English Longbows?

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

I was curious if anyone ever tried hunting with an English longbow?

Other than Robin Hood I mean.

[RecurveRookie]

I got nothing brother, just hated leaving without saying something.  I don't think you'll get many takers on this one.

To clarify, I don't see many guys in this forum talking about English longbows or even selfbows.  Most are shooting "modern" recurves and longbows.  Just my perception...

[gringol]

Just go for it.  Who cares if no one else does.  If it floats your boat, you should try it.

[Timberking]

Northwest Bowhunter,

Take a look at this group of guy's. I'm VERY interested in the English longbow as well as this group. I would hunt with one in a heart beat. I would like to join up with these folks but I don't as of yet have any of this type of gear...
 http://www.sthubertsrangers.org/

[2treks]

I hunted with mine some last season. No game taken but I will take it again this year.

[Matty]

I think it would be awesome personally if I had one and had lots of time to pursue game. Cool link timberking, did y'all notice our very own Shaun Webb is on there.  Maybe he'll chime in!!

[Longbowz]

Originally posted by RecurveRookie:
 I don't think you'll get many takers on this one. Cheers

Not sure why you would think that?      

I've hunted with mine quite a bit in years past.  Lots of fun.  Shooting one makes me feel somehow closer to the essence of archery.  

English longbows are still my favorite type bow though I must admit I don’t shoot them as much as I once did.  My avatar is an English archer stringing his longbow over his back.

[Hawken1911]

Thanks for posting the link to my Rangers' site Dave.

I've taken a doe, boar and a few squirrels with my English longbow and self-nocked, medieval-style arrows.  I took my last few critters with an osage ELB that Shaun Webb made for me, but now I have a yew longbow with horn-nocks from Shaun that I will hunt with this fall.  He makes authentic medival-style longbows that are tillered round-compass (bends through the handle, with no shelf or handle wrap).

Speaking of Shaun, he was a medieval hunting beast earlier this year, and he is now the third Ranger out of nearly 50 to earn the Master Huntsman ranking.

Of course, many people hunt with ELBs without dressing up funny, but I like trying to recreate a slice of history and get a sense of what the 'Trad Gang' that came way before us was like.

[2treks]

Paul, do you have the link to your thread about your doe kill?
I looked last night but couldn't find it.
CTT

[2treks]

[sticksnstones]

I think you grabbed the wrong two links Chuck, those are some of Paul's Howard Hill harvests.

Here is his ELB deer thread:
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=108432;p=1#000000

And the boar:
 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=044618;p=1#000000  

Thanks for sharing Paul!
Thom

[Ron LaClair]

Yes, Yew English longbow by Don Adams, 72" 75#@ 28"

   

I met this big coon coming down the trail towards me one evening, He ended up in the cooking pot.    :D  

   

[nineworlds9]

ELB's make great hunting bows.  I took one hunting this past fall and saw more game than on any other hunt previously that year- 2 does, 2 bucks, and a whole family of hogs.  That yew ELB had some mojo.  I almost got a hog but some gun hunters came up on my position and scared em all away.

[2treks]

Thanks Thom.

[Jakeemt]

That's what Pope and Young hunted with.....

[Sam McMichael]

I think it is great. If I had one, I surely would hunt with it!

[Tree Killer]

I killed this Blacktail buck in 1990 with an ELB made by John Strunk.

 

[Longbowz]

Ron & TK,

Pretty cool pictures.  I wish I had taken more pictures is years past.   :rolleyes:

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

Thank you everyone, this has redoubled my spirit to try it this year.  I live in fairly rural NW Washington and have deer and smaller critters (Ron, how do you cook raccoon?) in my backyard.

[Knawbone]

Cool stuff, something else to play with in the future.