Longbow or recurve?

[lelliott8]

Couldn’t take it any longer…. Ordered up a New Toelke “Whistler” today. . Been a while since I shot a trad bow. Looking forward to getting back into it. Talked with Dan today & he got me all squared away. Great guy !!!

Excellent choice. 58 or 60 inch

 

[Beendare]

Ive seen a couple of those Whistlers and Whips on the 3 D range- nice bows, super quiet

 

[HuntnPack]

Excellent choice. 58 or 60 inch

Opted for the 60”

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I also talked to Dan last week haha. Ordered a 54 pika to add to the collection. Main bows will be a 60 stalker acs longbow and the 54 pika.

 

[stickbow59]

Got a Whistler this summer, I can't say enough good things about them and I've just about owned or shot them all. This is the best bow that I've ever had! Picture from Saturday evening.

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Man, I’ve really changed some things up since I posted a few years ago in this thread lol. I’m down to two bows now: a short Bear TD recurve, and a Hill-style longbow. I like them both for different reasons. Lately, I’ve been gravitating to the Hill bow for three reasons:

1) It’s really pointable and quick to get on target and release fast. In a clutch situation, it seems to just pull through for me and the arrows go generally where I want them from any weird angle I happen to be shooting from.

2) It’s an extremely rugged bow. I beat the snot out of it in the woods, and it won’t twist or break or snag or anything like that. Plus, I can string and unstring it in a pinch without a stringer. I swear I could pull my truck out of the mud with the thing.

3) It just looks and feels cool lol. That’s a dumb reason, but it is really cool to shoot and kill things with.

It certainly has its downsides, as does my recurve, so it just comes down to what I want to shoot in that particular hunt.