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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: ray.g.perkins on June 08, 2023, 03:38:36 PM
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reaching out to the group because I recently acquired a bow from my sister's husband. They had it hanging in the lodge of their RV park. I have tried searching online and wasn't finding much on it. My hope is someone on this site may be able to shed some light.
From what I have found it looks like it may have been made by a Ralph Castoe out of Allen, OK who operated Lonetree Archery.
From the look of it I feel like it is probably a good quality bow.
any information on the bow, maker or value would be appreciated. I'll post some pictures I took. Thank you for checking this out and any comments that come.
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Looks cool and simple. I have never come across the maker. Older bows from individual makers are very elastic in their worth. Most lessor known builders don't hold a lot of value unless they made something of their name or brand.
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I knew Ralph from back in my Arrows by Kelly days. He built a really good bow back then, loved shooting and hunting with wood arrows, too. Think he maybe even advertised his bows in Traditional Bowhunting magazine back then.
How many pounds is it? It is in pretty rough shape and appears to have snakeskin on it. Hard to tell because your pictures are so large. I assume you don’t have a string?
What are you wanting to do with the bow, keep it to shoot or display, sell it, etc?
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Well hello! I picked up an Ocelot made by Lonetree archery several years ago on the secondary market, and it is one of my favorite bows. I sent it to BigJim of BigJimBows and he put copperhead skins on it and it looks awesome. My Ocelot is 56# @ 28 and is 66”, a reflex/deflex design.