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Title: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Vesty on September 13, 2016, 07:19:00 PM
I am going to use my Two Tracks Echo this season after a one year layoff. I can honestly say that for me it is The Bow. I had forgotten how pleasant a strong follow is. No wonder they have the following they do.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Dave Weiss on September 13, 2016, 07:31:00 PM
I've got one coming from McBroom. Hope to put it to good use this fall/winter. Sounds like a "user friendly" kind of bow...
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Mud_Slide_Slim on September 13, 2016, 07:43:00 PM
Yep...they are all I shoot.  I just received an Echo from Chuck a few weeks ago and it is a shooter.  It will definitely see the woods this year!

Bill-
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Vesty on September 13, 2016, 07:58:00 PM
Bill. I was fortunate to be the first hunter to get a confirmed kill with the Echo when Chuck came  with it. You will love yours, believe me.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Vesty on September 13, 2016, 07:59:00 PM
Came out with it that is.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Sam McMichael on September 13, 2016, 08:39:00 PM
I have two NM Sheltons and really like the string follow. I haven't put blood on the arrow with them yet, but I sure like the way they shoot.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Vesty on September 13, 2016, 09:14:00 PM
It really is difficult for me to describe what exactly it is about a string follow that endears me to them. My Echo just feels "soft" in my hand at the shot yet still delivers the arrow with authority. This bow sends the shaft "right where I'm looking" as it should be.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: eidsvolling on September 13, 2016, 10:48:00 PM
Geez, here I am working hard to stay ready for an upcoming moose hunt with my backset Talon Classic, and you folks have got me yearning for the string follow bow I inherited from my Dad which I have put on the rack for the summer. It draws only 48# and is thus insufficient for the task at hand, but it has the virtues mentioned here!

 (https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/718/23523255140_8da340b7ff_h.jpg)
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: Dave Weiss on September 13, 2016, 11:06:00 PM
Unless there are bow weight restrictions where you are moose hunting, the 48# bow is quite adequate for the task at hand...
Pretty bow btw
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: jwhitetail on September 13, 2016, 11:21:00 PM
Wow... that Talon is a beautiful bow!
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: jwhitetail on September 13, 2016, 11:22:00 PM
Wow... that Talon is a beautiful bow!
And by the way, I love a good string Follow... I own a JD Berry Misty Dawn and a couple of Heritages... string follows and great bows.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: deaddoc4444 on September 14, 2016, 02:45:00 PM
My son was gracious enough and loving enough to get me an Eagle wing Frontier SF bow two Christmass' ago . It is by far the best handling and most accurate bow I own.  I have numerous Custom bows and I shoot them regularly, AND love them all for their differning qualities .  BUT  when I go out to hunt I grab the Frontier.  Love the String Follow.
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: on September 14, 2016, 04:52:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by eidsvolling: "It draws only 48# and is thus insufficient for the task at hand, but it has the virtues mentioned here"

Just curious...
Why would you feel that 48# at your draw would be insufficient?  I'm not being critical....just don't understand.      :archer:
Title: Re: Back to stringfollow
Post by: eidsvolling on September 14, 2016, 08:20:00 PM
New Hampshire requires a minimum of 50# at 28" for moose (used to be 60, actually). And I know there are folks who hunt moose with sub-50 bows. I'm not one of them, regardless of the rule.

I need to point out that the bow in my picture above is not the Talon Classic (which is a beauty in its own right.) The bow is actually the one made for my dad the year before he joined the Navy and went off to fight ... the Empire of Japan.   :D  

Yes, it is shot regularly. For the last eight years now.