Longbow or recurve for hunting?

[JL]

I shoot high wrist recurves better then anything so that is what I hunt with but everyone is different. I have shot LB's with recurve grips and do OK but I'm a curve man at heart. You have to figure out what works best for you and shoot that bow untill your arm falls off-then shoot it some more.

JL

[2Blade]

Ive always wanted a longbow like ive said in the past im real in to the Indians so thats why ive always liked them. Im so glad I got one.

[30coupe]

I like both...see my signature  :rolleyes:  

I'm thinking the Katani will be my bow of choice from now on though. The grip design allows me to use a low wrist, yet still locate exactly the same every time. It is also fast, quiet, shock free and short enough for any application. Hmmm, sounds like the perfect bow!

[String Cutter]

I enjoy shooting my longbow the most.  But I shoot tighter groups with a recurve????

[Deadsmple]

I used to be a recurve guy but got bit by the longbow bug. Still use a recurve for fish though(it's the only bow I own that lets me mount a reel to it).

[James Wrenn]

I like both but when it comes down to hunting for me the longbow is king.:)Quiet is what I like and I have not seen a recurve yet that was quiet enough for me.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by Chris Wilson:
Choose which ever you shoot the best and feel most confident with.  Many an animal has fallen to each in the past and more will in the future.  

That pretty much sums it up. I've seen far too many people run into problems trying to change what they do based on what works best for someone else.

[George D. Stout]

There's no reason why you can't shoot both well.
I have several bows with different grips and different lengths/styles.  It only takes a few arrows to get used to each one of them, and at times I feel like shooting a longbow rather than the recurve...and vice, versa.

Curveman....short risers are not just trendy; they allow for longer working limbs to get the same length bow as a long riser and are much smoother in that aspect.   The Kodiak Mag and the Kodiak Hunter are short risers that have been around for decades, for good reason.  For hunting purposes, the short riser makes a lot of sense.

Here's some of my forty-plus year old short riser bows:

 

 

 

 

[Curveman]

Currently trendy like many things that swing back and forth.

Trade-off at best George. I stand by what I said. I know bowyers who make both who would too: "The benefit of a long riser is that it shortens the length of the working limb, which makes the bow very dead in the hand upon release; and also makes the bow very fast, stable and quiet. We have taken an already outstanding performing bow to the next step. We believe the Thunder Stick III to be the ultimate in performance in a longbow design."

[George D. Stout]

To each his own, Curveman, but since archery is such a personal sport, there will never be one best.  There will always be a line of diminishing returns, heavy/light...long/short, everywhere we look 8^).

[SOS]

Whatever your preference.  I made a hybrid TD longbow that I love @ 64" but has cost me a couple of shots in a treestand that I could have made with my 56" ChekMate Hunter I that I used last season.  That extra length does impact the shots back to my left (I'm a righty).  That said, the two standing shots I've taken were picture perfect and best I can tell, the deer didn't flinch until the arrow hit home.  The longbow does seem quieter.  Like someone said earlier, with a hybrid type R/D bow, you can have the best of both worlds - especially in a TD.  Little longer, heavier riser for stability with a recurve type locator grip, but the quiet shooting of the longbow.  Only problem now is do I try to make a 60" TD R/D longbow this year?  Hmmmmm....  Good luck on your choice.

[ks_stickbow]

Either a longbow or a recurve

[Curveman]

Agreed George!  :D

[Guru]

I still think that if you want to be the best you can be.....you cannot keep switching back and forth between bows.......

[BRITTMAN]

I shoot the recurve more consistant than I do a longbow but with that said Ive killed Deer with both . I do love the design of the hybrid longbows and love to shoot them but I have to say I shoot the Recurve better .

Britt