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How many bows have you owned?

Started by ed cowden, December 22, 2013, 10:20:00 AM

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ed cowden

I am 58 and have been shooting since I was about 6. I started to make a list of all the bows I can remember owning and have come up with 65 so far. And you know I can not pick only one as my favorite. Seems as I can only remember the best shots I have made with some of them. None are really ones I would say was the best bow for me. So I guess that is why I am still looking. I would like to find one I can pick up and say I do not need any other bow. Do you have any that you can say this is the one, or am I like everyone else?

joe ashton

Counting that red glass bow (at age 10) maybe 20..
Joe Ashton,D.C.
pronghorn long bow  54#
black widow long bow 55#
21 century long bow 55#
big horn recurve  58#

damascusdave

I would say I have owned about 25 to 30 bows in the five years I have been at it...I am not searching for a particular bow, just bows that I like...I collect 1960 Bear Kodiaks in a small way so that total will only grow...I shoot both right and left handed so I have some of each...I enjoy shooting 3D and have one bow for that...I shoot with a group of purely longbow shooters and I am in the process of getting a Hill style or selfbow for that...I have a dual shelf longbow being made for a particular type of hunting I do...I just seem to have about 15 bows around at any given time

DDave
I set out a while ago to reduce my herd of 40 bows...And I am finally down to 42

Keith Zimmerman


Jacquesbonin

In the thousands! Am still collecting and trading, swapping and playing. It doesn't seem to matter what bow I shoot as long as it has enough draw weight! I have been collecting the older early fifties bows, next year I will do all my hunting with the oldies! Jacques

59Alaskan

Too many....

Around 30 I would say.

I would be a better shot and have more money to hunt if I had stuck with one but I too am a sucker for old bows.

Different bows mean more strings, more silencers, more rests and often more arrows.

But if anyone has an old LH B riser for sale that's a little beat up...LOL
TGMM Family of the Bow

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." - Billy Graham

ksbowman

Probably 75+, but I'm a recovering bow-a-holic!
I would've taken better care of myself,if I'd known I was gonna live this long!

YORNOC

Good Lord, way beyond the abilities of my memory.
A lot.
David M. Conroy

Hermon

22 that I can remember.   Not including bows I bought to give to nephews, or the bow that is the wife's.

Triphammer

Three "real" bows. A 50# Pearson I got for Christmas when I was 12 or 13. Used to take a bus 20 miles to the range. "Gave up" archery when I was old enough to own a rifle. I guess  you don't really give up archery, just put it on the shelf for a while. Picked up a used Bear Kodiak Magnum (50#)that I shot with for the last 30+ plus years until the tips started to turn. Just bought a Samick Red stag that will probably outlast me. This doesn't count the play bows that got me interested in the first place or the 10  or 15 glass bows that I bought to teach cub scouts or give to my kids & then their kids to keep archery alive through the decades.

ron w

I have about 27 on the rack right now.....I have rotated the stock at least 1 1/2 times.....so that's a bunch. I have made some great deals over the years and moved up in quality as I went. I have some nice stuff.......I love shooting them all. Variety is the spice of life.....lol!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

JRY309

I would guess for me I have had around 50+ bows,still have 20+ right now.

WildmanSC

200+ over the past 13 years.  I have one shooter, my Morrison , and 2 new Bob Jones bows I bought as keepsakes.

Bill
TGMM Family of the Bow

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Groves Flame Recurve 62", 45#@28"


Praise the Lord Jesus Christ, He is Worthy

Caughtandhobble

I don't have that many fingers and toes   :)  

I am finished looking now that I have my AW Selfbow to go along with my Journeyman recurves and my other longbows   :thumbsup:

Matty

Is TOO a number?     :D  
I almost think its a necessary evil. As you need to shoot a lot to see what works for you and what doesn't.
I would say 50 in the ten years I've been shooting.
A drop in the bucket for some people.

Mudd

Trying to make a difference
Psalm 37:4
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
TGMM- Family Of The Bow
Archery isn't something I do, it's who I am!
The road to "Sherwood" makes for an awesome journey.

Bjorn

Hundreds for sure including my Bear collection...............a few self bows I made, and a coupla' ACS which are my regular shooting  bows.

limbolt

Untelling,besides my wife may read this,LOL.  :dunno:

ed cowden

So finding only one is pretty uncommand, and having and trying many is the normal. I think most men are alike in many ways. I had quit shooting my bows for about three years and wanted to sell them. So I took them to the Baltimore shoot and did sell about all I had, but on my way home I went back to thinking how much I loved shooting bows and then started buying more. It has revived me and is very enjoyable. And at least now I am normal.

cyred4d

Do you Really think I can  count that high?


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