Just curious which style of longbow you prefer and why? I shoot both but due to degenerative elbow joint issues find myself with an R/D longbow in hand. Looking forward to hearing from lots of longbow shooters. Thanks.

I like several kinds of longbows. My favorites are selfbows/unflatbows, but I like English longbows, d/r bamboo backed bows, and an occasional sinew backed bow too. I got away from fiberglass about 20 years ago and don't miss it.

owned them all my favorites are glass backed string follows bows some hand shock if you want to call it that not fast but very quiet and i'm accurate with them and love the way they feel in my hand

Never knew I had to prefer any sort of bow. Like them all.

DDave

No one said you HAD to Dave. As for me, I like the looks of an R/D over the D shapes and I think they perform better with little to no h%&*#@*&k. To each his own of course.

for me the very mild reflex deflex longbows like ( wallace mountain, Fox archery , Northern mist superior ) are probably the smoothest and best behaving

the set back ,straight and string follow ASL's are great but a a little more vibration(but I really don't notice it after shooting for awhile)

The hybrids have a higher performance

I tend to favor the very mild reflex deflex followed by the set back ASL ( but that is just what I'm used to)I have a wallace Mountain that I wouldnt take nothing for as my John Schulz with set back - not a fad- been shoting the Schulz since the 80's

Ditto what Andy Man says in the first three lines.

I've shot a few mild r/ds that have as much or more hand shock than the ASLs. A comfortable, but relatively loose grip, a low stretch string and heavier arrow go a long way to reduce hand shock and resultant elbow pain, regardless of the bow design.

Orion, I do like the low stretch string and realatively heavy arrows also about 10+ gpp

never liked the feel of the dacron

Where does a Harrison American Wolf fall Ralph? Does have some r/d to it I think.

All about design when it comes to "performance " but I love em all .......

Like them all. Rooty

I have a mild r/d flatbow that is smooth and easy to shoot.

R/d for speed. Hard to shoot slow after going so fast

R/D for me as well. Arthritis in my hands forced me to sell my ASL. I liked the romance of the ASL, backquiver, swing draw, etc. but honestly I never shot it as well as my R/D LB.

Not sure I could pick just 1 style over the other. I really like my slight string follow bow and how it shoots. I really like my mild d/r bow that's a really fine shooter. The bow I'm shooting exclusively for the time being is a mild d/r flatbow.

A straight limbed ASL works for me.

I like them all . LOL. But I like a R/D bow that still strings up D shape the best. Just like the overall feel of a bow like that the best. Just my 2 cents.

R&D is a comfortable option for me.

Like the way my ASL string follow shoots. Smooth with no hand shock. I really like it's D shaped profile.

Shot a friends BW PLX and another friends R/D Shrew once and liked the way they shot as well.

I prefer ASLs, never felt any hand shock, except once when playing with string walking way off center, and a 65 lbs bow.

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