I have at least a dozen and half Brackenburys, more than a dozen Shrews, eight or so Morrisons, a few Blacktails, and a bunch more bows in ones and twos, for a total of 40+ bows. The 4 brands I just mentioned are all great, and so are most of my other bows. I know I am spoiled. If I could only own one bow, I could choose almost any single bow on my rack and be a happy hunter. There are lots of great bows out there. If I wanted the best looking bow in the world, I would keep my Blacktail Snakebit. If I wanted the bow that would be the best to carry around with me all day long, every day on long hunts yet be ready to draw and shoot at a moment's notice, I would pick a Shrew Classic Hunter takedown. If I wanted the bow that was the most accurate bow at the range and worked extremely well for hunting, I would pick my Brackenbury Peerless. If I wanted the most versatile bow that did everything well and had interchangeable limbs in both recurve and longbow styles, that could be tuned exactly the way I liked, I would pick a Morrison Mini 14 ILF. And if I wanted the best bow for the money, at half the cost (give or take a little) of any of the others I just mentioned, that was fast, smooth, accurate and stable, I would pick a Holm-Made Osprey takedown. I sure haven't talked about all the great bows out there, but the ones I just mentioned are all already sitting on my rack, so it would be easy for me to grab one of them.
Then there are a couple of bows on my rack that I don't care for much at all, and many more I don't own but have shot that I don't particularly like, even though many people rave about those bows that do nothing for me. Rather than run down any bows, I will simply choose not to talk specifically about them. If you know I own one of your bows and haven't mentioned liking it, don't worry, I probably do, but I have too many to discuss all the good ones here.
It's funny how I will read on TradGang about a bow that someone who is a longtime member says is the best made and greatest shooting bow he has ever come across, but when I shoot one like it, the bow feels like a 2'x4'! In fact, even on this thread there is more than one brand of bow listed that I think is fairly mediocre, although many others claim those same bows are the best ever made. It's probably just me. To each his own, I guess. That is another good reason to shoot a bow before buying if you can. Also, it is a good idea to shoot lots of different bows to figure out how various makes and models compare to one another. Then you can start figuring out what characteristics you like and work well for you.
Allan
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