Older Hoyt carbon defiant 34 that I picked up second hand for a good value last year for me. Poll over on AT if you care to vote. Link below for the poll.
I've got 3 Strothers and a Hickory Creek inline xbow. Since xbows aren't legal here, that'd be a Strother. Either a '12 XS Rush, '13 Wrath SHO, or '10 SR-71.
If I do and don't have a lot of time, the old reliable 91 PSE Fire Flite. IF I have time, Brackenbury recurve about the same age. Both work so well I"ve never moved forward.
Now if the animals would hold still at 25 or 30 yards I might buy a newer faster bow, but they don't at the home place. I'm betting moose might though.. may have to find out and practice further out again like I did years ago before I found out the animal could move well before the arrow got there....
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
Waiting to see what bowtech releases this year. There is some new technology that they put on a target bow thats supposed to trickle down to the hunting line. Aside from cam timing adjustments all other aspects of tuning will not require a bow press. I didnt get to hunt at all last yr. May not get to again this yr. But if i do ill probably have a bowtech in hand. Or maybe an old obsession def con 6
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I haven't hunted with a bow for 9 years and my old bow is, well old, and in bad shape. I had bought my wife a Bowtech Infinite Edge bow and had the draw and weight set up for her. This bow is supposed to be very adjustable so I am going to see about getting it set up for me for this year.
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I shoot a custom 62" Palmer take down recurve, 50# draw weight. I make my own arrows from shafts I get through 3 Rivers Archery and tip them with Wensel Woodsman broadheads or Zwickey Black Diamonds. If I'm not carrying the Palmer, I shoot an old but pristine 60" Groves Spitfire, also 50# with the same arrows as the Palmer.
Not sure why though I am surprised to see the high ratio of traditional feed back here. More power to you! So if I were to give Traditional a try again what length bow would a 30 " draw 6' 2" stature guy be looking for?
Not sure why though I am surprised to see the high ratio of traditional feed back here. More power to you! So if I were to give Traditional a try again what length bow would a 30 " draw 6' 2" stature guy be looking for?
My 66" Toelke Whip longbow easily handles 31" draw, iirc, poundage is up around 60lbs, Dan said I couldn't/wouldn't hurt that bow.
Not sure why though I am surprised to see the high ratio of traditional feed back here. More power to you! So if I were to give Traditional a try again what length bow would a 30 " draw 6' 2" stature guy be looking for?
Drawing 31" myself I fully understand you need to be thoughtful in choosing bow length. I never hunt from a tree stand or a ground blind (hunt on the ground for moose in Alaska each year), so minimizing length is unimportant to me. All we make are 3-piece takedown bows and with each and every customer we begin with a discussion about how you intend to use the bow. For long draws you can go with a short riser and long limbs or a longer riser and shorter limbs. Recurves allow the overall strung length (tip-to-tip) of the bow to be less than if you mount longbow limbs on the riser. Lots of things to consider, but a takedown bow with various limb options gives you the largest range of choices.
Dan makes a heck of bow. I currently have two of them. I have had several others from him as well. I will use my Excalibur Bulldog 330 and my Toelke bows.
You bet he does Chris, one of the reasons for my calls to him, iirc the brace height is 7-3/4"s, I ask him if I was going to damage the bow braced at that height and drawing to 31's, he laughed and said no sir, let er rip, you wont hurt that bow, made me feel a lot better, I had a doe in a very tight pine thicket last year at six yards, wind in my face, she never knew I was there, I didn't shoot her, didn't need the meat, but, that encounter with that long bow was more satisfying than shooting one with a rifle, 'CLOSE' is cool.
You bet he does Chris, one of the reasons for my calls to him, iirc the brace height is 7-3/4"s, I ask him if I was going to damage the bow braced at that height and drawing to 31's, he laughed and said no sir, let er rip, you wont hurt that bow, made me feel a lot better, I had a doe in a very tight pine thicket last year at six yards, wind in my face, she never knew I was there, I didn't shoot her, didn't need the meat, but, that encounter with that long bow was more satisfying than shooting one with a rifle, 'CLOSE' is cool.
I currently have one of his 68” Super D longbows that is bamboo on the back and belly with a Texas Ebony riser that’s 5028 and a 62” Whip with Zebra wood limbs and Bocote riser that is 5627 3/4. I like my Super D a lot but I shoot the Whip better. Surprised to have found out that I can shoot either from inside my Ox5 blind! I had one of his 52” recurves which I kick myself for not having anymore. I was a sniper with that bow. I had it brace at close to 8” and I draw a little over 29”.
Dang Chris, sounds like you've got some damn nice Toelke long bows, I'm a little interested and envious here, i'll have to go to his website and check out the models you listed.
I haven’t owned one of his Pika longbows yet. That is the only model I think I haven’t owned. I really like his older model 3 piece recurves he used to make. If you can find one of those you would really like it. I deserve a big kick in the butt for getting rid of the one I had. It was beautiful. It had light limbs in the 40-43 lbs range. If I remember right it had juniper and yew limbs with a cocobolo riser. If you talk to Dan tell him Chris Kiefner said hi.
I haven’t owned one of his Pika longbows yet. That is the only model I think I haven’t owned. I really like his older model 3 piece recurves he used to make. If you can find one of those you would really like it. I deserve a big kick in the butt for getting rid of the one I had. It was beautiful. It had light limbs in the 40-43 lbs range. If I remember right it had juniper and yew limbs with a cocobolo riser. If you talk to Dan tell him Chris Kiefner said hi.
LOL, hate to let something go then want/need t back, the reason I didn't look at more long bows was simple, the second I shot my Toelke Whip I knew then and there I was holding more talent than I could ever master, damn nice bows, and yessir, when I talk to him again i'll tell him you said Hello!
I'm hoping to build a new longbow and have it ready by fall, but would also like to hunt with my Dad's vintage Howatt Hunter. I have an Elite Synergy that gets used from time to time but I really prefer shooting and hunting with my longbows.
Been trying to warm up to a couple of recurves but keep going back to this JGray custom I seem to shoot best. Looking like this one will see some field time this year...
I have/use 2 Mathew's. A Halon 32 and Z7. I still have the Bear Super Kodiak that I got back in the early 70's and occasionally shoot it in the yard. But I just don't shoot the Bear good enough to hunt with it (and I know, my bad!). Opening day is a week from today in Wisconsin.
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Been trying to warm up to a couple of recurves but keep going back to this JGray custom I seem to shoot best. Looking like this one will see some field time this year...
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Beautiful bow Mr. Gray, I can only hold a group like that at 15 yards with my long bow, wish I wouldn't have had my cedar shaft arrows painted.
Same Indian Stalker I've used for the last 40 years.
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