lets see a pic or hear about your most prized item in all of your traditional gear.it can be anything thats trad related.anything at all.lets hear it....i'll go first....my most prized trad item is an old brown triple reed diaphram.i have had it at least twelve years..called in so many elk and coyotes with that thing its not even funny.its got a front row seat in my archery drawer on my desk.some things you just never forget.
That has to be my Red Wing Hunter45@28(51@my draw length)
It's old, I guess from the sixties, got some dings from a long life, but throws arrows with authority :D
This was my first tradbow, and for me very special( and I shoot it good too)
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Margly
Had to throw away my old Winchester camo ball cap (mossy oak camo) from around '91.
Fell apart this yr after turkey season.
Crap, I'm still bummin' about it.
My type 1 bear b risor signed by Mr. Bear himself. I have since added a set of Paul Schafer made bear limbs to the box as well as a Pearson deadhead!
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That would be 2 things: My longbow , that my wife bought me. And my friendship with my hunting partner and friend Ray Hammond.
My 70's grizzly supreme. It was my fathers and even though he didn't hunt he loved to fling arrows. He was the one who introduced me to traditional archery when I was a pup. He always had time to shoot with me. Some of my most cherished memories. I miss you Pa!!!
Keeping the Faith!
Magnus
Mine would be my Zona Custom T/D Recurve.
Bill did an excellent job designing this bow for me & so far since I've returned to Traditional Recurve I have shot this bow the best of all the bows I have in my collection.
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I have 3 of them and it does not matter which bow, arrow, or other equipment they use as long as we get to spend time enjoying the outdoors.
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Justin - bowfishing mad man
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Kelsey...bowfishing mad women
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Christopher...do not have a pix of him with a bow but that will be fixed here in a couple weeks when he comes home on leave.
The only Trad item that I have that isn't replaceable is my Bear Grizzly, it was given to my by my favorite uncle and the man is like a second father to me. He bought this back in the late 60's early 70's I'm guessing?
All the other stuff I have is just stuff.....and it can all be replaced.
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Here it is again.
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Friends and memories that I have obtained over the years.
God Bless,
Nathan
Other than my old Kodiak that I got from my father in law it would have to be Tradgang it's self. I couldn't hunt for the 2008 season in person but it was just as rewarding hunting thru you guys here from across the world. Thank you Tradgang. Mike
cool stuff.need more.
My Gerber knife dad gave me for CHRISTmas several years and deer ago!
I have a fair to mediocre collection of old bows, broadheads and arrows and quivers, but I always have said the last hing to go will be my '63 Bear Kodiak Mag.. (Type 3) that I started hunting with in 1966.
It's a beat up old dog with half a dozen plugged holes, but it is "The 1"
Since you asked for "gear", I'll set the most important things aside:my son and best friend hunting buddies.
I have several recurves I really like, quivers, etc. I really like the new Silver Flame broadheads and the Helix Broadhead I acquired this year.
However, I don't own any item of traditional gear that I consider a prized possession yet. I need more than a year (I've returned to recurves after shooting compounds since 1975). I'm hoping one of my existing bows or one that I have on order will become that item. I have a strong suspicion s Silvertip due in April is the most likely candidate. If one of these bows definitely rises to the top - look-out because I'll offer up a left-handed rain forest for sale in the classifieds!
Earl E.
I can't help myself, this isn't thread related but your "signature" touched me.
God Bless
these are mine
Tucker
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Kylie
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I carry my grandfathers fixed blade olsen knife, I feel an intimate link to my past each time I have it with me. It passed through my father as well and they were both key figures in my hunting adventures. Its not just a decoration, its razor sharp and each deer I kill is field dressed and processed with that knife just like grand dad would have wanted. It is truly irreplaceable and I should probably put it up in a place of honor but I know my grandfather and father would both rather see it used every season and eventually lost than see it collecting dust. Ive even purchased other olsen knives of the same model but none of them will ever be the knife I treasure.
My most prized possession would be the old brass compass that was passed down to me from my grandfather. He carried it on every hunting trip we ever went on. He's still with me every time I go into the woods.
The 2 bows I will never part with are my old Browning Cobra, which I use for Turkey hunting and an Original Bill Stewart Multi Cam T/D that Bill made and gave it as a Gift.
The Browning is 50", 55# @ 28"....the Stewart is 56", Yew under clear glass with Maple riser which I had darkened. It's 58# @ 27". Here are pictures of both bows....
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Joe, they look great!
My most prized trad gear, are a box of original Fred Bear arrows, that I do not use.
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A gem of an artifact from a yard sale along with a quiver full of arrows from the 50s for $5.00. There is red dye on the arrow and the feathers are nearly falling apart. Someday I am gonna let someone see this to tell me exactly what kind of arrow this is. All I can come up with is late 1800s Plains. Anyone else have any ideas?
Trad gear??? Most prized? hmmmm, that's a hard one. I'd have to say that the kids bow that Oregon Okie made and passed onto to me after his son grew out of it. It has brought a lot of joy to my grandson. Everytime I see him he says "bows and arrows...bows and arrows???"
Beyond that I have a recurve I built, a few Blacktails and a Griffin that would be hard to replace.
it would have to be my first bow.mid seventies bear black panther hunter.it was my uncles first bow.he sold it to me when i was 8 years old for 8 dollars.i am 38 now.i still have it,but i only use it to go fishing for carp.i think this is going to be a great thread.it will bring back alot of memories.thanks,steve
3 bow an elburg longbow my wife gaveme a Bear Kodiak Hunter my kids gave me and anothe KH my buddy and fellow tradganger Jerry gave me. Will never sell any of them
It is all just stuff and can be replaced. The friendships I have made on here over the years and my family cannot.
the Puma Hunters pal that my Mum [ dec. ] and Dad gave me when i waws really young for our trips away together ... then my Randall knife ..which i saved up for years as a youngster ..
stil have and use both all the time .. many memories of both good and hard times attached to both .
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Beyond that I have a recurve I built, a few Blacktails and a Griffin that would be hard to replace.
guess sellin that griffin back to me is wishfull thinkin eh....lol...dang i never shoulda sold that bow. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Friends that I've met since taking up the trad. bow! :campfire:
Like most of you above it is family and friends first. Below are a couple pictures of an autographed deer shed from Montana and a couple hats. Glenn St.Charles and the following archery industry pioneers and "celebrities" have signed them. Obviously a couple have passed along to the the great hunting ground in the sky so they are irreplaceable.
Glenn St.Charles, Tom Jennings, Gail Martin, Jim Crumley, Chuck Adams, Chuck Young, MR James, Tom Miranda, Larry D. Jones, Gregg Gutschow, Bob Foulkrod, Fred Eichler, Terry Drury, Randy Ulmer, Dan Fitzgerald, Ray Howell, Michael Waddell, Will Primos, Byron Ferguson, Greg Miller
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You're first in line if I do Larry.
My Black widow long bow. 62" 55# @ 27".
GPS
Health and good attitude.
Game cart.
All after family and good job... of course.
My Oribe concert classical guitar, I could sell it and buy 20 Robertson longbows with the money, (keeping with the trad format here, but it is not for sale). Really, for bowhunting it is my Schulz Legend 64@26" 66" longbow, no one ever believes what it can do until they see it for themselves.
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You're first in line if I do Larry.
:rolleyes: :bigsmyl: :rolleyes: :help:
That would be my Dave Kissinger selfbow that my friend Ray left to me when he was taken from us in a motorcycle accident.
A wife that hunts. She may not be a possession but she is my partner in life and the woods. Nothing better than that except a wife and kids that hunt.
I would have to say my most prized trad possession is the one that has a bitter sweet aspect to it. It is my 55# Martin Mountaineer long bow.
It is sweet because my wife bought it for me for our first Christmas back in '91. It is a pleasure to carry in the woods and looks great.
It is bitter because it is really 10# too heavy for me. The archery shop that I ordered it from was staffed by a couple of guys who were more interested in telling lies to each than helping out a newbie. I needed some good advice like - 45# is more than plenty to kill an elk with, so don't get anything heavier, but the guy just hastily took the order and the cash and went back to jaw jacking in the back room. Basically, I needed TRADGANG!! I have struggled with it over the years an even went back to the compound for a while because I couldn't quite master it.
But as I think of it, buying a heavy bow is a little like marrying a good woman. You gotta work hard to become the man she needs you to be, not the one you started out as. You gotta get close... You gotta get closer... You gotta get even closer. Then you gotta pray that the Lord will give you the strength you lack when you really need it. Yeah, it is a lot like my marriage... They both have their difficulties, I've loved every minute of each and I'll never give up on either.
its all the extended family i have on this site. cant replace that