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Mine is 64".

OK, I had seen some Japanese bows with an upper limb roughly twice as long as the lower limb, so I wasn't too sure.

I've seen those Japanese bows also but have never handled one - always wondered how they'd shoot. In a more traditional straight grip longbow, I do make the upper limb a little longer than the lower due to the position of the grip, but only a 1" difference. Here is an undistorted pic of the same bow:

That looks great.

Thanks! I've always shot recurves better than longbows but really prefer shooting the longbow. When I started making them like this with more of a recurve style grip, I seldom shoot recurves any more. I do have a couple of recurves I've been trying to warm up to, but keep going back to my home made contraptions

That's quite a skill to put something like that together. Looks like a great melding of form and function.

Well I'm getting the 'new' knocked off this bag target.

First day, June 8, distance 6 yards,




After 55 days, Aug 3, 26 yards,


Guess I'll have to flip it around soon.


This the 'walk of shame' today......looking for the arrow that missed completely and went over the hill.

Yard deer unconcerned...lol

Put some wood around my new bag target to snag some that don't behave.
Mowed the yard after, didn't shoot. Been under the weather.
Allergies slammin me. Mowing was brutal.

I take that same walk almost every time I shoot - feel kind of silly when I have to hop the fence and poke around on the neighbors place.

I set my target in front of my shed.
Eh, it needs new doors anyway.

I should pick up a few bales of straw or hay, and make a better backstop.

That's the ticket. ^^^

Today I was doing some walk-back practice. One arrow at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 yards.

One of the better targets, threw the 20 yard low and right.....

Finally got my patio cleaned off (painted stand and climbing sticks- plus the kids had junk in the way).
Weeded flower bed beside house (the ol lady wanted to do it tomorrow.....I did it for her so I can go to the big archery shop hehehehe).

Put some holes in my bag target.

Only 7 yards, light almost gone. Dozen shots.
All in the small bull, crashing shafts (so shot four groups of three).

The odd thing was...........I went to my old anchor and 3 under.
Not the high anchor where arrow is used as sight.

Been sick, doc said virus.............weak, fugged w my asthma..............been pretty wiped out.
Arthritis and injuries too.

Figured at worst I'd just spray a few shots to get the muscles warmed up.
Nope..........bullseyes, all of em.

Maybe not a big deal.
But as bad as I've felt, I thought it kind of encouraging.
And odd I went to my old anchor from years ago.

Last 2 yrs has been higher and aiming w arrow.
It's not as fluid and doesn't feel as good to me, prefer the old anchor.

Hope I stay healthy enough to go instinctive and not conscious gap.

I do know that in 12 shots I was cussing a blue streak for my belt quiver. Tubes in pouch, friggin' hate that thing.
Much prefer the back angle shorter "field quiver".
Off to Ebay to find an old King like I had.

Give that Hoyt target type to some kid.

If you find one of the quivers you're looking for, could you provide a link so I can see if it might fit my needs.

I like a belt/hip quiver myself.

Thanks in advance.

Geno

I shot 3D for years and ran a PSE "King" softer Nylon old school green camo quiver. Part of it was black leather.
It was lighter than some.
Hasn't been made for a long while.
Belt slid through, did not have snap over for easier off and on.

Nothing on Fleabay.
They pop up time to time though.

Am in my chair, and pain is shooting through my spine.
Gonna be rough night.

Bending over pulling weeds did it I think, not bow. Is low.
Waves of intense electricity.

At least it aint bow related. But damn. No sleep is gonna suck.
Pizza and beer and Youtube rally saves/crashes on Roku.................all night LOL

I've tried the bigger hip quivers w plastic tubes and pouches and they're just too much.
So I got a single pocket w 4 tubes, shorter........and the thing flops too much, plus arrow rattle in tubes just drives me nuts.
My old King field quiver was perfect.

Neet/Bear makes leather ones, some on 3Rivers too.
Might be too stiff.

The kind was flexible enough for kneeling shots.
Back when folks shot 3D and got dirty LOL