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Author Topic: The right bow makes a difference  (Read 437 times)

Offline khardrunner

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The right bow makes a difference
« on: July 25, 2013, 08:52:00 PM »
I love Hill Style bows. A beautiful wooden crescent  arcing simply and powerfully. But I don't shoot them well. I've been trying exclusively for much of my shooting career and I am certain that in the future I will continue to master the american longbow.

Sadly, I just parted with my lovely Schulz longbow. I'm not worried, David Mitchell will love her well. I am also certain I will get one again.

I picked up a new hoyt excel ilf riser and blackmax carbon limbs in replacement. It's only beauty comes in accurate shooting, and that it does in spades! In some ways I hate that this is the style of bow that I shoot best, but I am coming to terms with that. It's just the way God put me together I suppose. But when i shoot this cold hearted modern souless bow the arrow hits where it's supposed to.

I'll take the right bow over the wishful bow for now. Time to
Get it ready to hunt!
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Offline Dave Lay

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2013, 08:58:00 PM »
I'm kinda like that I really want to shoot my longbow well and do ok with it but I can just drill with my PSA widow. But it stays on the rack alot. In the fall I go through thinking I should be shooting what I am more accurate with since I'm shooting critters and hunt with the 'curve most of the time ..
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Offline awbowman

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2013, 09:01:00 PM »
Definitely.  You can shoot paper with any bow but when it comes to hunting we owe it to the hunted to pursue him or her with the bow we shoot the best.
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Offline moleman

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2013, 09:22:00 PM »
Great post Kyle!
Seems that sometimes folks are so intent on shooting a certain style of bow, that accuracy is sometimes sacrificed, just for the sake of shooting that certain style of bow.
Be it recurve, longbow, hybrid, ETC.,shoot the style that you shoot best, we owe it to the game we hunt, for clean kills are the name of the game.
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Offline khardrunner

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2013, 09:31:00 PM »
I had gotten rid of similar bows in the recent past in favor of the longbow, knowing I shoot thes adapted target bows well. In some ways I'm dissapointed, but I know it's the right choice.
I Corinthians 9 24-25
...run in such a way so as to obtain the prize!

Offline hedgerowhuntr

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2013, 09:38:00 PM »
:biglaugh:  I have the same exact hoyt\\limb setup, I look at that bow and say, "jezzzz what an ugly bow!" Then I go back to stacking arrows on top of one another with it!!!!

Offline LC

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2013, 10:35:00 PM »
What ever blows your hair back as my buddy use to say! Congrats on finding it!
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Offline VictoryHunter

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2013, 10:46:00 PM »
Well said!
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Offline nineworlds9

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2013, 12:20:00 AM »
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Offline northener

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2013, 08:05:00 AM »
Confidence in your hunting equipment is huge. I am in the same boat, much better with recurves than longbows.
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Offline Ydanny

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2013, 08:19:00 AM »
You have to go with what works for you.

Offline BCD

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2013, 08:52:00 AM »
I can relate. I have owned quite a number of customs and the only one that shoots even nearly as well as my Hoyt Gamemaster is my Habu.
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Offline Pointer

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2013, 10:12:00 AM »
I always seem to end up in the woods with one of my classic Bears..despite owning some of the highest end bows out there..Makes me wonder why I ever bothered with the high end bows

Offline maineac

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2013, 10:18:00 AM »
There are so many grip, riser and limb variations out there, probably because different combinations work better for all our different body and hand sizes and styles.  The search for that magic bow is half the joy of trad archery for me.  I have a couple I shoot really well, and love the opportunity to try a different style.
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Offline Nativestranger

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2013, 10:28:00 AM »
I know how you feel. I have a few beautiful trad bows. But I still shoot my vintage barebow compound better than any of them. The next most accurate (and second ugliest) bow is my ILF longbow. But thats where all the fun and challenge are. Learning to be good with simple traditional bows is more rewarding for me.
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2013, 10:29:00 AM »
Buy, sell, trade... Buy, sell, trade... It's all good fun! Took me years to learn that I shoot a hybred longbow best!

I'm a lover of the Shrew, Kanati, Hummingbird and Vortex design... Oh Yea! And enough sleep at night too.  :D

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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: The right bow makes a difference
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2013, 04:22:00 PM »
I shoot the american semi-longbow for a multitude of reasons, and I shoot it well. I cannot shoot recurves if my life depended on it though.  BUT I really want to try an ILF with longbow limbs and a low grip just to see how they feel. I have heard great things about them.  

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