For those that went to shorter hunting bows are there any regrets? I started hunting with a 64” ILF bow and coming from compounds find the bow quite long for hunting. Although I really like shooting the bow I‘m thinking of going shorter for next season.
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I hunt with a 30" axle to axle compound, but my ILF recurve that I hunt with is 60". 
I feel very comfortable with this length and have hunted with 62" recurves, prior to owning an ILF recurve. My current setup is a 19" Satori riser with short Uukha Gobi limbs and I'm loving it.
I feel very comfortable with this length and have hunted with 62" recurves, prior to owning an ILF recurve. My current setup is a 19" Satori riser with short Uukha Gobi limbs and I'm loving it.
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I thought I should add this "note"....I hunt with a 30" axle to axle compound, but my ILF recurve that I hunt with is 60".
I shot a small game Judo, at a leaf, for practice this evening. I noticed right away that my string was touching the hand rail on my Summit Viper and I had to lean forward quite a bit to avoid it.
I use a stringwalking method and a near vertical bow position, when shooting on the ground. However, if I cant my bow quite a bit, I can avoid any contact and this does not seem to affect my accuracy.
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I just came in from shooting my recurve, at extreme cant angles and it's the same for me as it is shooting nearly vertical. While kneeling on the ground or standing up and holding my bow's top limb at 2 o'clock or more, everything remains the same for my string walking positions. I have about an inch and a quarter of gap from my arrow nock down to my hold for 10 yards and it is not effected by canting the bow. 💯 A confidence builder for when the shot presents itself.
💯 A confidence builder for when the shot presents itself.
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Yes, sir.
....on both bows.
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I suggest you try it to prove whether it can or can't be done, sir.
I nearly setup my Satori with a flipper rest, but chose the simplicity and zero maintenance of a rug rest.
In my early years of archery, I shot a flipper rest on a Bear Whitetail compound and shot it instinctively...with a cant and it worked.
I wouldn't know why it would be any different with a recurve, but...as they say..."it's worth a shot".
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@redfin and @Tracker1
Do you guys see more accuracy with the Centerest vs a rug rest?
I'm pretty happy with the accuracy this bow is producing with the rug rest, at the moment. I don't have a problem shooting 3" target dots at 20 yards with my current setup. If it shot better, I'd be more impressed than I already am with the way it is currently shooting.
Do you guys see more accuracy with the Centerest vs a rug rest?
I'm pretty happy with the accuracy this bow is producing with the rug rest, at the moment. I don't have a problem shooting 3" target dots at 20 yards with my current setup. If it shot better, I'd be more impressed than I already am with the way it is currently shooting.
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