Bows that surprise the dickens out of you!

[gobbler716]

Anyone have experience with any PSE recurves or longbows?

[gobbler716]

I bought a near perfect Kodiak 55# on ****, I cannot wait to take this on a hike in October.  Must practice more and more.

[DesertDude]

Martin Hunter

[Sam McMichael]

My first Hill bow. I wanted one largely because it is so highly regarded as the classic example of a truly "traditional" longbow (whatever that means). However, when I got it I loved it immediately and had no trouble adapting to it. Now I own 5 Hills and seldom shoot anything else.

[Centex]

Originally posted by Bernie B.:
Boy, this is a timely thread for me!  My son gave me a '69 Bear Super Kodiak (45#) for Father's Day this year - great gift!  

I hadn't shot a Bear bow since I sold my Bear Grizzly in 1970.  I sent my "new" bow to John Rafferty at The Bow Hospital to get it refinished.

I just picked it up at the post office two days ago and wow am I pleasantly surprised!  I love the grip on the bow and it's absolutely dead in the hand.  I love shooting this bow!  It's going with me to the deer woods this fall.

Bernie

In a recent trade I had the chance to shoot an early 50's 66" dual shelf bear kodiak, a '59 kodiak, and a '69 Super kodiak. I went home with the '69 because of its shoot-ability and looks. BUT that dualshelf was the smoothest bow I have ever shot.

[billy shipp]

Green Mountain longbow.....very smooth, plenty quick, extremely quiet, and it shoots very accurately for me.

I am very impressed with this bow and I'm a dyed in the wool recurve shooter.

[Roger Norris]

My old 45# Super Kodiak. My Dad bought it in the early 70's. Every time I shoot it I wonder why the heck I don't use it more.

[Widow's Son]

Originally posted by JCJ:
1960 Bear Grizzly. What a breath of fresh air compared to some of the noisy modern "high performance" recurves. I'm surprised more folks are copying these designs.

I agree with you. I've got a B.W. but I can't get over how well my '69 Super K. shoots. It's also whisper quiet even with the old "noisey" spring arm quiver. It's not as fast as some of the new bows out there but, then again niether am I.     I am headed to the woods this year vintage style complete with some original Bear cedar arrows.

Ross

[joe skipp]

My Groves Spitfire and new Fedora.

[redant 60/65]

No surprize with my A&H's they are all what they say they are. My custom Gerlock is right there with them.
 

[pbr]

Centaur, never shot anything else to compare

[yaderehey]

A 64" Ben Pearson Colt that I picked up at a garage sale a few years ago.  Only 45# draw and I wasn't expecting much when I first shot it.  Well you can certainly say it surprised the dickens out of me!

[wapitirod]

I just put my 72# limbs on my Wallace Stealth and it blew me away.  I hadn't shot them since I got since I already have a Brack with 72# limbs but this one smokes.  I could tell from the first shot I was going to be hunting with it this season.  It's a smooth shooting tack driver and its 14fps faster than the Brack at 195fps.

[woodbender]

ive been shootin bows for about 11 years now and have tried almost all top grade bows. I kept reading on here how great of shooters the old super kodiaks are. well i shelled out 400.00 bucks on a 69 and was blown away of not only how well they shoot but how stable and quiet they are. i have to say its one of the best designs of bows ive ever shot.ill be huntin with a 43 year old bow this season and lovin it.

[bulldog18]

My 58 inch, 48@28 Howard Hill Badger. Bought this bow on a whim. Shot it was couldn't beleive how well it shot for such a small bow.

[Mike Taylor2]

Just received my String Follow, Hill Style longbow from 7 Lakes.  A SF Carolina Night I believe it's called. I've never shot a Hill Style bow and was expecting a thumping / slow bow.  Man was I surprised.  Maybe not quite as fast as my other Reflex/deflex bows but it's much more accurate.

[Kamm1004]

my two tracks ambush recurve 60lb@28. I haven't shot an enourmous amount of bows but I can't imagine one faster than this!

[UrbanDeerSlayer]

I was visiting a friend in SC who owns 2 Hummingbird Recurves.  They are heavier bows with one at 68# 30".  I'd been shooting 50#. I couldn't believe how smoothly it drew back, and threw a massive 2419 arrow around 700g into the foam target so hard I had to use 2 hands to pull it out! Apparently the bowyer lives an hour from, so it would appear I'll be making a personal visit and shelling out some $$$ in the future!  

I am also a big fan of Bamabows. They are light, stable, shoot where I'm looking, and whisper quiet.

[Sixby]

My first surprise was the first time I pulled a static recurve . The second was the first string follow I built/. I expected it to be so so in the performance dept. Instead . well lets say its a lot more bow than I expecterd it to be4.

God bless, Steve