For all the recurve shooters....why?

[RecurveRookie]

I started out shooting a beginner's recurve, then my first "nice" bow was a reflex longbow. I was hooked!But I keep them all for "just in case" or fishing, or whatever. Keep them! Can't tell you why. Lol

[BHTGdogs]

I love longbows, but I have a 50s' style recurve now and I love that bow!

[Flying Dutchman]

I don't like classic D-shape longbows. But I love hybrid longbows and recurves. I settled down on two bows now. One 3 pce semi static recurve and one 1 pce hybrid longbow. On the longbow I use woodies.
I have one bow on order: a 3 pce hybrid longbow. That might be my holy grail.

[Trond]

I have done the transition form recurve to longbow, and not once have I regretted. The Cayuga has a moderate R/D, narrow limbs, light in the hand... Just love it.

[zepnut]

Started with the longbow. Got the collecting bug and now shoot mostly Bear recurves.

[bowtough]

Original Paul Shafer 62" recurve. "Ahh, sweet mercy".    

[Orion]

Over the last 50 plus years, I've gone full circle several times, i.e., recurves, then longbows, then self bows, then recurves again,etc. Have been mostly shooting longbows and hybrids for the past 20 years, but a short recurve is still my turkey hunting bow.  It's all good.

[Mint]

Twisted limbs would turn me off too. I've never had a recurve with twisted limbs or a torqing issue either. maybe you need to fix that first and you will like the recurves better.

For me the take down recurve is just so much easier to travel with when flying on a plane. My short draw of 26" is much more suited to a 58" recurve and in tune is much faster than my longbows.

[TradBrewSC]

I like them all! Cant really choose one over the other, as I like to play with different things.

Although the Hill style bow are fun to shoot, I prefer a shorter faster hybrid or recurve for hunting & shooting the majority of the time.

Different strokes for different folks!

[ProAlpine]

Make the switch! And sell your recurves to those of us that are still hooked!

[LBR]

I was longbows and wood arrows only for 10-15 years, then I got into selfbows.  The last year or so I bought the cheapest recurve I could find to test a new string material...now I rather shoot it than any of my other bows.

I'll eventually get back to my longbows and selfbows...but I also see an ILF recurve in my future, probably a metal riser style.

It's all good.

[Sam McMichael]

I seldom shoot a recurve, but I still keep them, just in case...

[pinky]

I just started shooting a longbow a year ago and i really enjoy it. I will mostly shoot my longbow this Spring and Summer too, i think, but when it comes to flinging arrows on a hunt I will probably have my Hatfield recurve with me. I have been shooting it for couple decades and i shoot it better. I also don't have to worry about scuffing it up anymore.

[Archer Dave]

I have three recurves right now and have really found an interest in the R/D Longbows. I have a short Falco Storm on order that I am really excited about for stump shooting and woods hunting. My property is thick with underbrush so the 54" R/D will be great for this use.

I used to like the recurve profile better, but the R/D has really grown on me. We will see how I like this Custom Falco when they are finished making ti to my specs.

I started out in high school making longbows. That is what I really learned to shoot with. Then I took about 10 years off and came back to archery with a recurve. I have a pyramid bow that is almost finished. Just need to do the final tillering.

So I guess I am coming full circle back to longbows. I will still shoot my recurves though as I really like them too.

[Hoyt]

My first bow was a longbow..back in the 50's. Haven't shot another one since, nor had a desire to. Just don't appeal to me.

[last arrow]

My first bow was a recurve back in 70s.  I have shot longbows but never owned one, never wanted to.
 
I have come full circle on the recurves, I craved a Bear takedown in my youth when I couldn't afford one.  Have had many costume bows in the 80s, 90s and 00s. Now I am back to wanting a Bear Takedown, maybe it is time.

[Sixby]

I have a new Steppe EAgle hybrid, A new Tribute backset hill style bow with straight limbs but backset. A reflex deflex foreward riser longbow and a string follow longbow. Must be something there for ya.
God bless, Steve

[woodshavins]

I have some empty pegs on my rack if you wanna get rid of those pesky re curves!
They are all great. Best advice I can think of is, shoot what makes you happy!

[kat]

Hey Woodshavins, Ken is a lefty. But then again I am sure you could adapt really quickly.

[don kauss]

Seems like feel of the bow & aesthetic preference are my reasons, both of which are purely personal choices based on what you're attracted to, as well as what you feel is best for you and your shooting style/accuracy...

Interestingly related to this, albeit indirectly, is a recent study of food preferences; the study entailed people being interviewed extensively and in great depth as to what specific tastes they are drawn to, as well as why they prefer those specific tastes...the resulting data revealed that the #1 reason for people's specific tastes had very little to do with their tastebuds; the reasons were the EXPERIENCES they were engaged in at the time they ate those foods in their formative years; ie: if they were at Grandma's house as a youngster, and they had terrific, (nostalgic) experiences of Grandma making spaghetti after they played in the yard, with sunny weather and happy days on swing-sets--->they wanted their spaghetti to taste just like Grandma's did...if Grandma had a penchant for overkill on the Oregano, then that is how that person prefers their spaghetti to taste as an adult...
I suspect that a boy growing up with great memories of relatives/friends using recurves and Bear RaZorheads, he will most likely gravitate towards a recurve and Bear RaZorheads, simply because the good feelings he experienced as a youngster were imprinted in his mind, and the bows and broadheads trigger visual cues in his mind which take him back to that time (and those feelings)...and virtually all of it takes place on the subconscious level, so we may be consciously unaware of exactly why it is that we choose what we choose...
I thought it was interesting anyway...