Yup, thats the bow, Ryan! I appreciate you chiming in here, it's always nice to hear from a prior owner.
Actually, I had seen these same pics in your post on another site and recognized that the sideplate was the same as the pic that my seller had on the bow...so I knew it was yours (I could also say I have ESP...but your name's on the bow too, lol).
Love the bow...except for two things. The shape of the Pronghorn grip is excellent but lengthwise the grip on this one is very short from edge of shelf down to the top of the limb, only about 3.25". The riser is 13" long, which also seems shorter than other Pronghorns I've seen. The short grip length isn't a problem for those with small hands or who use a 'web' (recurve) hold, but it's pretty tight for using the Hill-style full hand hold that I like. I can do it though, and the bow does shoot like a dream...super smooth and quiet. No stack for me and its just about as fast as my 58" Super Shrew, which is a little more poundage. In fact the bows feel remarkably similar in the draw.
The other 'dislike' is actually a head-scratcher for me....the limbs are nice and bright like your pics but the riser color seems to have turned from bright yellow to a faded 'milky brown', as if the finish was affected by something that was put on it. Had hoped it would morph into that nice rich darkened amber color that Osage usually gets. I might contact Herb Meland to see if he can shed some like on why the milky tone happened, and maybe he can offer a cure.
Anyway, it's definately a well-made, sweet little bow and should be very nice for the turkey blind and ground/treestand hunting in tight quarters (which is 90% of my setups).
Topic: Pronghorn TD longbows...a length question (Read 1168 times)
