I'm looking for a riser for ILF limbs. I want to use the bow for hunting and would prefer a wood or wood/phenolic riser. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a good bowyer who builds such a riser? Thanks in advance for your recommendations!
Chuck Hawes http://www.chuckscustombows.com/ is a bower who is becoming well known in Northern California, although not so much in the rest of the US, I think. After a local longbow champion who I know started racking up wins with one of Chuck's wood/phenolic longbows, I had to get one too.
I'm really more of a recurve shooter, but also enjoy entering longbow contests from time to time. I shoot this longbow better than any other longbow I have or have shot. The main reason for this is probably the carbon backed limbs he made for the bow, but a strong second would be the heft of the wood/phenolic riser. People are shocked by the heft when I hand this bow to them. If what you want is increased mass weight and you don't want to fool around with screw-in metal weights, a wood/phenolic riser is the way to go.
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Pretty looking bow.
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Dryad
I had the chance to look at and shoot several Dryad ILF risers. When the money and the riser were around at the same time I bought the riser. 17 inches. It's been my hunting set up for a while now.
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I have 40 lbs Dryad Limbs and 45 lbs TradTech Titan Limbs--Both Longs making a 62 inch bow.
I had Chuck build one of his toxon 2 ilf risers for me, to grip specs of an old handle I sent him a couple of years ago. He used gray actionwood and purpleheart, came out really nice. Reasonable price, quick turnaround time, and easy to work with. I've killed a few animals with that riser 😀
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Thanks guys for these recommendations! I'll checkout both of these bowyers!
I don't use ILF bows, so I don't have any opinion or bias. In addition to what's above, Kirk at Bigfoot Bows makes an ILF riser - I really like his Sasquatch takedown, but have no experience with the ILF bows. Stalker also makes an ILF riser
Thanks Streamguy. I'll check those 2 out as well!