well I am down to owning just three bows and normally I switch between them too much and have to re adjust my shooting habits for each one which affects my shooting so my dryad orion td longbow is my main bow this season and am not gonna shoot another bow till the season is over, with the exception of my grizzly as a bowfishing bow, does anyone else stick to just one for the season?
Last year I did as I only owned one bow for half the season. Back down to 2 bows with one more on the way. I'll be hunting with my Mohawk this season until I kill a deer then move to the Big River.
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For hunting this year its a SR swift 58" 483@28" and as back up RER recurve 58" 47#@28" and I draw 29". Lam. birch arrows @ 725grs from both bows also some carbons 675grs...both with 2 blade broad heads. No guess work just grab one bow and go.
Dang Ron...483@28...didn't know you were such a beast...
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My old AMF Wing recurv 58" 60@28. Been hard not to play with the other two
Because I make my own wood bows I shoot a lot of different bows through the year. A month before the season opens I pick the one I will hunt with and shoot it exclusively through the season. I generally pick a back up bow that shoot similarly to my go to bow and am sure it shoot as well but most of the shooting I do during the season is with my go to bow.
Bowspirit, to bad I can't type..lol
I would like to see that bow.And Mr. ron w pull it back.Ron you`ll be my friend for life. :D But seriously,I`ll be shooting my (newer style)Bear Super Kodiak 50#er with 650gr.Herritage 250 arrows Bear razerheads. :thumbsup:
I am with Dave. I have gotten rid of everything I don't need and I'm gonna stick with the only bow I have left. I've got a tomahawk longbow that i shoot pretty well and it hasn't let me down yet. It would be nice to have a bunch of bows but I have to pay tuition next week. oh well, can't wait until october!
I alternate between the Groves Spitfire, Kempf Stealth and this year a Kempf longbow. Depends what mood I'm in and the area we decide to hunt. Same arrows fly from all 3 setups.
Minimizing can be very good. This year it's a vintage Shakespeare Necedah. Bear Razorheads on 2016 aluminum arrows. Everything I'm using was available in 1967....the year I took my first archery deer.
George, I got my first bow in 1967 also, Browning Nomad Stalker.
I stick with just one bow a season, that is unless I trade my only bow for another bow during the season! I've always been a one bow man, since I've shot trad only.
Hey Ron, I owned a Nomad Stalker for a year or so. I bought it through Bennett Brothers, a wholesale distributor, when I worked for a food distributor in Bedford, Pa. I sold it and bought a Wing Thunderbird in 1968/69.
Maybe I own too many bows... Maybe. Like shootin' them all too. But right after the Muzzy Shoot in August I'm gonna stick with ONE BOW and hunting weight arrows! My "new to me" RER Vortex and 600 grain compressed ramine arrows will be with me this hunting season.
... mike ... :archer: ...
ian i will take all of your strings for you and hide em next time im in town.
i think that the dryad is an awsome bow.....but mr. brent's bow is better. :D
give ya 3 guesses what i'll be shooting.
gator, the reason I chose the dryad is cause thats the only bow that will shoot the arrows I have accurately
Fred Asbell recommended in an article he wrote for TBM a few years ago, to pick your hunting bow at least 60 days before your season opener, and stick with it through the hunting season. Each bow has it's own feel if nothing else. It is best to leave all variants as much as possible out of the equation when the moment of truth comes. Be completely familiar with your equipment and capabilities.
yeah i know. but i still like that little recurve. if it was righthanded you would have......'missplaced' it by now. :D
I have a little different take on this but this is what i did, Called JD Lund from Whisperstick Bows and I now have 2 of his bows and am ordering a third .Same bow Voodoo stick 48@28 draw but all are very different woods. This makes it that i am shooting different bows in wood but same design so i don't have to change my shooting style or form.I shot this bow very good thats why i did this.
I have sold everything and have one bow currently and will be hunting with it this fall. 1960's Damon Howatt Monterey, 62", 39# at my 31" draw. I'll be shooting Easton 1916's and 125 gr. four blade Magnus Stingers. Should be plenty for whitetails and save me from long term shoulder problems.
I curently only shoot one bow, but I have a silvertip coming in september and I hope that will be the one!! Jason
I found i had the same problem, especially switching between a recurve and a longbow. right now I'm shooting my Predator recurve and have been for the past year. I'll be using it for muzzy and hog hunting at Ray's place in September but then i think i'm going to pick up my Matlock Predator X3 to hunt deer locally.
Last year all I had was a 62" BW that was hard for this short guy to manuever. I bought a 58" Tim Miegs off this site and we seem to get along really well. 2018's and 125 Razorcaps are all I'll carry from now till spring turkey.