Who loves the Shorties !!!

[beemann]

Leather grip saddle from three rivers

[Dave Pagel]

I have a 56 inch, 46# Pronghorn that is a really nice shooting bow.  It will see a lot of time in the woods.

D.P.

[Kirkll]

I think of all the shorties i've played with out there the one that impressed me the most was Ron La Clairs Shrew..... I just love that design.  Years ago i talked with Ron about loving his design and wanting to build something similar myself. He said that copying his design would be the highest compliment he could get from a another bowyer.    That guy was an incredible man....

I did in fact build a few 52" bows rather similar to Ron's Shrew design that i called The "Yeti". I hunted with one for several years myself, and it was really nice in the brush. I have a 30" draw and it didn't come close to stacking this little bow either...

Here she is at about 29" draw... The picture got snapped before i hit anchor point here. That is a full length 32" shaft with a broad head.

I still have this bow hanging in my shop. This was the first prototype and lasted a couple years before developing a noise i didn't like when drawing it. So i retired it to a wall hanger. The bows i built after this one,  i used power lams extending the fade tips and it increased the draw length capasity even more.

 I haven't built a Yeti in quite some time now, but still have the forms. The demand for shorty bows and popularity come and go like the tides, but never were real big sellers even though they are excellent shooters. The 58-60" bows were much more popular.      Kirk

[Roger Norris]

My "short" bows have all been Shrews, both longbows and recurves. Thanks to proper design, I have never experienced finger pinch or any other negative often cited. I find them particularly handy in the way I hunt....sneak in, hang a stand, hunt that tree one time, pull the stand and move. Not only are they easy to maneuver in brush, but they really shine when you can't trim a treestand site as much as you would if it was permanent.

I like them fairly heavy in poundage, my lightest Shrew being 57#, with several of them at 60# or more.

[Bowguy67]

I’ve had a few bows 58-60” but typically shoot longer lengths. This year I got a super mag. I love that bow. Really love the small out of your way riser. Not that I fist anything. Gotta be honest I see little to zero difference in longer or shorter bows. My DL though is only 27-1/2”

[Trenton G.]

I had a short longbow that I didn't get along with super well with my draw length, however it wasn't really designed to be drawn that far to begin with. I'd like to try something that is actually made to fit me and see how it performs as I can definitely see it being an advantage with all the ground hunting in thick brush that I do.

[Mr.Vic]

Love the short bow now days after many years of 58 plus inch. Great for sitting down. Jess Stuart made my last bow I'll be ordering since I'm an old fart hiding out in the desert. Some short bows shoot awesome an I got one. 

[Sam McMichael]

Most of my longbows are 68" long, but back in the days that I shot recurves, they were 56" or shorter. I liked them just fine.

[doubleo]

I have a 56" Stalker Coyote that i am shooting really well at my 27" draw length. I will be ordering a 56" longbow very soon.

[808trad]

My go to shorty bow is my 60" 40#@26" Liberty Edge TD (bow bolt) by the late Allen Boice.  It travels well and its compact size allows me to bushwhack the sometimes dense terrain here in Hawaii.  It is smooth, fast, and a joy to shoot.  I own other Liberty Longbows, but I always gravitate towards this one.

[Captain*Kirk]

I have a decent selection of bows to pick from when I hunt, but my 'go-to' bow is definitely my 52" K-Mag. It's quiet, no stacking at 29" and light and nimble.

[BillyJack1975]

I’ve owned and shot several compact recurves, Bear Super Magnum 48, Kodiak Magnum 52” and currently sometimes hunt with my 56” 50# Kodiak takedown. It’s great for hunting in blinds, stands and the spot and stalk game. Took 2 deer last year with it and got pass throughs on both deer no problem. I won’t go any shorter than 56”. Definitely not a 3D competition bow I’d choose but for hunting, it served me great last year. Looking forward to using it for years to come.

[kopfjaeger]

I just got this 1971 Bear Super Magnum 48 (55#@28") the beginning of this year. It's the shortest bow I ever owned. I do like it and it shoots nice for me. I'm going to bow hunt with it this year. I haven't decided if I'm going to shoot my german spruce or aluminum arrows off of it. Both arrows shoot good. I can shoot the german spruce and the aluminum together and they group together.

[dnovo]

My short bow is 64”.

[sorethumb]

I have a Browning Cobra that is short.  50@28 and I’m pulling it to 30, it’ll sling it and I shoot it pretty well