I acquired this Holcomb semi-repro of a '59 Kodiak Special this past summer. Gorgeous, flawless workmanship, one of the prettiest bows I've owned and I've owned most of the high end bows. Top-notch craftsmanship, high gloss finish, as perfect as they get in every way.
Problem,(is this a problem?), is that I shoot it better than any bow I own. I bought it as a "looker" but dang-it, it really shoots.
I'm going to hunt with it. Beat it to heck, rough it up,.....completely use it up!
There, I've said it, time to go hunting.
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To hang a bow and not shoot it, is to insult that bow. That's what it was made for, not to be hung for people to ogle over. Hunt with it and buy some art.
Ed's bows are shooters that's for sure!
But good looking girls still like to go out on a date once in awhile - that this one dancing!
I collect turkey calls and have a few that are worth some big money and hunt with'em every year. My wife throws a fit, firstly cause I bought them
secondly cause I take'em to the woods. Heck I figure that's what they're made for right?
I been shooting trad for about five years but am recently getting to the point that I want every bow I see. Guess the wife will be throwin a fit bout something besides turkey calls, both when I buy'em and when " I'm going to hunt with it. Beat it to heck, rough it up,.....completely use it up!"
Couldn't of said it better myself. Good luck and good hunting, Kris
Well put!, I'll buy a nice piece of art to hang on the wall and for this bow.......Let's dance!
Yep, use it up; you can always get it refinished when it is done. I took the prettiest Silvertip I thought I would ever have and beat it to heck in the mountains of Colorado a few years ago for a month hunting Bighorn sheep. Every scratch brings a smile to my face when I look at it.
I shoot an absolutely gorgeous Wes Wallace Royal that is way to pretty to hunt with. I don't worry about the scratches and nicks it gets while in the field. Bows like fine wine and women only get better with age.
Sounds like you dance very well with it Doug.I say take it out in the woods and cut a rug.Very Nice bow.I have seen that one before.
I have certainly hunted with some serious pieces of art.I like to use the spandex limb skins to keep the scratches and things to a minimum.
Good luck with that beauty
Yes it is too pretty to take to the woods, but so am I so what are we to do :biglaugh:
Just kidding, hunt with it
Joe Buck made me a Swamp Rooter recurve. It's waaaaaay too pretty to ding up and throw in the back of the truck like I do most of my bows.
But it's too good a shooter not to hunt with.
I just take extra care with it, like a CASE, like drying it off after it gets wet, like keeping a light coat of wax on it. :-)
Like ol George said, it would be an insult not to use it.
I heard a guy say one time : " hunting with an ugly bow is like taking your sister to the prom "
Not sure about that one but, they were made to hunt with use em and take care of em like biggie is doing.
Jack
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That would be like having a wife too pretty to sleep with!
No shooting game master 2,but sure looking at some pretty ones.
I'am with biggie on this one.If you take good care of all your outdoor tackle before and after there use there is no reason to not use it.I try and take real good care of my bows and they take real good care of me.bd
Get a "Fat Head" made of it and hang that on the wall, but a bow is made to hunt!
Eric
Yup, sure do. I have a pronghorn 3pc with highly figured zebra wood riser and limbs, it is drop dead gorgeous but I'm a 1 bow hunter and it goes with me...PR
I look at my bows after a few weeks in the woods and I'm like, its finally getting some character, along with a kill under its string! Life is good!
Personally Ii buy a bow to shoot and hunt with, I don't buy one to hang on the wall to look at!
No such thing as a girl too perdy, too much money, or a bow too fast! :D Wasn't that in a song?
A bow, IMHO, was made to hunt. Just dont abuse it, and like already said, proper care after hunting is the way to go.
I just bought a 59 kodiak off the big auction that is as new as they come and i plan on killing a deer with it. I cant believe how fast this bow shoots 64in 45@28. :thumbsup:
My new concertina has over a three year waiting list - still got at least 18 months to wait :-(. And it'll end up setting me back over £4000, that's £ not $. I've got it all set in my head as to how it will be and it will be beautiful.
And what am i intending to do with it?
Hang it on a wall and only play it in my bedroom on special occasions?
Like hell!
It's gonna play as many gigs and sessions as i can find. It's gonna party cause that's what it's made to do.
That's the whole point!
I wasn't blessed with the greatest of looks, so i may as well have the greatest looking toys to play with!
So enjoy ya bow. I know if i was a deer i would definitely be wanting to have a closer look! LOL
I have a very special Kodiak recurve that Fred Bear gave me about 2 years before he passed away. He wrote on it "This bow is for hunting not hanging, Happy Hunting, Fred Bear". Well, I hung it for a few years, but Fred's words eventually got to me so I eventually took it afield. I'd say USE your bow!
I remember a line in a thread on here several weeks back about watching dappled sunlight on an exotic wood riser while on stand. I like to admire my pretty bows during those slow times on the stand or in the blind, but they are never left at home.
As several have said, just wipe 'em down when you get done!
A great bow is filled with spirit that needs to go to the woods with you. Don't let it get old from sitting around.
My dad used to say it is better to wear out than to rust out. I think that kind of wisdom applies to most things. Use it and enjoy it. It will pay you back a million times over with great memories. And, when it is old and shows the marks from years of use and care, you will be able to look at it as an old friend and share the great memories. It is meant to be used and it is meant to be well cared for.
Joe
All Traditional Bows are pretty thats why we buy and hunt with them :thumbsup:
My dad's old sweet sixteen is marked up from years of being used in the turkey and squirrel woods, he can no longer hunt , but he can tell you how every scratch got on her.
That's how a bow should be after hunting 30 years with her :)
I don't feel like I've bonded with my bow until we've taken at least one spill in a rock field together. :D
Agree with Biggie, Swamprooter!!!!Joey you da man! Marco
Thats how I shoot my deer. When they are staring at my purty Morrison in complete awe, I let em have it! SNUFFERIZED!!! Thats the ugly part of the bow.
No such thing as a bow that's too purty to hunt.
Kinda like saying a woman is too purty to, well... nothing is too purty to do with what nature and God intended. I'll leave it at that.
Shoot them!! I have a Black Widow SAII with a HUGE scratch in the upper limb that was put there by a first year bear cub that was five feet away in the tree behind me. Momma was standing up on the tree I was in trying to figure out what I was. I finally poked at the little guy with the limb tip and he hauled off and "swatted" it. Thought about refinishing it but I'm glad I didn't. That was a dozen years ago and everytime I look at that scratch I think of that hunt. Memories.
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I buy the most expensive bow the bowyer makes and beat the snot out of it!!!!
Everything we own will soon enough belong to someone else-who'll probably sell it all and pocket the cash! :) I have some pretty bows but I still prefer to use them to stop branches from hitting my face! They're not scratches they're scars-from "battles" with game in the woods. Heck, if I owned Wyatt Earp's gun from the OK Corral I'd just have to shoot it! :D
If you want to just look at it, take a picture and hang that on the wall. It's a hunting weapon. Don't hurt it's feelings.
I just went 11 days in the CO mountains with a new to me PLII. I clonged the upper tip on a rock pretty hard but it didn't leave a mark. And I'm pretty sure there are no other scratches on it. I just won't own a bow if I can't shoot it. But I will take the fall for it, to keep it from getting banged up. I fell down a couple times.
I just ordered a hunting weight set of limbs for my Zebra Morrison ILF riser so I can hunt with it. I'm just too accurate with it not to hunt with it. Besides a bow is just as likely to get scratched at a 3d or indoor range.
Use them but take good care of them is my take.
My bow, like me, bear a few scars from the hunts anywhere from the Michigan foresets to the Colorado Rockies. From rocks, and mud, to barbed wire fences, and quad rides. They get used to lean on, to steady my bonoculars, to block an oak brush branch from busting me in the face, pulling someone up a steep climb, you name it.
Its been dropped, tossed, slid down a steep embankment, knocked over, fell off, and dang near run over.
Its been hung from nails, branches, wires and sticks. Its been rained on, snowed on, bled on, and sweated on. If anything else was done on it, I dont wanna know.
But that bow has been huntin. It ain't been disrespected by hangin someplace unstrung all pretty and neat for someone to look at.
I dare anyone to say that about a wheelie bow. They may work just fine for killin animals, but they've got no soul.
When I get home, I wipe it down, and wax the string. Its ready to go again. Like a good hunting dog, 'cept its never done anything on the carpet that would get the wife riled up.
Nope, theres no such thing as a bow too pretty to hunt with.
I got tired of worrying about my pretty bows getting scratched up. Bought me a Quinn, spray painted it and it is my hunting bow. Don't shoot bad either!