Most fun to shoot recreationally?

It might not be the fastest or smoothest or prettyist or one you the most accurate with, ....maybe it is one of those.

Kind of like Hill style bow fans, not the fastest or smoothest bow but some people love them.

For others it might be an old vintage recurve.

Then again it might be that “go to bow” that you just can’t miss with.

For me I like all types, but if I have say which one is the most fun probably pick my Proline frankenbow. Kind of my go to bow and seems to do everything well from target, 3-D, and hunting.

Have to say I also enjoy shooting my Horsebows and longbows too, which can be frustrating to shoot well but when you do shoot good it is very satisfying.

So what is your FUN bow?

My Northern Mist ASL’s.

Bear static

My Freeman Longbow , 66 inch ASL. I use it for everything.

My Titan with LongBow limds

My Cee Bea “ Stinger” longbow. 34# at my DL.

Should also add why?, what is it about it that makes it fun?

Toelke Pika

Matthews compound. Just kidding! I probably my pearson bronco 35#, short bow, i have a short draw, just feels good in my hand. Great stumpin bow

My lower poundage Osage self bows.

Just stump shooting or sending an arrow down range to see how close I can get to an object 100-200 yards away

Love watching that arrow arc and spin in air

Same as Jim above

Northern Mist ASL's

My bear 76ers. Carp shooting is a blast . Young shooters love them. And they are bomb proof.

My Black Widow longbow. 62" 40 @ 27.

Some 35 lb self bows that I have made, and a couple longer target recurves.

My old Shakespeare Ocala

Anything vintage.

Probably my Super D or I recently got a Yukon from Big Jim. Like the OP said. I’m not a huge fan of ASLs but I’m quite attracted to them and varying them through the woods with a back quiver on. That classic feel, nostalgia?

I enjoy my 1957 Kodiak. The arrows just go where I look, for the most part! Lance

Black Widow PSA.....

The most fun bow I ever owned was a K Mag. Bought it new in '62. Whew doggies, that bow was so good looking I would sit on the edge of floor furnace in high school and just stare at it, not beliving I actually owned it. Like a first dog or horse, I just plum loved that bow. Was so proud when I went hunting with it with some of the folks at the archery club, and thankful when I climbed up to a fork in those trees in the fall to take a stand that it was as bout as short as they made bows at that time. First shot field aarchery with it too before I bought a '63 Tamerlane for that purpose.

Lost track of it after the Navy. Found out later my best friend's (and hunting partner) little brother had posession of it for second season hunting. Sure was glad it wound up with someone who would appreciate it as much as I did.

Barber x2 The Freeman longbow is just fun to shoot and beautiful.

Shakespeare Necedah's and Super Necedah's so far.

I like to tinker.. so? any bow I got that is not set up yet. I like to discover the right brace n arrow n point ect. ect.

My Eaglewing R/D (when my shoulder doesn’t hurt).

That sucker really rocks a 3D target.

But it’s kind of like asking which of my kids I like better. They don’t have to be perfect; they just have to be mine ;)

Never thought about this not even once which bow is prettiest or more accurate either.

Today, tomorrow or yesterday?

Any of my self-made Osage self bows. I like to know that I did more to launch an arrow than just the shooting part.

Cari Bow Amisk. Smooth as silk even at my draw and is fast, drop dead gorgeous, with a great grip. What's not to like. Plus it's new, lol.

1952 Kodiak K4

I have the most fun shooting a 52" Pearson 45 pounder because it has all of the wrong attributes of a shootable bow. It is short, has a the draw of a hunting bow, and the grip has a bump that feels like a baseball. It also has transverse finish cracks on the back where the limbs bend. The funny thing is, if I maintain my form and use back tension, I can hit with it.

So many people talking about their "fun-to-shoot" bows but only a few photos??? PEOPLE PUH-LEEZE!! WANNA SEE'UM! BLESSED BE!

The '62 in the photo is my current favorite. It's 30lb@24 inches or about the equivilant to 38 to 40lb@28 inches. Smooth as butter

Any of my 3 Black Widows...2 MaII's and a SAIII...Be safe...Des

I always seem to go back to a Hill style bow. I probably don't shoot it as well as other styles but I just love the way it carries and how much fun an ASL is to shoot.

This Howard Hill Wesley Special I have.

My Eaglewing Tallon 2, just a joy to shoot. Lately also having a blast tinkering with a cheap Cresent ilf setup I have just gotten .

21st century edge. Not my go to bow anymore but when I'm feeling like pulling 55lbs I have a lot of fun with it.

I love my Schafer Silvertip, but my 21 year old 58" Black Widow SA III always hit's where I'm looking. On the other hand I'm like gluetrap, I love tinkering with different tunes.

My Wes Wallace LB and wood arrows. Don’t always hit the spot or target for that matter but I have fun.

Well lately I’ve been having fun shooting my self bows. And my Frankenbows.

This early vintage Damon Howatt I just bought at a shoot this year,,,,,, smooth bow,,,, I think it was made in late 60 or early 70;s, anyway, fun to shoot......

My Yellowstone Hunter longbow is just fun and easy to shoot.

My Blair model longbow made of HempWood and bamboo flooring. It looks good and shoots better. My story and I'm sticking to it.

My newest bow... then my last bow.. and sometimes the other ones.

BigJim

My fox breed!

Any Hill-style. I love hunting and slinking around da woods with one.

What Big Jim said.

I love Longbows I have two Yellowstone Halfbreeds and a Mohawk Sparrow hawk and looking to add a Hill style Longbow.

Too many bows, could not begin to decide which is the most fun. So I'm with Big Jim on this one. Though my new Korte 59er is what I'm shooting most and LOVING IT. Batman, ask and you shall receive!

Whip

Of all the bows I own or have owned, I enjoy shooting my 1959, 64" Bear Grizzly most.

All of them! Well, model 971 Pearson Palamino 1958 for one. Its the middle one in the photo.

68” Northern Mist Classic

Mortis, nice Korte bow.

My latest Freeman Longbow :-)

Grey Goose, she wears your puffs and is quite like a church mouse. Get one if you see the weight your after. Bear never made a bow that shoots like this one!

I may not shoot them the best of all my bows, but I love shooting my ASL's. Most especially my Sunset Hill. It is a pure joy to shoot. Now that I'm making selfbows I don't get to shoot the ASL's near as much.

I have a couple Cartel risers with sage limbs that are really amazing shooters. Lots of fun shooting and probably the cheapest bows I own.

Freeman !

I cobbled together a Silvertip recurve. It isn't the prettiest and the limbs don't exactly match the shaping of the riser. It is long, smooth, and quiet so I usually string it up several times a week. I'm getting spoiled enough with it that I cringe when I consider shooting a shorter bow. I also have a plain Jane Whippen Stick longbow that is 65" and 45 pounds. It is also a favorite when I get the urge to play with something closer to a stick and string.

My David Miller, Spit Bamboo longbow. Surprisingly nice shooting bow that rings of the early Howard Hill days.

Palmer single carbon T.D. 64”, 50lbs. Fastest bow I own. Best grip and very quiet and smooth.

My favorite changes from time to time. Right now my favorite is a 93 year model Howatt Hunter. The bow is 55 @ 28 and is about 6 lbs heavier than the bow I generally shoot. Goes without saying it is harder for this old guy to pull but gets a little easier to pull every day. If I can keep up my form, it casts an arrow to perfection every time.

Not a Hill or ASL. I am on my third Hill,love the way they look, hell i think they are the best looking bow there is, but i am unbelievably inconsistent with them. Although I love my howatt hunter, I am becoming a believer in the super k. So i guess it would be between those two as the most fun bows for me. And if anyone is looking for a hill.......

My Schafer wins hands down, but I like shooting all of mine. Predator is pretty solid as well

My first custom Bighorn was my most "fun" bow...I could shoot round bales til the cows came home and then some! She was real pretty, too!

Northern mist superior at this time. And my Howard hill cheetah.

My ‘56 Bear Polar.

I tried to see if there was any one type that stood out but not really! Maybe a slight edge goes to ASL bows, but fairly equally spread out also to vintage bows, hybrids, 50’s style recurve and even for lack of a better term “regular recurves”.

I'm with gluetrap!!

My Shafer or my Ben Person Golden Sovereign Lord Mercury.

My Barnett XL Wildcat

My Samick Discovery with light limbs for target and heavy limbs for hunting. This bow has me ready to sell the other ones. It fits me like a glove and I shoot it very well. Bob

It's definitely my 1961 Bear Grizzly. At 62"and 40# it pulls so smooth out to my 29½" draw and I can shoot it all day.

I have a 1958 64" kodiac that I shoot every year at our fun night for our 3-d league. We gamble a little. This year one of the targets was a golf tee stuck in a bear at about 18 yds . Split the tee in two. That bow shoots where I look.

Bob Lee Sportsman 53 lb recurve

My 64" Bear 76er.I have a nice Quinn but I always grab the 76er.It is a pleasure to shoot and surprisingly accurate and quiet.Plus they are super durable.Probably the best entry bow ever IMO

My NM Shelton, love that bow.

I enjoy longbows, everything from ILF to Hill style. I find the Hill style the most challenging so that would be my favorite.

My most fun bow is my 1960 Kodiak but it's not the bow I shoot the most. I like the looks of it, the history and the nostalgia.

Like others I have different favorites based on where I am in my life but for the past fifteen years or so the bow I enjoy shooting the most and shoot the best are my DAS.

At times I find myself sitting in my Man-cave looking at all the bows on the walls and trying to remember where they all came from. Admittedly now a days just looking at them does not always tell me the story of who they lived with before me and how they came to be at my house.

Often if the story doesn't come to me in a few minutes I will get the bow in question down and string it up and draw it a few times to see if it talks to me. Many times that is enough to bring it all back. The location of the deal, the conversation that made a new friend or the joy seen on a new owners faces when trades were done face to face.

Suddenly the emails, texts, photos and negotiations come rushing back. I remember the wondering if whats coming in the mail is going to be all I think it is and then the feeling of loosing that first arrow and knowing that it is all I thought it would be and more.

For me, remembering all the old ones I have brings the most fun shooting especially when the story is hard to remember then it magically appears in my memory. Good Day

My Bear Frankenbow shoots almost as good as my Satori and has a better grip.

Abbott longbow.

I know I said my superior earlier but man my cheetah is a blast to shoot.

Just love this thing

My Bigfoot Sasquatch R/D longbow

I have Selway Lilmag I will never part with

My Cari Bow Amisk. Its a blast to shoot and my shooting with it's coming around. This ones going hunting.

My Cari Bow Amisk. Its a blast to shoot and my shooting with it's coming around. This ones going hunting.

Sorry

My Border Covert Hunter. It was the personal bow of Sid Ball and at my request he reshaped the grip to more closely feel like an ILF grip. Last bow made with buffalo horn overlay. Can't beat the performance and draw...

My Northern Mist Ramer.

All of 'em. LOL

Berry's and Benoit's.

I can't say for sure.. But a beautiful bow sure is a fun bow to shoot. If you can't beat 'em with skill, beat 'em in looks and style! Lol

My MOAB cause it just feels good and hits better.

My Chaistain recurve grip feels good & shoots good for me all the time.

The cool thing Ralph, is the draw force curve. It gains weight faster at the beginning then gets smoother towards the end of the draw. Probably because of the double tapered lams. My son got a silver fox 3 piece td longbow. He loves his also.

Right now my Big River 21st Century clone at 66.5# it feels super.

34kb BW PL V Great bow to practice and shoot 3D.

"What bow do you find to be the most fun?"

My Omega Imperial, 68", 30# @ 30", Ipe wood riser.

I received this one in Nov. 2019, I refer to it as "the spoiler" because it has made my other bows less attractive for me to shoot.

Shooting 325 grain, Gold Tip Warriors, 125 grain field points, 4" feathers.

REALLY like this one :)

My Thunderstick MOAB.

Yeah Ralph I'm pretty stoked about that bow. I'm getting my strength back so shooting better. That group wasn't great but was my first group out of that bow, untuned without changing the nock from where Abe put it. Plus i was trying different arrow so theres 2219, 2216, and 80-84 spined wood in that group.

My Browning Explorer. A little long but relatively fast. Most importantly - I hit well with it.

I'm #3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eBoajT5CzU

1963 Red Wing Hunter. I have shot this almost every day since I received it a few months ago, very accurate with a 3-Under fixed crawl. I plan to bag multiple deer with it this year.

I like my ELB made out of ERC because it's pretty, and it makes me feel like Robin Hood.

I like my Black Widow PSA the most. Besides, it is the only bow I own. But I do have another set of limbs.

for me it's a '66 Kodiak that's 64" long and 40# at my draw. Smooth as butter, quiet and just downright enjoyable to shoot.

My 45# 52" Texas Recurve is a hoot. Its sized like a kids bow but packs a bunch. Super handy and you can shoot it in darn near any postion. Shoots flat and quiet too!

Pearson 306 60# and a martin the stick 55#

The Branstine Signature longbow from Great Plaines Bows is the most fun bow for me. It shoots great being a good, modern R/D longbow, and it is pretty and colorful and gets lots of comments and interest from people at the 3-D shoots. Bows are about fun, and this one is awesome! I also enjoy my Bear A-riser TD. The history makes it fun. And then there is the Stalker Coyote, B/W Ebony with a purple accent stripe that always hits the deer in the vitals... I really love bows!

Love my Montana. However, I love my "Hobow" also. I don't know if I ever seen anyone mention a Hobow on hear. Mine is a hybrid one piece. They are custom bows which shoot great, are quite, smooth and are extremely affordable. You can google them.

All 3 of my Black Widows with my SA III getting a slight nod.

I set tile, lately I’ve been enjoying my 40# necedah, I like my heavier bows but it’s nice to have some relief. 2nd is my Brad Moore 60 lb takedown, I always shoot well with that bow and it’s silky smooth well past 30”.

I set tile, lately I’ve been enjoying my 40# necedah, I like my heavier bows but it’s nice to have some relief. 2nd is my Brad Moore 60 lb takedown, I always shoot well with that bow and it’s silky smooth well past 30”.

I am "hoping" it is my schafer with the new limbs I just ordered, cannot wait,.....

While waiting I am enjoying a 45# 60" Marriah Thermal.

Oz.

My good old maple self bow .

Just like I said in my May post, my 1962 Kodiak Magnum was the most fun bow I ever owned. Beautiful to look at, I was so proud of that bow and in high school would sit on the floor furnace and just look at it. When out in the field with it, it was my best friend. Never been a K-Mag model made, since they quit using Brazilian rosewood, that was as good looking as those '62's were. If Bear made the same bow now with dark fine grained newer rosewood like they did the my 2013 Kodiak, they would again be a great looking and great shooting bow, but they never saw a market I suppose for the time needed for production. Too bad but there are still some '62's I see around some.

Despite the numerous glass laminated bows I have, when I pick up one of my Osage self bows, I feel like a kid again rediscovering the joy of flinging arrows.

Black Widow PMA 64" 36# @28. Just can't get enough of it.

Bear Magnesium @35 lbs.

I love my self bows. Jawge

A bow I made from a maple board that I bought at Home Depot for about $10. There is nothing more satisfying than a bow that you make with your own hands - except maybe for catching a big smallmouth bass on a hard carved minnow plug.

I enjoy pulling out a different bow now and then but if I were to to count the number of times I shot one more than the others it would be my Shakespeare Trident 45lb- 64" AMO recurve. Smooth as silk and so enjoyable to shoot.

If I had to choose just one bow to keep I would cry my eyes out but this one would have to be the one.

Don't have many to pick from but the one I shoot most so I'd say must be the most fun would be my Black Bear/Sage. Something about the handle fit and the extra mass just makes it a joy to shoot.

My absolute favorite bow that I have ever owned or shot is this 1966 Bear Bearcat that I found in an antique store in the 90s. It is simply the smoothest shooting, cleanest releasing, most pleasant feeling bow I've shot. If I could pick a #2, it would be my Jim Reynolds Thunderstick.

Saluki Turk - Prettiest bow I ever saw. It's short/light.... when I hunt and get skunked I still feel like I had a good day... got to carry that beautiful piece of wood around.

My factory camo 1984 Bear Kodiak Takedown ( 60#@28" ). I love everything about this bow. It is by far my favorite.

My Howard Hill Tembo,not only is it the most enjoyable and fun bow to shoot.Its also the bow that I can shoot most accurately of the many other bows I have owned through the years.

My current best friend Toelke whistler

I do have fun shooting all my different bows, however when done my Proline frankenbow Leaves me feeling most satisfied with how my shooting went.

When I'm not trying to get ready for a hunt or a 3D competition, I will always go back to my roots and reach for a yew English Longbow. Just something about the pure simplicity of a selfbow that makes them fun to shoot.

As I am sure some of you recognize, the bow in my previous post is a Northern Mist Sprague that is my hunting bow. A great shooter in it's own right.

Here is a picture of my actual English Longbow.

As I am sure some of you recognize, the bow in my previous post is a Northern Mist Sprague that is my hunting bow. A great shooter in it's own right.

Here is a picture of my actual English Longbow.

K mag and 25 other lol

My Bear 76’er. She’s as smooth as silk and puts the arrows right where I’m looking.

My little 50" Fedora Stalker recurve. At only 36# it's a breeze to shoot!..........Nimrod

My 50” Darton Magnum, or my 52” IA Mag Hunter.

Which ever bow I was shooting and had the best shot that target.

. Don’t happen that often.

RonL

•The King $59.50 67” length weight: 40 pounds @ 28". Total fun all the time.

My 1950s something Bear Cub. Underrated IMO.

My 56" Yearout long bow great little bow. Wish I could post pictures

The Ram Horn I got a couple days ago. It drew first blood this morning.

My go to hunting bow is a TimberGhost G3SS. I enjoy shooting a Treadway 64" Black Forest and a 66" Mohawk Sparrowhawk.

#2 is my 60” MOAB who is semi-retired.

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