WHATS EVERYONE SHOOTING?

[MSARCHER]

#3006

I MYSELF SHOOT A CUSTOM 60″ CHECKMATE HUNTER II T/D RECURVE, 60# @ 28″, TRADED AN OLD RIFLE FOR IT, BEST TRADE I EVER MADE

[M]

#15433

1972 Bear Super Magnum 48 55# bow. Love short bows for hunting.

[lssa]

#16028

54# chastain 58in long
also superblackhawk cascade that was bought in 1989 when i was 12

[Patrick]

#16212

I’m shooting a 62″ Northern Mist Baraga 45# @ 28″. With my draw length being approximately 29.5″, I’m a bit over 50#.

[rayborbon]

#16221

I have several bows. The first two listed seem to be my favorites for now.

Pacific Yew Longbow (2 pc take down w/sleeve) 58# @28″
Sapphire Hawk (3 pc take down) 56# @28″
Maple Self bow 60# @28″
Hickory backed Osage w/ Yew Handle 67# @28″

[William Warren]

#16265

Right now I’m shooting a new 52″ Samick 45# recurve offered by Greatree. A great little bow for the price.

Other bows in my posession:
Bear Alaskan 47# @ 28″
Bear Grizzly 50# @ 28″
Hoyt Hunt Master T/D 45# and 55# limb sets
JD Berry Yahweh 68# @ 28″
Various 68″ Hickory selfbows 55# to 68# @ 28″

Duncan

[Bert]

#16366

Pulling a new PSE “Sequoia” r/d 68inch 50#@28″ longbow-good bow for the price-$250. It’s FF compatible so I replaced the 14 strand B-50 flemish with an 8 strand 4 color
D-97 with padded loops from SBD Bowstrings on O.L. Adcock’s advice. Great string from an ethical company- tho it looks like it’s strung with a multicolored piece of dental floss!
Still have the old Bear Whitetail 11 that I converted to shoot-off-the-shelf- use as my portable nautilus machine
Had a 68″ Ben Pearson “Ol Ben” longbow that was over 70# and way over-bowed for me so I recently gifted it to Dr. Ed Ashby as he was worried about losing his bow muscles during his illness- called him just as he was opening the box- he pulled 5x right side and the same left!
In the market for takedown longbow in the future- how do like that Pacific Yew rayborbon?- Jay St. Charles’ co. is just down the road from me.
Good hunting-Bert

[Chris Shelton]

#16643

I am shooting a 55# Deer master take down curve by Greatree archery. Cheap just like the sequoia, I think it is 210 right now, but it was 199 when I got it. It shoots great with Beeman ICS bowhunter shafts, I am drawing somthing like 27.5-28″, I have never really measured it, but my shafts are 29.5″.

I own several other bows, my first bow was a bow by Galaxy Mars? Anyone ever hear of them, because I hadnt! It is 40#, and is the only bow to this day that has killed a deer with me! I also have a shakespeare X-21 “tioga” at 45#, it is great bow, I just wish it was higher in poundage. My last recurve is a Hunter recurve by Martin archery, in 70#, it is a beast. And I just bought a u-finish longbow from bowstick archery, it is okay, I prefer recurves over longbows, but I thought I would give them a try, and I still think I want to try a reflex-deflex longbow, that might be more my style.

[Jesse Minish]

#16815

Shooting a 70#@28″ Cascade Night Hawk Mag. I draw about 29 1/2″

[SteveMcD]

#17692

Let’ see.. presently –

Northern Mist Reverse Handle Whisper Longbow 64″ 51@28
Howard Hill Halfbreed 66″ 52@28
Northern Mist Baraga 64″ 53@28

Bear Bearcat Recurve 62″ 40@28
Martin Stick ML10 62″ 45@28
Pearson Locksley Hybrid Longbow 64″ 45@28

Had Bear Grizzly and 2 other Pearson’s that I just gave away to those who needed them. Cause for me, it was just the right thing to do.

Top three are my GO TO bows in that order. I am debating between another Northern Mist or Howard Hill at this time.
Toss up between a HH Big 5 and a NM Superior.

[Patrick]

#17749

SteveMcD wrote: Northern Mist Reverse Handle Whisper Longbow 64″ 51@28

That is pretty interesting considering I was JUST looking at his updated site yesterday and saw that handle and I thought…wow, that’s weird looking! How do you like that handle?

[SteveMcD]

#17825

Hi Patrick… the NM Whisper Longbow has been my go to hunting bow for many years. The all bamboo limbs are very smooth and quiet. But the Handle fits the folcrum of my hand perfectly and comfortably, it allows the the bow hand to grip the bow exactly the same way all the time.

I do see that Steve Turay has changed the Whisper bow a bit from the earlier model. Mine was the sister model to the Superior, only having a reverse handle. Mine has a touch of reflex to it, the same as the Superior, instead of the Classic, as the model is now described.

[MSARCHER]

#19608

[quote=SteveMcD]Let’ see.. presently –

Bear Bearcat Recurve 62″ 40@28

HEY I ALSO HAVE A BEAR BEARCAT 45#@28″,THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME. ITS IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION, WITH A FEW NIKS HERE AND THERE. WONDER WHAT THESE BOWS ARE WORTH, ANY CLUE?

[Buckhorn73]

#19625

Any straight-limbed, straight-gripped longbow, 66″ – 70″, 40-64 pound and wood arrows.

[SteveMcD]

#19702

Msacrher… wish I knew. I see some pretty low prices on eBAY though. 45 to 50 dollars, suspect it could go up to 75 or so before the auction ends. I have no intention of selling mine.

[Daniel]

#19773

Quartermoon flatbow 63#@28 52″
Brackenbury Non-Typical T/D longbow 54#@28 64″
Brackenbury Quest T/D recurve 53#@28 62″
Pearson Cougar 50#@28 62″

SB

[Hiram]

#19927

Boss Longbow
Kerner Longbow
DAS recurve
Hoyt Spectra Warf
Hoyt TD-3 Warf
Bear Warf
Spectra Quarf
Had more but gave them away to people who needed a good Bow.
Sent some of them to a Church kids archery program.
Oh, forgot. Proline Warf
Bear quarf

[LadyHawk]

#19980

Right now I am hunting with my 52″ Maddog Midsize recurve. Early season I was shooting my 56″ Kanati longbow. I love both bows! Filled my doe tag with the Kanati. Now trying to fill the buck tag with the recurve.

[Rocks]

#20224

Two longbows for me, I draw 29 1/4″:

Martin Venom 66″ 40@28
Toelke T/D Whip 62″ 53@28 (arriving soon)

[butts]

#20545

Jerry Barr “Lobo” second one he ever made. He is from Whitewater Colorado. Called him on the phone after a fiend of mine named “Shanks” turned me onto stickbows. I said “Jerry I can’t find you where are you?” His response “I am standing in my shop”. My first and only bow. Shoots 60@28″ he fit me to that bow really well, they hit where I look8)

[Bert]

#20727

Hiram wrote: Boss Longbow
Kerner Longbow
DAS recurve
Hoyt Spectra Warf
Hoyt TD-3 Warf
Bear Warf
Spectra Quarf
Had more but gave them away to people who needed a good Bow.
Sent some of them to a Church kids archery program.
Oh, forgot. Proline Warf
Bear quarf

Hiram- I know what a Warf is- a compound riser usually fitted with ILF limbs- but what is Quarf?- no sexual intimations implied!

[tom-wisconsin]

#30844

I have a Indian Archery recurve I bought around 1965 which is 62″ and 40#. I have not hunted with it more than four or five times over the years. It is now on my bucket list to kill a deer with it.:D

[6arrows]

#31264

right now a samick hunter takedown 60in and 60lbs @28in

other bows that i own is a ben person cougar 45lbs@28 in
martin jaguar takedown 55lbs@28in
martin X200 55lbs@28 in
ben person javelina 45lbs @28 in
hoyt dorado 60lbs @28 in

[Lousyhunter]

#31942

Fedora Xcellerator, 64″, 55#@30″ (my primary)

Toelke Whip, 64″, 60#@30″

Monarch Imperial, 66″, 75#@30″

Hey, 6arrows: I have that same bow! my son is using it this year for hunting!

[griz]

#42512

Dakota pro hunter recurve (by rick welch) 64″ 53#@30″

[Dan Jackowiak]

#43305

Brown Recluse Seminole, 61″ 59 @ 28

59″ limbs on the way, 53 @ 28

[drifter2]

#64069

Brackenbury Drifter 64″ 60#@30
Brackenbury Quest 62″ 60#@30
Belcher Longhorn 64″ 60#@30
All my favorites 😀

[?ucznik]

#22105

I am shooting a 60″ 53#@26″ r/d bamboo-backed yew longbow made for me by Mark Smeltzer.

[T Downing]

#22227

I primarily shoot a 63lb Black Widow PLX, easily the finest bow I have ever shot. My other go to bows are a 55lb BW PL III and a sweet shooting 50.5lb Matlock Longbow. I love them all.

[nybubba]

#22582

right now a 50# martin X200 but I was checking out the maddog mutt. If you read my eye dominance thread on the other forum you will see that I am switching to a left hand bow and always wanted to try a longbow anyway jim:roll:

[JUST_ME1962]

#26008

41# Chek Mate King Pawn Deluxe

[jaytbuzzard]

#26509

I have two bows that were my Fathers. Black widow 60″ 49# @ 28″. The other one is a Bear Super Magnum 48″ 48# @ 28″. I am new to this but I’m having a great time. I can’t wait to try hunting with it for Turkeys this spring. 😀

[hawg]

#43347

depends on the target, day and mood:D

but in descending order of purchase, a 60# Predator; a 65# Martin ML14 longbow; a Bear 65# kodiak; a 65# Hoyt takedown recurve; and a 50# Browning Wasp

(OK, I’ll admit I fell off the wagon for a short while, I got a 65# Jennings Split-T compound laying around somewhere)

[Hiram]

#43614

A Quarf is a set of Quinn limbs on compound riser. Hunt Bear balck Bear risers, Spectra risers,TD-3 risers,Rambo risers, and some others which provide a 21 inch length od riser and geometry to make a good recurve. Proline Typhoon is another one. Warf is the basic name for what my friend Bob Gordon of Idaho started years ago by doing ILF conversions on these old compound risers. This enabled the use of Olympic limbs, and made a shorter than Olypic BOWS for hunting rig. Adjustability and no give in these alum/magnesium risers make good shooters from 62 to 66 inch lengths. Quarf’s are straight bolt down limbs with no tiller adjustment.

[MontanaFord]

#44408

Bear Grizzly 58″ AMO, 55# @ 28″. I draw 29 1/2″, which puts me right at about 60# of weight.

Michael

[Larkspur Trad]

#44478

Martin Dream Catcher, 60″, 62# @ 30″; it stacks some, but is fast and I’m accurate with it to a little past 20 yds.

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