how has a new bow improved your shooting?

[artelkhunter]

If your basic shooting skill and form are good the bow really should not make that much differance all things being equal.  With a custom bow you get a bow made just for you. I.E. draw at what every poundage you want,tiller,weight of the bow, length,sight window. Not to mention wood choices, laminations,inlays and tip enhancements. In most custom bow you get what you pay for.

[Eugene Slagle]

Not a high end bow but a great bow IMHO.
when I started to get back into shooting traditional recurve all I had was my grandfathers 56" 50# @ 28" Bear Grizzly "my 58" 45# @ 28" Grizzly was & still is with my best friend as he still learns the ropes" & it really feels to stack & pinch at full draw to me so when I ordered my first & so far only custom bow from Bill Griffen in Arizona for one of his Zona T/D Recurves & then revieved it, it was a huge difference in feel & function.
60" 52# @ 28" but she is a very smooth drawing bow & once I tuned it my shooting had improved almost imediatly.

[Margly]

I think that when you find "that" bow who suddenly fits your grip and shooting style I`ll guess it has not to much with how much it`s cost. But of course you get what you pay for.
Many will say that high end is not important an then gives an example by a bow that is lower priced than a Habu, Black Widow, Black Douglas Morrison, Blacktail, etc, but then again maybe the bow they are talking about should have been priced up with the other high ends  :confused:  

I`ve tested a few high ends and many cheaper models and what I found was that an average high end was usually much smoother and faster than the average models.

Right now I`ve paid up in the area that we call high end and I received a bow made after my wishes and wow what a shooter. And yes for me it`s worth any penny I paid(and saved for and sold several other bows to afford)  

[Pops]

After buying and selling a lot of bows
I have found that the PCH & Hummingbird
works the best for me. My groups are better
and even the arrows seam to fly better

[Overspined]

not high end, but custom bows do make a difference for me for sure. custom in the grip

[Bowtie]

Started out with a Hickory self bow, then to a reflex/deflex longbow, and then to a recurve.  I can say positive things about all three, but my go-to bow now is my Pronghorn 3-pc. longbow.  Just fits me like a glove, performance is outstanding.

[Red Beastmaster]

As I dropped bow wt from 65# my accuracy increased. I was shooting a 50# recurve and was totally thrilled with how good I shot.

Then I tried aluminum arrows. Wow! Way better than the woods I was using for almost 20 years!

Then I dropped to 45# custom high end recurve. The lower weight promotes repeatable form, the grip is perfect with the arrow right at my knuckle, and the aluminum arrows all fly exactly the same.

I'm shooting the heck out of this bow and am having a ball!

To answer the question..........Yes!

[Thumper Dunker]

I like my old bows.  I have not seen or held a new one that i like. Well there was a black widow the otherday. I think its all in our heads.If we had to I think we could make any thing work.

[ranger42]

Originally posted by stickbowmaniac:
I think what helped me the most was stepping down in poundage.My recurves i have was 55lb-60lb and i shoot them very well.My longbow is 47lb.I can realy hold and concentrate on the shot.This helped me out very much.

100% agree with you! Will also allow for more draw length in most cases.

[Bowwild]

Before Thursday this week, after shooting recurves (again) since December I felt 100% on shots 16-17 yards and under. I felt 85% on shots 20 yards and under. I wouldn't take shots past 20 except on foam critters. I've been shooting a new bow after viewing the DVD that came with it for less than 3 days. I now feel 100% at 20 yards, I'll be fine with 25 yards in a couple more days and I'm practicing at 35 yards now. The grip on this new bow allows my bowhand to be relaxed and in the same spot every shot.  I consider myself a very technical shooter. The DVD has anchored some things I've known since 2005 much more firmly in my mind. The dimmer switch controlling the light in my head has been turned on full power!

[Buckskin57]

I shot Costom Colorado Bighorn 17" riser 74# and65# and finally 60# over the last 23 years until i couldn't locate lighter TD limbs.Sold them for more $$$$ than pd. back then.Almost got emotional when had to ship it.Costom was good for me.Harvested over 15 bucks and abunch of flatheads over that time.I bought a 50# Bear Commemorative,my shoulder loves it,sort of long riser like B.H. shoots beautiful where i look.I really miss my Bighorn though.Less lbs. is fun to shoot all day long.