Longbow "forgiveness" explanation?

[skychief]

Howdy Stumpkiller!

I can relate.  Before this 64" longbow, I was shooting a 56" recurve.  I'd shot it well enough but at times struggled.

I've not looked back.

Best regards, Skychief

[Terry Green]

What's really funny is Howard Hill said he didn't shoot recurves cause he couldn't shoot good enough to be accurate with one.

That is a funny and curious statement coming from HH.

[Buckeye1977]

That is interesting Terry! I've shot both and notice a slight difference in how each shoots for me but if I do my part my accuracy is the same with either. The longbows seem to fit my hand better as I like a low wrist grip. The longbows seem to have a slight vibration at release but after a shot or two I get used to it. I guess that's from the difference in mass weight of my recurve to longbow. Just something about hunting with a longbow though that keeps drawing me to them!!

[Bvas]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
What's really funny is Howard Hill said he didn't shoot recurves cause he couldn't shoot good enough to be accurate with one.

That is a funny and curious statement coming from HH.

I believe I heard nearly that exact same statement from Byron Ferguson years ago when he was doing a show at an Ohio Deer and Turkey expo.