What is Best Bow These days??

lemond35 · 08-31-2008, 05:23 PM

i still shoot my mathews..i know what is out there..just interested
in what is rated the best

JimPic · 08-31-2008, 06:30 PM

I like Shafer Silvertip recurves and Black Widow longbows.Somebody else will like Hill bows,another will like Chekmates....ask 100 people and you'll get 100 differant responses

LBR · 08-31-2008, 06:44 PM

Asking a group of trad shooters that question is even worse than asking a group of compounders which is best, or riflemen, or fishermen, etc.

Some folks (obviously) go with what they shoot best. Some will go with what costs the most, another with what his buddy shoots, another with what their guru/hero/state champion/etc. shoots, etc. etc. etc.

To paraphrase Ken Beck (former owner of Black Widow Archery), "When you get right down to it, there's not a nickle's difference in the better bows on the market". A great archer can shoot any decent bow pretty well. There's no bow on the market that will automatically make anyone a great archer.

Chad

08-31-2008, 07:00 PM

Zipper

Jim's right. What works for one, might not work for another.

The guy that I bought my zipper off of couldn't shoot it worth a darn, but I love it.

But he shot a pronghorn great.

burniegoeasily · 08-31-2008, 07:08 PM

A burnie custom.

Thats all Ill be shooting this year. Well, I might take a hog or three with an old Herters Ive had since the 70s.

JimPic · 08-31-2008, 07:43 PM

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Asking a group of trad shooters that question is even worse than asking a group of compounders which is best, or riflemen, or fishermen, etc.Chad

I thought the same thing at 1st but then thought maybe he shoots a Matthews longbow

Kanga · 08-31-2008, 08:00 PM

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A burnie custom.

I hear tell they shoot almost as good as a Kanga Custom[8D]

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There's no bow on the market that will automatically make anyone a great archer.

A truer statement I have not read, A good bow is not going to make a crap shooter a world champion

But a world champion can make a crap bow shoot good

burniegoeasily · 08-31-2008, 08:09 PM

Yea, I dont have a Kanga custom, but one day i might be shooting a Kanga special. I hear they are pretty snappy bow.

Kanga · 08-31-2008, 08:29 PM

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Yea, I dont have a Kanga custom, but one day i might be shooting a Kanga special. I hear they are pretty snappy bow.

Likewise I might have to invest in a Burnie Custom

09-01-2008, 07:24 AM

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Yea, I dont have a Kanga custom, but one day i might be shooting a Kanga special. I hear they are pretty snappy bow.

Likewise I might have to invest in a Burnie Custom

I am about a hair away from asking burnie how much it would cost to invest in a hickory backed IPE longbow. Scared of his figure.