Easiest to shoot?

[Benha]

Looking for input on which bow you feel is easiest to learn to shoot.

[John57]

Keeping in mind most (so called longbows)out there are not longbows at all,I voted recurve.
Maybe you should of included hybrids so all the pretenders had a vote as well.

[bentpole]

Your 100% correct JOHN57 there should be a catogory for hybrids. I didn't vote guess I'm a pretender huh?

[Benha]

TTT

[flungonin]

you should also ask which is the most fun to shoot and also include hybrids as mentioned above

[Lefty]

Hey John I didn't know Chrissie Hynde shot a hybrid longbow.  I love their music and shot a hybrid also, though it is 64" long.  How long do they have to be before it counts?

[kennym]

I can't vote as none of em are easy for me,but I do pretend to shoot a D/R hybrid.......  :D

[Mike Burch]

I voted for the recurve as been the easiest, especially converting from a compound, to learn quickly.

I'm more accurate with a recurve and like shooting them, but I have more fun shooting the "hybrid" longbows....Mike

[OkieJ]

I voted for recurves. I fell like long bow should be classic or R/D style bows without the recurve style grip or riser. JMO

[Mudfeather]

It might just be a hybrid with a recurve riser and longbow limbs.

I really love to shoot the ones I'm making  right now.

[sswv]

hey John57!  not real sure what you meant by "pretender" and I'm VERY curious so would you please explain?

[Rob DiStefano]

IMO, there are four basic stickbow types - recurve, hybrid longbow, stealth longbow and straight/reflex longbow.  

Y'all know what a recurve is, right?    :cool:  

The hybrids can have mild to very aggressive r/d limbs and although the string won't touch the limb tips, they have a snakey tip braced look that's closer to recurve than longbow.  Y'all have seen a glut of these puppies and they're the most prolific of all "longbows" these dayze.  

Stealth longbows can have mild to very aggressive r/d limbs but when braced these bows form a classic "D" limb shape.  Examples are the 21st Century Edge and Horne 62" longbows.
 
Straight/reflex longbows are all in the Hill style, with straight or slightly reflexed limbs that form a classic "D" shape when braced.

But heck, IMHO, as long as only the string loops touch the limb tips I'll call it a "longbow".  YMMV.

[bentpole]

YEH What Rob said!

[mike g]

I picked Longbows....
Howard Hill Big 5.
Saxon American Traditional.