what "forgiving" bows have you owned/shot

[soy]

I Have a mid sixty's Fred Bear Made from zebra wood I believe it's a 58 inch... Dead quiet ,Dead in the hand,and deadly accurate!

[inthere10x]

Stewart Slammer

[Benny74]

I am quite pleased with my martin dream catcher as a forgiving bow.  From what I understand though, a great deal of forgiveness in a bow can be built into the setup.
1.  Brace Height - longer brace height is assumed to provide a more tolerant shot
2.  heavier arrow weight
3.  correct stance and grip can also help

[Spinealigner]

Black Widow PMA 60" I believe it is the combination of weight and grip that makes this bow shoot well for me.  It has an Asbell grip.

[Shakes.602]

Hey Jeff B!       THAT  is Mighty Fast!!  

[JohnnyWayne]

Originally posted by ChrisM:
Every Bob Lee I have ever shot.

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[stickbowmaniac]

All Bob Lees,Foley 1pc longbow,all 3 of my Dryad Orions and Acadian woods 3pc Classic real smooth and forgiving.

[Bowwild]

Interesting that there are almost as many differences here as there are bowhunters.

[Kip]

My short riser Bob Lee wth some 50lb.longbow limbs truly hits where I look.I just don't always look where I should.Kip

[Red Beastmaster]

My definition of "forgiving" is good arrow flight with less than perfect form (grip, release, etc).

I would say a longbow with a forward grip would be the most forgiving design. The thicker limbs add stability and a forward handle reduces the affects of torque.

I have shot several different models of this style bow and had good results with them.

For me personally, a hybrid longbow with a contoured grip (not recurve riser w/longbow limbs) suits me the best. I have a Thunderhorn 62" longbow that I can get real sloppy with and still have great arrow flight. My buddy has a Big Jim Thunderchild and shoots it better than anything else. Both of these bows are examples of what I consider a forgiving bow design.

[Bill Carlsen]

A couple that are no longer being made: Groves Spitfre and Rocky Miller Predator.

More recently, my DAS riser fitted with Winex limbs and I am waiting on a pair of Bob Morrison's MAX Iimbs of which  i have a loaner pair on my DAS. I believe the R&D of the Korean limbs just make them about as stable as  you can get. Bob's limbs are faster, smoother, as quiet and seem to offset any shooting errors I make. Arrows are always down the middle. I believe it is a combination of his extreme recurve design along with the carbon/foam limbs.

[Longbow917]

I am still searching.  Cant say that i have had one yet but my blacktail recurve was probably the closest i have got.  Love my Thunderstick but she is finnicky!  Hoping my Thunderhorn 3piece i am having built next month will be "THE ONE"!  No pressure Duane;-)

[Paul Shirek]

I have a 66 in Blacktail that is very forgiving. The 64 in ones I owned were also forgiving but not quite to the same level. Sometimes it seems that these bows shoot so well that it just isn't fair... I am not saying I shoot well just that the bows make my shooting a lot better.

[sweeney3]

My home made selfbows, mostly 66-72 inches long.  They are quiet, accurate, and really help minimize shooting errors.  I don't understand all the physics, but I know they work really well.

[Gordon Jabben]

Jim & Buddy 21st Century.

[Bladepeek]

My 66" Mohawk Sparrowhawk is probably my most forgiving bow. It doesn't laugh out loud at me when I screw up. My other bows are faster, but seem to laugh at me when I don't hold up my end of the deal and because they're laughing so hard, they can't get the arrow in the right place.

[Builder]

I have owned a ton of bows and I would say the slower and heavier mass bows are the most forgiving, they help mask your mistakes whereas the smokin fast bows make you pay for that bad release or drop bow arm.

[jonsimoneau]

Black Widow MA and a Habu.

[joe skipp]

My Kempf Stealth and Fedora are forgiving. Bows from the past...and I regret selling them Howard Gamemaster Jet and Rocky Miller Predator T/D.

[Matt Green]

Thanks all for hte posts. Seems a few consistencies have come up. a) heavier bows, b) longer bows, c) multiple postive votes for Bob Lee and d) multipel positive votes the BW MA
anyone else.
thanks again for the posts.

mgreen