Fixed crawl

[Mntrad_44]

Hey there, new trad guy here. I've been shooting a 35lb recurve for about a year and looking to buy my first hunting bow. I'm interested in the Black Hunter 60" recurve but would also like to try shooting a fixed crawl. Being a mass production bow, it's obviously not tillered for a fixed crawl and I've heard that trying to tune a bow less than 62" AMO for fixed crawl can be finicky. Wondering if anyone has experience or insight with shooting a fixed crawl on a 60" bow. Thanks in advance for anyone willing to give some advice to a newbie.

[EHK]

Welcome to the Gang!

I've tinkered with fixed crawl enough to know that I personally don't like the way it feels, so certainly not an expert.  I think you'd be setting yourself up for more success with an ILF riser so you can adjust the tiller on it. I don't think you'll be able to find an ILF riser and limbs for the same price as the black hunter, but you can get a wood ILF riser (or a metal one for that matter) around the same price and the limbs don't really cost too much. When I tried it on fixed tiller bows, they definitely got louder than what I would want to hunt with.  When I tried it on a Hoyt Satori, I was able to get it much quieter, and I have to admit that with an adjustable rest, tuning was insanely easy.  Shameless plug - that Satori riser is up for sale here (need to be a contributing member to access the classifieds).

As I said, I don't have much experience with it though.  I'm sure someone else will chime in.