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Do bows have a soul

Started by LongStick64, August 31, 2013, 05:44:00 PM

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LongStick64

Holy cow I almost made a huge mistake, HUGE. I was thinking of moving one of my bows and while I had it up for sale, I decided to give it a last farewell shooting.......I swear the bow was out to show me how much it wanted to stay, probably had my best shooting session ever !!! Back on the rack you go.
Primitive Bowhunting.....the experience of a lifetime

BowZen

Sounds like you weren't ready to give her up.

McDave

I feel the same way about a 65# Black Widow I took my first trad deer with.  No way should I be shooting anything that heavy anymore, and I've been on the verge of selling, trading, or giving it away several times.  But I always have the worst feeling whenever I start to do anything about it, so it's still on my rack, and probably will stay there until the day I die.
TGMM Family of the Bow

Technology....the knack of arranging the world so that we don't have to experience it.

Alexander Traditional

You did almost make a huge mistake. I know which bow you were talking about and I was looking at it real hard.

dhermon85


mcgroundstalker

Been there, too many times.........

... mike ...
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies"

LongStick64

You can bet I will hunt with it, I don't want to be haunted by it next.
Primitive Bowhunting.....the experience of a lifetime

jsweka

They may not have a soul, but they do get jealous when you flirt with others.
>>>---->TGMM<----<<<<

ron w

Soul?... maybe not but sometimes you just know that you belong together in the big woods.
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

ron w

Soul?... maybe not but sometimes you just know that you belong together in the big woods.
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

Frenchymanny

If it's made by hand, by someone you personally know, one at a time: Yes

F-Manny
Coureur des Bois
Big Jim: Buffalo Bows 62" 60@27 & 65@27 ThunderChilds 56" 62@27 & 62@27 Desert BigHorn 59@27
ML, Shrew &TC Knives
With a sturdy bow, a true shaft, and a stout heart, we journey forth in
search of adventure.

Dr. Saxton Pope

tim roberts

Tim

TGMM Family of the Bow

I guess if we run into the bear that is making these tracks, we oughta just get off the trail.......He seems to like it!  
My good friend Rudy Bonser, while hunting elk up Indian Creek.

halfseminole

Any bow made by hand has one.  Most have tempers and personalities as well.

(Ignore me if you want, I still thank my dinner for its sacrifice.)

nineworlds9

I think any handmade weapon has an energy to it imbued from its maker.  I'm German/ Nordic and my ancestors named their weapons and believed things like that, its in my blood.  

Closest I have come to this is with my Stewart.  I got the bow used, and its the best shooting bow I've ever had, I mean its just a cut above the rest.  Well beginning of this year I commissioned Leon to build me a new set of limbs just how I want them and refinish the riser.  During the wait I sold the old limbs.  Big mistake.  I was haunted by the decision and in the meantime bought so many other bows searching for something to come close to shoot with, only thing that even shoots remotely as well is my Habu, which I bought during the wait, all the while the riser sat there laughing at me.  Thank the almighty that Leon called last week and the new limbs and refinished riser will be arriving this coming week.  It's gonna be a great reunion, and the new limbs will no doubt be as good and even surpass the old ones.  I may be selling a few bows once Brenda, new and improved, comes home Haha.
52" Texas Recurve
58" Two Tracks Ogemaw
60" Toelke Chinook
62" Tall Tines Stickflinger
64" Big Jim Mountain Monarch
64" Poison Dart LB
66" Wes Wallace Royal
            
Horse Creek TAC, GA
TBOF

cisco 2

Absolutely. They have a soul.
PBS associate member
Compton Traditional Bowhunters

luvnlongbow

I've let the store bought bows go, but just can't bring myself to get rid of something that a person made for me. Yes I think a bow has a soul or an energy that is created when a craftsman puts their all into creating a functional tool and a piece of art.

Deeter

Bows are to me are kinda lime that old single shot shot gun my grandaddy gave me.  Every little scratch, ding, nich tells a story.  There is always somthing about it you may not know what it is but it just tells you to hang on to it.
Ben

1966 Bear Kodiak
2011 Bear KMag
2012 Bear Super Kodiak
"When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values and with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that the hunter is 20 feet closer to God."
― Fred Bear

Bowjunkie

Yeah, as much as I like them, name them, feel connected to some of them, I'm gonna have to go with a 'no' on that one... no souls in bows... or anywhere else for that matter.

Can Hahaka

Hell yes! If I don't treat it right it shoots high and to the right!
Mississippi Lake Longbow 55#@28"
Woodcraft Equip. 30#@28"
Wisconsin Traditional Archers

GENESIS 27:3 - Now therefore, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow and go out to the field and take me some venison.

ISP 5353

It is funny how a shooter can bond with certian bows.  Manny makes a great point.  The four bows that I keep and really enjoy are each hand made by a person that I know.  I have owned and shot other bows that just did not speak to me in any way.


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