What bow has been the toughest you have owned. The one you have hunted, kept in the weather, bumped and scratched that kept straight limbs and still shot like it was supposed to?

Martin/howatt Bushmaster, tough built bow, not my smoothest shooter but if I had to pick just one for survival, the Martin is the one.

Howard Hill Big5

Pronghorn. dry fired dropped, stored incorrectly  left strung  keeps on shooting

Hoyt GameMaster/Dorado

My Black  Widow SA II . Dropped it from a tree stand, turned it inside out while stringing it, hunted with it for 15 years.

I had a Fedora like that-used it as a walking stick crossing streams. You could not hurt that bow.

A HH big five,when it came time to get out of the stand Id just toss the bow into a bush.

Black Widow PMA and Howard Hill Redman

I have no idea. I take really good care of my bows,to the point that I have hurt taking the fall with the bow on top.; LOl. I was taught as a child that if I did not take care of my guns and bows that it could cost me my life. True or not it took.

God bless and Merry Christmas, Steve

QuoteOriginally posted by Sixby:
I have no idea. I take really good care of my bows,to the point that I have hurt taking the fall with the bow on top.; LOl. I was taught as a child that if I did not take care of my guns and bows that it could cost me my life. True or not it took.

God bless and Merry Christmas, Steve

I know what you mean. I'm the same way, except its hard to get away from some of the inevitable when hiking through the sticks and the unreliable weather. Through the years it can add up. Its just interesting for future purchases to know who's bows have fought the good fight.  

My wing 30+ years and still kills.Been used as a club a few times.

My Black Widow PSA.. Pretty sure it's indestructible

My St. Joe's. They are built to hunt!!

I had one fall off a van door mirror at 40 mph while going down a dirt road. I watched it skip over the gravel in horror out the rear view mirror.
Turned around to get the remains and it only had a couple surface scratches, nothing else.

I also dropped the same bow from my treestand 20ft up. It landed on the limb tip and nothing happened. I'm clumsy and need a well built bow, LOL!

I'm with knawbone. Martin/Howatt Bushmaster ML-18. At one time I had three of them (45,55,65lbs). The 65lber was dryfired twice, I've dropped, pushed snakes, closed one in a truck door, fell off a truck, and various other mis-haps, and they just looked at me like "that's all you got? I never concerned myself with babying those bows.

Chastain Wapiti. Its a plain Jane, 60# @ 28. I dropped it 30 feet to the ground, landed on the lower limb. The bow unstrung and bounced about 15 feet away.
The damn thing had nothing wrong with it after that. I still have it today. Shoots perfect.

Black Widow MAV ... it's like a timex....  :D

Pronghorn or Great Northern...simple, sturdy, no fluff working man's bow.

Green Mountain longbow!

Bob Lee TD,used to be 61# Bob sr.made her 52# 15yrs ago.She was non FF but have used FF on her for 15 years.Tryed to replace her with every top end bow made,but she will out shoot them all.Killed a truck load of game and shes not for sale.