I must be impatient. Ordered a widow 2 weeks ago, can't hardly stand the wait, lol. Buying a used bow and waiting a few days is bad enough for me. Luckily the wait for a widow is relatively short, 7-9 weeks. How do some of you guys wait for months on end for a custom? Or even a year or more? Oh the agony....this is my 1st time ordering a bow, by the way. Will the wait, for my next one, be any easier?
Don't know about those customs, but my last bow came pretty fast. Thanks again Paul. Hunted most of the season with it. :knothead:
Don't wait-forget about it and let the appearance happen as a surprise. I woulda' 'waited' for four years a while back and chose to forget completely instead. Worked great!
Lol, I waited 22 months for my last one! I try to forget about it.
I have a Toelke Whip coming. He had it done in a little over 4 weeks and it should be on its way to my house now. This last week is killing me!
That's great Damon. I seen a pic you posted, of you and the super grizz awhile back and was wondering how the bow was working out for ya.
I have several other customs to shoot during the wait. I don't mind the wait, I use the time to make installment payments and have it paid off by the time it is complete.
I have only ordered one new bow and it was at my house I think 14 days after I ordered it. Dan Toelke is hard to beat!
I just ordered a Stalker :bigsmyl: stickbow and the 6-8 weeks is killing me. But it's worth the wait. I'm not sure I could wait :banghead: 12-24 months :archer2:
Just be broke and dont buy bows. Works for me lol.
Just started my 6-7 month wait for my Timberghost RC. Christmas in July!
I am waiting for a custom Fedora bow.
It's easy there's nothing you can do.
I did order some new arrows thou.
Spring Turkeys will hopefully feel my Excitement!
Use the time wisely, and prepare for the new arrival. Make sure that your arrows are picked out and prepped for tuning, new targets, broadheads, tabs/gloves broken in, and work on your form, so that when it shows up, it'll only take you a day or two to be shooting broadheads accurately. The wait is agonizing, but there is always something to do to keep you occupied. Good luck. I feel your pain. Enjoy the new bow, and post some pictures of her when she arrives!
I am comitted to being a one bow one James Berry Morningstar hunter. Now, if I don't get that bow by turkey season, I am not going turkey hunting. I am going crappie fishing instead. If our woods gets overrun with an overpopulation of turkeys, it will be James's fault not mine. If that bow is not here by Memorial Day, I am going to load up my canoe and take my wife lake trout fishing in the BWCA. It will be here by the 4th of July, so I won't have to go watch fire works. I hate all of that stinky noise.
I waited 28 months for a 12 month bow. To ease the pain I bought a used one and shot it for a year and a half. By the time my custom arrived I was PO'd to the point I didn't really want it anymore. The bow was everything I ordered but it certainly was not worth the wait.
A few years have passed now, I got over it (sort of), and I can shoot my new bow better than any bow I ever touched. Lesson learned.
I ordered another Kota in June, have not heard anything yet. I think the waiting gets easier the more you do it. If I didn't have other bows that would increase my eagerness.
I had to wait 10 months for a bow. My last bow, Heart Land Bow was about 7 weeks.
Don't think about it. I know it's hard . I waited like 7 months I got on the list in april and my build came up at the end of october and i got it first week of december.I knew I would not have it for this past season but it really gave me something to look forward too when the seasons over which is usually kind of depressing . I did manage to get in two hunts with it but now I have something to inspire me for next season.
It will come soon enough. Patience is a virtue all us bow hunters posses.
Best not to ask 'how long' or don't listen if the bowyer tells you and definitely don't write it down. It will either be early or late anyway so what difference does it make. If you think you know 'when' you are just going to be disappointed. :banghead:
Until you wait for a Habu you don't know wait times.....worth it in the end!
Impatiently, with restraint. Is it here yet, is it here yet!!!!!!
Do not have to wait any more I'm playing with it got it this after noon. Just waiting for the batteries in the camera to charge up some so I can take pictures. I'm like BJorn forget about it Shoot one of my other bows. I still go nuts . No way could I wait more than a few weeks.
My widow should be shipping this week or next I believe. The wait has been tough but almost to the promised land.
Happy new year!
I have a rocking chair on the front porch and I just sit there patiently, watching for the UPS truck.
I always have a bow to shoot while I wait for my next one. However after getting my VyperKhan longbow a long, long time ago I have not had a desire for a new one. That is a first for me as I had never gone more than three years without a new bow.
It will be June before my next one is finished by then I will have forgotten about it until it arrives in the mail!
Be patient Grasshopper. Just occupy your time with something else. Don't wish your life away, for sure.
Buy a Toelke. Dan usually ships in less than 6 weeks without a long wait. I've got a new Chinook on order and just block it from my mine. Wait...is that the UPS truck outside. Gotta go. :pray:
I just shoot my favorite bow on hand and try and forget that I even have another bow on order. It gets tough if I really get to thinking about a new one and when the bowyers going to call.
The one custom bow I've ever ordered came in March of last year. I only had to wait about 4 weeks for it, but I made sure I kept my other bow around until the new bow came.
Stay busy!
I have no idea. I just ordered a Kingfisher from Chad Holm, and I'm already chomping at the bit to see it and shoot it. Although, I'm talking about a wait of weeks not months. I can't imagine what a months long wait would be like.
I like to order from Howard Hill Archery--never had to wait more than 3 weeks. I can stand that for the most part. :D
I've been waiting quite a while now for an RER LXR that I will pick up at the Trad Expo in Kalamazoo the end of this month.
No problem. I go hunting to take my mind off the wait :)
I have never ordered a bow. Buy from stock or buy used. Only bought one new recurve and it was on Hummingbirds rack at ATAR. There are a HUGE number of used bows out there, and the money saved amounts to about half of the new price.Just one opinion, Thanks, Roy
Just keep calling the bowyer every week until he decides to do your build now so you quite bothering him.
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Really, the longest I've ever waited was one year for a Jack Kempf and it's pretty amazing how fast a year goes by anymore. Like others have said, don't obsess about it and just focus on other things. Of course every bow I've had built I usually incorporated several changes by time the build notification arrived.
CB
On my wait I just bought another (Liberty), that took far less time. Had em both show up in the same week. The wife was a little confused on that one.
Longest wait for me is for my Allegheny Mountain. Paid in full. Then he goes out of business. Still waiting for most of my refund....
I guess Im in the minority, im just not going to order a bow that has a 10 month or more wait time, so much can change for me in a years period, I have a couple widows I waited 8 weeks on one and bought the other off the rack at Nixa so no wait on that one, I am totally happy with the bows i have, I cant imagine waiting 2 years on a bow..........
The waiting for me is a bit difficult for the first few days. After that I simply forget about the bow. I waited about 10 months for a Schafer, 10 months for a Rose Oak, and 15 months for a Snakebit. I waited 25 months for a Habu.
Ironically, I ended up buying another fellow's brand new Habu about 2 months before my name came up (the 25 month wait). I didn't go ahead with my order -- I didn't need two of em.
I'm in the hopper for another Rose Oak which I hope will come up in February, March, or April.
For me wait times have been really close to right on the money.
I've had several new bows over the last twenty years, longest wait was a 59R from John McCullough, a little over four years.
When he called I could barely remember ordering it.
Have had six or seven new Blacktails, learned when I receive one to order another, the year goes by quicker that way.
Knowing you have to save up the money to pay for it usually helps.
Shoot, I had to wait two years for enough money to buy an old classic(similar to a bow I started with in '62) so I could get back into traditional archery. This last year, I bought three old classics. Made up for the wait.
Too "old" to wait for a new custom. Couldn't do it. But for those of you that have ordered new bows, I agree with the advise about putting a new orderd bow out of your thoughts and waiting for the surprise. That was good advise.
I'd like to say that I dont care to wait, so I just make them myself... but it sometimes takes me several months to make a bow start to finish too :^) That's why I keep several going at different stages... always something to do, and always have one about ready to finish.
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The older you get and the closer you get to dieing of old age, the faster time goes by. One way to change that perception of time flying by is to order a new bow, that'll slow things down.
Been with Dan Toelke since about when he started as a full time bowyer. I have NEVER had to wait long. The most amazing thing is I know how many bows he and Jared built last year. You would call me a liar if you knew and the wait is still SHORT and I MEAN SHORT. Couple that with the fact they are 100% handmade including grinding his own lams whilst building one of the best if not the best bow around I have no worries about wait times.
I have had a total of 3 customs made for me...one was only a couple months, one was less than a month and one was close to a year...will not wait wait any longer than a few months anymore...just not worth it to me. YMMV...IMHO, There are enough nice bows out there that don't have long wait times.
In the mean time, I make sure I have other bows on the rack so I can keep busy shooting/hunting.
It took about 3 months for my Stalker Wolverine. I did the same thing and bought a PSE Talon while I waited just to get a hang of stickbows. I think he gets um done in about a month right now, but I think it depends on South's wait list and how much hunting he's doing at the time.
The only bows I've bought new are a couple of Blacktails. About 18 months for each, but well worth the wait. I will be getting a Silvertip soon, about 10 months for that one.
I would never order a new bow with a wait that long if I didn't have something I liked to shoot in the meantime. Time goes the slowest right after I order, then I kind of forget about it until I get the call...then the time really drags!
Try Bourbon.
Longest wait I had was about six months for my Caribow Peregrine. I just putted it out of my head, and didn't have any problems with that.
Things got difficult when Abe told me the bow was almost ready and would ship within a few weeks. Then I got nervous and got that itch. Those last weeks were very hard and they seemed to last like ages.
Further, I was lucky being able to buy second hand like new bows exactly in my drawweight, like a Whippenstick Phoenix and a RER Vital. Being able to test drive them, no waiting time and they only differ 0.5 lbs in draw weight. What are the chances on that???
Needed a TD, because I've never owned one. Ordered a Brackenbury Drifter on Friday late because I know the reputation.....
Got it Monday! New, never used!
Barry at Lefties R Us...
Never thought I'd like any bow so well. Shoots great, and quiet.... put's 'em in the center when I aim in the center - don't when I don't .... fair enough!