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Author Topic: Got my Hummingbird Recurve  (Read 561 times)

Offline LCH

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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2010, 08:46:00 AM »
Great looking bow and I know it shoots great. Ben makes great looking and great shooting bows, and you don't have to wait very long to get one either. I hope you kill a lot of critters with it. LCH

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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2010, 08:48:00 AM »
Very Nice .Bet she shoots awesome.
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2010, 12:42:00 PM »
So Don,
 How's she shooting for you? Know you liked the previous bird but is the 62" working better for you? Probably a little smoother at your draw length.The rack contains some of the nicest bows out there by now. Best luck.
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2010, 12:51:00 PM »
Great looking bow!!!!!
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2010, 05:46:00 PM »
Congrats on a great bow! Heard some good stories about Hummingbird. ...
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2010, 07:38:00 PM »
Nice Don. Bring that one to Compton's too Please  :thumbsup:
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2010, 07:54:00 PM »
Very nice looking bow!

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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #27 on: May 09, 2010, 08:26:00 PM »
Mike,

It will be in the "herd" that I'm bringing for sure !!! To be perfectly honest.....I'm not that good of a shot, but these Hummingbird bows seem to shoot better for me than anything else. I don't know why, and I have several bows by different bowyers, they just do.

I went out this evening and was intent on finding the arrow that this bow shoots the best with. I took my 31 1/2" 55/75 Gold Tips with 100 grain brass inserts up front and my 30 1/2" AD Hammerhead Trad Lites with 100 grain brass inserts up front......along with several different weight field tips from 100 grains up to 200 grains.

The first several groups I shot all of the arrows together to see if I could get any "groupings" together......or close, anyways. The 55/75's had 125 grain tips, and the Hammerheads had 145 grain tips. Here are the results.

 

 

After going to 4 arrow groups, I decided to go up to 145 grain tips on the 55/75's. Here are those results.

 

That last picture was the "worst" group that I shot with them........below was my best two groups of the evening with the 55/75's and 145 grain tips.

I "think" I found the combo for the 55/75's and here is the proof.

 

 

I'll work with the Hammerheads later, and see what I can come up with. As I said, I'm not that good and this evening was "better" than normal for me.......but I was very satisfied with both my shooting and the arrow combo that I came up with. Oh.......and I did shoot this evening with my brand spankin' new Full Shot Glove and  was very pleased with it also. I had never used one before, but in my opinion.......it's a "keeper" too.

Yep.......Ol' "Cutter"........is gonna stay on my bow rack.

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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #28 on: May 10, 2010, 06:29:00 AM »
Looking good Don, gotta stick with it now-no more new bows-at least for awhile,LOL!
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2010, 09:29:00 AM »
Nice bow Don. I don't know of anyone who makes a bow that looks and shoots as well as Ben's bows. Every time I get one of them someone comes along and begs for it. I hate to see a grown man beg so I usually don't have one of his bows long. Right now I have 3 favorite bows and one of them is a Hummingbird. Good shooting Don.    :archer2:  

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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #30 on: May 10, 2010, 11:35:00 AM »
Sweet bow! Enjoy  :)
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #31 on: May 10, 2010, 11:43:00 AM »
Every time I see one of the Hummingbirds make me want pull out my wallet.

Man she is a bute.
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #32 on: May 10, 2010, 12:16:00 PM »
Bens bow are some of the best around ! I will have me another Kingfisher some day for sure .
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #33 on: May 10, 2010, 12:34:00 PM »
She's a beaut, no doubt!  Kinda figured it'd be more like 57#@28" (just in case you needed to part with her, she'd be right in my wheelhouse!)Man, she's beautiful!  Congrats.
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2010, 07:03:00 PM »
Man, I love it..  Big fan off the Hummingbirds!!
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #35 on: May 12, 2010, 07:42:00 PM »
i love it

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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2010, 03:27:00 AM »
cocobolo risers rock!
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #37 on: May 13, 2010, 08:19:00 AM »
Thatis a looker for sure!!!

   Nice Bow!!!!
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #38 on: May 13, 2010, 08:45:00 AM »
Nice looking bow, wood combo looks great
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Re: Got my Hummingbird Recurve
« Reply #39 on: May 13, 2010, 09:35:00 AM »
Thats a real beauty!
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