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I was not trying to paint one better than the other. I don't have a hill, but a straight wrist d bow, but that is my least favorite. My two long bows are RD. I need to give a good hill style bow a chance. My long bow grips are thinner than my recurve grips, and lower, maybe medium grip. My shooting if I am on is pretty good with both types, I was just rambling. Patrick I can identify with your switch from longbow to recurve. But I feel confident with the longbow out as far as my stands allow, which is close.
-------------------- "Our outdoor heritage owes more to the countless Lords who questioned and explored than to Lord Ripon, who simply chose to shoot and tally." E.D.Thomas Jr. Posts: 3117 | From: Waldoboro, Maine | Registered: Mar 2008
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I've been shooting sticks for about 50 years. During that time, I've come full circle about three times, from recurves to longbows to selfbows, etc. I've always had some of each on the rack, but tended to shoot one style more than another for a fair length of time. For the past 10-15 years, it's been primarily hybrid longbows. However, killed a turkey a week ago with a 56-inch Bear T?D recurve and will be using it during another turkey season tomorrow. They're all good.
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quote:Originally posted by Orion: They're all good.
Exactly. There's no way I'm going to stop now... I'm intending quite a habit.
-------------------- Pat McGann
Bob Lee Exotic Stickbow, 51# Bob Lee Signature T/D recurve, 55# Howatt Palomar recurve (69"), 40#
"If you leave archery for one day, it will leave you for 10 days." --Turkish proverb Posts: 820 | From: Twisp, WA | Registered: Oct 2006
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Maineac, I like your rambling. It is good to hear about other people's experiences and adventures. Probably, most of us have had some bad experiences with both types of bow. Also, we have likely had equally great experiences with each. To me it is fun to do both. However, I am primarily a Hill Bow shooter - almost exclusively, but I still ain't planning to get rid of my recurves.
As stated so well previously, theyre all good.
Now the question for myself is whether I am wish-washy or multi-dimensional.
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I'm with you all. I love e everything about a nice R/d longbow, just don't shoot them as well as a recurve. I think thats why I'm such a huge fans of 50's style bow...
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I love the clean simple lines of a nice longbow. I have 12- 15 recurves hanging on a rack but never shoot them unless I'm going bowfishing. The longbow just feels so simple and natural. I have only been shooting just a longbow for about 32 years now. Not long enough to try something new.
-------------------- PBS regular UBM life member Compton Posts: 1011 | From: Imperial, MO | Registered: Jul 2005
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Maineac, my wife hated me rambling about my bowhunting. Said I loved bowhuting more than her. She obsessed! We still talk now & then after being divorced 35+ years. Ever so often, she mentions getting back together. That's when I start talking about bowhunting. Is this stuff fun or what?
Got 'em shoot 'em & be thankful. Glad I have both recurve & LB friends.
-------------------- Buddy Bell
Trad is 60% mental & about 40% mental. Posts: 4460 | From: Texas | Registered: Oct 2007
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I am in love with my recurves. I am a one-piece junkie. For me, they are what they are. One chunk of wood (laminated from various components) flowing in archs that bend gracefully and snap back home, propelling a dart through the air. I love 'em. Old ones, new ones, pretty ones, utilitarian (ugly) ones.
I am awe struck by the simplicity of the longbow however. A stick. Attach a sting and go to work. The R/D modern longbows shoot so buttery smooth I get lost in flinging arrows throughout the afternoon. The D-style longbows have a classic look that take me back to daydreams of young boys heading off into the back 40 to find a willing target on a steamy summer day.
But those dang hill-tyle bows just jolt my head and neck so much it turns into an unpleasant chore. Wish I could quit buying them! But dang they are pretty.
Again, great thread.
-------------------- Brian - aka "Big Sexy" Compton Traditional Bowhunters - Lifetime Member
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Great thread Maineac, I have the same type of feelings about my curves and longbows. I've always felt a little unsettled, like I should go with one or the other to concentrate on becoming the best shooter I could become. My love for the primative nature of a longbow makes me feel I'm where I belong. I love the stealthy quietness, quickness in hand and smoothness of my longbows. The curves I have are so beautiful, smoking fast, so easy to shoot well they inspire confidence, still my mind bounces back and forth and pulls my heart right along with it. Lately, I make sense of which I choose to shoot while hunting like choosing a golf club on the course. I have a 56" 61#@28" recurve I use for most tree stand hunting and tight spots, I use my 66" 61#@28" longbow for most of my ground hunting. I've just recently acquired a bow I sold almost 3 years ago. This is the only bow that has ever really spoke to me. As much as I love all the bows I have for different reasons, this bow seems to give me something back. This is now my go to bow, and I will choose the others based on the specific need at hand, adjusting size and power. My go to bow is 60" 55#@28" Longbow. This one seems to bring me everything I've every dreamed of when thinking about bow hunting. The curves gives me the confidence when shooting bow . When I see my 56" curve in my hand, the beauty, the performance, I feel it's almost like cheating when hunting. The longbow seems to connect me in a more primative way, maybe thats the romance part of the equation that causes the struggle deep inside. Surely not a right or wrong way, I just can't say I am one or the other.
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Started out with a D longbow many years ago. Then got on the recurve wagon followed by ILF. But then felt the pull of the longbow drawing me back. Lately been migrating to hybrids and as of now do feel they are 'the best of both worlds for me'. They can be had with any grip style and riser weight you want, many options with riser and limbs.
I have come to not like the aggressive early weight gain on high performance recurves, feels more like a compound, much prefer the draw cycle of the hybrid with its more moderate early bulge in the dfc. Personal thing that not everyone would agree with. I think the grip is very important to accuracy and once I changed to recurve style grips on hybrids accuracy is not a problem.
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I agree with what you say about the stability of a bow. The wider the limb is directly related to how stable the bow is for me. The two bows I own are a Ben Pearson hunter and a zipper sxt with the longbow limbs. The Pearson is bulkier while the zipper is lighter and fits better in the hand which for me means better accuracy.
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Kenneth you put it well. One bow calls to me more than the others, but I love shooting them all. I plan on reworking the grip of my checkmate. I don't know why, it is super accurate, but fees a little squirrelly with a med high wrist. I should probably leave well enough alone, but want match the wrist angle that make my hybrids feels so good in the hand. some great thoughts from everyone.
Buddy, I am on my 26th year with my wife, I try to only ramble so much with her. I get a lot of what are you thinking about when we are sitting around int eh evening. The answer is usually "archery" or " ________ hunting (fill in the blank with what is in season or next up)".
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Great thread,I honestly didn't think there were so many like me!LOL. It was the recurve for years,until this howard Hill thread popped up.Back in the early eightys I had given Hill bows a good effort,or so I thought.Just couldn't get the hang of it,back to recurves. Since this HH thread,now with so much more info I thought I'd give her an other shot.It reminded me of learning to ride a bike.It finally just happened.I'm as accurate,or more.For some crazy reason I can pull alot more weight.My recurves now seam,heavy,cumbersome and the draw feels so weak and mushy.I guess as an archer the evolution of development just never stops.In all sincerity don't have a closed mind on any bow or shooting style.Your interests and development can and probably will change.
-------------------- Quote from Howard Hill.( Whenever he taught someone to shoot) "Son make up your mind right now if you want to target shoot or hunt as theres a world of differance between the two" Posts: 2647 | From: Sask. Canada | Registered: Aug 2008
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