How do you decide on which bow to hunt with.

[joevan125]

I have several custom bows ordered and was wondering how you guys decide which one will be your go to bow. I have 2 bows i am shooting right now and i love both of them and it would be a toss up on which one i would take to the stand.

Thanks
JVK

[Guru]

I have two main bows that I shoot all the time. Both are Kwyk Styks, both have the same grip, same quivers, shoot the same grains per pound so trajectory is the same. Only difference is the poundage...58# and 63#.....I can switch back and forth without a second thought and not worry about anything.....

I'm a hunter, not a bow collector, and have never felt the need to have a lot of bows. I'd rather spend the $$ to actually go hunting.

I believe by owning a bunch of bows and switching back and forth between them is hard on a guys shooting. Of course there are exceptions....or exceptional archers      

But I truly believe that one cannot see their true potential as an archer if they constantly switch bows, grips, feel, some quiver on, some off, etc......

Joe I would say...pick the one you shoot the best and don't mess with the others.....

[TheFatboy]

I have a longbow, and a recurve horsebow coming my way. Two different kinds of bows. Not sure how many more bows I will get in my life. Except for a hornbow and possibly an english warbow...

Point is - shoot the one you feel for at the time. I know I will  

[joevan125]

Me being new to trad archery i must say i got caught up in buying a lot of bows. I ordered all of them in the same weight or close to it and all have low grips. I thought about selling the ones that i liked the least but everytime i get one i fall in love all over again. I agree with you Guru 100% on sticking with one bow but man its going to be tuff on me.          

[bentpole]

The one you absolutely shoot the best.

[ron w]

Use the one you are most familar or comfortable with. Hunting season is not that far away so your choice should be made soon. Then shoot it as much as you can and become friends with it.It won't let you down!!!

[pktm]

Imagine you are hunting, sneaking along, when you come upon a small field. You see something large, black, it's a large black bear and now he's looking at you. He huffs and slowly starts walking your way.

So which bow do you feel confident in, which one has that edge. That's the one.

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

Easy!
I only own one!

[Orion]

I shoot lots of bows throughout the year, but starting about six weeks before season, I begin shooting one exclusively.  For me it's an ACS.

[joevan125]

Only one bow how can a man do that with all these wonderful bows floating around.          

[DEATHMASTER]

I sold a beautiful Schafer recurve so I would have one and not need to worry which one to take.

That was very hard!!!

[razorsharptokill]

I usually use the latest bow I've built. My 1st one was a T/D recurve and it always seems to be the bow I shoot most accurately. It is damn near silent too. Only 150's with a 595 gr. carbon but in traditional archery it isn't the speed that kills...

[Steelhead]

Hello joe

Man you got it tuff with all those cherry bows hanging around.

I pick one about a month before the season and just shoot it till hunting seasons over.Typically its 62 inches long or shorter for hunting.Often its a newer one that I am smitten with and wanna break in.

If you are gonna shoot with a bowquiver you might qwant to try that with all your bows and see which one is the quietest and sweetest shooting with the quiver before you make a final decision.

[ChuckC]

one calls (sings) to you more than the others.
ChuckC

[Broken Arrow 1]

This year its gonna be my selfbow and stone point. I must agree wichever it is I shoot it as much as i can before the start of the season.

[GingivitisKahn]

I pick up the bow I own and shoot that one.   :D

[Curveman]

I shot a recurve for 7 years or so, all the time singing the praises of a recurve over a longbow. I had picked up a longbow a year or so ago "just to have one." I'd only shot it for an hour because it wasn't what I'd ordered and I wasn't happy with the choice of riser woods etc. It sat on the shelf for a year. To make a long story short it made sense to keep it. Somehow that "true longbow feeling" took over when I shot it more regularly and my prettier recurve sits unshot and the longbow has been with me to Texas and Quebec this year. Maybe saying "just going with the feeling" won't help but if you are shooting both fairly well that's the only way to decide as there is no rationale beyond that.

[celticknot]

Which ever one i have arrows built for

[wtpops]

its the one that i all ways grab when i know the shot counts

[oldskool]

This is an easy question for me, I only have 1 bow.