Bowyer's Challenge: Ground Blind Bow

[NDTerminator]

Here's a challenge to all bowyers.  I all ready emailed this to Tim Finley at Kota Bows, but I figured why not throw it out to everyone.

With the exception of Lee's Dark Archer, no one makes a dedicated Ground Blind Bow.  There are a few such as the Bear K-Mag and CM Raven that generally fit the requirements, but are not designed for the purpose from the start.

How about it guys?

52"-56" one piece recurve with good cast for that 20 yards max shot, large sight window for a good picture in low light/through mesh windows, dark wood limbs/veneers/glass with a flat or satin finish to help hide any movement.

Can't be that difficult, and for sure there's a market for them...

[Littlefeather]

Bob Morrison, Harry Elburg, and a few others produce bows in that length. Give Bob a call. I shot one at Comptons and it shot well.

I shoot a 58" Horne Brushbow for just about all occasions and it's worked out really well. I think that bow has 18-20 big game kills and at least 3/4 of them were from off the ground. CK

[Orion]

A 60-inch Great Northern Ghost has worked well for me out of a Double Bull blind.

[SouthMDShooter]

i know you metioned it already but i love my k-mag out of a ground blind....Curtis

[Hawkeye]

Sheepeater "Obsidian" from Black Mountain Bows (a sponsor here) if you need that length, but have a longer draw length (29"+).  It is a 50" nock-to-nock unstrung bow that is about 48" long in action.  Dark color scheme would be perfect of blinds. I've heard great things about them.

Daryl

[owlbait]

My Zipper takedown is outside your length at 60" but is very manageable in my Eastman LX-5 blind. Best thing is he stained it black because he didn't like how the glass looked and knocked $150 off the price. Shoots great and blends in with the dark interior.

[Shawn Leonard]

Rivers Edge makes a 54" Arroyo, it is by far the most easy to shoot short bow I have ever shot. It does not stack or pinch all th eway out to 30"s. It has a static limb tip and that really opens up and makes the bow very forgiving. It shoots like a 62" recurve. I am very impressed and wil be ordering another very soon. Shawn

[owlbait]

Shawn, do you think those static tips act at all like the siyahs on the horse bows? I use to have a Saluki and I always felt like the last part of the draw was the smoothest and was due to those siyahs. Even made a comment that it felt like let-off and was nearly banned to the nether regions!

[Curtiss Cardinal]

Morrison ILF 56" of speed, and deadly accuracy.

[Pete W]

Add to the list Jack Kempf Little grizzly 48" or 50", Rodney wright's 46" Stalker, Dan Toelke's 52",Bret Frelinks Hornet52",Brent Rudolph's 50" Sheepeater Obsidian,I think Bob Morrison makes a 52"? Ron Leclair has a short bow too and there are many more.
Just order any of these in dark woods and or black glass.
Pete

[B M A]

There are several bowyers out there making short bows.  Roy Coursey of Cooks Mtn Archery makes a short bow for using in a tree stand or blind.  I was hunting with Roy for bears when he used his proto type to take a bear.  Ron King of Fox Archery makes a 54" Recurve for this purpose.  He uses it to hunt from a blind.  Jim Neaves of Centaur Archery builds a 54" bow.  All are excellant shooters.  Brock

[WMMollica]

You may want to call Mike Fedora(Sr) in Richland PA. He has a website and advertises in TB Magazine every issue. He is known for his recurves including shorter ones. He's been a full time bowyer for over 40 years so he knows what he's doing. I own 3 Fedoras myself including a 56" one piece recurve and it's a real beauty that shoots great.

WMM

[Tim Fishell]

Shrew Lil' Favorite!!  54" recurve that smokes a heavy arrow.  After I got mine I got rid of my Chek-mate Raven because it couldnt even come close to the performance of the Shrew.

[indianalongbowshooter]

 double post.

[indianalongbowshooter]

Have a Browning Cobra I thats 50 in. and 60@28 thats awesome for ground,blind or standing corn, it shoots a 575 gr. arrow about 165 fps and is longbow quite...very easy to shoot out to 20 yds or a little better.

[Bob Miller]

Been shooting a 62"longbow out of double bull blinds for years and have had no problems

[NDTerminator]

Originally posted by Bob Miller:
Been shooting a 62"longbow out of double bull blinds for years and have had no problems

Not me.  I cant little or none, so I find I cannot shoot either my 60" or 58" stuff out of either of our Double Bulls...

[Tony Phillips]

Saluki Scythian, 52 inches.

[Curtiss Cardinal]

Man that Saluki Scythian is a wicked looking recurve. I think I need to shoot one this winter in Kzoo.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I have a old Shrew 54", only shot it out of naturel ground blinds & tree stands