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Quote from: cacciatore on February 11, 2026, 07:02:15 AMMy line up of Elkhearts

really awesome! I absolutely love the grip on mine!

I agree, the grips on the Elkhearts are fantastic. I think it's one of the reasons they shoot so well. Gregg will do whatever you want grip wise, but the standard is hard to improve on.

Johnny, you're going to have to update your bow list in your signature.

100% agreed! and the moose antler makes for an amazing gripping point for my fingers. don't even need a leather wrap on it for me.
@Maclean and how cool is that, that your bow and mine have risers from the same block of wood?! myrtle burl doing work in vastly different parts of the country! I think that is awesome, and I instantly recognized it when I saw your pics.

I think it's cool too. That block of myrtle burl obviously came from a left handed tree. 

Wow!  Beautiful woods and craftsmanship AND it shoots so well for you.  You can't beat that.

Thanks for you guys sharing with us (AND sharing the same block of riser wood too, that is so cool)

Chad

Very pretty bow looks fun to shoot . I've never tried one and I've tried a few

Quote from: mochasam on February 22, 2026, 01:39:38 AMVery pretty bow looks fun to shoot . I've never tried one and I've tried a few

I'm loving it! have always been a fan of smaller, lightweight bows, and this one appears to be the pinnacle of that style. only 52" in length, but smooth as butter at my 28" draw. was super easy to tune. massive fan of the grip. and even though short/light bows can be finicky, this one almost feels like it's "telling me" when my grip/release/follow through aren't good. I can sometimes torque the string when coming to my anchor point, and this bow practically says, "hold up. you're torquing!". it's very strange, and very cool! it's 100% the best I have ever had arrows tuned to any of my bows.

edit: so here's what ended up working best for this bow (a slight change after some bare-shaft work). 51#@ 28" draw. GoldTip Traditional 3555's  (.500 spine), cut to 30.5". point weight between 125-150 grains. regular aluminum inserts. Three 5" shield cut feathers. I added weight tubes from 3 Rivers to get to a 540 grain arrow. they fly great. and best of all, the most dead-on shots I had today were with broadheads, so that's awesome.

Short bows get a bad rap..I started with 48" recurves for a couple seasons..then 52" shrew for a while..now past two yrs 54" Shrew..its amazing what you can do with this short reflex\deflex style bow if you ask me..I just tried a 66" BlackWidow for a couple weeks..not for me..was so good to get back shooting my 54"Shrew..I don't think ill ever shoot another style of bow.