Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
01-11-2003 | 01:43 PM
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From: Windsor Locks CT USA
Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
If you had the ability to order 5 of the best long bows made, what would you choose? Don't worry about money, LBR and HuntingNet would give it to you<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>..lol.
01-11-2003 | 02:33 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Mississippi USA
RE: Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
You bet--ya'll pretend to order and I will pretend to pay for them! lol
In all honesty, my favorite of all the longbows I have shot is the Crusader. I have seen bows that were a lot fancier, and bows that cost a lot more, but to date it is my favorite. Second and third would be a Marriah by Ric Anderson and one of Roy Hall's one-piece longbows, both with really fancy woods, then a duplicate set with plain woods to actually use (don't want to get the fancy ones all dinged up). I can't think of any others that I have shot that I would list--there are some I haven't shot that I want to give a whirl though.
Chad
Long Bows Rule!
In all honesty, my favorite of all the longbows I have shot is the Crusader. I have seen bows that were a lot fancier, and bows that cost a lot more, but to date it is my favorite. Second and third would be a Marriah by Ric Anderson and one of Roy Hall's one-piece longbows, both with really fancy woods, then a duplicate set with plain woods to actually use (don't want to get the fancy ones all dinged up). I can't think of any others that I have shot that I would list--there are some I haven't shot that I want to give a whirl though.
Chad
Long Bows Rule!
01-11-2003 | 02:39 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: westport in USA
RE: Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
My experience is limited to these:
Saxon Hawk
Wes Wallace Royal
Massie Longhorn
Horne
Roy Hall's LB
All excellent+ in both quality and performance. A good deal of variety in design.
Your life is made of time, not money.
Saxon Hawk
Wes Wallace Royal
Massie Longhorn
Horne
Roy Hall's LB
All excellent+ in both quality and performance. A good deal of variety in design.
Your life is made of time, not money.
01-11-2003 | 05:53 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Victoria British Columbia Canada
RE: Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
As I don't get out much <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I've only shot 2 different longbows. The first one, a Jerry Hill, almost scared me away from lb's for ever. So my experience is limited to bows made across the moat by PD. Lots of pretty ones out there that I'd like to try though!
RC
RC
01-12-2003 | 12:31 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
In no particular order:
Saxon Mongoose
Howard Hill Wesley Special
Bill Stewart Multicam (technically a hybrid, I guess)
Massey Longhorn
And another Massey Longhorn <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Saxon Mongoose
Howard Hill Wesley Special
Bill Stewart Multicam (technically a hybrid, I guess)
Massey Longhorn
And another Massey Longhorn <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
01-12-2003 | 09:41 AM
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From: Windsor Locks CT USA
RE: Pick top 5 long bows $$ no object
Forgot to list the bows I shot. I'm not the long bow expert like LBR so my experience is limited. I own the following and will list in the order I shoot best.
Chek Mate Crusader 64"
Sovereign Sonoran 65"
Gharing Cornplanter 64"
Tomohawk Thunderstorm 64"
Internature Viper 68" (distant 4th)
Chek Mate Crusader 64"
Sovereign Sonoran 65"
Gharing Cornplanter 64"
Tomohawk Thunderstorm 64"
Internature Viper 68" (distant 4th)