Bodnik Bows Hunting Bows

Substituted for the requested Bodnik Slick Stick, which is sold out at Bearpaw's US store with a stated 10-12 month production backlog — the Quick Stick is the same German maker's most popular hybrid and is still in retail circulation. Designed by Henry Bodnik as his personal favorite, it marries a longbow's profile and quiet manners to near-recurve performance: a 60-inch reflex-deflex hybrid with a bubinga-and-rosewood (or merbau, by run) riser, bamboo-core limbs under clear glass, multilayered Mycarta tips, and a radiused, cut-on-center shelf — a genuine rarity among longbows that makes arrow tuning almost recurve-easy. It ships with Bearpaw's Dyneema-blend Whisper string, may be stored strung, and carries an extraordinary 30-year warranty. Owners at Kustom King rate it 5.0/5, 3Rivers has logged 13 reviews, and Pete Ward's long-form test praised its dead-in-the-hand shot with essentially no hand shock — the reflex-deflex geometry sheds the thump that plagues D-shape longbows. Caveats: Bodnik weights are known to run 3-4 lb heavy, Bearpaw mandates 8 grains-per-pound minimum arrow weight, and pricing swings widely ($449 on sale at 3Rivers, $699 at Kustom King) with limited in-stock weights. As a compact, shock-free hunting longbow, it's the premium pick of this class.