i have NEVER been one to switch bows while hunting as it takes me FOREVER and a day to get back on track UNTILL now. believe it or not i do not miss a beat when switching from my Kanati to my Mississippi Lake longbow. it baffles me as they are drastically different from handle to draw weight however i can shoot and arrow out of one pick up the other and have a great group. it does give me the option of changing bows depending on if i am stand or ground hunting. does anyone else use different bows for different situations during the season??
I have a couple......... :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
i just KNEW i would hear from you! you have to many nice bows not to change it up, dam near one for every day of October!!!
I had one fall where I shot 4 deer with 4 different bows. Stinkin' trading addiction, LOL!
Sometimes I think switching up bows helps with accuracy, maybe we focus more?
WOW and i'm trying for my first! nice job Arwin!
It's all about the grip. If the grip is right it's a shooter.
Until this year Ken, I alternated between my Kempf Longbow and Groves Spitfire for whitetails. My turkey bow is a Browning Cobra.
Before the shoulder got worse, I was alternating every day between the Kempf longbow and Fedora recurve...switching back RH/LH. If the bow feels right in your hand...chances are you are mentally prepared and will shoot the bow well.
Now...go arrow that big 8 that crossed in front of your truck the other morning.... :thumbsup:
after him in the morning Skipper!
I have my Kanati and an old Browning Wasp that I have tuned in to shoot the same arrows as the Kanati. They feel much different but I shoot them the same with the same point of impact. I had to add quite a bit of side plate material to the Wasp to get the arrows to spine correctly, but it worked out well.
I use the Wasp mainly as a bowfishing bow but I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a backup bow for hunting.
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after him in the morning Skipper!
Good luck brother!
I try to stay familiar with at least 2 bows during the season. You never know when a bow will go down, and you will need your spare.
Ken, I have vowed to shoot my first deer with my big river. that being said, it was easier to fly with the griffin. I can shoot my grizzly the same as the other 2.
That being said, I will be with my big river once I am back home.
I've used as many as 5 bows to take animals in one year. I've taken two animals with two different bows on the same hunt more than once.
Adkmountainken;
I see that you mentioned a Mississippi Lake longbow. I do not see them mentioned very often. I have one that I really like, and it shoots very well for me. The weight is a little heavy at 62# but it realy flings an arrow.
It is good to see that someone else has one and that it works well for them.
In 2010 I got 6 deer with 6 different bows. I am superstitious, if I don't see or shoot a deer after 3 trips out I switch bows. If I miss three times with a bow it gets sold. That's why you guys see me in the classifieds so much.
I hunt with three, depending on the circumstances. I don't really feel like it's a handicap because I shoot them pretty much all year long. My 66" 45# Omega goes in the Baronett 350 groundblind as a rule, a 52"48# Kodiak Magnum goes into thick brush or in the smaller groundblind, and I'll take the 60"51# High Sierra in the treestand or places where I feel like I might need to shoot longer than average distances.
Cool thread!
I shoot my Big Jim's the same. Will start a rotation between them :)
F-Manny