lets see some flat bows please!

adkmountainken · April 19, 2016, 05:15:00 PM

got the new bow itch and i'm leaning towards a flat bow. I had a Mahaska at one time and it was a GREAT bow. leaning towards a Northern Mist but would love to see some pictures of others as well.

Cavscout9753 · April 19, 2016, 06:03:00 PM

Hey, theres a good thread! I assume you dont want trapped bows. I have a McBroom that isn't trapped...

adkmountainken · April 19, 2016, 06:27:00 PM

very nice!

sleepyhollow · April 19, 2016, 06:30:00 PM

Had a Great Northern bush bow years ago, sold it and bought a Robertson buffalo bow, another great flatbow, would also imagine the Northern Mist would be great as well

adkmountainken · April 19, 2016, 06:45:00 PM

shot a couple Robertson Buffalo bows and really liked them, I see they do not list them on their website now.

rraming · April 19, 2016, 07:18:00 PM

Dare you to look at Raptors site!

Sam McMichael · April 19, 2016, 08:31:00 PM

I have two Northern Mist Sheltons. One is green glass on back and belly with bamboo core. The other is brown back with yew core and clear belly. Both are great bows with good looks, great performance, and they are quiet. Steve makes good bows and is worthy of strong consideration.

David Mitchell · April 19, 2016, 09:08:00 PM

I'm not sure you guy are all defining "flat bow" the same. They generally are thinner in the limbs but wider, like the Buffalo or bush bow mentioned above. I do realize that compared to the historic English longbows, the bows we call "Hill style" were regarded as "flat bows" in the past because they are, well, flat compared to the D cross section of the English bows. But my understanding is the term in more recent times has referred to the thinner, wide limbed longbows. Any other thoughts on this terminology?

ron w · April 19, 2016, 09:20:00 PM

I think you are right David, thinner and wider limbs. Most are 62-66" in length.

adkmountainken · April 19, 2016, 09:32:00 PM

the Shelton is not a flat bow though I do love the Shelton, Steve had made a flat bow called the Huron which I was going to ask him about making again. yes flat bow has much wider limbs. Mahaska makes a really nice one.

JRY309 · April 19, 2016, 11:24:00 PM

I don't have any pic's,my favorite flatbow is m Thunder Mountain Coyote flatbow!It is a sweet bow with it semi reverse handle,points welland forgiving but very fast with a good amount of R/D.

Cavscout9753 · April 20, 2016, 12:15:00 AM

If you get Rob D. on this thread about what is a "flat bow" I'm out! Haha. Kidding of course. I have 2 ASL's, a JD Berry Vixen and a HHA Wesley Special. I call these bows ASL's because they are trapped. That is, if the limb was bisected it would for a "D" or "trapazoid" shape whereas the belly section is narrower than the back side. I consider my McBroom a flatbow as both the belly and the back are equal width. When most people think and refer to flat bows, the best examples I have seen are self bows. Those bows are aggressively wide limbed with limbs measuring (as a guesstimate) 1 1/2" - 2" or more at the riser. I could be way off, but this is all what my mind catagorizes it all as.

adkmountainken · April 20, 2016, 05:14:00 AM

could you post a pic of your HH ?

Tradcat · April 20, 2016, 06:48:00 AM

Best bow that I've personally shot that fit the flatbow description, is the Great Northern Bushbow. Awesome bow ! I've owned 3 of them at different lengths & weights. I HIGHLY recommend them

Jack Skinner · April 20, 2016, 01:08:00 PM

Shot from the past
Now this is a flat bow

April 20, 2016, 04:59:00 PM

Wow that has wide limbs. I wonder what the specs and dimensions were. Oh, if we talking glassed flat limb bows, the Stotler is excellent.