Who has the one bow that you would like to have back? You either sold traded, lost ,broke or what ever. Mine is HH Wesley Special 66" 57#@27" clear glass and an ebony riser locater grip. That bow fit me well and I could shoot decent. Sold it thinking there was something better out there, I have a Northern Mist Sheldon now that comes close but is not the Hill. Hind vision is always 20/20. If the Wesley is out there I would buy her back.
Hardly a week ever goes by without me regretting selling my Fox Royal Crown. Was by far the best bow I ever had out of the 20 plus custom bows. It had a grip that just pointed and the arrows would go straight to the spot. Best finish of any bow - period.
I took a look the other day and they are expensive now, long waiting list, the Aussie dollar is low and it is expensive to bring a one-piece into the country. Unfortunately, Perhaps this is a bow I will never own again, so memories will have to suffice I think.
Sutto
I have 2. A JD Berry Serpentine that I had built years ago. Gorgeous wood,python skinned,carved snake head limb tips and shot great.I traded it for another really nice bow.
An Elburg 2 piece Jaguar Mite. Osage limbs with purple heart/cocobolo? riser. It was a neat bow,but I sold it. I know someone that wants the bow bad and I think it would be pretty cool to find it for him.
There are two I would like to have back of the many I have bought and sold over the years.
My very first recurve was an Asbell era Colorado Bighorn. Nothing special, but a good shooter, and being my first would be cool to find again.
The other is an RER XR recurve that I had custom made for me. It was a great shooter, but I wasn't shooting it enough to justify keeping and wanted something else at the time (which has since long been sold off) The XR was available not too long ago when I didn't have the funds to buy it back. I'm still hoping that eventually it will find its way back home.
The "Legolas" bow. A dwyer defiant that 1screagle sold me then asked for it back. It was Corey Dwyers personal bow where he pulled out all the stops with the intent of using one season then selling. Sue dwyer told me that if you we're to order that same bow it would probably be the most expensive bow they've made. More importantly it was the perfect weight, put the first arrow on the mark and like all shorter semi-flat longbows was made to hunt. Don't think Ken will sell it back, but he better not leave it alone at a shoot... Just saying :saywhat:
My custom Shrew made for me almost 25 years ago....Sold it for some unknown reason, young and dumb I guess....
I am odd man out, I do not regret getting rid of any of my bows. I do have a few that I will never get rid of though.
I have had some very good bows that ended in the hands of good friends and family. I do not regret those changing hands. In fact, I relish the fact that they are in good hands and I helped them into traditional archery.
My Kota prairie swift arch royale. Beautiful bow with a grip that fit me perfectly. Was accurate and fast. Think of that bow quite often. Keep watching the classified's for it.
I have 2...My 1st Widow, an SA II and My Morrison Cheyenne
One piece BW recurve....had several early in my trad come back....wish I still did!
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Glenn
66" reverse handle hill style made by John McDonald. I've had plenty of bows since that were faster, prettier, smoother, etc. But none that were as fluid to shoot. Anytime I'm shooting, that big river is always in the back of my mind. Maybe someday it will wander back home ;)
64" McCullough Griffin. I'm a recurve guy but I still regret selling that bow.
A 64" Whip in the low 40s. I traded it away for a heavier one. I like them around 50 now, but would love to have that low 40s back.
My 1967 Bear Kodiak Magnum that my ex-wife sold on Craigslist during our separation.....
A 67# Crow Creek BlackFeather that was amazing. My buddy's wife wanted it for him, and she knows that i won't say no to her or her family. One smile from her,a fist full of dollars, and away it went.
But he is now lusting after another bow of mine, so i may have it back for elk season this year... :D
Leftie Lost Creek Legacy I traded away.
2 I'm always looking for..
64" RH Marriah Chinook named "the Springer"
66" RH St Charles laminated YEW T/D named "Ginger"
My MA widow that was Bolivian rosewood. Sold it because I was young and dumb I suppose but I feel like I think about it every day.
Maybe my Assenheimer.
On the *********** I said my Martin Lynx, but on here I will say my 1964 Kodiak...sold it because I needed some cash and the good will that goes with selling it for not a whole lot of money...I shot that bow better than anything else I have owned...on a good day at 20 yards I would aim at the nocks of other people's arrows and hit pretty close
two tracks ambush curve-RER arroyo curve- three JD Berry longbows,oh yeah two shrews and two griffins,what was i thinking!
I had a Das Gen1 with Winex limbs that I wish I still had. I sold it after a couple of shoulder surgeries and wish I had kept it.
Black Widow PMA X Kingwood sold it because it was a little light and 64" long..... :( could of bought different limbs
My EagleWing Talon Recurve......one of the best and I miss it!
Gamemaster Jet by Jack Howard and Rocky Miller Predator T/D.
I had a 60" Black Widow SBS...[short black stick] That was 44# @ 29", Never realized what I had till it was gone.
A 60@28 Dan Quilian Bamboo Longhunter with a cracked handle. Dean Torges fixed the crack and I sold it because I did not trust it. I heard from someone who had it a couple years ago and it's still going strong. Killed a bunch of animals with it. :help:
Any of the three Jack Howard bows I "used to have". Plus there are a couple of Jeff Massie bows that I've wished would find their way back home.
My first traditional bow. A 52 inch Bear Black Panther Hunter 50/55.
Wasn't a high performer, but more for sentimental reasons. Killed my first trad deer with it and my first buck, both in the same season.
Harvested my one and only deer that I have ever successfully taken while stalking. Spent a lot of time with that bow!!
Jim Johnson "Legend" longbow.
My first stickbow. It was nothing special just my first and I made my first trad kill with it. Sold it to buy a custom mostly because it was too heavy though. It was a new Bear Grizzly recurve. I where it is too...
Why did you have to remind me?
A good friend of mine who I met through work introduced me to traditional bow hunting. He's very dedicated to the "trad" spirit. He found out that I was considering buying a compound bow and quickly advised otherwise. A date was set to go over to his house to try various recurves and longbows that he owned. I'll never forget the impression that I got from handling such beautiful looking bows. The woods, the aesthetics, the feel, everything about them was something that I hadn't experienced. I tried different bows and I ended up falling in love with a longbow. This particular longbow was, and I wasn't familiar with "brand" names back then, a Toelke Whip. The Whip felt perfect for me. It felt so perfect that I ordered one the following day. I spoke to Mr. Toelke, and we settled on a Cocobolo riser and Bocote limbs, which was setup at 64", 45# @28". That Whip was spectacular. It was perfect. It shot like a dream. I then got the itch to order a Lynx, which I did, but I sold The Whip to fund it. To this day I regret selling my Whip. Thanks for depressing me. :D
Robertson Stykbow Purist 55@26 62" Bolivian Rosewood Riser, Red Elm limbs. Has my name on it ... I traded it to Bison Packs and they must have sold it to someone... If this is you let me know!
I had a 58# Bamboo Longhunter by Dan Quillian that really shot well for me. I traded it for a higher poundage Longhunter, which for a while was just fine. Now that I am older, I just can't pull the heavier bow, so I wish I had the other one back.
My 50# Martin Dreamcatcher. It was my "President Bush" bow. The president sent each of us $300 that year and I bought the bow with the money. Really nice bow that I sold to by a Lone Wolf treestand.
All the other bows I got rid of were because they were too heavy in draw wt. Even if I had them back, I couldn't shoot them.
Numerous Treadway Black Forest Longbows...
a 2 piece Matlock that had cool black and white cobra skins on it...was his pic bow on his website...
Bob
My limited edition Robin Hood by Howard Hill Archery. It lost out to a heavier Hill when I went to 1 bow only last season.
I had a Lost Creek 60" 42# Life Ender that was all bocotte, shot like a dream, but was right handed. It was the 4th or 5th Lost Creek I owned and was everything I could ask a bow to be. I sold it to a young lady here on Trad Gang and I sure hope she appreciates it. Had it been a left-hander, no sane amount of money could have bought it. If I come into a sudden inheritance (and that isn't likely :) ), I'll ask Chad Francis to try to duplicate it with the shelf on the other side.
This one at one time. Bought it back 3 times. Shes home for good now. :deadhorse: (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/2crazyboys_photos/DSCN0951.jpg) (http://s122.photobucket.com/user/2crazyboys_photos/media/DSCN0951.jpg.html)
Pretty much every bow I have ever sold I wish I still had. I don't think I'll be selling anymore. I always regret it eventually.
That would be my first real hunting bow, a Wing Thunderbird 54#@28, solid black.
A lost creek longbow I was hard up and sold years ago. Regretted it ever since. Thought about ordering a new one but too embarrassed to tell him I sold the first one lol.
1963 Kodiak.
Fabulous shooting bow
I sold my 62" Treadway Black Forest 50# @ 28"....DUMB ! It was a dream to shoot even though it was on the light weight side for me... I now shoot a 64" Robertson Purist 2pc bow 58# @ 26"....BEST bow I ever shot ! Accurate & fast... Hey, juneaulongbow...it might be too heavy but make me an offer !
I can't think about this, too painful lol. I prefer to think of what I have and be grateful for it.
My Paul Schafer original.
My old K-mag...hands down. Nothing shot as well for me, or gave me as much pride. My father shot a 65 lb one when I was a boy, and my 50 lb one was actually my fathers childhood best friends..and he gave it to me. I miss that bow like nobody's business :/
The English longbow that is in my avatar, it wasn't the best longbow I have ever owned but it had a lot of good memories.
PSA X my first widow ever 63@28 killed 18 with it that year and then sold it to Sunny Hill Archer.
Schafer Silvertip for sure. Even though I now shoot longbows only, I wish I still had that one.
A Jeff Massie made Massie Recurve :( I rue the day I let it go...
64" one piece (grand Slam) Asbell Era Bighorn 60#@28. A Classic and bullet proof bow. Originally fell in love with Trad Archery in the eighties largely do to G. Fred. It had a beautiful dark Ramwood (impregnated maple) riser.
Nice bow.
Kris
That would be my PSAX 60"/48# I bought new. I sold it to a friend a year ago and never stopped thinking about it. It was My first trad kill bow. I finally had enough and paid double my sale price to order the exact same bow @46# five weeks ago. :bigsmyl:
I haven't been able to part with any yet. So I can't miss them! I need to learn to sell a few.
My howatt mamba 55lb, destroyed the limbs with fast flite string. Wish It still worked!
GN Superghost, 60", 45#@28". Picked it up here from Jim Schwall and traded it to try another bow. I have an ad in the classifieds here now trying to get it back. :help:
A Robertson Quest, if I could only remember who I sold it to. At least I still have some pictures of it. 60"50#@26" Osage handle with Pierce points Juniper limbs big horn sheep limb tips. Has my name on it and l will buy it back if anyone has seen it? Steve Carpenter. It never hurts to try :)
Responded to this over on the other site, but will do so here too: Several years ago my home was burglarized and I lost several thousand dollars worth of archery equipment including custom bows and several osage self bows my Dad built in the 1930's.
One bow I really miss is my Rocky Moutain Recurve with an extra set of limbs. It has my name on it, and I loved that bow and shot it better than any other bow I ever had. I took a P&Y Mulie out in Kansas with that bow and would love to have it back.
I don't sell bows often but for some reason I sold my first longbow ever: my Cocobola Bama Hunter. I bought it my first season and shot my first deer EVER 2 weeks later.
I sold it for nothing to fund a Bama Royal but I want it back.
The guy who bought it spends time in Hawaii and left it there. He said I'll never get it back. I offered more thn double what he bought it for.
I had an older Acadian Woods Classic that I sold because it was too heavy at the time, sure wish I wouldn't have sold it
Fred Cioffi has mine!!!
Big Jim Thunderchild!!!!
Big Jim Thunderchild!!!!
Allen (A.S.) just sold it.
After wrist surgery I became a recurve only shooter. Then after a few years a was able to again shoot a one piece longbow. A fellow Elburg fan sold back to me my hard to find Jaguar Special..a special bow. Thanks again Jonathan...
I wish I hadn't sold my Blacktail Columbian longbow. Norm's not making them anymore, I'm told.
That was my first one-piece longbow, yew and tulipwood. Beautiful craftsmanship, smooth draw, quiet as a baby mouse peeing on a cotton ball.
Love to find another someday.
I let a 58# 64" Brackenbury Drifer with Brown Glass go, that I kick myself in the tail for every time I look at my bow rack...
You can sell bows?? I have always just bought them!
I wish I hadn't sold my Blacktail Columbian longbow. Norm's not making them anymore, I'm told.
That was my first one-piece longbow, yew and tulipwood. Beautiful craftsmanship, smooth draw, quiet as a baby mouse peeing on a cotton ball.
Love to find another someday.
Pronghorns TD ... Ill definately have to get another at some point !
I can't think of any. I did let go of a Jeff Massie Longhorn longbow, but I got it back.
I've never sold a bow that I've not wanted to sell. I would love to have all those arrows that have been lost or broken back though!
I would love to have my Indian fiberglass bow from my youth. Probably cost $5 new, and I wouldn't dare shoot it now, but for the sake of nostalgia, it would be nice to have it. I think I got it for either Christmas or birthday around 1955.
Big Jim Buff,64in 45@29 SWEETTTTTT (http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x353/bsv1960/64%20inch%20buffalo/IMGP4186.jpg) (http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/bsv1960/media/64%20inch%20buffalo/IMGP4186.jpg.html) (http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x353/bsv1960/64%20inch%20buffalo/IMGP4189.jpg) (http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/bsv1960/media/64%20inch%20buffalo/IMGP4189.jpg.html)
Habu Death-Adder, awesome bow, needed the money at the time.
None...yet
A Liberty English was a great shooting bow I would like to have back.
QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Fred Cioffi has mine!!!
Not any more He sold me that in a weak moment!! :jumper:
I guess I need to buy and sell more bows. I currently shoot the nicest one I have had, a McCullough Griffin.
You're welcome Tom... That "Special" is indeed Special...
My first Elburg... my last "hurrah" and first custom bow, before we started our family... I'd love to have it back... no telling where she's at now...
Jaguar Express, 63#@27" and tillered 3under
Red Elm Back, Walnut belly and Bubinga Riser
Jonathan
Thunderhorn Heartstopper TD...50#er. I will own another, one of these days...
JL
original Bob Savage Deathmaster...and an all oak rocky mtn recurve that was a screamer!!!!!
Mine would be a Norm Johnson Blacktail VL with footed riser. It was 63#s at 28"s and I shot that like no other. I sold it because I have had several shoulder surgeries and alyjough I could shoot it, my shoulders told me not too. I now could handle the weight again and would love to have it back. Shawn
JK Traditions Kanati 58" 50@28 clear glass. Do not recall veneer. Sweet shooter and perfect specs for me. I can't even remember why I sold it now??? Man, I miss that stick.
My very first Zipper Extreme. I sold it once my custom Zipper arrived and shouldnt have...
Don't listen to him Tom. I still have OUR bow.
None till sofar
3 tread way longbows :knothead: :knothead:
Border recurve that I got from a former IBO world champion
:banghead:
A MOAB that is collecting dust on Pat's bow rack( I'm just waiting) and 21st century nova graphite longbow that had a Jeff Massie finish on it!!!!
A Frederick longbow -- pretty tough to replace.
Well I just got into trad archery and only have 2 bows. One is a 1966 Kodiak that my dad gave me, then I have a 50th anniversary Kmag. I dont plan on getting rid of them ever but as my collection gets bigger I am sure I will get rid of one or two down the road but those 2 will forever stay on my bow rack.
My 58" 2 pc Toelke Whip...I must be stupid, stupid. stupid...Yea it is the one in my hand in the avitar shot.
The first trad bow I ever bought, it was a longbow I got from my neighbor I dont even know who made it. It was about 60# at 28" way too heavy for me at the time but man that thing could shoot, I sold it for the price I paid and now I wish I still had it, it was built like a brick $&!# house, and I began my trad hunting adventure with it when I was a frosh in high school. Those were the days.
Interesting thread. I have on a couple of occasions sold a bow that I regretted selling and had a chance to get back--then I remembered why I sold them in the first place--usually wind up selling them again. My view is that the eleventh commandment says something to the effect that "bow money must stay in bows" so when one is sold the money is tucked away for another. :readit: We mustn't violate the 11th commandment. :nono:
my morrison...I stooopidly left it IN MY HOUSE and somebody came in and got it
That stinks,captain.The one I'd like to have back is a Dan Quillian Canebrake that now resides on the bottom of a river.Don't ask. :D
Black Widow PTF
A 60", 48#, 1967 Bear Super Kodiak which was my first big boy bow.
a long bow I made for a close friends brother in law around 20 years ago...I should have made a second one for me...some super special zebra wood...66" 50#@28...dug this out of an old album and scanned it...
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My old Assenheimer. That bow was a deer magnet. ;)
Not really my bow, but my step-fathers 52# American Archery recurve. It may have been a Cheetah model. It was way too much bow for me at the time, but he was lethal with it. Who knows I just may buy a used one - there are some floating around I'm sure.
He took a doe once from about 30 yards using matches taped on for sights - that's old school. And of course, rubber band silencers.
Not really my bow, but my step-fathers 52# American Archery recurve. It may have been a Cheetah model. It was way too much bow for me at the time, but he was lethal with it. Who knows I just may buy a used one - there are some floating around I'm sure.
He took a doe once from about 30 yards using matches taped on for sights - that's old school. And of course, rubber band silencers.
Not really my bow, but my step-fathers 52# American Archery recurve. It may have been a Cheetah model. It was way too much bow for me at the time, but he was lethal with it. Who knows I just may buy a used one - there are some floating around I'm sure.
He took a doe once from about 30 yards using matches taped on for sights - that's old school. And of course, rubber band silencers.
QuoteOriginally posted by David Mitchell:
Interesting thread. I have on a couple of occasions sold a bow that I regretted selling and had a chance to get back--then I remembered why I sold them in the first place--usually wind up selling them again. My view is that the eleventh commandment says something to the effect that "bow money must stay in bows" so when one is sold the money is tucked away for another. :readit: We mu8stn't violate the 11th commandment. :nono:
AMEN brother!!!