ALL traditional bows are special but just wondering who has taken an old hand-me down, or a yard sale, or a bow that was made several years ago by a company{Bear, Browning, ect} and made that bow their hunting bow today;
Please post some pictures if possible; thank you.... :campfire:
i used a D/H Ventura for 10 years before I ordered my first custom. Made lots of Memories with the bow
Well, that covers probably 75% of people who hunt with recurves & longbows I guess.....
This could be a loooooong thread :readit: :coffee: :coffee:
ya i didnt start shooting a thousand dollar bow to start with..my first was a martin mountaineer then about a hundred production bows later i shoot a widow and still have several production bows
Im using a Pearson Hunter that was my grandfathers. he got his first trad deer with it and i hope to do the same this or next year.
I've got a 1976 Bear k-mag that I bought from Kip (member on the site) that is my hand me down primary hunting bow. He was the bow's first owner. I'm hoping to take my first harvest with it later this year.
I am shooting and will be hunting this september with a Samick Sage T/D recurve that retails for about $120. If I can't hit em with that, I know I wouldn't hit em with a custom bow either. :archer2:
What is your definition of custom?
All of my current bows were "new to me" bows, but the first three were Widows. Does that count? I won't have a real "new" one until later in the month. As with most things, bows are operator dependent no matter the age or condition.
QuoteI am shooting and will be hunting this september with a Samick Sage T/D recurve that retails for about $120. If I can't hit em with that, I know I wouldn't hit em with a custom bow either. [archer2]
Amen brother. If you can't shoot it right, it ain't gonna matter what yer hunt'n with!
With that said, my first bow that I hunted with for a couple of years was an old Martin ML9 stick. Then I got educated and realized that it was to short for my draw and had to get a different bow. :biglaugh:
I try to shoot a 1965 Fred Bear grizzly I bought for 50.00
Yes a old AMF Wing. The one in my avater.
Red Wing Hunter
I hunt with a Beat Montana sometimes. Its a great bow.
Yup...heck, because of where I live, I didn't know that they made "custom" bows until I was about 35 years old (I'm 57).
Mr. Longbow,
I bought a Bear Kodiak Magnum (50# @ 28") NIB about 1972. It was the only bow I hunted with until just a couple of years ago when it was damaged in a moving van. It still hangs in the closet.
Got a couple old Browning recurve bows(65# 56" Wasp and 45# 50" Cobra I) and a beautiful 47# 62" Herters recurve bow I take to the woods every now and then myself. Now and then it's fun just shooting them and hearing that old B50 twang. I Also have an old 40# Black Widow recurve(Wilson Bros) target bow that I pull out wipe the dust off and shoot now and then. Rest of them are all custom jobs. I just enjoy shooting them all....
1960 Kodiak is my go to hog hunting bow.64" and 60#@28"
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Danny
Finally out grew my 1969 Little Bear that I received one Christmas when I was eleven.
You might say bow has been with me for a long time.
heck yes ive got a 50 yr old low buck special that i shoot every day on the range and every trad bow kill ive made has been w/ that bow i would say im in the majority there because most custom bows are way out of my price range any way before that i bought a second hand 20 yr old compound and hunted with it for 2 yrs until i saw the light and went to trad only
I have hunted with a Damon Howatt Hunter recurve that I won in a raffle. No problems shooting that bow well!
Just picked up a 1967 Bear Kodiak 58" 43# @28" from Jack Shanks, Had to refinish it and now that I have shot it I may hunt with it this year. Same year I started my journey in archery!!Also have had other Bears,Martins,Ben Pearsons.
Hua, since I dont own a custom bow at all . . . .
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This is my main bow 55# greatree deer master take down
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micky and his yard sale 45# ben pearson colt
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my first bow is a galaxy mars?!?! It was given to me fo FREE, lol
I could load up the server with photos but that aught to do:)
i bought this bow from a fellow tg'er earlier this year. its a pse kudu, with a kanati pro quiver. and a b-50 recurve string from 3 rivers.i bought the cedar arrows from a local archery shop. total cost of this rig is about $325 (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics029.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics024.jpg) (http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/broketooth/winterpicsandbowpics026.jpg)
I never owned a custom bow for the first 35 yrs. I bowhunted. Even when I finally got one I shot my old Howatt Hunter 90% of the time. Right now I'm shooting a Brackenbury Old Timer that I bought used.
I have 8 bows and only one of them would be considered a custom. With that said, this year I am going to hunt with a 1970 Bear Kodiak Hunter.
I shot a used Bear Magnum from 1964 to 1973 when it delammed and blew up on me. Then I found a used Browning Explorer II and have used it ever since. I am not sure what yer either were new, but at last 3 or 4 before I got them. I am now making self bows, and have hunted a few times with my own bows, but the Browning is stll sweet.
I've hunted and bowfished with old factory rigs of at least 20 yrs age. The more I shot, and the more bows I shot, I realized I like a certain type of rig above all else.
Unfortunately that bow is rather expensive.
Just because I prefer that bow, that doesn't mean I need that bow.
Deer don't care how much I spend, but eating venison taken by custom bows does taste a little sweeter (what I tell my factory bow hunting buds anyway :-)
Martin Hunter 70# @ 32' Ben Pearson Cougar 50# @ 32'
My first trad bow and the bow I got my first three trad kills with was a Pearson Rogue!! I still have it and thought about selling it but I've decided to keep it...Production bows from back in the day are just as good as custom bows if you ask me!!