fread bear

[TROPHYHUNTER25]

JUST GOT MY FIRST FRED BEAR MONTANA LONG BOW

[killzonearchery]

How do they shot becuase i was going to get one. I have a browning and martin recurve right now. I have not got to shot in months becuase i had surgery. I had to have my shoulder fixed. But now it is fine.

[TROPHYHUNTER25]

GOOD SO FAR FIRST TRADITIONAL BOW. I HEARD LONG BOWS ARE MORE FORGIVING THAN RECURVES. MINES A 60# AT 28" DRAW AND I HAVE A 32" DRAW SO IT HAS SOME PULL TO IT

[SwampCollie]

ORIGINAL: TROPHYHUNTER25

GOOD SO FAR FIRST TRADITIONAL BOW. I HEARD LONG BOWS ARE MORE FORGIVING THAN RECURVES. MINES A 60# AT 28" DRAW AND I HAVE A 32" DRAW SO IT HAS SOME PULL TO IT

More forgiving? Depends what your definition of forgiving is? I think longbows are much more difficult to shoot, and shoot well. I had wanted to get a longbow as my first traditional bow, but went after shooting a couple of each side by side, it was no doubt the recurve for me. Much easier learning curve in my opinion. I have four recurves now, and love 'em all! Its a ton of fun no matter what you shoot!

[EnglishHope]

TROPHYHUNTER25, congrats on the new longbow. I've thought about getting it but I changed my mind. But sometime I'm getting a traditional bow.
EnglishHope

[the Razorhead]

the Montana is a tad on the rough side, but not nearly as shocky as say, my Pearson "Ol' Ben" longbow (Both are serving a tour of duty in Camp Cuervo, Iraq at the moment)...

when you get more familiar with the bow, you may want to replace the grip leather and reshape the grip with a rat-tail file.

other than that, they're not bad for the money.

[TROPHYHUNTER25]

what i mean by more forgiving is its very hard to torque a longbow but easy with a recurve

[LBR]

Longbows, to me, are generally more forgiving of shooter errors. Recurves (in general) are more forgiving of arrow spine.

I didn't like the grip on the Montanna, but most folks seem to be happy withthem.

Chad

[Matt / PA]

I am quite happy with mine and am shooting it very well within realistic hunting distances.
I put a flemish FF on it andLBR is building me a D97 Flemish for it as well to try. It's smooth drawing to my 30ish" draw length but even with mine being a 55# @ 28" I couldn't imagine drawing it to 32". I think I'd be off to the doctor.[:-]You must be a horse to get that puppy to 32" with it being a 60# @ 28, because my 55# is hitting 62# at 30.5" and that's as much weight as I'd want and I AM a horse. LOL

That thing has to be well over 70# at 32".......you sure your DRAWING 32"?

If you are saying "it has some pull to it" I'm going to go out on a limb and say you may be more than a touch overbowed for your first longbow!?

Regardless I really like mine, it has nice workmanlike good looks and seems to shoot where I look so I'm good to go.

[jgbennett6]

i'm gonna agree with matt, have you checked your draw length for a Trad bow?... also you should make sure teh bow can hold a 32" draw or it could be dangerous. I have a friend who has teh Montana, he loves it and shoots the lights out.