RE: Recurve or Longbow?
 

Did some more digging, have you looked at a Bob Lee?
http://www.bobleearchery.com/
Bob Lee was Wing Archery before he sold it. He still makes bows along with his son and from everything I've heard, they are as good, if not better, than the original Wing bows. Check it out.

RE: Recurve or Longbow?
 

I like Recurves but i do enjoy a Longbow from time to time just to mix it up...

Martin makes good mass production bows i like them more than the fred bear line...right now LBR says my Chek-mate falcon recurve is in the shop...so thats gonna be my #1 for a while, when i get her.... currently i shoot a pse and a pearson recurve.
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i was on thestickbow.com's leatherwall and there is a thread there thats a million miles long that debates this...maybee ill finish reading it sometime this month...if you havent checkd it out its a good read.

basically they are debaten curve vs stick...its all a bunch of hoo haa....and if you askme i say shoot what catches your eye and feels good in your hands.

ive shot a 70 inch 35# ol target recurve and that was the most accurate trad bow ive ever shot...but i havent shot many bows yet.

i'm guessing, but whichever style bow you start out with in your trad bow escapades....as long as your starter is of good quality/and you stick with it untill your a killing machine...its probably going to be the style that your partial too for a long time.

if i shoot a longbow90-95% of the time...im not going to feel as comfortable with a recurve when i shoot it...and vice/versa...

the only thing i can say is to train yourselfto be machine like as far as shooting form is concerned...no matter what bow,what position your body is in certain things should remain the same always(for that one bow)....if your form breaks down and you make a poor shotits most certainly not the bows fault.....all you can do is prepare and practice physically until your fingers fall off...and metally untill you see arrows flying into organs in your dreams:D

RE: Recurve or Longbow?
 

I had looked at Wing. Didn't know their history or anything about Bob Lee. Thanks

I'm an hour north of the southern tip of Illinios and about an hour west of Indiana. (Saline County/Harrisburg area if that helps.)

RE: Recurve or Longbow?
 

That's about 6 hours south of me. I live up close to the Michigan line, in north-central Indiana. I am very fortunate in the fact that Kustom King is about an hour west of me and 3 Rivers is an hour and 15 minutes east. Lost Nation is only about 45 minutes. Pus I have two full service bow shops within 1/2 hour. You may want to check the bow list at Lost Nation, often times there are a number of used lefties there.
http://ns1.bowsite.org/lostnation/