Black Widow PL Longbow Owners

[Terry Green]

Speak up.

Tell us why you shoot the PL Lonbow if you would so please.  And, show pic if you can.

Thanks

[sdorton]

Well I just got a few months ago.  It's super smooth too.  After I kill me a buck with my Toelke Whistler then it's time to let the Widow eat.  I'll probably be taking it with me to NC in a week or so....

[KentuckyWolf]

Its accurate , forgiving, and whisper quite.

It’s arrow speed is on par with my PSA. They are the same weight and draw length. I don’t have a chronograph but I can’t tell a difference in them.

I can switch back and forth between the PLX and PSA….with no issues, no adjustments, etc.

The takedown system is rock solid and super simple.

It’s a gorgeous. A flawless work of craftsmanship. It’s backed by Black Widows reputation and excellent customer service.

I’ll get some pic posted later if I get a chance.

[KentuckyWolf]

Pics

[KentuckyWolf]

pics don’t do her justice

Bocote limbs with boo cores, ziricote in riser. No white. No red.

[Terry Green]

pics don’t do her justice

Bocote limbs with boo cores, ziricote in riser. No white. No red.

Beautiful, just beautiful. 

[KentuckyWolf]

My wife hasn’t gotten jealous of the bow yet. 

Having a pretty bow gives you some eye candy to look at when nothing is moving in the woods.

My PSA was a straight forward utilitarian “Autumn Oak”. The craftsmanship is top notch. There is a long story behind this but she is now sporting diamondback skins and is quite the looker now too.

[MCNSC]

Don’t have one now but have owned several. I shoot recurves better than longbows but the PLs shot better for me than any longbow I’ve shot. Seemed plenty fast and forgiving.

[Mike Bolin]

Started shooting PLs in 2005. They are very forgiving built like a tank, quiet and shoot pretty much the same for me as my PTF recurve. When my bow shoulder started acting up in 2017, I had Widow take a few pounds off of my PLIII and my PLV. In 2020 I sold them both as my doc has limited me to no more than 45#. I'm getting on the list for a new PLIII that will be 43#-45# at my draw length. I've own over a dozen (maybe closer to 2 dozen) other longbows, but the PL shoots the best for me.
I hate to admit to such a stupid mistake, but in Colorado on and Elk hunt in 2013, I laid my PL with the upper limb tip against my truck against my license plate and the lower limb tip on the ground. My buddy and I were straightening up camp and a thunderstorm rolled in. Wind was blowing pretty hard, so I jumped in the truck to back it away from the treeline as there were limbs being blown down from the dead pines. I threw it in reverse and truck wouldn't move backwards more than a few inches before the tires would spin. I was just putting it in to 4WD when my buddy yelled that I was backing over my bow! I pulled forward and he grabbed the bow and then I moved the truck. We got in the tent, and I looked the bow over. Other than mud, the bow looked fine. After the storm moved through, I grabbed a couple of judo points and (carefully) started shooting the bow, thinking it would come apart, but it shot just fine. As a matter of fact, it was one of the bows I had reduced in weight 4 years later. Did I mention PLs are built like a tank!

[Michael Guran]

I’m kind of in the same boat as sdorton. I recently bought a camo PLX from the classifieds here, and have not had much time to get it dialed in.  As soon as I get one with my Whip, I think the PLX will be up next…

[Russell Southerland]

OK, just checked them out. What exactly is a Toby grip?

[Possum Head]

Brandon that’s the finest Widow I ever saw. They look like solid bows and I’ve heard they are quick!

[Mike Bolin]

Russell Southerland, the Toby grip has a bit more of a "palm swell". It's a bit more of a fuller/thicker grip. I prefer the standard, but I have small hands

[Ulysseys]

I’ve always considered the PL to be “the king of bows”. Although I own/ed many bows and often shoot other types of I could only have one it would be the pl. I find it to be flawlessly built from a great company with great people, it’s super forgiving, well balanced, quick, and quiet. It’s also just a very easy bow to own and transport with an easy t/d system if that’s your thing. I have 2, a 64” 56# tulipwood t/d and a recently traded for 64” 49# greenleaf with carbon limbs. Both have the Toby grip and beaver tail wrap. The picture is of the carbon model.

[achigan]

I bought the stock Graybark PL as my first new Widow. It’s bulletproof, forgiving( boy do I need that!) and is relatively light. I had an MA3 but it was too heavy physical weight, not draw weight, for extended shooting sessions.  So my son got it. I chose the gray over an autumn oak for its look in the woods where I hunt from ground blinds.

[Russell Southerland]

Thanks Mike.

[Dsturgisjr]

The Black Widow PL is my favorite bow. Ken Beck let me offer my thoughts when he designed it and I shot and hunted with early prototypes. I started shooting the carbon limbs this year and I like them even better. It was my dad's favorite bow as well. I've hunted some of the biggest, smallest and hardest animals with them.

[KentuckyWolf]

Brandon that’s the finest Widow I ever saw. They look like solid bows and I’ve heard they are quick!

Thanks. I always wanted a PLX…so pulling the trigger on one was an easy decision (when I had the spare money). Picking and settling on woods was the toughest decisions. Roger sent me pics of lams to look over. Picked out some highly figured dark bocote. I think Roger had a recurve in mind for them, but I loved them. Beautiful…and some natural camouflage.

[MnFn]

My interest in PL’s grew a lot after talking with guys from here who praised them.
Guys like Ben Maher, Frasettor, Denny Sturgis.
I really like the grip. Mine is the Toby grip. I like the fact that when I pick it up  I don’t have to fool around to get the grip “right”.  When I pick it up its just there every time. Also no hand shock at least to me. The weight of the bow seems to be about right, very stable.

Mine is 50@30, and 64”.  It doesn’t feel like a 64” bow, it  feels “handy”. 
Here it is black and white ebony, I think it’s a looker. This one is quiet and I have left it the way I got it. But when get a new string I will reduce it to one set of silencers.

[Tim Reese]

Can’t get a better endorsement than ol Denny’s post! We all seen his adventures and animals he has taken over the years with his.