Shooting multiple bows?

[Sam McMichael]

All the bows that I swap about with any regularity all have the same grip and the same general characteristics. They are all Hill style longbows with either straight or slightly dished grips, are 68" long and are all close together in draw weight. No problems with swapping them. I have a couple of longbows with locator grips that require some adjustment. I seldom shoot my recurves, and they all require several shooting sessions before feel good and hit where I aim.

During hunting season, I don't swap around much. This year I have a NM Shelton that will get swapped into the mix with my Hill bows, but over the summer, it handled really well.

[dbd870]

I switched between my Grizzly and KMag some over the spring and summer. I found the more I did it the less number of volleys it took to adjust. Once I settled on the KMag for deer season I quit shooting the Grizzly.

[joe skipp]

I'm with Keith..I bowhunt with a RH longbow and LH recurve these past 2 years. I love it...I also shoot both bows religiously during the winter deer in Jersey and Aug/Sept in preparing for NY and NJ.

[lbshooter]

I can switch easily for the under 20 yard shooting.  Honing my 30-40 yard accuracy, it's only one bow for the season.

[zwickey2bl]

Interesting how this seems to work differently for different folks. I have only two bows at present, fairly similar. Identical draw weight at 58#, one is a Big River Hill-style bow, the other a Bama Bow which has a slightly wider limb and little more R/D. I can't quickly switch from one to the other. If I get dialed in with the Hill-style bow, I shoot high/left with the Bama Bow. I decided years ago that I needed to stick with one bow for the season and if I want to change things up, do it between seasons.

[joe ashton]

It seems to me that shooting only one bow would be
prudent.  Each has a personality all it's own. I am sure an Olympian would not be changing up mid competition .... having said that, I do tend to want to and some times do change bows mid-seasons. Then I have wonder if I've got that best bow or is it the other one.
And heaven for bid if I miss a shot..... after changing bows.... Oh I need counseling..

[YORNOC]

Originally posted by joe ashton:
It seems to me that shooting only one bow would be
prudent.  Each has a personality all it's own. I am sure an Olympian would not be changing up mid competition .... having said that, I do tend to want to and some times do change bows mid-seasons. Then I have wonder if I've got that best bow or is it the other one.
And heaven for bid if I miss a shot..... after changing bows.... Oh I need counseling..

   

[BigJim]

I try not to dwell on the small differences between bows. Spend most of your energy thinking about the target and that will take care of most things.

I have always felt that I could shoot anything well...may not have always been true, but first I would have to defeat my mind to in order to fail.
I am hard headed too so defeating my mind isn't easy.

Last year in Ks, I shot two dear with two different bows (buck with my Desert Bighorn and doe with my thunderchild) and if I had only gotten a third opportunity, I would have taken another doe with my Buffalo.
I have all of my bows set to where they are shooting very near 10 g per lb arrows so at hunting distances, the cast is the same.

BIgJIm

[gringol]

I feel the same as big Jim.  However the one thing that gives me fits is variation in the distance between the throat of the grip and the shelf.  I am most accustomed to a shelf that is low, almost ontop of my knuckles.  A lot of recurves have a good 1/2 inch or more elevation from the grip to the shelf and I always end up shooting high with these.

[ChuckC]

I have a rule. . one bow at a time. . .  I'm not strong enough to shoot two at once.    

ChuckC