars.
The SAS Courage does not come with an arrow rest.
To learn more about arrow rests and where to get them, please read this article.
I would either use a simple arrow rest, or a whisker biscuit arrow rest.

I hope you are having a great Christmas.
Let me know when you need any more information about bows or archery equipment. 🙂

Moritz

Hello Brad,

the SAS Courage Takedown Bow would be a great bow for your daughter.
Just make sure to get the one with 35 LBS draw weight.
A higher draw weight would be too difficult to draw for a beginner.

I wrote an article about archery for women.
There you will see that there is not anything that can stop women from becoming great archers, too.

I hope your daughter will enjoy archery.
Make sure to come back for more information.
My archery training will sure help her to improve quickly.

All the best.
Moritz

Hi David,

thanks a lot for making me aware of this mistake.
That must have slipped in there somehow.
The SAS Courage Takedown recurve bow, does NOT have bushings preinstalled.
If you need a bow with bushings, I recommend the Samick Sage or the Spyder recurve bow.

Cheers
Moritz