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Title: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Slickhead on November 21, 2022, 04:48:00 PM

anyone own one. thinking about one for 2023. Like the looks. Wondering how they shoot

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Roger Norris on November 22, 2022, 08:34:06 AM

The Li'l Favorite has a special place in my heart. Ron and I came up with the name while sitting around camp one night. I owned the first Chameleon Li'l Favorite, and still have it. That bow was used by Henry Bodnik as a "model" for the current Li'l Favorite. I have one, and it is awesome. The current bows are better than the originals.

My description of the Lil Fav would be light, quick, easy to maneuver, easy to shoot, a great treestand or ground hunting bow. I have shot it both with and without a bow quiver...I would encourage you to try and hunt with it without the quiver to take advantage of it's maneuverability.

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Slickhead on November 22, 2022, 07:12:58 PM

thank you Roger

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Ray Lyon on November 23, 2022, 07:14:51 PM

What Roger said!

I took the prototype Lil Favorite out at camp when Ron had it there for field testing and shot a deer on my first hunt with it.  It’s a great compact bow and is easy to shoot with the grip/forward handle. 

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Lowrider on November 23, 2022, 10:12:22 PM

Can't say anymore than it is a great shooting bow. The only problem is finding one. They just don't seem to make as many of them as they do the long bows.

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Killdeer on December 05, 2022, 07:49:54 PM

I bought one from Ron at Kalamazoo some years back, and the phrase “cold, dead hands” comes to mind. Easy as a K-Mag to shoot, but snappier.

Killdeer

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: tzolk on December 06, 2022, 07:48:16 AM

I’ve always had a liking to this bow. Looks like they don’t offer the 56 or a 58” version anymore. This in a 58 would rock.

Title: Re: shrew lil favorite II
Post by: Ray Lyon on December 06, 2022, 08:13:57 AM

The 58” was actually the Super Shrew Scout.  Tim and Henry have dropped ‘super’ from the Shrew bow name. Ron had added the ‘super’ prefix to his line of Shrew bows when John McCullough came on board as a bowyer and changed the limb profile circa 1995/6. 

I believe the first prototype Lil Favorite was a 52” bow. Roger would know for sure because I think he bought that bow from Ron after we all tested it out in camp the year Ron brought it. The 54” Lil Favorite that Henry/Tim is producing now will handle longer draws without issue. I just spoke with Tim yesterday and he was shooting a 35# Lil Favorite that he just received in and he said it was a snappy little bow with 1000 spine arrows.  The Lil Favorite is just a perfectly pointing compact hunting bow that’s a smooth shooter.