Badger, yes that love/hate BL feeling I'm familiar with, I've had a few more that have failed on me than succeeded but the ones that made it I love. Two of which I used to flinch every time I drew them back for a few months and my draw is only 25" on a good day, finally figured out they were safe. I have three that have probably seen a couple thousand arrows each and they each go hunting with me from time to time, one even took a deer last week. I will say that they have each taken an extra 1/2" of set since initially made and broke in to present day, around two years of use.
Bryce, I'm ok with dents and scratches in my hunting bows. I've taken deer with elm and black walnut bows that were sapwood backs and dent quite easily, I was just more careful with them while out there.
I'll hunt with alot of different bows but osage is my main go to hunting bows. I trust it to be strung for hours and still shoot well and when I unstring it after 10 hours in rain, cold or heat it will recover shape right quickly. Not saying all others won't but in my collection I know the osage is the one I can count on to do this well.
