I could be wrong, but Iam fairly sure it was H. Hill who said "a bow which follows the string, is the most accerate." I figure,he's a guy who likely knew something about shooting bows etc. Ive made a doz. self-bows-- all wound up w, 1-3" of string follow. They're all fine bows, not rockets mind you, but I have no reservations about hunting w them. Iam just as accerate w/ them as my production glass recurve, target shooting up to 25-30yds. In hunting situations I perfer these string following selfbows--just seem to go where you look. Also, Ive always found STRAIGHT( zero reflex) PRODUCTION bows to be more forgiving --They're just more straight foward and to the point. Better limb stability, more forgiving than any of the reflexed Longbows I have owned. Some string follow is not a bad thing IMO--- Martin use to make a Straight limbed 68" longbow, that looked like a bow that had string follow when it was strung. It was not fast, but it was absolutely the best hunting bow I have ever owned over the last 40yrs. You probably can find a used one- it was called the ML 17 or 18. Pretty sure ML18, 68". Seems like everybody has gone,speed reflex crazy-Bowyers hardily ever make these straight bows anymore. Can't blame them - these 68-70" straight longbows are a tough sell in the archery community today.