How many are shooting ILF bows??

[Lenny Stankowitz]

Wow, that's cool Jim.  It looks like a Titan from the shelf up, a TAC from the shelf down, along with the limb pockets of the TAC.

The Haddox "TI-TAC"

[trashwood]

I am an ILF shooter.  I am very fortunate to have a pair of the Dryad prototype longbow limbs.  these are 43# got a 50# pair of productions limbs ordered.

   

   

By far the best $$$ for prefromace ILF longbow limbs available today.  these are shorts.  43# on a 17" Dalaa gives a 61" bow.  58" inch string gives 7.5" BH.  bamboo core clear glass.  delightful to shoot

 

rusty

[trashwood]

No laughing    .....ah why do you shoot ILF ya might ask???? and rightly so.

Adaptibility says I.  If you want to go to the lake and hunt hogs ya gonna have your waders on anyways.  we'll be hunting the pigs at dusk and in the dark.  you might as well have sumping to do during the day......how about hunting big ole carp?  

if ya find the big boar hanging around, ya can pull your 50# 25H 66" out and put them on your 17" dalaa.  at 28" they would give you a 60# draw and a 58" bow if ya wanted to hunt the pig tunnels.

ya could take along your 32# 25H longs then Sunday ya could drive over to Wearthford and give the boys on the 3D range a try.

Adaptibility!

 

ya got your hawglite, SRF sight, Saunder fishing reel and of course a set of traget limbs along on the trip?????? what elese could ya ask for>  

rusty

[Lenny Stankowitz]

That sure is what it's all about Trashwood, adaptability...you pretty much have it all covered.

Pretty cool looking setup you have there.

[Ironman43]

Me too, DAS Master Gen II Winex limbs.

[Stone Knife]

Titan with BF extremes  

     


   

[sunshine]

my black titan w/ hoyt g3 limbs is an awesome bow. i love mine. smooth as can be.

Those Hoyt G3's are my favorite limbs--so far.

[limbolt]

Jim,do you have a contact # for the haddox riser?  Thanks.

[wisconsin wood butcher]

Mr. Castro? thanks

[Ben Maher]

i usually and will continue to shoot straight limb longbows with wood arrows [ my Belcher Union Jack arrived yesterday / pics coming ] but ...
 i do love my ILF rigs and the adaptability they bring to archery . my 21"  Hoyt Excel riser with trad tech limbs surely makes a great bargain and i'm waiting to buy either another Titan [ wish i'd never sold it ] or perhaps a Sky /Belcher 17" . i must say that i always prefer the longer sight window of the longer bows ...
ben

[Whitetail Chaser]

I'm shooting the Tradtech Black Onyx riser with their wood/glass longbow limbs.  

So far it is a fun bow to shoot.

Brett

[Mudd]

I have to plead ignorant because I don't know what an ILF bow is. Please enlighten me. Thanks in advance!
God bless,Mudd

I.L.F. is the acronym for International Limb Fitting.  It referrers to the limb fitting (a dovetail) used with FITA and Olympic-type risers (with a dovetail slot) for a worldwide standard.  Limbs from various manufacturers will fit the risers of others and vise versa.  ILF limbs are available from many manufacturers in a myriad of qualities and price ranges.  You simply pop them in and out.

[Mudd]

Thanks Jim! I guess I've never seen one.
Maybe in pictures but just never registered as to what I was actually looking at.
Thanks again.
God bless,Mudd

[Greg Owen]

Most of the alloy ILF risers I have seen have a fairly flat arrow shelf. How do you shoot off the shelf with them? A feather rest maybe?

[Spectre]

ILF is a good thing IMO. Anybody know anything about these Win & Win risers?

Originally posted by Greg Owen:
Most of the alloy ILF risers I have seen have a fairly flat arrow shelf. How do you shoot off the shelf with them? A feather rest maybe?

Back in the 60's and 70's a lot of bows were made with a big flat shelf.  Those of us who wanted to shoot off of them would put a match stick under the leather.  Most didn't, but it didn't seem to make any difference.  Nothing wrong with shooting off a flat shelf.

[Hud]

I visited with Earl Hoyt, back in the mid 1960's, just before he came out with his Hoyt Pro Medalist. The Hunter had 16" riser and the target had two handles. The limbs had the slot and were interchangeable. I believe Earl was the first, or so to come out with this design. The slot fit into the socket where the TFC's screwed into the riser for the upper and lower limb. I think Yamaha followed with a bow of similar design. Great bows.

[wingnut]

Yep Earl was the father for ILF and not just a few years ago.  It has been primarily a target bow thing until a few years ago.  

I didn't really care much about the ILF system 6 months ago.  But saw it on some bows at shows this summer and then Rusty started showing up with a bunch of them.  Finally, my brain kicked my butt and we both said WOW, you can find a riser that is everything you want and then go find limbs that do what you want and put them together.

Get the best of both.

We've been working to throw our hat in the ring and started with ILF longbow limbs yesterday.  Watch for recurve limbs and a 15" wood hunting riser in the near future.

Mike