I've been shooting longbows for 42 years now. I've settled on my favorite length for a mild r/d longbow to be 64" and 66 for an ASL. I've never had problems from any of those from a stand or from a saddle 

I've been shooting Hill-style longbows, both standard and reverse handle, exclusively for 37 years. I make my own so can have any length I want. I like a 63-64" bow for some ground blinds. Other than that, my bows are all 66-69". The only time that is a problem is putting them into the truck. 

I have become more and more of a longbow fan over the years. Recurves treated me well but there is something about a longbow that I prefer. They feel and shoot better for me.

My Big River Kodiak clone is getting some love this year, in honor of John.  It also is longbow light.  Next year I'll move back to Big River, MOAB and/or Kota longbows.  They all shoot hunting weight arrows faster than recurves.  Hope I have a few years left in me.

I haven't killed many animals with each but I feel like I like my longbows more. I can shoot my recurve better and it feels more stable but I enjoy carrying the longbow around the bush more.

I am definitely a long bow fan myself. Push pull stringing, and slides threw the underbrush much easier.

But.... i prefer a short hybrid long bow from 60-62" lengths. I have a 30" draw and have no issues with string angle or finger pinch on my Sasquatch design....You don't really need a 66" or 68" length to shoot well. but they sure look cool.

Look at the string angle of this Hybrid at 32" draw.

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I have shot most my game with a 64 inch longbow.

But thier are situations where I prefer a shorter bow for thier compactness in specific places,scenarios and the hunting techniques I will be employing.

I hunted with recurves for about 20 years before buying a longbow in 1992.  Since then I've stuck with longbows.  I've shot 64", 66",68", and now have a 62" bow.  Shooting Black Widow bows, Northern Mist,  Howard Hill, and self bows that I have made.  I still own several recurves also.  Every once in a while I'll get out a recurve to shoot, and they are so much noisier than any of my longbows, that I hang them back on the rack. I think I can shoot the recurves better, but at hunting distances I'm plenty accurate with the longbows, and the quietness of the longbow more than makes up the difference.

I just recently started hunting with a longbow this year. I started hunting with traditional gear a couple years ago. I definitely can see myself hunting more with the longbow than my recurves.

I first hunted traditionally with a recurve, took few deer with it.  One day was hunting from tree stand, had the bow hanging on a notch.  I was glassing the other way for game, when the strong breeze came in, heard a noise of something hitting the ground.  I looked down and there was my recurve.  I got down and strung it up and one of the limbs was slightly twisted, that ended the life of that bow. 
Few years later after hunting with a longbow for while,  I was walking next to a deep drainage and slipped in hole.  As I caught myself from falling on my face with a heavy pack on, the bow got tossed.  I looked down and had flashback, the bow was down in the drainage unstrung, my heart sank.  I worked my way down, got it looked it over, strung it and with exception of a few scratches bow was fine, matter of fact, shot a deer that evening with it.
My opinion is a longbow is a tank, it will take a lot of abuse and keep working fine.  Which is what I need because I hunt hard and deep and do not want to have to baby my equipment. 

I prefer which ever one I pick up for the day. I started with 60" recurves, Bear Kodiak and Black Widow in the sixties and from 1980 -1992 shot 70" ASL's, Schultz, Armbrusters(zebra), Maulding bighorn and Ken Becks bows. A couple times the length messed me up by catching the lower limb when not being careful where I was. The last 30 years have found me shooting Bear T/D's 62" but 58" in ground blinds for antelope and turkey where my shots are 15yds or less. I tried 64 limbs on my T/d but they always felt awkward for some reason. I bought a 62" Toelke Whip and really like shooting it, Guess it will be my goto again this year. It shoots out of blinds and trees equally well.

Last buck I got was with a Bob Lee Stick longbow; very quiet but not a speed queen. Would like to use my Widow PL longbow, but it is much louder than my PSR recurve. I am not sure why. Need to work with it some more. I prefer a longbow style handle even on a recurve.

Quote"The last 30 years have found me shooting Bear T/D's 62" but 58" in ground blinds for antelope and turkey where my shots are 15yds or less. I tried 64 limbs on my T/d but they always felt awkward for some reason."

I'm curious what length riser you use on your TD Bear?  I build some aftermarket "Bare" limbs in both RC and Hybrid long bow that you may like a lot....   Kirk

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I have killed around 50 deer and 14 black bear with longbows.

I have both A&B risers, A primarily for blind hunting and B for everything else. I really like #2 limbs that make a 62" bow.

MSU, where to you hunt black bears?

Quote from: mnbwhtr on June 10, 2022, 10:11:25 AM
I have both A&B risers, A primarily for blind hunting and B for everything else. I really like #2 limbs that make a 62" bow.

Do you think you would like a Bare riser that was between an A & B ?  17.5" with the same #2 limbs that make a 60" bow....... I know where you can get one.      Kirk

64"-68" I have no trouble hunting with. I even end up using my bow as a walking stick sometimes in the swamp. Not a normal Thing but I have had to before. Probably wouldn't do that with a recurve and I feel more accurate at hunting distance too.