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You know I'm gonna show off my JD Berry Apollo forward handled longbow.Took my first deer with a couple weeks ago. 62" and 48#@28. Yew core and trapezoid yew limbs. The bow was built from 72 individual pieces of exotic wood. Gorgeous arrow inlays on the limbs. Cocobola and brazilian walnut riser with double arcs and elk antler inlay. Elk antler overlay on the riser back and elk antler and bloodwood on the riser belly. Elk antler tip overlays on the trademark hook nocks. This bow is simply stunning. Draws smooth as butter and whisper quiet even without silencers. I was shocked at how fast it is. My last JD Berry Taipan was 52# and this one seems faster than that. Even the script work is unbelievable.
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This is my Dan Quillian Bamboo Longhunter. Mild R/D, D-Shape when braced, 68". She's a joy to shoot. I also have a Green Mountain, but don't have pics of her yet.
This is before Whip refinished her when she still belonged to Biggie Hoffman.
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Although I love my r/d bow, for months I've been giving serious thought to ordering a Howard Hill longbow. However, what's made me hesitate is the talk in the HH thread about the bows being heavier than marked. Not sure I want to take a chance on a bow that could arrive at a draw weight heavier than ordered. But I need a new longbow for elk hunting. So I'm now giving thought to a Wes Wallace r/d longbow, which would be similar to the Columbian Blacktail I own.
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I have tried or owned MOST R/D longbows. I still go to my Dwyer original when the time comes for killing. BILL
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Wow, I forgot my Toelke Super "D" ,great bow. That's what happens when you have to many....LOL !!! I wonder if this post will get to over 300 pages like the Hill one did!!
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pdk25....how do you like the jack-knife option?
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I have had quite a few of the "mild r/d" longbows. Robertson, JD Berry, Yellowstone, northern mist, and my current favorite, Mohawk. When I picked up a Mohawk last fall used, it immediately became my go to bow, at least until Vince got my new one done this spring.
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fwiw, there are no trad r/d police involved in this thread, and all longbows are good longbows if they work well for ya.
so i leave it to each of you to decide whether yer r/d longbow braces to "D" or not - hey, it's all good.
but clearly, this moab of mine is not a mild r/d "D" longbow - it's an aggressive beast that thinks it's a recurve ...
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I love my Robertson Purist. It's 64", 55#@26". 4 laminations of red elm with clear glass belly and back. Bocote riser. It was my first custom bow and has accompanied me on many hunts. I killed two deer on the opening weekend of the year I got it. I think that has always contributed to my confidence level when hunting with that bow. Killed a nice doe with it this year. Shoots so nice with tapered cedars. I hunted with an aggressive hybrid bow for a few years. A chaparral kaibab deluxe. This bow is lightning fast and needs a much stiffer arrow at the same draw weight. Found myself going back to the Robertson. It's just solid and smooth. Recently obtained a recurve from another tradganger and will probably hunt the rest of this week with it. But my purist will be in the camper for a back up or for just in case I need my old friend. Now I need a HH bow. My old Jerry Hill is fun to shoot but something happened with that bow that haunts me. Had something to do with a monager of a 6 pointer. But that's another story.
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the ifaa used formulas and measuring devices to make sure all competitors were using CLASSIC "D" braced ENGLISH ELB or HOWARD HILL style longbows.
along comes jim & buddy from 21st century longbows and they design/build "the edge" longbow that's an AGGRESSIVE r/d longbow which braces to a true "D" longbow shape. one fast mutha of a hybrid longbow - a wolf set among sheep, porsche versus beetle - you get the picture.
well, it passed the ifaa longbow test and needless to say, if you didn't shoot "the edge" longbow, you were at a competitive disadvantage with your slower elb or hill (the ifaa classic target longbow event has target distances far beyond the scope of a true trad bowhunter). "the edge" won the ifaa longbow champs at least once that i know of, but probably more.
i'll leave it to y'all to think about that one!
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A Mohawk. My Favorite. I've never actually met Vince ,only conversed on the net but anybody that builds a bow like this has to be a fine feller.RC
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