Isn't it something how a person thinks they need a new bow .
And no mater how many you get there is still that one or two that just seem to be your favorite .
Don't get me wrong , the new bows are very nice but you still catch yourself wanting to shoot that old faithful and take it out for just one more hunt .
Gotta love 'em .    

I have such a bow, my 72 SK. But after I shoot around I realize why I do not shoot it more. To used to more modern bows with more preformance. But I do satisfy my need to shoot it.

QuoteOriginally posted by Graps:
Isn't it something how a person thinks they need a new bow .
And no mater how many you get there is still that one or two that just seem to be your favorite .
Don't get me wrong , the new bows are very nice but you still catch yourself wanting to shoot that old faithful and take it out for just one more hunt .
Gotta love 'em .      

This is why I shoot trad, Graps.
Yes; there are better, newer, faster, better- looking trad bows out there today, made of modern composite materials, lightweight alloy risers cut past center with bushings pre-installed for stabilizers, sights, plungers and the like, that shoot microshaft carbons with lighted nocks, internal weights, multi-blade replaceable blade broadheads and...
all that's missing are the cams.
To each his or her own, I s'pose. But I tradhunt because I want to go back to a simpler time, less cluttered and complicated, when the bowyer's touch mattered more than the high-tech materials the bow was being made of. To me, that's what it's all about. That's why I keep gravitating back to bows that were being built before I was in high school. There's an air; an aura about them that the new bows can't touch. So yeah; I know what you mean, brother.

Agree with the Captain; no doubt in my mind I gravitate to early to mid 70's Bears because that's what I shot in high school.

What you are describing is exactly why I'm a one bow man. I've been looking for a takedown that I enjoy as much as my one piece for about a decade now just to make traveling to hunt easier. I keep grabbing my Sierra when it's time to shoot though so I keep selling off my takedowns

It's been my observation that the newer and More Space Age Technologies aren't really that far ahead of anything from 50 years ago...!!!! Yes, there are a few being made today that are all about speed........But having played with a chronograph, the difference between today and yesteryear is very minimal!
Sooooooo........ I have about half a dozen from the sixties and fifties, and half a dozen from the last 6 years....love em' all...!!! And I really don't mind keeping the "arch"in archery.....:-D

I have a 1960 Kodiak like that...I bought it when prices were still pretty stiff as part of my collection, paying almost a grand for it...every year I swear I am going to quit carrying it to hunt with just in case I damage it...and every year it just seems to end up hunting with me

DDave

I left my old Holm-Made River Runner down in Georgia at my daughter house so I would have a bow down there when I visit.......Was down for 3 weeks for the birth of my Grandson and I shot it when I had a free moment. I had to bring it home.....it's my go to bow for all situations. I just missed it, I have a Kimsha longbow that I feel the same about.....silly ain't it.

QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:
.....silly ain't it.

Not at all.
Old bows, like old guns, seem to have 'personalities' and get under your skin.

Captain Kirk, you hit the nail on the head!!

Well went to the big sporting goods store today , and my '73 K-Mag has a new turkey feather rest on it .
I have a dozen shafts to fletch up and it's gonna go deer hunting in October .
Sad part is , I have taken all my archery deer with that bow except one that I took with a Black Widow .
What can I say ?

Have a 1960 Kodiak Special I bought at an affordable price as a back up bow. Normally I don't like a bow with skinny limbs (my '59, 61, and '62' Bears have fat limbs) but it is such a  comfortable and stable bow, it has become my favorite all time bow.  So much so that late next fall and winter, I will have it renovated and refinished and I might even dump a few others off the rack.

I have a couple I really like, well actually four.  It is to the point that I have a hard time choosing which one to hunt with.

For that reason alone, I am done buying bows- unless I have to go down in weight someday.  Have to admit I went through about eight customs to get to this point.

A few years ago I gave my 64", 60# Cheetah to my son to use for elk hunting.  A couple of years later I offered him a newer, good performing 55# recurve.

He said "no, I like this one".