PSR Fever

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 04:36:00 PM

After being stuck in some blinds on a few out of country hunts "that had plenty of room for a longbow" I decided to try a Black Widow PSR out as I never cared for short longbows. After receiving a 60" 64# PSR I discovered I really liked the way it shot and handled.

My Dad gave me a longbow at the age of 3 but the rest of the time through my teenage years I shot a recurve and the PSR reminded me of that time in my life, Fred Bear etc.

ranger 3 · April 11, 2015, 04:39:00 PM

Nice, I have a PSRX and a PLX with the Toby grip and love them both.

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 04:40:00 PM

The more I shot the PSR the more I liked it and ordered another 64#er for back up.

I even warned the woodchucks to stay out of the garden!

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 04:46:00 PM

Even the red squirrels were excited about my new bows!

The bows are very smooth and shoot like a much longer model.

bowfanatik · April 11, 2015, 05:22:00 PM

Definitely Black Widow, especially PSR has some magic

Ron Vought · April 11, 2015, 05:31:00 PM

I have a Black and White Ebony PLX coming here in the next week or so and have a few PLX longbows already that I love to shoot. I believe that my next bow is going to be a PSR. Denny what do you like about the PSR versus the PLX. Do they shoot similar?

Ron

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 05:49:00 PM

Ron, I've shot the PLs since they came out and the LAGs before that and decided the PSR is the longbowman's recurve.

April 11, 2015, 05:58:00 PM

Looks quite productive for you!

Although, I think you would get it done with whatever bow you happened to pick up!

Bisch

M60gunner · April 11, 2015, 06:01:00 PM

I notice you shoot 3under. Do you shoot your LB the same? Do you notice any bow hand shock? That bow has been one I have always conveneted why the questions. I saw your bow in BW catalog and it is a real good looker.

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 06:10:00 PM

Bisch, thanks for the good thoughts, but the same old familiar grip and take down system made me comfortable as I'm not a big bow switcher type. .... Not smart enough!

I like my PSRs so much that I decided to order one for my wife, Marie. She started the season with a huge doe shot with her SA.

Her new bow didn't arrive until Nov.

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 06:21:00 PM

M60gunner, I'm shooting 3 under on both models until 50 yards when I switch to split.

Marie didn't get a shot at a buck until New Years Eve. She could have went out to an exclusive, expensive restaurant for a romantic dinner, but she opted for a single digit sit in a treestand bordering a standing cornfield. When she texted she had shot I let go to fill my last doe tag and scored also.

It was a great way to bring in another year!

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 06:26:00 PM

I have a Cape buffalo hunt booked for this Summer and called Roger and Toby from Black Widow to order a special heavier PSR. A few weeks later this arrived.....

M60gunner · April 11, 2015, 06:35:00 PM

Real nice wood combo, I like the spliced veneers. I notice it is a real man's bow, 74#. That takes me back 20 years when I had my 80# MA. Good luck with your hunt. By the way those Buffs heads are armor plated.

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 06:39:00 PM

I've had some very beautiful bows over the years, but I've never been scared to give them a little squirt of camo paint until now.

Yes that is an elevated rest! Why? Because that is what I used in my teens, Barry Wensel has been known to use one along with Paul Schafer, and I can wear a warm glove when hunting in cold weather. The shelf is an awesome rest, but to me an elevated is awesome too.

Good luck out there.

Sean B · April 11, 2015, 06:54:00 PM

Hey Denny, I'm happy to see this post. I picked up a used PSR about 5 years ago. I shot a Robin Hood with the first few arrows. I sold it and sorry that I did. I acquired another beauty that you may recognize.

I put a post on the widow wall about quivers on PSRs. I seem to shoot them better than other bows that I own. I'm also glad that you included a pic of an elevated rest. I put them on my others, but didn't on this one. I may give it a whirl!! I'll have this one out with me in may!!

Sean B · April 11, 2015, 06:56:00 PM

Dsturgisjr · April 11, 2015, 07:02:00 PM

Hey Sean, my Dad had to switch to lefty a few years ago because of pain. He is shooting a LH PSR most of the time now though!

Nobody makes a better shelf than BW, but I just felt like a change after 30+ years of longbows.

Sean B · April 11, 2015, 07:12:00 PM

You got that right!! Roger snd Toby brought a bunch of different Widows each time we went to Maine, and I gotta say they are all great shooters. I'm going to have them make me a take down PSR at some point.

Black · April 11, 2015, 07:30:00 PM

Denny,- beautiful bow!
This is my PSR!
http://s1117.photobucket.com/user/Black1410/media/PSR-5klein_zpsnhdl5y9t.jpg.html

Archie · April 11, 2015, 07:49:00 PM

The PSR is a great bow. Every time I shoot one I realize that I want to own one someday.