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Title: Recurve or longbow?
Post by: Medina1 on August 16, 2012, 04:12:00 PM
Who's using what this fall? This isn't a versus or which is better just wanna see who prefers what for hunting. I'm using my 62" TallTines recurve 53@28 with some Easton 2219's and 125 grain woodsman broadheads up front. Whats your set up?
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Post by: RecurveRookie on August 16, 2012, 04:23:00 PM
1st bowhunting season, 62" Samick Sage 50# recurve,  easton st epic with 105 gr muzzy's.   We'll see how it works on small to mid sized feral hogs and deer.  good hunting
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Post by: Recurve50 LBS on August 16, 2012, 04:32:00 PM
Although my TG handle says "Recurve" I will be hunting with one of my longbows again this year.
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Post by: Oregon Okie on August 16, 2012, 04:37:00 PM
Whip longbow.
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Post by: Plumber on August 16, 2012, 04:39:00 PM
I will be using my silver tip with a 35-55 gt an 190 on the front end.(recurve).
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Post by: ericmerg on August 16, 2012, 04:40:00 PM
either my 80# howatt ml-10 longbow or my 72# hoyt/eastom ram reflex reurve
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Post by: Rock 'N Bow on August 16, 2012, 04:53:00 PM
My goal is to take one deer for each bow. I feel confident with all four bows.
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Post by: archeryx on August 16, 2012, 04:56:00 PM
I'll be using my Wild Horse Creek Kestrel R/D LB.  ....or maybe my WHC Mariah recurve.... the Kanati....the Kodiak Hunter....

Great! You've succeeded in giving me a complex.  

Either way I'm trying to sell some c******d bows and go strictly stickbow. (Sold one and I only have 4 more to sell   :knothead:   )

Come on folks, I need all the support I can get   :help:   . HAHA
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Post by: mountain lion on August 16, 2012, 05:34:00 PM
My 56# wild horse creek longbow with cedar shafts and 125 grain 4 blade Magnus heads.
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Post by: Arwin on August 16, 2012, 05:36:00 PM
58# St. Joe River Longbow, Blackhawk Carbonwood 3000's, Bear Razorheads mounted on 100 grain steel adapter.
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Post by: Jake Diebolt on August 16, 2012, 05:58:00 PM
50lb Martin Hunter recurve, aluminum arrows with zwickey no mercy's.
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Post by: Archie on August 16, 2012, 06:19:00 PM
I'll be hunting primarily with my longbow (see below), with full-length 2117s with 175-grains of Wensel Woodsmans.

I also plan to hunt a bit with my 69# recurve limbs with full-length 2419s and 200-grains of 3-blade Magnus up front.
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Post by: Anointed Archer on August 16, 2012, 06:31:00 PM
63lb Northern Mist Superior- Easton Axsis 400's with 175grn Tusker single bevel broadheads!
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Post by: JamesKerr on August 16, 2012, 06:48:00 PM
Tomahawk Legacy series takedown 55# @ 28" with a arrow dynamics shaft and 175 grain grizzly broadhead.
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Post by: Easykeeper on August 16, 2012, 07:00:00 PM
I'll be using the Blacktail recurve in my signature.  Unless I get my new Blacktail in time...   ;)
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Post by: UrbanDeerSlayer on August 16, 2012, 08:27:00 PM
One of my longbows. Either the 50# Bamabow, or my new 58# Omega that I will be getting next week!
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Post by: skychief on August 16, 2012, 08:37:00 PM
Vintage Bear Grizzly.  40#@28" (44# at my 29 1/2" draw).  30" 1816'S with 150 grain Woodsmans up front.

Can't wait, Skychief.
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Post by: Covey on August 16, 2012, 08:39:00 PM
Been shooting my Kanati, and I'm really like'n it! Believe I'll be carry'n it this fall.

Jason
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Post by: katman on August 16, 2012, 08:46:00 PM
Going to get my new bigfoot sasquatch td longbow bloody this year that Kirk built this spring.
60" 52@29 and smoking a gold tip with 200gr VPA long traditional (formerly the terminator)
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Post by: USN_Sam1385 on August 16, 2012, 08:48:00 PM
Sold two bows and narrowed it down to only two. Then my recurve blew up on me.

Down to only one bow. Thinking I might keep it that way though.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on August 16, 2012, 09:01:00 PM
Hill Wesley Special 65# if the shoulder holds out. Otherwisw Hill Cheetah 55#. Then if it really gets sore a Hill Big Five at 50#.
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Post by: CHENRYIV on August 16, 2012, 09:54:00 PM
1st Trad season.  I'll be hunting with my Li'l Hoots recurve 54# @ 26 w/ 190gr Simmons Interceptor & MFX 400 shafts.
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Post by: Mongo on August 16, 2012, 10:01:00 PM
Either my #80 Bamboo Longhunter or my 87# Bighorn.
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Post by: wolfhunter4life on August 16, 2012, 10:15:00 PM
With my longbows, Northern Mist Classic 58# and my 60# Baraga. Both shooting Gold Tip Trad 55/75 with 100 grain insert and 225 grain point weight. Bear hunting starting the 25th of Sep.
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Post by: Broken Arrow 1 on August 16, 2012, 10:24:00 PM
Generally longbow but I'm using hickory and Osage self bows with cane arrows
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Post by: darin putman on August 16, 2012, 10:33:00 PM
My Crooked Stic, 62" slight rd longbow,52@28",my draw 29",one of the sweetest shooting bows ever, that just seems to agree with me on my shafts final destination, will be sending out some surewood shafts,60-65# spine, tipped with Zwickey No Mercy 2 bladed 130 grain taper hole broadheads!!                Yeah life is good, getting better all the time, enjoy this site as well as everyone on it, Great Bunch of folks   :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: Fletcher on August 16, 2012, 10:36:00 PM
Setting up my new to me GN Fireball as my #1 with fir arrows and 200 gr Grizzly Kodiaks.  I also have a Hoyt PH1 and '59 Razorheads that I hope to show some woods time.
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Post by: Joshua Grimshaw on August 17, 2012, 09:20:00 AM
Black Widow PSR 54# @ 27"  2018 with 175 grains up front. Really like that bow.
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Post by: Longbowlogan on August 17, 2012, 10:01:00 AM
Black Widow PSAX Tulipwood 54@28, easton epics 500's and Simmons Interceptors!!
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Post by: riverrat 2 on August 17, 2012, 10:06:00 AM
My Thunderchild should be here next week. I really would like to give that one some time in the woods. 58" 51@28. rat'
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Post by: K2 on August 17, 2012, 10:28:00 AM
I will be hunting with my Liberty Contender LB; 46@28"; 35/55 Gold Tip arrows and Wensel Woodsman broadheads.  Ken
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Post by: sticksnstones on August 17, 2012, 10:33:00 AM
What is your backup plan rat? I know you can shoot them pretty Centaurs, but I'm wondering if that Pouland is your plan B for the brushy river bottoms?

I haven't decided on my deer bow yet, I'm thinking my 60# osage selfbow if I can get it tuned back in. I'll have a month with my new fir arrows to tune after I get back from antelope next week.
Thom
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Post by: Bear Heart on August 17, 2012, 10:34:00 AM
Well, my recurve limbs came apart on me so I will be hunting with my 56# Real McCoy, only have the longbow limbs, by Any Mccoy of Bezaleel Bowworks.  CX Heritage 250 with WW broadheads.
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on August 17, 2012, 11:53:00 AM
If the deer cooperate I'll use both.  Starting with a longbow though.
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Post by: Blueridge on August 17, 2012, 11:58:00 AM
Black Widow PLX last season- buck and a bear. This season will be with a Wes Wallace recurve hopefully another buck and a bear and a few does mixed in.
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Post by: MnFn on August 17, 2012, 11:59:00 AM
Shrew CH this year, Pronghorn is my back up- it's a little heavier.
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Post by: Butch Speer on August 17, 2012, 12:10:00 PM
Howard Hill Cheetah. 66in. 56@28
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Post by: NEB on August 17, 2012, 04:24:00 PM
Recurve.  58# Maddog till it gets cold and then I am dropping down to my 53# Sheepeater to help my joints.
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Post by: mt-dew10 on August 17, 2012, 04:29:00 PM
Recurve.  48# @ 28.  Robertson Fatal Styk Z.
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Post by: Dave Lay on August 17, 2012, 04:48:00 PM
Just got a new DG Albright 66" 58lb longbow they are dead quiet and this one performs along the lines of my 60Lb black widow recurve, its probably my 4th or 5th of his bows, i keep selling em to friends who want them LOL  but plan to hunt with it and hopefully show it some neat country this fall !!
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Post by: DeCurry on August 17, 2012, 05:16:00 PM
Toelke Whip longbow (60-in., 52 lbs @ 28 in.).

Backup plan: my previous hunting buddy, a Quinn Stallion Classic recurve (60-in., 47 lbs @ 28 in.), is always ready to hit the woods.
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Post by: Ark.Buck on August 17, 2012, 05:24:00 PM
Ill be using my old black widow malll 55@29, carbon express heritage 250s and zwickey delta 4 bl broadheads.  My bow is 20 yrs old but I have complete confidence in what it will do.  Buck
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Post by: Terry Lightle on August 17, 2012, 08:02:00 PM
Cari-Bow Slynx 49# Surewood shafts-2 blade Deltas with barred shield cuts.
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Post by: wooddamon1 on August 17, 2012, 08:26:00 PM
Old, plain recurve. Kohannah Kurve 64", 57#@27.5"

Miss my longbows...
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Post by: WDELongbow on August 17, 2012, 08:33:00 PM
I've been shooting all sorts of bows (recurve, longbow, and self-bows) this Summer, but I think it will be my new Fred Anderson longbow.  57# @ 28", 68" long, with Pat Carter custom fir arrows. This was a bow used as a display at Fred's booths, that he went "all-out" with.  Got to get some perfectly matched to this bow first.  I have shot several types of bows, and I am very far from an expert, but this Fred Anderson bow is unbelievable.
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Post by: Green Mountain Boy on August 17, 2012, 09:47:00 PM
Great Plains one piece recurve
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Post by: huntmaster80 on August 17, 2012, 10:21:00 PM
think i am gona be spending some time in the stand with my Hoyt Doradro 50# with a 500 MFX arrow with a 50 grain brass insert and tipped with a 150 grain broadhead.