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Well , since one of my shooting buddys said I suffer from C.H.S. or can't hit s--- the exotic wood bow lets me look at something exciting. Really, I have 9 bows in the rack now-shot a 900 round w/ a Titan and the Commonwealth 3-d w/ a Hummingbird longbow. When one gets boring I just try another style or type bow. Also have one Mathews Drenalin just in case. Thanks, Roy
-------------------- Maybe it is time to shoot what I have on the rack Posts: 479 | From: copper hill virginia | Registered: Dec 2005
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For those that think ILF are ugly, dress them up! Metal risers take paint well. Use your imagination! This was a flourescent red riser. Camoed it then painted deer tracks, buffalo skulls, buffalo tracks, turkey tracks, feathers, antlers all over it. The limbs were all decals of bright colors. Put Bullsnake on the limbs and put antler limb bolts in the stabilizer bushings.
You can do crazy stuff and if it doesnt work out, strip it off and there is your metal riser again. Limb skins too, I have one ILF that has limbskins covering everything but the site window.
Although I'd never paint over my exotic woods, going over alloy is cake!
-------------------- David M. Conroy Posts: 2745 | From: Bellingham, Massachusetts | Registered: Jun 2009
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That's a very real and timely question..............personally I would not switch and likely would not even pick up an 'ugly' bow. David that's a very tasteful job of dressing up that bow! Posts: 8750 | From: Los Gatos, California | Registered: Jun 2005
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I guess I should answer my own question. I was a dyed in the wool classic bow guy since the mid 60s. Never owned a true custom but had some really pretty Howatts, Bears and others.
About a year and a half ago I bought a Hoyt Buffalo which I shot better than any of my classics although cannot be considered a thing of beauty. I've been shooting it ever since. I also have been dabbling in ILF and have a Morrison wood/phenolic handle with Samick BF Extreme limbs. Another great shooting combo but not what I'd consider ugly. These two bows are great shooters and you can catch me shooting one or the other and the pretty wood classics gather dust.
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quote:Originally posted by David Mitchell: I wonder how much our predecessors in our sport worried about how pretty their bows were! Just when did we get so wrapped up in cosmetics of the tools of our trade? Oh, and to answer the question, no I would stay with the bows I want to shoot and seek to shoot them as well as I possibly can.
I like pretty bows. A bow doesn't HAVE to be ugly to shoot well. Shoot what makes you feel the best.
BTW, the more I shoot only one bow, the more I think ONE BOW shooting is the way to go for consistency.
quote:Originally posted by reddogge: I guess I should answer my own question. I was a dyed in the wool classic bow guy since the mid 60s. Never owned a true custom but had some really pretty Howatts, Bears and others.
About a year and a half ago I bought a Hoyt Buffalo which I shot better than any of my classics although cannot be considered a thing of beauty. I've been shooting it ever since. I also have been dabbling in ILF and have a Morrison wood/phenolic handle with Samick BF Extreme limbs. Another great shooting combo but not what I'd consider ugly. These two bows are great shooters and you can catch me shooting one or the other and the pretty wood classics gather dust.
Heh, nothing wrong with that Richard. This is how such great bows end up in the classifieds here. Everyone likes something different, which keeps that beautiful flow of used bows moving at our fingertips.
-------------------- David M. Conroy Posts: 2745 | From: Bellingham, Massachusetts | Registered: Jun 2009
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I don't think I could stray from my old wood bows. To each his own but I still have not seen a ILF that I would consider pretty. My .02
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I'll just state the obvious. You can have beauty and accuracy today. So why have only one or the other?
You can make a very functional home in a concrete bunker. But I'd sure miss the beauty outside my windows.
While sitting in a blind or tree stand, it's pure joy to hold and admire your bow made of beautiful woods.
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A large part of going to traditional bows was the wood and the beauty of said bow just the feel and looks of a well made bow make me happy. shoot what you like for me the bows looks are a large part of the experience.
Posts: 77 | From: minnesota | Registered: Jun 2007
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For me, I spent years shooting a compound, nothing wrong with them as hunting implements. But I got into the traditional world 20 years ago. About 3 years ago a buddy and me was hunting and he had a new metal riser recurve and he wanted me to shoot it. I did, for me it just wasn't the same. It shot fast and accurate, but the natural feeling was not there and to me didn't feel right. So, I still use a traditonal bow, untill my body will not let me.
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Just like I prefer wood arrows over carbon for aesthetic reasons moreso than practical ones, I would keep shooting the sexy bow. And, thanks to Big Jim, I do have the most beautiful bow, at least in my mind.
-------------------- Heroes don't wear capes, they wear dogtags. Posts: 2516 | From: WY - East face of the Bighorns | Registered: Oct 2007
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I have too many bows for different reasons some shoot good some I have had too long. When I see or shoot a new bow that interest me I can build something similar in my little shop, put my spin on it and most times it shoots great. Always looking but not trading up, just adding to the collection
James
-------------------- When you are having a bad day always remember: Everyone suffers at their own level. Posts: 1272 | From: Rolling Fork, Mississippi | Registered: May 2010
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