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Title: One has to go...
Post by: Bwhntr247 on February 24, 2017, 08:27:00 PM
Both are great shooters and I'm not really sure I shoot one that much better than the other. Thunderchild is a 1 pc 56" #49@28, black and white ebony. The Elkhart is 2 PC 54" #50@28, Myrtle with phenolic. Tough decision, think I'm going to have to shoot them some more.
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Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Sam McMichael on February 24, 2017, 09:09:00 PM
I would keep both bows.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Duncan on February 24, 2017, 10:07:00 PM
I would keep both too. I have a Thunderchild and a Super Shrew. Both are 50 @ 28" and both shoot great for me. I think the Shrew is 56" and the Thunderchild is 54". Love them both enough that if I were getting rid of bows all of my other bows would go first except my Hoyt take down.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: tecum-tha on February 24, 2017, 10:29:00 PM
I would never sell the 2 piece. Will come in very handy...
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: fnshtr on February 24, 2017, 10:33:00 PM
I would sell the two-piece to me!   :biglaugh:
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Ulysseys on February 24, 2017, 10:46:00 PM
Tough decision made slightly easier by one being a 2 piece...
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: mjh on February 24, 2017, 10:47:00 PM
Yea need your go to bow and your back up bow, and one of them should be a take down.  Keep 'em both!
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Tater on February 25, 2017, 05:55:00 AM
You're going to regret selling either one I would keep both.   :readit:
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Bob at Work on February 25, 2017, 06:58:00 AM
They are both beautiful bows, but there's no doubt I'd go for the Elkhart...the limb design creates a very pleasing profile, and I know the grip fits the hand perfectly...being a 2 piece is just twice the reason to pick it.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Bwhntr247 on February 25, 2017, 07:19:00 AM
OK I think you guys talked me into keeping them both.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: katman on February 25, 2017, 07:30:00 AM
Bummer    :D    , but good for you.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Tajue17 on February 25, 2017, 08:13:00 AM
its cool seeing those different limb profiles while strung though,,,,, so seeing how your not selling one now which one of those limb ideas you think works better 8^)
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: highlow on February 25, 2017, 09:23:00 AM
Had a feeling you knew you were going to keep both. Good looking sticks.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Bwhntr247 on February 25, 2017, 12:28:00 PM
Tajue, I think the limb design on the Elkhart has an edge in speed while the Thunderchild is quieter. Mind you it seems slight in both cases. They seem to draw almost the same with what I feel is a slightly smoother draw on the TC.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Bob at Work on February 25, 2017, 03:49:00 PM
It's a good thing you are keeping the Elkhart...I just saw pictures of the "new and improved" shrew and the strung profile looks more like the Thunderchild...  :(
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: Msturm on February 25, 2017, 04:05:00 PM
If one absolutely had to go, I would keep the elkheart, simply for the fact that it is a 2 piece for easy and safe travel, and that it is 50 lbs which is the minimum for hunting big game in Alaska.
Title: Re: One has to go...
Post by: crazynate on February 25, 2017, 07:11:00 PM
Keep them both lol I would