Every year it seems I go through a ritual of choosing which bow I will shoot and stick with to begin my season. This year here is my final choice. 58" Tall Tines recurve, Kanati quiver, and Trad Only 500 arrows with 100 grain brass inserts and 100 grain Magnus Stingers.
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What is your final decision?
ACS Adcock 64" longbow all the way for me. Drives arrows like tacs. I killed an Axis with just this past hunting season.
GREAT choice !!!!!!!!
I've got to do the same thing......soon, but I'm gonna wait until my Stalker bow comes in this week before making a final decision.
Winterhawk1960
That was last years wasn't it? I have not decided yet.
Dave
56" Morrisn Shawnee 2016 arrows 175 grain VPA.
My season here in Michigan starts Oct 1st. So,
for a month I only shoot one bow this year it
will be my Hummingbird Alpha Male its 50@28 60"
my back up is a Assenheimer 50@28 60'. Both
put the arrow were it needs to be. :archer2:
Whatever is on the wall.
QuoteOriginally posted by dpowers311:
That was last years wasn't it? I have not decided yet.
Dave
Dave, nope last year I carried my Morrison Cheyenne to the tree on day one. Didn't get the Tall Tines until November.
Good choice Tom! Skyler says hello,,,
Great choice, Tom... :thumbsup:
I have not made a final decision yet! Waiting, and pretty sure it will be my +/- 51# MOAB 60" that should be ready in a week or two :pray: . Will use Fletcher (Rick's) Douglas Fir ready-to-fletch with turkey feathers and Zwickey Deltas if it arrives, tunes, and shoots like I think it will.
Otherwise, it will be my Robertson Vision Falcon 55# 62" with Whispering Winds arrows and Snuffers.
Good luck to all this season!
Oooch, this always hurts. Haven't decided yet. My H2 or my Apache. Which ever, it will be the one bow for this season.
Take care,
Ed :dunno:
It will be my mohawk, new to trad and the only bow I own so far. :)
As it stands I'm waiting on a Morrison that I picked up here. So If things go well Morrison goes huntin. If not my 64" ACS gets the job done just fine. AT 54@27 she throws those grizzly sticks tipped with no mercy bh like bolts of lighting.
i don't have many to chose from.i'm going to use my widow plv 64" 53@26.cedar arrows of my own making,and 125 grain single bevel right wing grizzlies.lots of luck this season,steve
Still kickin' it around.... it's down to the "new to me" camo limbed 58" Schafer, New Morrison Mini 14 ILF with Hoyt G3 limbs, or my Kwyk Styk :wavey:
60" 57# @ 27" PSA III
GT 5575's 100g insert 125g WW
Boa Quiver
I'm waiting for a 64" 45# @ 28" set of long bow limbs from Bob Lee archery, if I don't have enough time to get used to them before the season I'll then be using my 50# Bob Lee take down long bow, I pull 31 1/2 inches and would like to lighten it up a bit, we'll have to see. Along with that I shoot full length Carbon Express heritage arrows with 3 5" left wing shield feathers tipped with the old Bear 145 grain broadheads with the slip in bleeders, I'm always trying different heads in practice in the off season, but always come back to the bears. I think I'll start a thread on which heads people will use this up coming season, I've found the perfect bowyer for myself but always looking for a better broadhead!
Still undecided got two tuned and ready to go, 1 preowned on the way, and just broke down a couple of weeks ago and ordered a Whip from Dan Toelke (been dialing half the number then hanging up for about 5 months now) My first hunt is September 1 so I guess I better start figuring it out...Shawn
I'm still kickin it around between the 76 Bear Super Kodiak 55# or the Samick Spikeman 50# as both shoot so great.
But I am leaning towards the Bear Super Kodiak :bigsmyl:
I about to get me a predator classic around the 55-60# mark, or a bob lee take down, still undecided.
TJ, mine may not be as pretty as yours, but it has "killer" written all over it! Morrison ILF, Tight Spot quiver, Axis FMJ 500's that will be tipped with Snuffer SS 125s.
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Starting off with the MOAB, 59# at 30" Goldtip 55-75 full length with eithr Ace standards or Snuffers weighted to 200 grns.
Hope to have a working self bow built sometime before the end of the season to use also.
bretto
Just got in from shooting and am strugling between the 2 Morrisons....
The Shawnee recurve is so dang quick and shoots where I look.....
The Shawnee longbow is soooooooo smooth and shoots dead on also...
I believe I'm leaning towards the longbow for opening weekend just for how smooooove the draw is..
Total new set up for me....
Shawnee LB
150 CE Heritage w/ 50 gr inserts and 4 blade Magnus Stinger 145gr.
I still need to decide on a quiver...leanin towards a Kanati.
A 64" Pathfinder 59# @ 28", and a new set of homegrown cedars in the drying rack as we speak.
I thought I had it narrowed down to a Bear TD Supreme A handle. However, I received my limbs for my BW PSAIII on Friday after having 6 pounds taken off the draw weight. Now, at 46 pounds this bow is so smooth and quiet I'm torn again. I took it to my 3-D trail yesterday. I didn't shoot it as well as I do my Bear but I was getting better towards the end of the shooting. I'll concentrate on this bow for the next couple of weeks. OUr whitetail deer season starts on Sept. 4th so I have to make the decision soon. The Supreme has a very high gloss finish which I'd have to cover if I use it. The widow is ready to go.
TJ, I think you can guess which bow I'll be toting on opening day! Your old kajika stick,mini boa quiver, pocedars tipped with 200gn ace super express heads! But sometimes I change my mind at the last min! I get feeling guilty about leaving the other bow at home!
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Nice choice T.J.! I hope you can give it a good nickname after the season. What's the poundage on that one? I need to get a TT before he realizes they're worth more LOL!
Good Question TJ. I won't decide until after The Muzzy Shoot next weekend. Might be my Super Shrew Gold or RER Vortex or Hummingbird Kingfisher or Kanati or..... :banghead: ...
Ziper SXT recurve 49#@28", or Stalker Recurve 50#@28" (here this week), or Zipper ZSR 48-52#@28" (here August sometime). AD Hammerhead lights with 180 Snuffers or 175 VPA Terminatoers or 175 STOS.
This season I'll be using My PSE KingFisher 50#@28" 60-65# cut 30.5"BOP Ash arrows w/160grn Magnus Snuffer 3-Blade
I could never go with just 1. I Bounce back and forth between 3 recurves and 2 longbows
Can I pick two?? A longbow and a recurve :bigsmyl:
Lone Wolf Autumn Storm Ultra Carbon
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Schafer Silvertip 58" 1 piece Recurve
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Please don't make me choose :pray:
For me it will be a Bear TD, home made wooden arrows, and Bear Razorheads.
This year I'll be switching back and forth between my PSAX kingwood and believe it or not, a Hoyt GameMaster 2. Love 'em both! Have a Blacktail Elite on order which should arrive before hunting season next year. I like 50#@28" and CE 150's @ 29 1/4" with Magnus 145gr Snuffers and 90 grs up front. I'll be taking both bows with me to CO. this August before the season starts here in TN
Can't believe it. Why the PSAX? :bigsmyl:
Taking my 60" 51 lb Fox. With 3555 Gts with 100 grain inserts, 125 Muzzy Phantoms. Only having one bow makes choosing easier :)
I have 3 this year that will hunt... all 3 are ILF 1 recurve, 1 longbow, 1 metal. all will be less than 50# @ 26". metal early season. Longbow and recurve wood riser, What ever I leave the house to hunt with that day. May have to do a 1 pcs. a couple times, been awhile.
Border Griffon GL longbow. 62#@27.5.
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I think my 51lb. Tall Tines is going to get the call this year.
Come on guys, it is so simple if you just do it like I do. Only own one bow. Then it's a lock. Will be carrying my Ben Pearson Mach One Recurve. 52" and 45#@28". Easy peasy, Lemon squeezie.
TD Hill "Red Man". 64" long, 53@28. :archer2:
Any new bows will have to work hard to knock this old girl out of her spot this year!!!
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62" 52@28 Schafer Silvertip throwing 30" Trad Lites with 100g inserts and 150g WW's up front.
NO question on the bow; it will be my 55# camo TallTines.
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I'm having trouble deciding on my broadhead. I can run 340s with 125g Woodsman Elites or bump up to 300s and go to a 250g WWE or a 260g Snuffer, both of which I have supreme confidence in or finally give a two blade a try...I have a couple packs of screw in Abowyer Brown Bears that are dying to slice thru some critters.
The most interesting part of this whole dilemma is how incredibly all the broadheads fly with these:
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I'm preparing for a big trip to SE Alaska and have been experimenting with some new vanes and fine tuning old ones. I am always amazed that these little vanes steer those big broad heads so well!
58" Morrison Shawnee Longbow,51@27". Thunderhead mini-boa quiver, Beman MFX 400 with 100 grain brass insert and Centaur BigGame Heads.
I will be using my 48# Firefly with 2 blade 150gr Stingers with a little weight added up front (225) total.
Don Dow stik this year, Mike
My RW Stalker 46" should help me walk about this year in the tight woods we hunt here in Quebec. But my Kanati 54" might get a shot as well.
I have the choice narrowed down to 5 bows. Right now any of the 5 I would be comfortable with......stabow
It'll be my 54" Anneewakee Addiction bow, "Blackie", for sure this season:
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It will have a "Slim Jim" Kanati BH quiver on it by then though :D
Oh yeah, the same arrows (CX90s) you see there but without wraps, and fletched in wild Turkey feathers w/ a band of reflective tape on the shaft.
Well I only have two...my Bama Royal and my Bama Hunter.
I'll probably take the Hunter because it is higher poundage, lighter to carry, and I don't mind getting it beat up, especially during late season when I am in the snow.
Either going to be Great Plains Swift Recurve or Morrison ILF both 58 inches 50lbs. Have a month to sort it out.
Super Shrew Delux 58" 56lbs@27". Legacy shafts and either Ace Express or Zwickey Delta 2 bladed broadheads. :thumbsup: ;) :archer2:
21st Century, 51#@28", 62". 3555 GoldTips, 150gr. woodsmans
I shoot all of my bows from Jan. 1st to June 1st, then, I decide on the one and shoot it exclusively the rest of the year. The more bows I collect the harder the decision becomes. This year I decided on last years least favorite, a 1970 Bear Kodiak Hunter. 50# @ 28", 5 shot group from 50ft. I only wish I could do this every time. :)
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For me, it will be my Martin Savannah 55# longbow equipped with an Eagles Flight quiver and custom tapered Chundoo arrows tipped with VPA's. I am also going to twist up a astro flight skinny flemish for it as well. Pics to come soon...
66" Horne's combo hunter 51@28, 3555 gt with 3gpi tube and zwickey head.
Hey TJ,
I will be toting my 55# TallTines with Trad Only 400 arrows with 100 gr brass inserts and 200 gr broadheads. Can't Wait!
Unless my 50# Tall Tines recurve makes here a little early... I'll be carrying my 45# TT, Beman MFX 600's, 100 gr. brass inserts with either some Wensel Woodsmens 150 gr, or some of Jim Neaves 2 blades.
Love my Mohawk, but I got a used Robertson Pierce Point longbow on the way. She's gonna be a take-down, I'm sure she's gonna shoot like my Mohawk (I hope). If all goes well, and I got to travel a bit, than the Stykbow goes. For local gigs, oll faithful (Mohawk) see's most of the action.
Toelke Classic Whip for me, but im hoping Jim Gainey gets my Siren to me in time, as I want to throw it in the mix as well.
The Whip is 54, and we are shooting for 47 on the Siren, so will probably use it here in Alabama then switch to the Whip when I go out to Texas and Alaska.
No brainer for me. I can't miss with this thing. 56" Lost Creek NAT. 50# @ 28".
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This year, my first Trad only, will be a 58" Holme Made River Runner: 51@28. With 29" GT Traditional(blems from Big Jim) 3555s-- 50gr brass insert with 165gr Left bevel Zwickey heads.
For elk, I'll be taking my heavier 64-inch ACS, 650 grain cedar arrows with Abowyer Wapiti, Zwickey Delta and STOS heads. Lighter ACS as back-up.
For deer, it will be my lighter ACS, Morrison Shawnee Dakota, Bear TD and Hill Tembo. About 600-grain cedar arrows with the same heads.
64", 54@27 Gerlock double carbon longbow, Terminator Hunter Lite Selects with 150 grain Stinger/Buzzcuts 530 grain total for elk.
I didn't choose my bow it has chosen me. My Holm-Made Osprey with GT 1535's and a WW on the business end.
I keep coming back to the bow I built. Something about killing a bull or buck with a bow and arrows that you built yourself... (http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/mybow002.jpg)
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This is a 60" Savage SS 60#@28". Shooting 80#-85# Surewoods w/ 160gr. Abowyer Brown Bear heads. They come in at around 600grs.
Have already put all bows away, and am only shooting my Javaman Tanjavur longbow. 56", 52#@27, with a 525gr carbonwood arrow, tipped w woodsman broadheads. can't seem to not shoot this one pretty well. Todd
Oh Well, I guess I'll just have to stay with my Old(2009) Schafer longbow. :thumbsup:
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I'll be using my 1970 Bear Grizzly 56" 45@28. CE predator 4560. still have to decide what weight point they like and after that what broadhead to use
My Schafer TD curve.Using 80-85 surewoods with 145gr points.Have not mounted them up yet but I got some Ace standards for this year.May move to something else but those Ace have a good rep so I'm pretty sure I'll be sticking with them.
Just need to get my limbs back from Bob Morrison after he's done skinnin' em.OH the wait!!! :knothead: :help:
58" 53@28 Wapiti recurve, Thunderhorn 4 arrow quiver,gt35/55 shafts 50gr brass insert 145magnus broadheadand 75 gr steel inserts.
Shrew 58" carbon/foam. Small Thunderhorn bow quiver. 52 at 28 with ADs cut to 29 inches, and STOS 175 heads, to start with. I know the Widow will see the woods also.
Black widow PLV, 64" 57@28, mfx classic 400's with 150 grain woodsmans.
I never waiver. I always go with my HH Wesley Special 68" length with draw weight of 65# at 28". Same exact specs on my backup bow as well. POC arrows with 2 blade Magnus BH.
My Union Jack Longbow; 66" 57# @ 28"; 29" cedars tipped with Grizzly El Grande weighing in at 605gr.
My new Big Jim Thunder Child 56" 49@28 TD
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I'll let you know what my therapist helps me decide. :help:
Actually it's two words
"Big River" 45 at 28. Not only for sentimental reasons it just shoots best for me out of all my bows so it will see most of the hunt time this year. Good luck guys
Turkey Creek DC 63@29, Beeman Classics 30" long with 125 gn WW up front
Zipper SXT !!!! :thumbsup: Probably will hunt with both of them. My 60" 52@28" SXT with Evolution limbs, and 60" 51@28" SXT with Classic limbs. Beman MFX Classic 400's,100gr.Brass Inserts, and 150gr. Magnus Stinger 2-blades.
Bill
Was trying to decide between the super shrew and the fox breed then I came up with a morrison cheyenne so now I don't know.
There's a lot to be said for sticking with one bow.
I'll be shooting my Stewart Slammer. 55#@28", Legacy 2216's with 125g Stingers.
My new Turkey Creek Extreme LB will get the nod. It made me put my Shrew back in the corner...just as quick and 5 lbs lighter.
Gold Tip 5575, 100 gr brass insert, Simmons Interceptors.
Come on October!
It was going to be a 60" Fedora 560. Finally came to the realization that I'm more of a 1 piece kind of guy, so it will be a 58", 55# Morrison Dakota with 45/60 Carbon Express Terminators with 100 grain inserts.
Have been shooting a Robertson long bow 63# 66" for the last 5 years but it might change this year. I have a new Pronghorn coming in next week. It's a one piece 60# @ 66" bamboo core. Looking forward to tuning it.
Well this is to easy, it will either be my Big River or my BIg River and later in the Year MAYBE my newest Big River, that will be made soon. My arrows of choice will be tapered douglas fir shafts tipped with 125 Ribteks or 145 Snuffers. Boy , and people have a hard time choosing!! LOL.
kentucky starts start sep 4
TJ,
I can't believe you're not shooting your Silvertip. If it shoots as good as it looks you can't go wrong. Good luck this season buddy.
Charlie
Osage self bow with cedars and old bear heads.
Since I only have one bow, I guess I will go with a 15 year old 60" Bruin Huntmaster T/D recurve about 58# @ 28. Along with some 15 year old easton classic 2117s.
I did order some Carbon Express shafts to try out, so I might hunt with them if I like them.