After looking through all the great pics on the "bow inventory" thread, I got to wondering how many of you still have your first ever bow.
I still have mine. It's not much to look at, just an old, no name, solid glass bow that my dad gave me when I was probably twelve. I didn't know the first thing about archery at the time, even strung and shot it backwards for years. :knothead: I used to go to the store,get a couple or three wood arrows, and shoot em until they were all too short to use any more. I had a lot of fun with that bow, I think I'll keep it. :D
Ask me in 2 weeks. I should have my first bow by then.
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My first "real" bow when I was a kid was a Ben Pearson Bronco Recurve. I shot my first thing ever with it. It was a little copperhead, and I shot my first fish with it. I still got it and it hangs on the wall next to all my other bows!
I do. my first bow had training wheels on it. Killed my first deer and first buck with it. Mid 70's Bear Polar 2. Big ol 44" ATA. Love that thing for the memories. After a while hunting with it I got sucked into the higher tech stuff. Thankfully I never had the money to buy anything expensive. Then I went to the salvation army one day and found a mid 70's bear grizzly for $30 with a few arrows. I loved it but it had a twist (I later removed it.) So that counts 2 I'd never get rid of. Never really swithed over to trad until I had the opertunity to make a selfbow. Ok now the count is higher 3, no 4, or 5, or 6...well its higher. I have my first that will never leave me if I can help it. Besides they are worth more to me than the money value.
Jason, nothing wrong with that.Those kind of memories are priceless, regardless of equipment type. :campfire: I kinda wish I still had my first bow with training wheels, it was a bear black bear(the tear drop pulled out of the cable), it prolly woulda made a nice warf. :D
I do, but then again I only bought it 10 months ago! :jumper:
Bought my first bow in kmart around 1969. It's long gone and can't remember what I eventually did with it? My second bow was a 1971 Herters Sitka. It's laying under my bed with a broken limb. It was not treated with the respect it deserved... :(
I do. Here are all of the bows "of my youth":
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I've still got my first bow. It's an Outdoor Sports Mfg. Co. solid glass 25# purchased in about 1963. It still gets shot when I have little ones come by.
Denny
I still have an old longbow my dad gave me when i was 10, it's the first bow i ever had. I don't even know who made it i think it's lemon wood, it was old when i got it 38 years ago.
I do, an old Ben Pearson 45 # recurve.
DR
Good thread... I thought about my first bow yesterday when I posted on the bow inventory thread. Bottom bow in this pic. A Hoyt 10# recurve my Dad bought for me in either 1971 or 72. My Mom had kept it safe from being lost in her famous "garage sales" and gave it back to me a few Christmas's ago. Thanks to my parents.
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Passed my first bow to my nephew who was interested in archery, I received the bow from my uncle, thanks uncle Ben.
First huntable bow was a Ben Pearson solid fiberglass recurve like the one at the bottom of Roger Norris's post. I still have it and shoot it once in a while.
Before that I had a "Genuine Hickory" 48" bow that was maybe a Pearson. Before that a little kids hickory bow with suction cup arrows. Don't have either of those.
Mine was a very plain late-70s Browning compound with a wood riser painted a textured olive drab. Can't recall the name of it, but I sure got accurate with it. It was lightweight and comfortable too. I haven't seen one in 25 years or more.
Mine was a very plain late-70s Browning compound with a wood riser painted a textured olive drab. Can't recall the name of it, but I sure got accurate with it. It was lightweight and comfortable too. I haven't seen one in 25 years or more.
Still have the first bow that I paid for. Right out of high school 1972. Shakespeare Necedah 58" 40#. Still shoots too.
My very first bow,a Blue Bear is gone. My second bow as a youth, an Outers recurve got broken. I do still have my first real hunting bow, a 45# Bear Grizzly.
Does have it again count?? 1963 Kodiak Mag, sold it 20 years ago, bought it back 12 years ago. Started serious bow hunting back in '66
I spent a lot of time with borrowed bows as a teen. Then, the first I bought was a used Bear Whitetail II. It became a hand me down to our oldest when he was ready; still in the garage awaiting his return to archery.
Bought a 'kit' bow from Jim at Rudderbows for the younger son's first; flat bow, he/I finished the handle, sanded, and oiled it. Then we added rabbit fur to the back and he loves to fling flight arrows off of "Thumper".
My first is the Red Wing Hunter I am using. The bow was 'born' around 1965 to 68. Shoots really old wood (GT trads) 515gr arras with authority.
Got first blood (chipmunk)this summer and hope to continue that with my first group gathering/hunt in October in southern Indiana.
Hello everyone!
I`m moving the next weekend, so today I sorted out things from the basement and found my first bow. It`s a Samick Verna 40# @ 28", a copy of the Black Widow longbows. I got it for christmas several years ago, but I still like it very much. Thank you mom and dad!
Still have mine that I got at 4 years old. Mine on the right (26#), Dad's on the left (65#). Both yew. One on the left is bamboo backed. These were the first 2 bows Dad ever bought...Van
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My Ben Pearson Colt is now over 40 years old.
YES!!
I got it Christmas of sixth grade.....a Ben Pearson glass backed hickory "semi-recurve".
Lobo in West Virginia
Yes I also got mine for Christmas...1969. A wing falcon 38#
My first bow: little stick bow with red & blue stripes and cotton string (rubber suction cup arrows).
First hunting bow: 42# fiberglass Shakespeare "Strato-Jet."
First "modern" bow: 46# Browning "Nomad."
Don't have the suction cup arrows, but I still have the three bows.
I still have the old green Ben Pearson Fiberglass #33 recurve. I missed my first buck with that bow. My son used it at Compton this year.
my little fiberglass compound.
after that it was a AIM recurve
I have my first hunting bow
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ben pearson javelina
my first bow was just a stick with some string I got from granpaw.
I don't have my first bow. Mom and Dad gaveit to me in 1956 or 57. I was about 8 or 9 years old. It was a 25 # wood bow. I don't remember if it had fiberglass on it or not. That one cracked thru the handle one day about 3 years after I got it. I don't remember what happened to it after that. Mom and Dad gave a solid fiberglass Ben Pearson, 35 # in 1960 or early 1961. I shot it for 3 or 4 years. That one I still have. I strung it recently and pulled it a few times. Brought back some memories.... Jim.
My first bow was a bamboo bow made by my dad who doesnt know a thing about bows when I was 5.Got my first real bow,ben pearson one piece recurve,64" 3o# when I was 15 and its still with me.But its too twisted to be used now,thanks to years of dry firing beacause I didnt know any better way back then and had no one to teach me but myself.
Gil
Dad started us on the old Bear fiberglass blue and red bows, but my first 'real' bow (and the first I bought) was a Herter's Sitka or Sambar (have to check, it's at home), 29# at 24". Probably circa 1973? Still have that bow. Needs to be refinished but it's still a sweet looking bow.
My first bow was a training-wheel equipped Browning with which I had little fun. I sold the thing after my first season with it and used the proceeds to purchase an old 55# DH Hunter recurve.
That one I still have and it still hunts in spite of a slight twist in the lower limb. It still shoots better than I do. :-p
Thanks for sharing the memories. :campfire: :archer:
Still have my first hunting weight bow: a Bear Grizzly, 50#; probably early '70s vintage. First bow ever was a white fiberglass Bear with a red grip; I believe it's still in the cellar at the homeplace....need to hunt that one down for old time's sake.
I have all of mine, even the ones that have broke. My first however was a compound and I still have it. My first trad bow I left strung in my truck on a hot summers day.
I still have mine, a BenPearson 64" 30# my dad found when he was irrigating (that's what he told me) when I was 13
My first real bow,was an old selfbow,my Grandad gave me when i was about 8 yrs old.I kept it untill he passed away.My youngest brother was showing some interest then,so i gave it to him.My Nephew then broke it by seein how far it would pull.He hooked the string on a door top and Pulled.That kid aint changed a bit n hes 21 now.If his mother,wasnt my sister,id slap her fer havein him.LOL
I just bought back my first traditional bow! It's 10 lbs. lighter than what I shoot now but I just had to have it back-the sentimental value was worth more than the cash. I bought it 7 years ago. Pristine condition, Dream Catcher. I can't believe what they want for them now! I paid $380 new! :)
My first bow was/is a 1957 Bear Kodiak Special 64" and 45# @ 28". Still have it and in fact I wrote a note about it in January 2004 that is now in the "Classics" section. Still a nice bow. I still shoot and it is still proudly displayed.
Danny
Ric O'SHay, my first real recurve was a 57 kodiak 64" 47@28, and I still have it too. :thumbsup: It is showing it's age a lot now though.
My parents gave away my first fiberglass bow to a distant cousin. A York #25.
Still have my first hunting weight Recurve. A Browning Wasp 58" - 48#. Had it refinished about 10 years ago. Original decal and writing was saved.