Moab Recoil?

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

Hi all,
I am shooting a D style (Howard Hill style) longbow and until recently never noticed the shock it produced.  I was watching a video of Terry Green's and I believe he is shooting the MOAB by thunder stick and I thought I read he shoots a 70#.  It looks like he is not getting much recoil from it, do R/D style bows have less perceived recoil at heavier weights then D style?

[Jeff Strubberg]

Very much so.  R/D allows a lighter limb.  Assuming equal build quality, a lighter limb in relation to riser weight is going to give you less recoil.

I can't shoot a D bow for long these days due to elbow troubles.  I can shoot a similar weight R/D for as logn as the rest of me holds out with no elbow trouble at all.

[Ground Hunter]

I shoot a 70# straight limb Howard Hill that's 70 inchs long with a B50 string - I get NO recoil.  So, you will get many different responses on this one.  H

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

Ground Hunter, I shoot almost the same thing (except I made mine) and I have been trying to do the "constant pull" draw with the string hand and I slap my face and nearly knock my teeth out.  I always felt a little so I think I just need to get my form correct.  I am taking a class this week so on the other side maybe I will not feel teh kick quite so badly.

I still want to find and shoot a heavy R/D bow.  I have a 50# Internature Viper but it is 20# lighter then my hunting bow.

[BobCo 1965]

Originally posted by Northwest_Bowhunter:
It looks like he is not getting much recoil from it, do R/D style bows have less perceived recoil at heavier weights then D style?

Some people say it depends on how you hold the HH. Personally, I have owned a bunch and never could find what they were telling me. IMO, yes, the HH has much more kick then even a mild R/D longbbow.

[WESTBROOK]

IMO HH style bows realy benefit from having one of the new low strand FF strings. I have 4 Hill style bows and they all came with a thin S4 Spectra string and they shoot as nice as any other bow. My Robertson R/D also benefited from switching from a 18 ts+ to a 12 st 8125.

Eric