Why do you hunt with a recurve

newhouse114 · October 29, 2015, 05:19:00 PM

I shot a recurve up until my two youngest boys gave me a long bow for my 56th birthday. Been addicted to the LB since.

overbo · October 29, 2015, 05:43:00 PM

It's all about the looks and rekindle the pass. Funny thing is, I have a longbow I shoot better than all my recurves and it sits on the rack.

pdk25 · October 29, 2015, 05:59:00 PM

Because I like the extra noise after the shot as confirmation of a release, lol. Just kidding around a little.

Jakeemt · October 29, 2015, 06:40:00 PM

For me it's all accuracy. I don't shoot low mass longbows near as well as I do a recurve with a heavier riser. I like longbows a lot but, until I get better with them I'll just stick with what puts game in the bag.

KyRidgeRunner · October 29, 2015, 08:31:00 PM

I thought I was a long now man till I shot my tall tines recurve. I was having elbow trouble and this thing is silky smooth and I can actually shoot it pretty well. I think it's the grip for me. I do like how a longbow is quieter for me... But you can't have it all so I hear.

Charlie3 · October 29, 2015, 08:50:00 PM

Because longbows are ugly!! Haha.

Really, they are only nominally different these days. You can get lightweight broom handle recurve (black Widow PSR) or heavy take down high or medium wrist grip longbows (see Habu or one of the many ILF longbow options).

Petrichor · October 30, 2015, 12:58:00 PM

No hand shock. Almost every long bow I have shot save one has been terrible on the hand shock department.

**DONOTDELETE** · October 30, 2015, 01:26:00 PM

I don't hunt with a recurve ......I prefer a 60" hybrid long bow myself. Its got everything a recurve has except the LB has narrow deep core limbs that don't get hung up in the brush like recurves do.....

I do love the looks of those sexy recurves though. The additional smoothness of the draw is quite nice too.

MnFn · October 30, 2015, 02:32:00 PM

My first hunting weight bow was a recurve in about 1965. Maybe that is why, I really don't know.

What I do know is I just shoot recurves better. And I have given longbows an honest effort. I have had a Kota, a longhunter, multiple Pronghorns, and a couple of Shrews. Maybe it is the grip because the Shrews were close. I personally think the weight helps also.

Love Blacktails and Tall Tines.
Gary

BAK · October 30, 2015, 03:50:00 PM

Do both. Took a buck last week with a Border recurve, now put it away and am hunting with a Centaur longbow.

LongbowArchitect · October 30, 2015, 04:26:00 PM

I shoot both longbow and recurve also. I like the sexiness of my longbows but I love the beautiful wood risers of my recurves. Perhaps a hybrid might be my next purchase to get the best of both types of bows.

BWallace10327 · October 30, 2015, 10:33:00 PM

I have shot/bought/traded nothing but longbows for the past few years, but I'm fixing to try a 2015 Bear 59'er. I hear they're pretty nice, but if it is a poor fit, you all know where to find it.

Stumpkiller · October 30, 2015, 10:50:00 PM

I've only tried one longbow - a Dick Palmer Hunter that is a Hill style. Shot it exclusively for six years. Then I shot a 50# recurve someone brought to an indoor traditional league for sale; having used 35# recurves for target before I took up hunting. I bought it that night.

Never looked back. I also started to kill deer. For some reason I had a bad habit of overshooting deer with the longbow.

I found recurves to be faster and more accurate in my hands. Shorter and they can be quieted down sufficiently. I still have that longbow. But I now have a dozen recurves and it gathers dust.

I have borrowed recurve handled "longbows" (really American flatbows) and I really can't tell a differebce with them for performance. I like them fine. But with $100 to $150 getting you astounding recurves from the 60's why go there?

JD Page 1965 · October 31, 2015, 11:05:00 AM

I hunt with a recurve because it makes me look taller!

Hoyt · October 31, 2015, 01:38:00 PM

I just always liked a little meat on the bone.

northener · October 31, 2015, 06:35:00 PM

Grip fits my hand much better, so I am much more accurate with a curve. Just can not get the grip down on a longbow. Like them though.

finkm1 · October 31, 2015, 07:22:00 PM

Because It's just plain COOL!!!!

mark Willoughby · October 31, 2015, 07:27:00 PM

I love the weight of my recurve make me more stable

Basic Instinct · November 05, 2015, 10:57:00 PM

because I can!!!

PeteA · November 06, 2015, 07:24:00 AM

I started off bowhunting back in the 70s with a Bear Grizzly. Screwed in a 3 pin cobra sight and a kweekie kwiver and some WWII limb covers. Recurves were all we knew back then. After 25 years with compounds I switch back to the recurve. I love the lines, the weight, the old school look. I have very little experience with long bows. I just can't get the feel for the grip and the wieght. Half the guys in our crew shoot them. They are bueatful bows and they shoot them very well. I just can't seam to take to the long bow.