Longbow or Recurve?
#1
Longbow or Recurve?
I'm a curious kind of fella I geuss....I like to hear what folks prefer longbow or recurve.
I started out on a recurve in 1974, shot recurves until about 1989.
I started the bow-hoping thing from then on ---longbow and recurves.
I have a Quinn Stallion recurve...probably the best recurve I've shot [overall]. But, for some reason when it comes to walking out and hitting what I'm looking at ....I tend to do better with a longbow. All of this is subjective to the individual....folks are different and different things work better than others. Something about the grip on a longbow works better for me. I believe any of them will work but just curious what do you prefer?
Thanks.
I started out on a recurve in 1974, shot recurves until about 1989.
I started the bow-hoping thing from then on ---longbow and recurves.
I have a Quinn Stallion recurve...probably the best recurve I've shot [overall]. But, for some reason when it comes to walking out and hitting what I'm looking at ....I tend to do better with a longbow. All of this is subjective to the individual....folks are different and different things work better than others. Something about the grip on a longbow works better for me. I believe any of them will work but just curious what do you prefer?
Thanks.
#2
Guest
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Longbow, much more easier to make quiet. Much more stable. By the time you add all the dampeners and all to a recurve to make them as quiet, you are at longbow speed.
But I do have zipper recurves, and a colt recurve. And do hunt with em. Good news about them, is they can be shorter and have good string angle.
But I do have zipper recurves, and a colt recurve. And do hunt with em. Good news about them, is they can be shorter and have good string angle.
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Posts: 15,296
I prefer longbows by a big margin, but not just any longbows. I'm not a fan of "Hill" style longbows--not straight or slightly deflexed limbs, and I really dislike a straight, narrow grip. I also don't care for 3-piece longbows with super heavy risers and recurve grips.
I like a mild to moderate deflex/reflex design with a small riser and a grip that's dished to fit my hand. I want to pick it up and shoot it, not worry about getting my hand in the right spot and holding it just so, etc.
I can shoot a recurve well enough--some days more accurately than my longbow--but I much more prefer shooting my longbow, or one of my selfbows.
Chad
I like a mild to moderate deflex/reflex design with a small riser and a grip that's dished to fit my hand. I want to pick it up and shoot it, not worry about getting my hand in the right spot and holding it just so, etc.
I can shoot a recurve well enough--some days more accurately than my longbow--but I much more prefer shooting my longbow, or one of my selfbows.
Chad
#4
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: California
Posts: 42
Longbow. I wanted to step out of the compound into trad. So I went all the way to longbow. Guess I've been stuck that way ever since. Sure I own and shoot a few recurves. My hunting bow is recurve. But I always keep coming back to longbows.
#5
I'm with LBR.....I like a mild r/d longbow, they seem to be the most pleasant to shoot [for me].
The strange thing is ....I can shoot a lot of different arrows out of a mild r/d longbow, than any other bow.
It may be the opposite for others but that's what I have encountered.
The strange thing is ....I can shoot a lot of different arrows out of a mild r/d longbow, than any other bow.
It may be the opposite for others but that's what I have encountered.
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Posts: 15,296
Looks to me like something was missed allright. Maha, do you even shoot a bow? I saw your post about pigs--straight from a book or websight, not from experience--am I correct?
On the x-bow, there's a forum for that--this ain't it.
On the x-bow, there's a forum for that--this ain't it.