I think I may have found a way to make the automatic bow swap issue with followers more bearable... I made my own ESP that gives followers a Longbow and 1 Iron Arrow... The auto-equip bow function appears to be linked to an invisible quest named (QUST)DialogueFollower. If you change the reward items (CNTO) from FollowerBow (10e2dd) and FollowerIronArrow (10e2de) to any you like. These items are tradable, unlike the other items. This quest was the only reference to FollowerBow (10e2dd) in a search of Skyrim.esp other than the WEAP records. I'm new to modding and by the time I figure out how to load something to the Nexus, someone might be able to use the information I found. Edit: Uploaded to Nexus, FixFollowerBow on Nexus