Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: flint kemper on November 27, 2009, 12:40:00 PM
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Ok by early years I am talking about the 80's or so give or take a few years. I know alot of bowyers have come and gone so for those of you that have been shooting along time what is or was your favorite longbows that we do not hear about anymore or are not being built now? Schulz,Kramer,Maulding(Bighorn),Oldtimer(Tom Cole),Thunderbird(RIP Dave Johnson),Jerry Hill, and a host of others that may not have been popular or well heard about. If you have pictures please post as well. Thanks for replies and Happy Holiday's Flint :D
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Flint I bet you can guess what mine are. :D
John Shultz
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Pete George
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Lot's of other really nice shooters, but so far these are my favorites! Happy Holiday's bud!
Regards...Ken :archer:
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Nice bows Ken. What's that riser wood on the George?
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Had some Elburgs over the years that were pretty nice bows.
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Thanks Randy, the info I have is that it is a dark piece of Bocote. I've never seen another this dark before, but the grain patterns are similar.
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My favorite from the 80's and now is the early GFred Bighorn Ramhunter. Plain Jane brown ramwood riser maple or red elm limb core under brown glass with sheephorn limbtips. I still have my '88 and I judge all mild r/d longbows to the Ramhunter. My Robertson Purist is there also. Excellent shooters.
Shick
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I can't quite hark back to the whole 80's stickbow thingy, but in 1991 -- IIRC, I bought a new Shawnee Traditions 64" 50@28 mild r/d longbow. It had red elm limbs and a shedua handle. It was a thing of simple beauty. And although the mists of time have probably faded any negative memories, it seems to have a been a very smooth and quick bow.
Shawnee Traditions was a partnership between a couple of fellows from central(?) Illinois, but I can't recall their names. Don't know if they had much of a following or not, but I REALLY wish I had that bow back.
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My first trad bow was a Saxon straight limb longbow. shot a bunch of stuff with it. Got to meet and shoot some of Dave Guthrie's bows (Appalacian Archery) Real nice bows. and a great guy too. DB
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2 of my favorites were Lonetree from Ron Castoe and Fredericks longbow from Fritz Johnk I think was his last name. Those were the 2 biggest ones I wish I had kept.
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Appalachian Archery by Dave Guthrie. My first trad bow was a Middle Mountain Longbow that I got used from a friend. I still have it and hunt with it, plus I've added an Elk Mountain '50 style recurve and a 64" flatbow to the lineup. I'm still looking for a Savage River T/D recurve and a Little Laurel hybrid to finish out the set. Great bows that are great shooters.
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Ron Maulding's Tamarack Longbow was a nice bow as was Dave Guthries Appalachian longbow.
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Yeah Joe, I picked up a Tamarack this summer. Very nice bow, shoots just like my Appy.
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I had a nice Skookum longbow from Fred Anderson that I constantly wish I had back. Fred made some outstanding bows
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I started bow hunting in 1980. My Dad was moving back to Wisconsin where his side of the family originated. We decided to bow hunt with his brother & all my cousins. I was pumped as I could really shoot my Darton compound :knothead:
My first bowhunting deer camp and my cousin invites a friend from college who shows up with a Dave Johnson longbow...Not the Thunderbird Dave Johnson. Well I fell in love with longbows from that day on.
Right after that hunt I purchased my first longbow (a Tim Meigs longbow) from a guy who was just starting up a traditional business...Ron La Clair :)
Long story short:
Probably 10-15 years later I bought a Dave Johnson longbow on flea bay. The guy tells me he's so glad to see it go to another doctor as the owner was one of the original starting members of the Michigan traditional bowhunters. Yep, it was indeed that fellows bow that got me into traditional archery so many years ago.
Ed Sanifer was in optometry school at the time of our fist meeting and He was the one who inadvertently got me into traditional archery. I still shoot and hunt that very special Dave Johnson bow...Doc
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Heritage Archery, Rocky Miller out of Bozeman, Mt. I had a recurve and a longbow of his, which were both great shooters.
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My Robertson Stykbows are probably still my favorites. Others high up on the list inlcude Chuck Jones Okaw, Dave Johnson (Bethany, OK, like Tippit's; it's the bow in my avatar pic), John Schulz and Great Northern.
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Never had one, but I've heard great things about Green Mountain longbows.
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Great story Doc! My how things seem to work out sometimes.
Regards...Ken
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my skookum long bows from fred anderson (all to heavy now )wish I would have ordered a lighter one before he retired. the elbergs where good shooters to.
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Two Rocky Miller "Mountainbows" and a Fred Asbell Recurve.
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Fred Andersons bows and J.D Berry,Fredericks and Great Northern longbows slightly later.
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This is my Howard Hill Big Five made by John Shulz. 70", 75#@29".
Killed a lot of small game with this bow but never shot a big game animal. A real beauty... she's painted in the first pic.
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Weren't many folks making longbows before the 80s. Started with some no name, at least I can't remember them, lemonwood bows. Later, I shot Louie Armbruster Zebras, Monty Morovec Monarchs and at least one bow by Elburg. Little later, it was Robertson Stykbows, Great Northern Critter Gitters and Asbel Ram Hunters. Also built a number of glass laminated longbows myself. Somehow I overlooked Hills the first time through. Shoot a couple of those now.
Curtis: I remember the Shawnee Traditions. Never owned one, but a frind of mine bought one at a Michigan Longbow Association shoot we attended many years ago. Very nice bow, IMO.
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I Second .....Dave Guthries Appalachian longbow Dave made me two all osage with clear glass. Kind of looked like a selfbow.
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Up here in New England, Jim Duclos' Green Mountain longbows were/are superb. I've taken alot of game over the years with his reverse handle model, the Stingray.
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Another Bridger Mtn. Longbow by Heritage...Rocky Miller....fan here. So are my son's, as both are shooting 80's vintage Bridger Mtns this year. I also like Robertsons. Dick's design helped relieve a lot of that hand-shock syndrom associated with those earlier longbows, and has been repeated by most bowyers even today...helping in bringing back the popularity of simple, effective longbows.
Here is a pic of my son Kory with an antelope he took last Friday with his....
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Hey Pat! Recognize that bow?
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Well I'll add my John Strunk Spirit LB. 69" 70@28. Casscara limbs/ Clear glass and Rosewood riser. This was one he made with fiberglass. 1988 vintage.
Mike
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I took my first big game animal
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and this moose
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and this marten
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with it and I'm still shooting it today. Built by John Dodge patterned after a Zebra Grevy.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: todd
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Monarch Longbows by Byron Schurg!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Four words..... Arkansas Stick - Terry Hughes!!!!
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Glenn Parker Grey Wolf longbow.
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I had a Hill "Redman" which shot real good and was a looker also,but my favorite bow was Damon Martin " mountainer". My son still has it and shoots it. That bow and I were just meant to be! :archer:
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Elburg Jaguar and Monarchs both really good bows.Little later I believe the best I ever shot was a Sentman with Saxon running a close second. I still have a soft place in my heart for the Sentman. Sooooo many bows and so little time!!! God Bless you all, Steve PS I thought I invented the D and R when I broke the tip off an old bear curve. I just couldn't throw that bow away so I re tipped it and killed a nice bull that year with it. But then Al Gore invented the internet and Semi Recurves were D and R longbows once upon a time :confused: :archer:
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does anyone have a pic of the thunderbird long bows??
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My fav is my 20 year old Frank SanMarco.
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Originally posted by dnovo:
I had a nice Skookum longbow from Fred Anderson that I constantly wish I had back. Fred made some outstanding bows
I have one I bought here at the TG classifieds two or three years back. Had it refinished by BowDoc. Nice bow.
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I think they were made in the 80's but I got mine around late 90's. It was a Wilderness longbow I think it was the White Buffalo model made by Neil Russell. That was and is to this day for me the best bow I ever shot. That bow was a true point and shoot bow for me. It was smooth and had very good speed and would shoot a POC arrow like no other bow.