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Whats the bow you have shot that Just felt right for you and clicked on every level? And why do you think that bow clicked?
Ill start. My 58" Big Jim Thunderchild 52@28. I draw 27"s. Love the grip and its so dead quiet!
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I got a 54" Thunderchild at Cloverdale that was around 55lbs at my 27" draw but injured my string hand on a job site at work and after talking with Jim about it, he let me swap that bow for this bow and all is history. I have taken 2 deer with this bow this year and hope for many more in the future.
Pics encouraged!
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Original Darton Ron Pittsley Preditor, bought locally maybe 15yrs go for 200bucks only to help the guy out who fell on hard times and it is still the bow I compare every other recurve to.
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Bear T/D. I've owned most every custom on the market and now the only recurve I shoot is my Bears.
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Palmer Custom Recurve. 64" long and 54# at my draw. Super smooth and fast. Felt perfect from the moment I got it.
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Groves bows suited me just fine. Then I discovered DAS risers and ILF limbs. Winex are great limbs but I am loving Morrison's Max 2 limbs on the DAS riser.
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Howatt Hunter, which was the 1st bow I killed a deer with. Killed several after that. Traded the bow for some silly reason. Now, I've actually got the bow back and it's being reworked due to de-lamination. Excited to get it back!
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A 62" Great Northern Bushbow 55 # @ 27" & a 60" Maddog Prairie Predator 54 # @ 28". Arrows go where you're looking and plenty quiet
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This is tough, I am lucky enought to be able to shoot most bows fairly well but if I had to pick one I would have to say for a recurve 64-66 Bear Kodiak and for a long bow my 3pc R/D 64" Leon Stewart Slammer.
I wouldn't want to hijack your post but, how about adding to the question, what that person thinks makes it the correct bow ? Sorry just a thought.
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I have had two. One was a Bamboo Longhunter from Dan Quillian. It was 68" long and 58# at 28". The other is a 68" Wesley Special at 65#. Man, I wish I still had the Longhunter.
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I feel that way about several bows. Some of my favorites are a Great Northern Critter Gitter, the older 64-inch model, also Hill and Robertson longbows, Bear T/D, Morrison Shawnee and A&H ACS.
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Y'all may scoff but for me it was the Hoyt Buffalo and I have shot just about everything else. It just shot like no other bow for me and loved being able to fine tune the bow for my personal shooting!
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Just one? I guess if I had only one bow I could shoot it would still have to be my Bruin recurve - it just shoots well. But I like the challenge of the longbow best so I usually shoot them more often
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Shrews made by Gregg, the grip.
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Longbow.......My 3 piece Thunderhorn
Recurve........My vintage Howatt Super Diablo
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both of my RERs. superb design for a recurve. static tips are the bomb. tuned quickly. fit my grip and shooting style perfectly.
quiet, fast, stable, awesome.
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We're in a committed relationship...
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56" Java Man Elkheart 2pc 52@29.
Just ticks all boxes for me.
but I do stray from time to time...
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My Centaur double carbon 58" 50@28. I bought it used here and it has no finger grooves and no thumb rest. It's been my go to bow for a couple years now and the only thing I would change is that it was about 5# heavier. But I won't sell it just because of that.
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Been shooting recurves and longbows for around 40yrs now. and my new love are the toelke whips.
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Sarrels Blueridge takedown longbow for me! I am not exactly sure why it is so good for me, but it just is!!!!! I shoot that bow better than any other I have ever shot, and I have shot a lot of different bows over the years!
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Bisch
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At this time, it's my Dry Creek Brush Wolf Hybrid. 56" and 50# @ 28". I've tried a couple others since I bought it in the summer of 2013, but keep going back.I can't say it's any one thing that draws me in, it just puts the arrow where I want it to more consistently than any other bow I've shot up to now.
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I've owned several .. and still have a few :) Bought a used Sky Longhorn T/D lock socket from the ads. 64" and it's the smoothest longbow I've ever shot for my 30" draw. Fit and finish is awesome.
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Two Tracks Echo, 66" 56@28. Fits my hand perfectly and feels like an extension of my bow arm. Just a very comfortable bow for me to shoot.
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I have 2. A Shafer Silvertip TD and a Robertson Tribalstyk. Those two bows just put the arrow where I am looking.
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Zipper SXT recurve
Zipper Nitro LB
Morrison Cheyenne
Centaur LB
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Not sure if its the bow or the style but I've been in love with my vixen longer than I "loved" and other bow. But I haven't shot any other ASL/HH style bows, but several other recurves and R/Ds over the years. Not that the others aren't good shooting bows (I even think that on a cold-shot my Grizzly would be more accurate in my hands) I just love the manners of this bow and the style with which it shoots well for me.
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Jack Harrison El Lobo, Northern Mist Shelton, Northern Mist Whisper and John Schulz Hill Tembo.
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For me it's a Kanati, never shot a bow more accurate and effortlessly for me, I attribute it to the forward riser, just points so well.
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Schafer Silvertip recurve, Brackenbury Quest is a close second.
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Centaur carbon elite! We are not "exclusive" but I shoot it the best, hands down.
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I have owned a couple dozen custom bows and the Old SA2 Black Widow just fit me from the beginning. The grip feels good and I shoot it better than any bow I have had.
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60" Dwyer Defiant.
Leland
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I bought a 15" riser Bob Lee with light limbs.Sold the light limbs and bought some 50@28" 60" length longbow limbs from someone on this site.The bow was sooooo sweet could not miss killed one deer one hog and the bear in my avaitor.Well shooting her one day the top limb blew and Rob Lee could not make a matching pair I sold the new ones he made totally not even close much wider and no taper even after I sent the one good limb for a pattern.Really regret those limbs using recurve now.
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I'd say there has been 3. I had a 56" thunderchild that was super sweet. I had a 58" whip that was about 43lbs at my dl and absolutely was a peach to shoot. My current setup is a tall tines 58" recurve and it is smooth as silk. I have trouble with my elbows and I've been able to shoot this bow for the last few months at 52lbs with no pain or issues.... Guess I found a keeper!
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Black Widow PTF. I think it has a LOT to do with the high wrist Asbell style grip, my hand just seems to find its place with ease. Also very smooth all the way to anchor.
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My answer to this question is truly evolutionary.
1. Silvertip LB
2. 3pc Thunderhorn
3. 2pc Toelke Whip
4. 3pc Toelke Lynx
5. Centaur Chimera
6. JD Berry Taipan
7. 2pc Shrew SS
Only have bows 6 & 7 in the stable nowadays.
If I had the patience and dinero I would like to try a 2pc Centaur Carbon Elite with Dark matter in riser.
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Longbow- would be Stewart three piece slammers always seem to shoot and hit what I want to hit.
Recurves- Have had schafers for a very long time shoot great and the grip always right on the money.
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Jack Howard Gamemaster Jet. Cadillac 'o bows. I had heard Dad talking about Jets for years...finally got my hands on one in 2009. Now I have 5. My oldest Jet is my go-to hunting bow - 65lbs at my draw length, 66 inch one piece with beautiful rosewood (as all Jets are) - perfect grip, stable and smooothhhhh, plenty fast enough and quiet for a recurve with that much hook to the limbs. Did I say perfect grip? Old Jack was WAY ahead of his time with bow design. My go-to bow was born the same year as myself as close as I can figure from the serial number (1974) and I've killed a few dandy's with it in the last few years. That's it hanging in the lodgepole pine behind the elk.
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Cari-bow Slynx...the bow I compare all others to!
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Howatt Hunter. Smooth and fast for a Dacron bow. Grip really works well for me once I got used to it. It is the bow I compare all others to and few measure up.
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Black Widow PCH 55@27
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centaur carbon elite, my Assenheimers!
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Easy for me, Javaman Assyrian, for me it's the static limbs and the awesome grip.
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My Blacktail. Not much need to say anything else.
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For me it is my Schafer Silver Tip
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Unfortunately for me, I thought several times I had found "the one" but, seem to always move them on for something else. Don't think I've found a bow yet that will permanently stay with me.
I'm hopeful though! :bigsmyl:
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1968 Bear Super Kodiak. 60" & 49#
doug77
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Martin Howatt Hunter 62" 55lbs @ 28". Fast, quiet, accurate and hard hitting!!
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My Blacktail recurve and my Shrew Samurai. Like them both a lot. A real sleeper is my Kota recurve- one of the best deals out there.
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Mine are a Leon Stewert R/D longbow I picked up used in '98 that I bought after the first 3 arrows. Didnt dicker on the price at all just gave the man 50 bucks to hold it till I hit the ATM.......... My recurve is a Predator my buddy bought in 2000 to back up his Palmer on a caribou hunt. Shot it when he first got it and told him I had first dibs when he sold it. I got it the week he got back.........both shoot exacty where I look from the very first shot..........I've also owned/shot/traded about 2 doz or more quality bows that have come and gone but just dont/didnt "fit" as well..........
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My Dwyer Dontless , 55#@28 .
First shot ever @ 20 yards hit 1" low of the 1" bull and it is the most consistent shooter of my humble collection . :archer:
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Jack Kempf Stealth T/D...60" 57#...smooth, fast, pointable and quiet.
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Recurve-definitely Tall Tines
I will have a 2 piece Toelke Whip someday then I should be good
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Still searching, but Stewart LS R/D Longbow and 3 PC Slammer are as close as it gets for me.
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Bob Lee with recurve and longbow limbs.Tried to replace her with quiet a few high dollars bows over the years.
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My Kanati
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My Stalker Coyote with longbow limbs.
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When I shot my first 66" R/D Big River I was hooked. The one that now is my GO-TO when I must make a shot is a 60#@28, 66" R/D Big River. Second and may soon be first is my two piece 56@28, 66" R/D Big River.
There are many, many bows that I likely could shoot well, fortunately I don't have to try any others to find my favorites - I already have them.
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Javaman Elkheart for me....! 54" 50@28"...sweet..!!
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Big jim buffalo.
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For me so far it has been Habu bows. I've got an older Habu recurve as well as a Habu Vyperkhan with triple carbon limbs. The grip on the Habu bow is my favorite. Even though the Vyperkahn is the newer of the two...if I were stranded on an Island and could only have one bow it would be the Habu recurve. It's got all I want in a bow. Heavy mass weight...perfect grip...large sight window etc. I'm hoping to go to Kzoo this year to test out some that I really have my eye on as of late. A Tall Tines and/or a Morrison with the new recurve limbs is at the top of the list for me right now.
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Maddog priarie predator 60" with the thumb groove.
I have owned quite a few but this one fits my bill.
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I've still got one i built that has a click in it. :rolleyes: :confused:
Wild looking set of limbs that i air brushed flames the full length of the limbs too. But... i broke a string on the tiller tree at full draw and it broke something loose in the core. Nothing you can see at all from the edge, but it has a built in clicker at about 23 inches of draw. :rolleyes:
On top of that i was trying out a new phenolic material for the riser... Beautiful stuff to work with, and it finished out nice.... only problem was....every time the temperature changed, the riser would move and throw the limbs out of alignment..... Crap i say!
So "the bow that really clicked for me" is a wall ornament in the shop.... check this paint job out.
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I was at Mike Dunaway's , Wildhorse Creek bows, and just picking up bows that were hanging on the rack. I picked up one of the Hawks and,after shooting it some out back,went home with it. :)
I have an assortment of other bows but I shoot the Hawk the most.
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62" Tall Timbers longbow 45@28 made in Fordland, MO. I'm over 70 and shoot this bow better than any I've owned.
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70s era Howatt Hunter. Just fits perfect and shoots consistent.
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My custom made Cheetah blank 65" 48 lb at my draw length. I have other bows that shoot well for me like the GN Bushbow and my Howatt- Martin Bushmaster, but by and large I shoot the Hill bows with the straight grip the most consistently.
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I once picked up a 56" G&L Mantis Long Bow. Marked 52 lbs at 28". I draw just shy of 29".
I saved up for a year and finally paid the 300 bucks for it.
It just seemed I was hitting everything I pointed it at. I am still loving this bow to this day.
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9Shocks, I'm with you - I have a TC that just seems to 'fit' just right
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The bow in my signature. I've been looking for a take down that's as nice for almost a decade now just to make travels easier. I liked it so much that I traded my compound bow for a custom skinning knife of my design, bushcraft/camp/woods knife, and am working on a full set of game calls to match it.
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This is a 1-piece Habu Mamushi. It is 49#@26", very smooth, quiet, and with a terrific feeling grip. The bow was built in 1999. I'm currently hunting with it which makes it my favorite at this time.
An ultimate Bob Lee has also been to the woods this year; 60" and 56" limbs.
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For me its my 2 Howatt Hunters
1967 Hunter--45#'s
1976Hunter 55 #s
Both "just " shoot
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Longbow...Centaur Chimera 56" 52 @ 26
Recurve...Morrison Cheyenne 51 @ 26
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For me... its a toss up between the vintage 58" Red Wing Hunter, 60" 1968 Bear Kodiak Hunter and the various 52" Bear Kodiak Magnums. They all fit my hand like a glove and shoot right where I look. I have owned and shot various customs over the past few decades, but these classic mass produced bows are just perfect for hunting as far as I am concerned.
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My best hunting bows have not always been the ones I shoot best. They have been the ones that hit more-or-less where I want when I get kind of excited and throw a flyer. Happens to me a lot when hunting, and it's the reason I love my Pronghorns.
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For me it's without a doubt my Black Widow PLX it's 60# @ 28" and I draw right at 27.5" It is so sweet, quiet, and smooth on the draw and just shoots perfect for me. My close second would be my Tomahawk Diamond series SS which is 55# @ 28".
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I have several bows that might fit here but the one I will pick is my Kodiak Deluxe...with a 31 inch draw I like the 64 inch length...that bow just feels right for me...and with the BCY-X string it currently wears it is dead silent...the fact that it looks amazing is a bonus
DDave
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My very first Zipper. Bill Dunn's bows just seem to fit me the best. As you can see by my signature, I have added a few more of his bows too. :D
Bill
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so far its my morrison ilf metal riser with tt longbow limbs measuring 52 @28. really nice and accurate combo, shoots even faster than my recurve combos
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Fedora 560 Hunter one-piece recurve is my all time favorite. After that it would be any Bear Super Kodiak...............IJ
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66 inch 68 # quillian longhunter nothing else comes close
I sold it because I was diagnosed with a aneurysm and the cardiologist told me not to shoot any bow.
I miss it badly and am thinking about buying Jeffreys version of Dans longhunter in 40 or 45 Lbs
going to talk to the doc net month about it
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62" Tall Tines with a low grip.
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For me it's my 2002 60" Bob Lee Classic takedown, 55# @ 28".
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I've shot them all, not that the bow just clicked for me but I've been very happy with TallTines for the last few years and have no interest in changing.
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It will be my next one......62" Centaur Triple Carbon, I have no doubts about it. I say that because every Centaur I have shot was a bow that I shot well, and this will be the first made for me to my specs.....I can't wait!!!
David
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My 56" Thunderchild and my 58" Dryad Orion recurve.
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I was fortunate to win the Tall Tines from the Five for the Fiftieth raffle at the 2012 PBS gathering in Portland. Brian built me an all Bocote 58", 48# @ 28", take down with a 16" riser and short sight window. One has got to experience the Tall Tines grip. Sweet!