Best bow you ever owned & what happened to it

The best bow I ever owned is my Sarrels Blueridge takedown longbow. I told Bob a while back he screwed up by making me that bow. I was buying at least a bow a year from him until I bought that one and have not bought another since. It has taken more critters than all the other bows I have ever owned, I think! It will be mine till it breaks and if it does not, they will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands!

 

Bisch

[Bldtrailer]

Savage River Appalachian Archery, Dave Guthrie and still have it alittle long in the tooth and not as fast as my others but best shooting bow I've found(wish I could get new limbs ff safe)  

[Bowwild]

As far as I know I still own the best ones I've owned.

I do miss but don't regret selling or trading a few including: Fox High Sierra, Blacktail Snakebit, Robertson Fatal Styk Z, Bear Supreme TD A Riser.

[Stumpkiller]

1966 52# Browning Explorer.  

Been hanging on my rack since the deer season before last; when she honored herself with a nice eight-point.

 

I may be pulling her out for a 3-D shoot this weekend.  Quiet, fast and good looking (to me) in solid rosewood or sheuda(?) and she puts them where I'm looking.

[wooddamon1]

Robertson Mystical, 66", 55#@28"...sold it a few years back to get my ex-wife something or other.  

[J. Holden]

Not sure it was the best bow I've owned but I sure did like it.  It was a low end longbow, Viper Deluxe.  I donated it to the troops so they could have an archery range on their base.  As far as I know it's in Iraq still....

-Jeremy  

[Marc B.]

Bighorn, one of the early flat limb bed models. 62" and around 57@29. Sold it to Lamont at The Footed Shaft in 95. I would love to have that one back!

[Easykeeper]

I think I just got it, took delivery on a one-piece Blacktail a few weeks ago.  Believe me, this one's not going anywhere and you guys are freaking me out with broken bow stories!

[cyred4d]

Mine would be my 62 inch 50 lb blacktail. Been shooting that one for several years now.

[swamper]

Elk Horn riser zipper I have now.Never had a bow draw so smooth,65lbs,curly maple limbs.

[Tedd]

Mine is a Black Widow PCH-X.  Love it.

[Sam McMichael]

I have had 3 favorites that have been especially significant to me. Two are Hill bows, a Wesley Special and a Cheetah, that I still have. The other was a Bamboo Longhunter, which I shot better than any bow I have ever had. Unfortunately, I stupidly traded it away a long time ago.

[jeff w]

I had an Elburg Condor that I really loved.  When I bought it, it was @  56#'s, probably closer to 59-60#'s at my draw length.  I sold it when I decided to lighten my bow weight.

[tradgreenhorn]

Zipper sxt

[Bart S]

64" 60 pound TD Blacktail. Just shot it this morning.

[delongbows]

Mine is a Tim Meigs bamboo Hill style with a Papa Gene grip. I got it in a trade a while back and is the one bow that will absolutely never leave my rack. It was built when I was still in grade school....but fits like it was made for me.
Dave

[vhntr 1]

48# 60 in Assenhimer all bocote love the bow ,it was the second bow Don built for me and took my first whitetail with it .

[Tradcat]

Great Northern Bushbow 62" 55#@27"....all I can say is the arrow GOES where you're looking. I still can't understand why Jerry Brumm discontinued the Critter Gitter model....Hands Down The BEST Longbow that he made...fast, quiet & very,very accurate ! Hey Jerry...if you're reading this, PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE bring back the Critter Gitter !!! I'd buy one RIGHT NOW if you would....

[Motty]

The best bow I've owned was an older Bob Lee Hunter. 19" riser 55# plain jane but solid as a rock and silky smooth. Sold it to try something else better looking and different style. 3 bows later I still regret it. Take it from me if you have a bow that feels good, put it away! Buy and sell all you want but don't make my mistake. Now I have to save up and get another Lee.

[Babbling Bob]

Maybe not the best, but the best looking bow as far as ornate wood I had was a 1963 Bear Tamerlane I bought new in January of that year.  It was in the trunk of my 1957 Ford when the car was totaled three years later. Don't have a use for a target only type bow now, but I wished I had it back.