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Title: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: myshootinstinks on May 29, 2010, 10:46:00 PM
There is an adjustment in shooting these very different styles of bows but not so much that you can't shoot both simultaneously. Whatever bow you shoot, you shoot the arrow not the bow and decent accuracy can be acheived.  We were horsing around this afternoon and the group in the picture was made by the same shooter, shooting a Hill LB and a Black Widow recurve at 24 yards. He shot the first five arrows,(yellow fletching) with the Hill. the second four,(red fletchings), with the Widow.

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Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: pdk25 on May 29, 2010, 11:04:00 PM
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Mudd on May 29, 2010, 11:08:00 PM
I do it all the time.Ask anyone who has been to my place shooting. We shoot everything all at the same time(well you know what I mean) Sometimes it takes one shot to let your brain switch gears but other than that being a possibility, it's great fun. Plus no better than I shoot nothing much else matters other than having fun and watching the feathers fly.

God bless,Mudd

PS: I have to admit though that I don't do it with any BW's, they are out of my budgets range.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: AdamH on May 29, 2010, 11:48:00 PM
Yes, you're correct, It's not that difficult at all ....
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Raging Water on May 30, 2010, 12:18:00 AM
That is the fun part. I like to take two or three bows out. I shoot six arrows with one, then switch to the other.

It is just plain fun. As much fun as I can have standing up.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on May 30, 2010, 12:19:00 AM
Absolutely!
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Thumper Dunker on May 30, 2010, 02:30:00 AM
I like to take both my long bow and my recurve out chasing the fuzzies. they shoot diferant but I know how they shoot. Most of the time.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Stone Knife on May 30, 2010, 06:17:00 AM
I go from a Hill to a Titan complete with flipper rest and I shoot vanes off that one, from one extreme to the other.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: bicster on May 30, 2010, 10:05:00 AM
I was thinking about starting a post about this. I have a Black Widow recurve, a Howard Hill, and a Self bow. It seems that when my accuracy starts to waiver with one of the bows, I will pick up one of the others and drill tacks again. One week I shoot the BW the best , then the HH, or the self bow. I would think that sticking with one bow would be the best but so far that hasn't been the case. I guess switching keeps bad habits from forming.
Bic
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: myshootinstinks on May 30, 2010, 02:29:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by bicster:
I was thinking about starting a post about this. I have a Black Widow recurve, a Howard Hill, and a Self bow. It seems that when my accuracy starts to waiver with one of the bows, I will pick up one of the others and drill tacks again. One week I shoot the BW the best , then the HH, or the self bow. I would think that sticking with one bow would be the best but so far that hasn't been the case. I guess switching keeps bad habits from forming.
Bic
I've noticed the same thing and I've concluded that when my shooting starts to falter, I'm losing concentration.  In other words, I've gotten bored.  Swapping bows seems put my mind back on what I'm doing.  :archer2:
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: MarkE2006 on May 30, 2010, 05:48:00 PM
Love to let the arrows fly.  As long as the arrows are matched to the bow, it makes no difference which bow I shoot.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Davesea on August 11, 2010, 01:57:00 PM
What are the arrows made of?  Are they self arrows?  Matched to each bow?  Everyone talks about what kind of bow, but I am learning that arrows make the biggest difference with accuracy.  I am making self arrows and it is very evident that all arrows are not created equal.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Night Wing on August 11, 2010, 02:09:00 PM
I can't shoot both. I could never place the first shot of the day where I wanted to with my hybrid longbow. My recurves would always place the first arrow out of each where I was looking. I think it had to do something with the grip of the longbow. I sold the longbow.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: First White Falcon on August 11, 2010, 02:20:00 PM
I do the same! But there is another twist, since I am "Bi Bow", I also will shoot my compound at the same sitting. The brain will adjust to them all!
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Butch Speer on August 11, 2010, 03:19:00 PM
I shoot three different bows. My arrows are matched to each bow. I really can't tell the difference.
Title: Re: Hill style & center shot recurve, you can shoot both
Post by: Orion on August 11, 2010, 05:10:00 PM
Yep.  Not a problem.  Been doing it for about 40 years.