What type of bow does everyone shoot

[ToddRvs]

#4420

In one of my other posts a member asked me what type of bow I shoot and I thought it make a good topic. I am a confirmed primative archer as I make all my own gear. Here is what I use.

I use a self bow made of Osage Orange and bamboo backed it was my second attempt at making a bow. The first bow was made of hickory and I took off to much tiller and ruined it. My bow is 61 inches long and is rated at 41 pounds with a 28 inch draw length, I draw closer to 29 inches so I think it is really closer to 45 or 46 pounds. The arrows I use are made of ceder or bamboo and they are 29 1/2 inches long and spined at 50 pounds. I like a heavier arrow to make up for my lower drawing weight. I use Bear Super razor heads (the green ones)the same broadhead my grand dad hunted with. I also use stone heads made of obsidian or flint that I make myself.

Lets here what type of bows everyone uses and attach pictures.

[LimbLover]

#31039

Longbows!!

I’ve got a 68″ 65#@31″ Bama longbow made out of Bocote and maple and a 68″ 56#@31″ Royal longbow made out of curly maple, cocobola, and bocote veneers.

I shoot my Dad’s Silvercreek 66″ longbow whenever I go home to visit. I know nothing about the specs of that bow.

[Ripforce]

#31138

Bama hunter longbow and a Bama Royal longbow both 50 @28 and I have Silver Creek longbow 54@28, do not shoot the latter that much!

[Brock63]

#31585

It depends…this year I am using a 15 year old Jeffery Royal Hunter recurve…red oak limbs backed with clear glass.

Sometimes I hunt with one of my other recurves (Robertson, Habu, etc)…

Then other times it is either an osage selfbow with static recurve tips or a vine maple selfbow with slight deflex in center and reflex on limb ends.

For arrows it is doug fir or sitka spruce with usually Ribtek heads but will also use trade points.

it is all good…

[ToddRvs]

#31648

Brock63 wrote: It depends…this year I am using a 15 year old Jeffery Royal Hunter recurve…red oak limbs backed with clear glass.

Sometimes I hunt with one of my other recurves (Robertson, Habu, etc)…

Then other times it is either an osage selfbow with static recurve tips or a vine maple selfbow with slide deflex in center and reflex on limb ends.

For arrows it is doug fir or sitka spruce with usually Ribtek heads but will also use trade points.

it is all good…

Very nice setup and Your avatar it looks great

[Brock63]

#32064

I have used that same avatar on nearly everything since early 90s when the Leatherwall first started up…never saw anyone else using it and just became ME…lol

[Cottonwood]

#32203

I favor my Chirun/Samick Spikeman 50# recurve, and my Bear Super Kodiak Grayling 55# the most. I like recurves better, and the longbows are not getting used at all.

[Steve Branson]

#32502

I have two working recurves, a Hit Huntsman 47# and Bear Grizzly 50#. I also have a Colt Targetsman 43# with a slight twist that Im trying to fix. I have three longbows, a Howard Hill Big Five 55#, a Great Plains “Bamboo” 55#, and my newest and best shooting Martin Savannah 50#.

[Frank H V]

#32531

I have several I really like. I’m shooting a current Bear Super-K 60 @ 28, & a Howard Hill 66″ Big 5 60 @ 28.
I also shoot a couple of Fox longbows & a Breed. I’ve got a Blacktail Elite that is a really sweet bow.
Frank

[Fletcher]

#44928

For hunting, a 62″ mild D/R longbow, either a Robertson or a Great Northern Critter Gitter. I also have a 58″ Pronghorn TD and a 58″ Selway Lil Mag (now Centaur) that are both GREAT hunters. I target shoot with a Griffin Tsunami. Then there are the ’67 Bear Griz and the Hoyt PH1 that I really need to get into the woods with.

So many bows, so little time.

[Bone]

#45730

Right now a 62″ centaur longbow 62# @ my 30″ draw love it!!! Also 62″ sweptwing recurve 64# @ my 30″ . Lost a sweptwing recurve, and acadian woods hybrid that both were stolen when my house was robbed 2 years back. Im patiently waiting for my new blackmoutain/dryad shaman static recurve 54″ 55# @ my 30″ draw the use of ground blinds here in texas has worked well for me on couple different propertys i hunt. Im just needing a shorter bow that’s easy to maneuver. Then there are so many hogs that stalking would be easier with a shorter bow aswell

[rayborbon]

#45753

St. Charles Thunderbird Recurve something like 55 @ 28 AMO is 63
St. Charles Take Down Longbow something like 58 @ 28 AMO is 64
Sapphire Hawk 3 Piece Take Down Longbow 55 @ 28 AMO is 64
Home crafted Hickory backed Osage Longbow 67-70 @ 28 AMO is 68
Home crafted Vine Maple longbow 60 @ 28 AMO is about 62

[strait-aero]

#45988

I shoot my Elk River 70″ longbow,which is 52# @ 28″…..which makes me a ground hunter ever since I fell in love with shooting it.:lol: Atually, I was getting tired of falling out of trees and it’s a good excuse to do just that, since it’s not very handy in a tree stand…….or maybe, just getting old.

[Kegan]

#46781

Hickory selfbows mostly, 65-60# at 29.5″. Flatbow style, with very stiff tips. Around 66″ nock to nock for the most part.

Lately I’ve started experiementing with making glass bows, hybrids and straight bows, and so far I’m liking the hybrids too. Good cast with low shock. Just need to make one with a grip I’m more used to:wink:

[maineac]

#47082

Chek-mate hunter 2 with 53# limbs and 65# limbs. Shoots like a dream and looks beautiful to boot.

[EJK]

#48943

RER LX 3 piece takedown longbow. 46# @ 28″. Tigerwood riser and limb veneers. I am a compounder coming over to trad and really liking it. I enjoy these trad forums more than the compound ones, at least half of their threads are about problems; can’t tune their new $900 bow, 280 fps isn’t fast enough,etc. 🙄

[dlbarr]

#49519

60″ Martin Trailblazer take down recurve, 55# @ 28″. Only bow I own (for now).

[RedTape]

#54125

My favorite bow is my 66″ 55# @ 28″ Lonetree longbow, and I hope to buy another one at 50# soon.

I also have a JD Berry Pin Viper that’s 64″ 62# @ 29″ and a Martin Hatfield recurve.

[Riverwolf]

#58075

………Same bow and arrow set up for 99% of my hunting for last 4-5 yrs !
62″ Mt Ash Longbow (Now called the Prickly Ash )
Built by Tracy Trickett of Treescustombows
Shes 62″ Hybride longbow
Red Elm Limbs
Osage Riser, with Ebony flare
be 55# @ 29″……..She just keeps getting prettier with age 😉

[John Carter]

#58430

I have a 45lb Tomahawk Diamond Desertfox that I’ve owned exactly three weeks.
I also have a collection of other bows,Martin,Hoyt,Bear,ect,,,but my Hawk is now #1.

John.

[George D. Stout]

#58835

This fall it’s a mid 1960’s Browning Safari I, 54″, 54#. The vine, by the way, is Virginia Creeper.

[David Petersen]

#58869

Browning always made lovely boys. George, how many bows at a time, on average, do you own? For those who can afford it, I think collecting older “classic” bows — all the ones I couldn’t afford when younger — would be a really fascinating hobby, as each model would have its own history. And it’s certainly cheaper than collecting classic guitars! dave

[Brian Halbleib]

#58890

I’m partial to longbows, selfbow, backed or glass doesn’t matter. Lately I’ve been enjoying building, shooting and hunting with 3-piece, take-down glass longbows. The primitive bows speak to me more than the others though so it won’t be long before I’m back to those again.

-Brian

[MSARCHER]

#63562

maineac wrote: Chek-mate hunter 2 with 53# limbs and 65# limbs. Shoots like a dream and looks beautiful to boot.

Finally another chek mate shooter. i too shoot a hunter 2 and love it

[Stringwacker]

#7806

A 52 pound PSAX Black Widow Recurve is the bow that I use most often

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