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English Longbows?

Started by Northwest_Bowhunter, June 04, 2013, 06:36:00 PM

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Northwest_Bowhunter

I was curious if anyone ever tried hunting with an English longbow?

Other than Robin Hood I mean.
Michael

** Poppa can we go out and shoot bows and arrows? **  My boys

RecurveRookie

I got nothing brother, just hated leaving without saying something.  I don't think you'll get many takers on this one.

To clarify, I don't see many guys in this forum talking about English longbows or even selfbows.  Most are shooting "modern" recurves and longbows.  Just my perception...
Maddog Mountaineer 57# and Prairie Predator 52# Wow!, Samick Sage 35 - 60#,  I'm learning.

gringol

Just go for it.  Who cares if no one else does.  If it floats your boat, you should try it.

Timberking

Northwest Bowhunter,

Take a look at this group of guy's. I'm VERY interested in the English longbow as well as this group. I would hunt with one in a heart beat. I would like to join up with these folks but I don't as of yet have any of this type of gear...
http://www.sthubertsrangers.org/
Timberking }}}——————>

2treks

I hunted with mine some last season. No game taken but I will take it again this year.
C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
~ Francis Chan

Matty

I think it would be awesome personally if I had one and had lots of time to pursue game. Cool link timberking, did y'all notice our very own Shaun Webb is on there.  Maybe he'll chime in!!

Longbowz

QuoteOriginally posted by RecurveRookie:
 I don't think you'll get many takers on this one. Cheers
Not sure why you would think that?    :dunno:  

I've hunted with mine quite a bit in years past.  Lots of fun.  Shooting one makes me feel somehow closer to the essence of archery.  

English longbows are still my favorite type bow though I must admit I don't shoot them as much as I once did.  My avatar is an English archer stringing his longbow over his back.
I find the older I get, the less I used to know!

Hawken1911

Thanks for posting the link to my Rangers' site Dave.

I've taken a doe, boar and a few squirrels with my English longbow and self-nocked, medieval-style arrows.  I took my last few critters with an osage ELB that Shaun Webb made for me, but now I have a yew longbow with horn-nocks from Shaun that I will hunt with this fall.  He makes authentic medival-style longbows that are tillered round-compass (bends through the handle, with no shelf or handle wrap).

Speaking of Shaun, he was a medieval hunting beast earlier this year, and he is now the third Ranger out of nearly 50 to earn the Master Huntsman ranking.

Of course, many people hunt with ELBs without dressing up funny, but I like trying to recreate a slice of history and get a sense of what the 'Trad Gang' that came way before us was like.
ST. HUBERT'S RANGERS, Brotherhood of the Medieval Hunt.
MICHIGAN LONGBOW ASSOCIATION
Scott Spears Osage English longbow,50#@28"

2treks

Paul, do you have the link to your thread about your doe kill?
I looked last night but couldn't find it.
CTT
C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
~ Francis Chan

2treks

C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
~ Francis Chan

sticksnstones

I think you grabbed the wrong two links Chuck, those are some of Paul's Howard Hill harvests.

Here is his ELB deer thread:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=108432;p=1#000000

And the boar:
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=044618;p=1#000000  

Thanks for sharing Paul!
Thom

Ron LaClair

Yes, Yew English longbow by Don Adams, 72" 75#@ 28"

   

I met this big coon coming down the trail towards me one evening, He ended up in the cooking pot.    :D  

   
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

nineworlds9

ELB's make great hunting bows.  I took one hunting this past fall and saw more game than on any other hunt previously that year- 2 does, 2 bucks, and a whole family of hogs.  That yew ELB had some mojo.  I almost got a hog but some gun hunters came up on my position and scared em all away.
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

2treks

C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
~ Francis Chan

Jakeemt

That's what Pope and Young hunted with.....

Sam McMichael

I think it is great. If I had one, I surely would hunt with it!
Sam

Tree Killer

I killed this Blacktail buck in 1990 with an ELB made by John Strunk.

"stickbows, putting the arch back in archery"

Longbowz

Ron & TK,

Pretty cool pictures.  I wish I had taken more pictures is years past.   :rolleyes:
I find the older I get, the less I used to know!

Northwest_Bowhunter

Thank you everyone, this has redoubled my spirit to try it this year.  I live in fairly rural NW Washington and have deer and smaller critters (Ron, how do you cook raccoon?) in my backyard.
Michael

** Poppa can we go out and shoot bows and arrows? **  My boys

Knawbone

Cool stuff, something else to play with in the future.
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GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
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