The perfect elk/bear bow

[Zach Mikita]

What is your setup for big game?  Do you use the same bow year round?  How unique is your yearly setup (number of bows you shoot)?

[steadman]

Same for elk and bear. This year 68" 61#@28" longbow i built. Last year was a 66" 59#@28 longbow. I switch usually every year. But I stick with that bow once I start practicing with it.

[Pat B]

I make and shoot wood bows. During the year I shoot quite a few bows but when I pick my hunting bow for that season I stick with it exclusively with the exception of a back up bow...which I have never needed...knock wood! Most of my bows are in the 55# range for my draw of 26". That's what I prefer to shoot mostly, all year long.

[Whip]

I've done a lot of switching around in the past, but now I'm settled in with an RER LX, 57# @ 29".  It works for elk and deer, and will work for anything else I ever intend to hunt.

[Tree man]

Here is my Elk bow.I have called it my Elk bow for years. It has taken  2 Javelina, 2 Turkeys , A Feral Hog, a Jackrabbit,a squirrel a cottontail and I can't remember how many grouse.....and I have never loosed an arrow from it at an Elk..... but one day...  

[Tree man]

That bow is 53 @27. I have a couple of 45 lbers that get hunted with and shot more  than the Elkbow.

[Bjorn]

That's a beauty Tree man! Did you steam bend the R/D?

[tippit]

The perfect one is the one in your photo after the harvest.  It can be selfbow, longbow, or recurve in a legal weight for the state or country were you're hunting.  Doesn't have to be anything special from your regular bow...Doc

Osage bent stick & stone point.

 

[Zach Mikita]

I love it! great ideas and thoughts guys. I will post another question about materials for a big game hunt, but I have to return to class.