Novelty bows.

[Cherry Tree]

Who else finds themselves shooting the odd or novelty bows...its not always the best performing bow I enjoy shooting the most. Does anybody else share this experience? If so what bow is it...I enjoy super short bows.

[nineworlds9]

All bows are novelty bows for me LOL, my archery addiction demands it.  That being said I like extremes and so I always seem to have really long bows or really short bows on hand.  Evident in my signature right now.  My 60" Schafer is arguably the most middle of the road of my bows right now, it shoots so damn well and with so little fanfare that I don't shoot it as often as the rest.  My Hill, well I just love how lively and forgiving those long straight limbs are.  My Lil Slammer and Pika?  They are shorties but they are damn easy to shoot for a shorty.  The Pika is just a hoot...it has the proportions of a kids bow, but handles a 30" draw and has some mass to it with the Micarta and Bow-bolt.  

That being said I've always been curious to try one of those metal 2pc fishing rod looking bows with the cork handles.  And horse bow Asiatic type bows those are fun fun fun.

I guess this would be a novelty bow, but it has killed over 30 edible critters, shooting both left handed and right handed.  sometimes a novelty is not a novelty.  
 

[Sota]

Had the pleasure of shooting a big long 90# English longbow that was fun, and the super short Asian bows Can be a blast.

[Sota]

What's sad is my first time shooting a Hill style bow felt like a novelty to me.

[KeganM]

What started as a novelty bow has turned into one of my new favorites. Designed a very short hybrid, 56". At my 31" draw it's still super smooth and surprisingly accurate. I'd never been able to shoot a bow under 62" well with my draw before but this thing has such a sweet shot feel and just puts them there. Already planning another one for hunting season, too!

I still shoot my other bows, too, but this thing has me questioning how much of a "longbow" guy I really am!

[Cherry Tree]

Hey pavan what's the details of that bow looks really nice!

That is the prototype to the JD Heritage.  It has the Hill money bow flattened grip, it is back set and 50 at 26 with a cherry wood veneer on the belly side and cherry and I believe ebony in the riser.  I use 45-50 27" bop cedars with Schulz Hunter Heads and 50-53 27" bop with single bevel 160 Hills out of it.  Many times I walk in thinking I am a right hander and then shift to left hand as the situation calls for when deer hunting.  I am a better wing shot right handed, but but thanks to a grove with lots of rabbits, my left hand shooting is very close on the fast shots.

[Cherry Tree]

That sounds like a sweet set up! You don't hear about alot of poeple who can switch from right to left like that, I can and be decent since I switched from right hand to left due to dominate eye but My right hand isn't anything special.

o always could shoot left handed, the biggest problem I hand with the release finger injury was learning to walk left handed.  I have trained myself to lead with the other foot when still hunting left handed.

[BrianfromTulsa]

I just picked up a Browning folding Hunter, haven't shot it yet but it certainly is a novelty.  no string but it has the original canvas case

[tomsm44]

Not sure they count as novelty, but I mainly shoot vintage bows.  I have a couple newer customs that are fancier and shoot as good or better, but I like the history of vintage bows.  When I get a new vintage, I obsess over researching the history of the bow, the company, the bowyer, anything I can find really.  I think that adds a little novelty to them.

[Cherry Tree]

I like that Matt...history of older bows is always intriguing.

[tomsm44]

Yep.  Even though I don't know the actual history of each individual bow, it's cool to imagine all the cool hunts they've been on in their 50 year life