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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	What type of bow and draw is your favorite Dec 26^th, 2021 at 11:06am I don't bother with composites, or laminated bows. I haven't used compound bows so no comment. I like my bow to be one-piece wood. No shelf. I shoot western, 3 finger grip, 1 above 2 below, arrow on the left side, right handed
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Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite
Reply #1 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 11:32am

My all time favorite was a 47 lb Fred Bear bow. It was glass over a maple core with a thin strip of aluminium in the ctr of the limb. It was also reflexed at the handle. Fast, smooth and accurate.
I still have a 64 lb flat bow that I bought in the mid eighties. It is glass over yew. I don't use it anymore because of injuries that prevent me from drawing that much weight.
Compound bows are great for home defence and shooting from a tree stand. Wish I didn't sell mine.
Self bows are just plain fun! Fun to make and shoot. I like a shelf and use the three finger Mediterranean draw.

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Reply #2 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 11:40am

I want to get a self bow eventually, and hoping to move up in draw weight. I also don’t want to deal with composites or laminated, but out of pragmatism I’m willing. The thing I won’t do is a bow shelf. Right now I have a very odd draw of augmented pinch off of the right side (right handed, like thumb draw.

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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #3 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 11:49am Sounds like some sort of tertiary draw Hirtius? I enjoy experimenting with all type of draws but I always go back to Mediterrean.
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Hirtius Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 272 Gender:	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #4 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 11:51am Pretty much. The naming schemes are all confusing. The draw has its pros and cons.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #5 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 7:05pm Longbow and Mediterranean draw
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3121 PA, USA	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #6 - Dec 26^th, 2021 at 10:16pm Morphy wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 7:05pm: Longbow and Mediterranean draw +1 I'm completely fine with a flat bow as well.
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Reply #7 - Dec 27^th, 2021 at 5:08pm

I like all bows especially those that I can make.
Without a facemask with mediterranean draw my facial hair get in the way of the bowstring, I tried thumb draw with the arrow on the left side and it doesnt happen. I rarely if ever shoot a bow so I cant spot possible problems with my draw combo. I think modern mongolians use it.

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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #8 - Dec 27^th, 2021 at 5:37pm Interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cp4BHEUhu0
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #9 - Dec 27^th, 2021 at 7:51pm Serious hinge there😯
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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1177	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #10 - Dec 28^th, 2021 at 3:44am it broke in too many parts watching frame by frame seems like the lower limb broke first maybe the bow was too dry by the cold as the title says. The hinge seems to bend uniformly with the bow
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #11 - Dec 28^th, 2021 at 3:19pm Thats a beautiful break and appears to have broken exactly how it should have regardless of cold although Im sure the cold helped nudge it along. Good find. Definitely worth saving that video.
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Jabames Interfector Viris Spurii Offline :3 Posts: 1871 Alaska Gender:	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #12 - Mar 4^th, 2022 at 5:29pm In the past I've owned 55-60 pound bows but recently I tried out a 40 pound short reflex/deflex longbow and man I loved it.
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Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite
Reply #13 - Mar 5^th, 2022 at 10:42am

Just bought a table top belt/disc sander. Still in the market for a bandsaw. Since my elbow has been thoroughly wrecked and still(!!) hurts like an absolute ***** it appears my path forward has been chosen for me. Time to make some bows. Or...time to start. Im a busy man these days. Still, super excited and want to say thanks to you guys who have kept the coals glowing and nudged me back towards wanting to build again. No names, you know who you are lol.

EDIT: But just in case you dont, in no particular order WALTER, Joe, Mersa, NOOC, IG and last but certainly not least my man VetRyan. Thanks guys, seriously. Wink

Oh and we need to do some poplar bow builds lest we forget. Ok, now im done.

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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2832 Gender:	Re: What type of bow and draw is your favorite Reply #14 - Mar 8^th, 2022 at 3:43pm I shot a lot of bows. But I really love a bow. It is a Hungarian horse bow. A laminate.
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