I have owned most of the bows mentioned above. I currently have a Griffin, two Kanati's and I have a new Hoots that I picked up at Denton Hill just recently.I have owned a couple of shrews in the past.
I will try and focus on the original question. What bows are like the shrew? All the bows mentioned are very similar. Some of it depends on what floats your boat. I happen to have a real liking for the handle on all these bows. I love the forward handle and the way they are all shaped to fit the hand. As far as performance -- from my perspective, they all perform very well but I have no formal evidence such as chronograph figures. I am impressed with how all the bows shoot.
What is important to me is the ability to get my hands on one. No disrespect to any of the bowyers but delivery times can be quite long for some of them. In one regard, that is good because they are busy and have plenty of orders. I wish that for all our hard working bowyers. On the other hand, a two year wait for a bow is probably at my age about 20 percent of my remaining time left in my life that I expect to be able to hunt with traditional equipment. I don't want to spend 1/5 of my remaining time waiting for a new bow. You young hunters out there can deal with that better than us old geezers.
My preference for the moment for a forward handle hybred long bow is with the new Hoots I have. Some of that may be due to the new bow.
I absolutely love my Kanati's too and all the bowyers for these bows have been great to deal with. All make a very fine product. So, to get back to the question, The Hoots, the Kanati, the Griffin and several other bows mentioned are very much like a shrew. I don't think you will go wrong with any of them. There are quite a few Griffins in lighter weights that have been available lately and a number of shrews for sale in the classifieds. What I am surprised about is how long some of them have been up for sale. The economy is definitely down when these bows stay up for sale for more than 8 hours. They used to go the first hour or two they got listed. Right now! not so much.
Good luck with whatever you choose cause you may get yourself caught with the fever that so many of us have for these short hybred longbows. Shoot often and have fun!!!
Topic: What compares to a Shrew? (Read 1079 times)
