We have all seen the movie the "Bucket List", things to do before the big sleep. But this being traggang WHAT'S YOUR BUCKET LIST of  TRAD>>->BOWS to own or shoot? you can also throw in your bucket list hunt.

My Bucket list of trad.
Got to hold a Saxon Pope arrow,that he took to Africa in 1925 with Art Young(thank you         )
I'm half way there I have owned a stalker and predator, have a Blacktail and now a Dale Dye w snake skin,
the to do list:
Learn how to build my own strings/ wood arrows
a Fox one piece (or any great one piece bow)
a Zipper W arrow inlays limbs(love that)
shoot a Morrison shawnee & Wes Walace mentor{just to see}
have a bow made/crafted for me
go on a great MOOSE HUNT
                                 
        <---<<<   DREAM BIG  >>>--->    
Buy a farm to hunt w family & friends

a HH Redman and a Northern Mist in elm.

I want to hunt all these with my bow:
Moose
Caribou
Pronghorn
Mule Deer
Elk
Saskatchewan whitetail
hunt the "Bow Zone" in Alberta
Mountain goat
Blacktail
hogs in Texas or Florida
Blue grouse
pheasant
javalina
gator gar
buffalo
and those big jack rabbits out west

Ok I  would also add an american Bison
north    of the border Big White tail all with bow

Bows? Well, I own many Pronghorns, but not a "50's Style" which Herb used to build. Good news for me though. Herb has got his old form down, and will be building them again! He say's mine is first on the list! Yippy! I love the look's of them and have always wanted one. I could never find a used one for sale.

I also want a 62" one piece Pronghorn.

Way too many animals to list on my bucket list. I would love to draw a WY Mt. goat before I get to old to tackle that country. Other than that, some hunts I could afford would be, Coues deer, Sitka blacktail, Columbian blacktail, and a caribou hunt in the future. Javis with Kent Omstrem in Jan, and a Texas hog hunt in 2014 is planned.

Oh gosh, I can't forget griz, would love that. Hope we can hunt them soon here. Any other griz hunt would be way outa my means.

Oh yes, moose. I have killed a Wy Shiras, but would love to hunt an Alaskan or Canada moose someday.

And then there is...

A early LH 70's Bear B risor.

doug77

Bow to own=THIS Pete George Timberline, I think it was named "White Mountains"
 

Bow to shoot= a longbow that Howard Hill built for himself

Hunt= Yukon moose & grizzly or Cape Buff & lion

titan III  w/  medium bf extreme 45# limbs or borders. not sure

Morrison ILF riser w/ 50# limbs (one of the 2 mentioned above)

black tail 1 piece  60"  50# @ 26
bama longbow  64"  50# @ 26
bigjim thunder child 58"   50# @ 26

thats about it, maybe afew more sets of ILF limbs to play with

as for hunting  Water buff, elk, moose, caribou, black bear in that order

60s era Explorer I/II with green glass (got explorer ii this year)
Schafer Silvertip
60s era Safari I/II (got Safarii II this year)
Dean Torges bamboo backed osage
John Strunk Buffalo Spirit osage
Wilson Brothers from 60s

and to start making my own selfbows from hickory, osage, black locust....started on hickory for first bow...wish me luck


as for hunting...

still want to take a 20"+ black bear, bull moose..and aussie buffalo

I would love to hunt mountain lion with Dr. Thomas and Rosie, on foot and with no snow machines.  He is my favorite author and I truely enjoy his stories!
 My second is to to hunt with my wife and daughter in Africa, which we are saving for and hope to complete when my daughter turns 16!

All Osage one piece pronghorn

In order from most to least important.
1)
Have plenty of time to shoot, hunt, and enjoy game from my hunts with family and friends.
2)
Get my wife a bow of her own that she'll enjoy shooting with me.  If it's custom and pretty, all the better, she'd like it even more.
3)
Be able to keep all my arrows in a bull the size of the bottom of a coke can at any distance out to 40 yards with 95% or better success.
4)
I guess it wouldn't hurt my feelings to upgrade to a custom bow, custom leather accessories, and have plenty of custom made arrows that fly like lasers from it as well        .  However, that isn't really a bucket-list goal.  I don't really see the need for more than one good bow, so I may as well dream big and make that bow a piece of functional art.

WHEW!!!!

I have often thought of this list over the years.


1.  Hill Bow in Juniper with oversized Grip
2.  A&H ACS 3 Piece TD Longbow
3.  Bear TD Recurve
4.  Pronghorn 3 Piece TD
5.  Vintage Archery 59 Bear Repro.
6.  Black Widow TD Recurve
7.  ******** Pinnacle ILF TD Recurve
8.  Pittsley Predator TD Recurve


I could go on and on.  Hopefully someday I'll have a great many of them on my wall.
So many wonderful bows out there and so little funds to chase them right now.

Nalajr

this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish, but the stars just have not aligned to allow it yet.  

I want to hunt Elk with my dad before it is too late. I would also love to get a black bear someday..

I would be holding my 58" Toelke whip HS for either hunt!!

Toelke Whip, heard great things, got a big family see good deals used, maybe one day I'll send that P.M. I'll take it.Just can't now.

Bows:
Blacktail 'curve
Robertson 'curve
Widow PLX t/d in osage - I'm no stranger to PLXs but I've always wanted an osage one and haven't secured it yet.  

Hunts:
 A cow moose from Wyoming this Sept would fit the bill.

Bow 59' Kodiak.
hunts Alaskan Brown Bear,Moose.

62" schafer silver tip cocobolo riser with black glass limbs 65#@30"

62" tall tines cocobolo riser with black glass limbs 65@30"

Caleb

I want one bow each from Barry, Gene and E. Don. E Don had a Jack Harrison I'd really like to track down.

I'd like a great hog hunt, with all my brothers of the bow

F-Manny