Strictly old bows?

[White Falcon]

I like the Bear's and Brownings!

[Archer 1]

All my recurves are the old ones,Bear,Darton,Bingham, and even have a old Black Widow that the top limb delaminated. It was a sweet shooter until that happened. Still trying to figure out how to fix it.

All my Longbows are fairly old as well.
I just like how the old bows shoot.

[GRINCH]

I love them,have had most of them great shooters I should have kept.  

[duncan idaho]

I would enjoy seeing pictures of the "old" bows, if you guys could post a few..Thanks

[wbyrd]

I'm not strictly old bows but I do love the oldies! I've got a '72 Howatt Hunter, a '77 Bear Kodiak Hunter, and a Pearson Cougar that's from the '70s too just not exactly sure when.

Here's the Howatt:




And here's the Bear:

[recurve_shooter]

I recently took an interest in some of these older bows after seeing some of the ones that come up for sale on the classifieds.  I bought a 67 KH that is in excellent condition.  

There's just something special about shooting a bow that has been around for as long as I have!

[GRINCH]

wbyrd love your howatt.

[Covey]

I have two old Kodiak mag's. My son has laid claim to them, but thats alright. Little to short/ light for me anyway. They draw smooth and are super quiet. One is 38# at 28" the other is 40# at 28". He's 12 years old so they fit him purdy good. I would love to find me a couple in the 50# range. Thanks' for all the response!  Jason

[reddogge]

I'm currently shooting Bears, Damon Howatt, Root, Browning, Tice and Watts, Shakespeare.

[Blueridge]

I have 3 old Bears. cut my teeth on a kodiak Hunter in the early seventies and got the first deer I ever shot at. Gamegetter shaft and Bear razor head. It was a magic moment.

[cacciatore]

Bill if you go in the collector forum here you'll see plenty of them.Some people have lots of amazing bows.

[Wannabe1]

The thing I hate about a lot of the older bows, is that they are to short for those of us with a longer draw. Some of the best looking models out there are like 58" and that's just to short for me. Even some of the 60" ones stack at 29" and cause finger pinch.

[Covey]

Wannabe1, I know what you mean, I draw a little over 30", so some of the older bows are to short. When you get some of them past 28" they seem to load up. I still like'em though!  :D   Jason

[Margly]

Red Wing Hunter is a really nice bow  

[Thumper Dunker]

Old Howitt Banditto and old red wing hunter.The wing is one of my to go bows.

[danderson]

i'm going to be playing with a 1967 bear super kodiak this year. hope to be good out to 25 yards or so by the end of summer   :D      

50# 28"

[Igor]

I have a BP mercury hunter in my stable that I shoot often. Great bow.....


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glenn

[zepnut]

Gotta love them Bears.

[damascusdave]

Guess I forgot to include a picture.

In the pile there are 2 1960 Kodiaks, a 1961 KS, 1963 KS and 1963 Polar.



DDave

[NC BowBender]

Bears and Brownings here....sold my Wing and regret it