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The bow will be around 50 years old. The broadheads likely the same, but haven't completely decided on that yet. Wood arrows.
Safety related gear is newer - 4 year old stand/harness.
Bought a new blind this spring that fits me and up to a 66" recurve plus a child or two.
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"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” - Billy Graham Posts: 1704 | From: Ohio | Registered: Dec 2009
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backpacks tents bows all seem to be about 20yrs old or older. I was in a habit where I made at least 2 dz arrows a year,now I have a garage full. I just resharpen my heads.I do have a couple younger bows.
Posts: 292 | From: salmon | Registered: Jul 2003
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Well, this year I'm hunting with a YEW selfbow...it was given to my inlaws in the mid 60's while workin' on the Alaska pipeline! Arrows and such just get replaced as needed or when I feel like it! Camping gear is about 10 years old....new boots last year.
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Live a Good Life! And in the end, it's not the number of years in your life...it's the LIFE in your years!!! Posts: 745 | From: Copperas Cove, Texas | Registered: Sep 2005
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My main hunting bow is forty years old, an old styleI B riser T/D but I'm currently using a set of Brandon Stahl's limbs on it, bow quive is around the same age, broadheads are 1964 Razorheads, and I shoot aluminum arrows- some as old as thirty years, some as recent as last year. I'm certainly not opposed to new equipment(like the Stahl limbs)but I really like the feeling of having an old friend with me at crunch time. GY
Posts: 1262 | From: So. Central Kentucky | Registered: Sep 2006
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Since I am returning to traditional archery almost all of my equipment and accessories are new. I will be using new bow; arrow, quiver, broad heads, glove, etc. this season. I've been "testing" all this stuff since December.
Knowing how I am, I'm likely to change everything but the broadhead and quiver every hunting season. In fact, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I don't use at least two different recurves during this coming season. I'm shooting 3 recurves interchangeably and will add another to the line-up next week when some weight-reduced limbs arrive for my Black Widow PSAIII.
I shoot a 22-target 3-D range I built in the woods out back at least every other day. I keep track of my effectiveness on this range with the various bows I'm shooting. All the shots are from 14-25 yards. In the next couple of days I'll put up a pop-up blind on this course and practice from it because I'm planning to come down from the trees a couple times this coming season.
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Member of various archery organizations. Posts: 3857 | From: Kentucky | Registered: Jan 2004
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