I would like to count how many fellow Trad Gangers are among us? And what is their kind of bow.
I am a lefty and I have 3 bows right now 1st is a Lode Star made by a fellow trad ganger that goes by the name defiant on here very sweet shooting bow very quiet and fairly fast with excellent accuracy . 2nd is a fred bear kodiak mag sweet little bow 3rd is a voodoo kustom elk bow super quiet very fast and super accurate I love my 1st and 3rd bows these bows and will go to the grave with them or will at least be with me til i am there . the k mag is nice fun to shoot but couldnt promise I would get rid of it .
Lefy here, RER Arroyo, RER T/D, Bear T/D, Bear Super K and a Bear Grizzly all 45 lb to 47lb.
Dave
Another one in their right mind here! I currently own a Black Widow PGA 50@27", Morrison Cheyenne 50@27, ans Zipper recurve 56@27. I have a Schafer Silvertip on order.
Allen
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I switch to left about 4 yrs ago
Dwyer,shrew and a morrison
Yes,
BW,Martin,PSE,Bear &...
I'm a lefty too, I have a Bear Montana Long bow and then I shoot my own creation, a recurve. I like my recurve better than the long bow. :thumbsup:
I am a lefty and left eye dominant. Just getting into trad and awaiting an Osprey longbow from Chad Holm.
Lefty here - 4 Morrison's
Fred Bear was a lefty!
I'm a righty but shoot the correct way (left). bob Lee Signature 60lb, Next couple of weeks, Dryad Orion 60lb.
By the way, I think we should rally for a LH section on the classifieds. What do you mob think'?
guilty -
Silvertip, Morrison, Acadian Woods, Wing, Shakespeare, Bear, selfbows
I am right handed, left eye dominate. I started shooting left handed in 2000, haven't looked back. My bow choices are listed below, I guess all thoses years of shooting right handed, and being left eye dominate weren't a complete waste.....
Yes Scott, the best thing is you a have 2 collections of bows. Felix
Right handed lefty here too...
Whisperstik
1960 Kodiak
1964 Kodiak
1965 Kodiak
1975 Grizzly R
1976 Victor Patroit Target R
Indeed! 58" Lonepine longbow 60#, 64" Canyon Archery traditions Jaguar 55#, 64"Cari- bow Featherhorn 57#, and a 60" Arnerbow 54# recurve(4 sale/trade) and who knows what is next on the list....definitely like the longbow better than the recurve!!!!
Add me to this prestigious group.
Current #1 bow 56" Centaur 55#+-
#2 60" Striker, Stinger 51#
#3 60" Black Widow, PSA 45#
#4 60" Whip 53#
#5 60" Check Mate 42#
Lefty here. lots and lots of bows. Cari-bow, Black Widow, Great Northern. My current favourite is a 1962 Bear Grizzly 50@28.
Jeff
LEFTY HERE AND do not want to reveal bows as my brother may be following this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Righty that shoots lefty.Shooting a 45lb bear kodiak hunter and 50lb grizzly and 50lb martin savannah.
Lefty but right eye dominate. Been shooting this way for 38 years. Shooting a Flatwoods Custom Longbow.
Another righty who shoots lefty.
Two JD Berry's, one pronghorn TD, one hatfield TD, one lee, one HH Halfbreed, one Tim migs, two Bear Kodiak
Lefty here too. Shrew Scout Recurve, Griffin Longbow, Morrison Cheyenne, Bear Grizzly.
nocams
I'm one of those crafty left handers. I'm currently shooting a RER Arroyo 54" 51#@28". Also have a Hornes takedown 60" 49#@28". I'm starting to get the itch to get another longbow.
right handed, left eye dom. shoot left. 1 Brack, 1 Robertson, 2 Bob Lee, 1 Wes Wallace. All recurve.
Lefty, but right eye dominate. Shoot Trad lefty and compound righty.
Bob Lee Signature 52#@28"
Howatt Hunter 55#
Hoyt Gamemaster 60#
Lakeside Archery Thunderhawk 61#
Chekmate Cascade 62#
Earl Hoyt SkyHawk 65#
Right handed, left eye dominant, left handed shooter.
Black Widow SAIII
Howatt Hunter
7 Lakes Longbow
Robertson Longbow
Sentman Deluxe Longbow
Osage selfbow
Lefty handed, shooting a Black Widow MAII
myself, my wife and my son.
striker stingers times 3
black rhino times 1
I'm shooting left handed and have 29 bows recurves, longbows, self bows, and BBO
Count me in! And my boy....and my wife! All lefties. 3 Silvertips and a Fedora in the house today, could change tomorrow...I need :help:
Left hand and eye here,shooting a High hill bow
Lefty here....1 Black Widow and 1 Fedora
Right handed, left eyed, switched to left in '89. 3 recurves, a Sovereign Ballistik, Wapiti, and a Robertson Falcon.
Sometimes when I look at the classifieds it seems like everyone is a lefty except me!
Yep leftie here too. My brother builds bows for a living so needless to say I have 41 bows at the present a mix of longbows and recurves.
Left eyed, Left Handed
Pretty new, only shot one bow....so I have no clue what I prefer yet.
I shoot lefty, becuase I'm LED, even though I do every thing else right-handed. Made the switch a few years ago, helped my shooting a lot. Here what I am shooting:
Recurves: BW PSA5, Hoyt Dorado, Rick Welch Dakota Hunter, Brackenbury Sidekick, Bob Lee Hunter,Zipper.
Longbows: Tomahawk, Kohannah Fury, Selway Lil Magnum
On Order: Griffin, Lewis Hollow
Looking to trade for: Pronghorn
Yes I'm correct handed, LOL. I shoot a Lonewolf Kayapo recurve 46@29.
P.
me.. also right handed but shoot a bow left handed.. shoot a 63@28 PLV widow, 63@28 PSAIIwidow, 60@28 dg albright longbow
Lefty here----62# Ancient Spirits Thunderhawk.
ben
Lefty here also. I currently hunt with my favorite bow, a Thunderstick MOAB, but I also have a Stotler & a St. Charles Thunderbird. :)
Left hand, right eye.... Started shooting lefty long before anyone talked about eye dominance (at age 5). Can shoot righty (always chaps my buddies when I borrow their bows and outshoot them when they try to 'snooker' me on stumps)...but can only handle heavy bows on the left side. If you look at your target, the eye dominance thing can be overcome.
Mostly Widows, with a few ole classics and other stuff thrown in.
lefty here too
Lefty here as well - Shooting PLV widow long bows - one 65lb and one 55lb
Mike
Me! Rose Oak Tomcat 48# and 53# @ 28" limbs and a 54#@28" MOAB + a few osage selfbows! Mike
I shoot Lefthanded, as well. Currently have a TD RER with a couple sets of limbs, an RER vortex and a 64 Kodiak which is being bought by non other than cacciatore.
Every kind of selfbow,bamboo backed bow,sinew backed bow, composite all wood bows,and some exceptional glass longbows.
I too am a lefty and have too many bows to list (it's a tough life but somebody has to help keep the guys in business) :rolleyes: Mostly I prefer longbows in the Howard Hill tradition but do own three recurves.......Dave
lefty here also.blckwidow,2thundersticks,root,bear,sawtooth
Lefty here. I have a takedown recurve made by a friend of mine and a Viper Deluxe longbow. Both left handed. I'm right handed though. Does that make me special?!
I shoot lefty. Sovereign Ballistik 60#, Ragim Impala 55#, Jerry hill longbow 50#, 1964 Bear Polar 45#. I am another one of those right handed left eye dominant mutants. Good thing cause my right shoulder isn't so good.
I'm a lefty as well, and have a "couple" bows.
lefty. martin barta bow and martin hunter. 56@30" and the hunter should be 65-67@30".
My son and myself 2 MOAB and my son has black rino and a whisperstick for x mass.
My wife and I are both in the right mind also. Quite a few.
Yep. Morrison.
I shoot leftie, but that is the ONLY thing i can do left handed.
5 Bears
2 Zippers
2 Shrews
2 JD Berrys
1 Blacktail
1 Leon Stewart
2 Redwing Hunters
1 Texas Recurve
1 Rapture
1 Checkmate
1 RoseOak
1 VooDoo Kustom Elk antler
1 Chastain Wapiti
1 Assenheimer
1 Bob Lee
1 Redwing Hunter TD
1 64 Kodiak replica
1 Sley
1 RER LXR
1 Schafer on order...3 more months to go
Most are for sale....how many ya'll want to buy?
Billy
WV southpaw here. Got a lefty ACS-CX heading my way soon.
Left eye dominant therefor I'm a southpaw in that respect and love longbows of all kinds ! :archer:
Lefty hear 2 Black widows and 4 Bear's.
and one super nice 1959 Kodiak that in plan on hunting with in 2009 to celebrate my 50th birthday.
doug77
Lefty here 5 widows 1 rose oak 1 hummingbird 1 sentman Jerry
Went right eye blind a while back switched to lefty now shoot better than ever . :thumbsup:
WoW there are a lot more of us than there used to be. Lefty here too.
Great Plains,Fox High Sierra,Wes Wallace Mentor,Bear Super Kodiak,Turkey Creek LB,Cari-bow
Silver fox,Custom Black Thunder LB and a couple of self bows
Been one all my life! :bigsmyl:
Striker Extreme
Lefty here. 46# R/D longbow, 45# Bear Kodiak, 55# Bear Custom Kodiak T/D
Lefty too! Passion Hybrid 3-Piece T/D (67#)
Lefty here! My handle kinda gives it away. I have an A&H ACS CX, a Black Widow PLGA, a Hoyt riser Quarf, and a DAS Master that is currently for sale on the auction site. I also am on the custom list for a bow from O.L. and hope to one day get it. My PLGA and ACS are both "pry from my cold dead hands" type of bows. I have owned and shot a lot of bows the last couple years, but these two bows will always be with me. I would like to shoot a Centaur sometime. One of the few off my top ten list I have yet to ever get to shoot. Would love to own another A&H and one of Bob's new foam limbed Morrison's. There is getting to be quite a few lefties around and the used market seems flooded with lefties right now.
I'm in! Bighorn Ramhunter, Morrison Dakota, Silvertip, Javaman Sweetgrass.
Guilty
Black Widow PGA
Blacktail VL Elite
Habu G2
Zipper EXT
Adcock ACS 1PC
Centaur Double Carbon
Bear Kodiak Spec
Saxon Kadiak
Damon Howatt
Dickies Fireball
I'm a Southpaw.
Hoyt Tiburon T/D 50#@28"
Whisperstik Mojostik 60#@25"
Shooting Lefty but I'm right handed -- hmmm -- I guess thats a Lefty for bow handling....
Shoot a Centaur & Super Shrew
right handed, but left-eye dominant, so I shoot lefty (And love it).
Chek Mate Falcon, my selfbow, and an old Fred Bear Grizzly that Dean sent to me.
Mostly right handed but shoot left.
Shooting a Firefly and some self bows I made.
Lefty
25+ longbows,recurves,BBO's & selfbows
Hill Country 3pc TD longbow (current favorite)
Would like to try a Whisperstik recurve
Im a lefty all my bows well over 100#.
I'm a lefty also
Browning Safari 1 (my first Bow)
Hoyt Game Master
V-Archery Mystic Hunter
I'm a lefty as well,,,, in everything in life but shooting (bows or guns).
Write, throw a ball, hit a baseball, drive, ect, ect is all left handed..
My right eye runs the show, do I still get to count as a lefty??? LOL
John III
Shoot left handed - lost my right eye in a shooting accident in 1963. Three Fox long bows, 1 Fox recurve - Ten or so Bear Takedowns and recurves. Plus a few others, but the Fox Longbows and occasionally my old Bear Takedown are my 'go to' bows.
Craig
Lefty from birth - Northern Mist longbows.
Lefty here, shoot a Black Widow PMAX Bocote #49@28" Also have a #50 Martin Mamba.
Another left hand shooter. I bat and throw right handed, write and shoot left handed. I shoot a Fedora 560 1 piece recurve.
Me too
A & H ACS, fox Breed 2 pc, Whisperstick recurve, 2 self bows and an Apache on order!
Count me in- lefty for always- have Schafers, RER, Great Northerns, Leon Stewarts,Bob Lee,Self bows, Arner, and some others, plus a gazillion arrows. Anyone need anything?
Bill
I am left eye dominant, but I can shoot either way. I prefer left, though. That's what I shoot most of the time.
Hey guys, another lefty here in sunny AZ. I just sold three of my custom bows last month for a lefty ACS CX and it was the greatest sacrifice I ever made. I have shot many, many bows over the last 20 years and this one blows my mind!
Here, Here, Silvertips 2, Morrisons 3, RER, Blacktail, Bear, Vodoo, Big Horn, Centar and more to come!
Right handed, LED have been that way all my life but started shooting LH in 1998. I have schafer silvertips and Bob Lees.
Jack
There are more of us than I thought.
Wow, after looking at the collections that some of you guys have, I had better be keeping my eyes on the classifieds!
69# Quillian Patriot
65# Dwyer Defiant
And my latest...60# Silvertip - thanks Mike Walker!
happt to say i am one.
BW PSR Bacote 56" 49# @ 28
BW PSA Bacote 58" 47# @ 28
1959 Kodiak 60" 48# @ 28
and 1 more Bear that I am still looking for.
doug77
My left hand is raised high...
I shoot several bows. At this time my primary is a 58" Bob Lee TD Hunter 53#/28", followed by a 60" Kota Prairie Swift 55#/29", 60" CM H2 53#/28", and a 62" early design Kota TD recurve, 49#/28".
Just to have a new bow to fiddle with during the long ND Winter and to reward myself for a promotion to Deputy Chief, I ordered and have in transit a 58" Chiron Volcano 50#/28".
I'm strongly considering taking some of the raise and getting a "real" reward in the form of a 58" Great Plains SR Swift...
Yep, I'm a lefty! Shoot a Cari-Bow Peregrine.
Lefty here to, first time replier I shoot a,Blackwidow SA11 58#, bear kodaic 48#, red wing hunter 55#, and next a predator classic 50# comming real soon ,(hopefully next week). left handed, left eye dominate. :knothead:
I shot RH until I had cataract surgery and my left eye became so dominant that I couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a snowshovel. Switched to LH - much better. I write RH, shoot a rifle Rh (the only way allowed by the US Army) and a pistol left and for the occassional softball game bat left.
I shoot Leon Stewart bows, 3 long bows ranging from 35# to 50# and a recurve at 48# - all at 28". Leon makes magnificent stuff.
Lefty here also- I have to many bows-
Schafers,widows,riversedge,G Northern, lee
Anyone need a bow?
Bill
yep!!!!!!!!!! :help: :wavey:
Lefty here...natural righty,eat write...Dad started me in sports and shooting left handed though, best thing that ever could have happened..left eye dominant.
One original Silvertip,ordered from Paul in '86
Two Jack Kempf Kwyk Styks,'97,'07
A Bear Grizzly and Kodiak Mag that I use for bowfishing
sorry about the earlier post.Im lefthanded right eye dominate,
Southpaw shooter here...
Super Shrew, Fedora Xtreme, GN Ghost, and 2 Bears...
Southpaw from the North here, prefer longbows, currently Howard Hill style, straight limbs and grip
Two year convert to lefty bow. I shoot guns, eat and write left-handed but use tools and throw right handed. Not ambidextrous, just confused.
My first bow was a right-handed longbow my Grandmother gave me so I grew up shooting righty. Eye problems forced the switch to lefty.
Far West longbow and a Samick T/D Woodsman. Looking for a 3pc longbow this summer.
righty shooting lefty i have a lewis hollow take-down longbow,john mccullough griffin and in about a year i'll be shooting a treadway
I'm right handed but shoot left handed. I just returned to trad shooting about eight months and only have two bows, a Barta long bow and a Great Plains, Rio Bravo, but Monday I ordered a new PSAV.
Yet another! Fedora recurve 52# @ 27".
I'm a right handed but left eye dominant.
Shoot bow and rifle-shotgun left-handed.
Every thing else right-handed
Have a Bear Montana 50#@28" coming in soon.
I'm a lefty, 2 Robertson Purists 62" both about 60#, a Heritage Bridger Mountain longbow 64" 60# as well as a Wheeler Red Elm Shorty 62" 63#
I've shot from the Brooklyn side now for about 30 years. I'm left eye dominate but shot right handed, like I do most everything else, until a shoulder injury.
Martin Howatt Hunter - 35 lbs @ 28 - 29" draw
Martin Hatfield - 55 lbs $ 28 - 29" draw
Old Darton wheelbow - set at 60 peak with a 30.5 draw length.
Is there another way to shoot?
Fox breed take down
A & H ACs
Whisper stik
two self bows
waiting on a royal crown
Nothing but Hoyt's, left handed.
Switched to Lefty Longbows a few years ago.
Lofton Chief, Mississippi Lake Longbow, Blackwidow PL II (put up for sale today)
I'm a Southpaw too. Got a Bear Montana longbow in 55#, an old Bear Kodiak Hunter at 45#, an Old Ben Pearson at 55#, and have an Owl Bow on the way at 50#.
Oh yeah, I still have the compound sitting in the closet getting dusty too. It's a Hoyt at 60#, for what that's worth. And an aincient Bear Polar Limited compound that was my first bow. I disremember its draw wt.
I am a right handed left eye dominate person who shoots left handed traditional archery equipment. Bows: Dwyer, Hornes, Chastain,Great Northern,Northern Mist, Sarrels.
Lefty here - I have 4 Howatt Hunters, a High Speed, a Mamba,a Super Diablo and a Sabre
Another lefty. 1968 kodiak magnum 1978 super kodiak
I shoot a Martin LH Hatfield TD 65# and a 60# Henry Elburg bamboo backed LB...I shoot guns and arrows left handed, kick left footed, eat left handed...and throw right handed...I am all messed up...momma must have dropped me a time or two...
Lefty here.
BW PSA11
Hummingbird Alpha-Male, my only longbow for the moment...
Martin Hatfield
Hoyt Huntmaster
I am a lefty and have a 62" Autumn Oak PMA Black Widow that pulls 49lbs @ 28" and I also have a 60" Bighorn Recurve that pulls 55lbs @ 28". Hail to the sinisterly inclined!!!
mccullough griffin,lewis hollow longbow,and i have a treadway blackswamp on order
Well, I am a lefty too. What a long list! There are more of us than I thought.
I shoot a Howatt Hunter and Mahaska Custom. Am thinking about selling the Mahaska and buying a Bob Lee take down. (don't have a take down)
WoodsyDave
I'm down to one LB and one recurve, LB's a 59# All osage Stotler elite that's darkening up nicely after 15 years, and the curve is a 66# Quillian Patriot.
Lefty here too:
I have a Matlock Predator X 56# @ 26"
Robertson Purist 60# @ 26"
RER Vortex 56# @26"
Bighorn Takedown Recurve 55# @26"
I like 'em all
Howatt Hunter 60#
66"Legacy Otter LB 66#
60"Browning Nomad II 51#
All southpaw.
I'm a lefty, 2 Robertson Purists 62" both about 60#, a Heritage Bridger Mountain longbow 64" 60# as well as a Wheeler Red Elm Shorty 62" 63#
Both :D ...Van
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New to trad. archery.right handed , shoot left. Martin ML-14 Mountaineer longbow.
saddlesmith
I am right handed but left eye dominant. Made the switch within the last 2 months to Left handed shooting. I have a Bear takedown and a Robertson Buffalo Bow. Really love the way the Robertson handles and shoots. I have a RH Robertson and wanted a LH when I made the change.
jcar315 my son is the same he shoots much better since he went LH .Glad you havent forgoten your dad. i try to do everything with my son,you never know when the good lord calls you.
thanks for the kind words. My Dad wasn't too much of an outdoorsman but did just enough to really ignite a fire in me. I have his Bear Grizzly right here now and truly cherish it. You are so right...today might be THE day. I felt like a pretty good shooter RH but the switch didn't take any time at all to get use to and feels just so natural. I read GFA book on shooting and his writings in TBM and he said that if you are left eye dominant you need to shoot LH. I don't know enough to argue with him so I switched right after hunting season. Thanks John
rIGHTY and Lefty but Im left eye dominant. Glad I made the switch, increase my shooting range. Start low low poundage when making the switch!!!
Shoot lefty, Bear T/D, Bear Super K, Bear Grizzly,RER Arroyo and RER T/D.
Lefty.....Bear Grizzly of course.
also a southpaw bob lee just started shooting trad.
I never realized there were so many handicapped Trad Gangers!!!!!!!!!-------------------------------------------------JUST KIDDING!! :bigsmyl:
I'm a lefty just getting back in tradtional, need suggestions on good bow