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Title: One bow - tell Us about it
Post by: Jack Whitmire Jr on June 11, 2011, 06:49:00 AM: You guys know what I'm talking about when I say it is a bow that fits you and is a part of you .So how many of you are a one bow guy when it comes to hutning. Have a bow that is a hunting /killing machine

One that you always hunt with :bigsmyl:

I used to buy a new bow every other year or so , I'm still tempted but don't do it because I know they will just sit on the rack

What about you guys?????
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Post by: drewsbow on June 11, 2011, 07:57:00 AM: I have a Whisperstik mojo that just shoots great , this is my goto bow and has taken many animals for me. Most recently a nice black bear in New Brunswick.
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Post by: Bowwild on June 11, 2011, 08:11:00 AM: Jack,
I aspire to do as you do. I'm still in the experimentation phase though. A new Schafer however is the bow I'm hoping will become my go to as well.

I think that any one of at least 10 bows I have could be that bow if I truly wanted it to be. I'm going to have to figure out a way to objectively evaluate these bows.
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Post by: Ric O'Shay on June 11, 2011, 08:17:00 AM: I've already spoken about my special bow. But since you asked, here it is again. :)

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=102520#000005
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Post by: Night Wing on June 11, 2011, 08:41:00 AM: I have two Blacktails I really love. They're almost neck and neck with regards to being my sole favoite. However, my 37# bow is my favorite. It can take any animal in Texas I want to hunt and I can shoot it for 4 straight hours before I notice my shots start going away.

With these two bows, my need for the "another bow" syndrome has come to an end.
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Post by: Terry Lightle on June 11, 2011, 08:50:00 AM: Had a Bois d Arc selfbow,felt like I could not miss.Killed bear and deer with it.It is now in 2 pieces in my closet. Think I have found THE BOW again sum 3 months ago after many attempts.Waiting not so patiently to hunt with her this fall.A Cari-bow Slynx has became my new mistress.
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Post by: robtattoo on June 11, 2011, 09:19:00 AM: Mines a 62" 63#@31" Morrison Cheyenne. I had Bob built me it early last year & it's just an exension of my left arm. I have many other bows, all spectaculary nice, but this one is now & will probably always be my first choice bow.
The grip is like shaking hands with an old friend, the weight is perfect -not too heavy, not too light- the mass is just heavy enough to stay on target without being so heavy that I get sick of carrying it. It's quick, it's quiet & it just hits where I'm looking.
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Post by: BD on June 11, 2011, 09:27:00 AM: I've had more than my fair share of bows (including a silvertip). The only ones that have really fit me as well as you describe are my Habu and Hoyt Gamemaster
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Post by: Ben Maher on June 11, 2011, 09:29:00 AM: My Belcher Union jack ... its just my " go to " bow ...

Before I retired her ... My Hill Halfbreed ... took over a dz pigs with it , numerous goats and three foxes ...
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Post by: Fisher Cat on June 11, 2011, 09:30:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Bowwild:
I think that any one of at least 10 bows I have could be that bow if I truly wanted it to be. I'm going to have to figure out a way to objectively evaluate these bows.
Bowwild, When you figure it out, please let me know! :dunno: -John
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Post by: straitera on June 11, 2011, 09:33:00 AM: Way to go JW & the rest of you guys relying on one bow! Wish my one true favorite always made it into the woods. No secret my Hills find good favor. To choose one is impossible. Pre & early season finds me with less draw weight. Mid to late I'll take the longer Tembo for pure fun & confidence.
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Post by: Jack Whitmire Jr on June 11, 2011, 09:34:00 AM: Yeah I moved from bow to bow over the years but the Schafers are friendly to me .

My dad gave me his sweeet sixteen about 2 years ago and one of my buddies said you should restore it. Never would I do that , it tells soooo many stories.

I hope some day my Schafers do the same.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 11, 2011, 09:45:00 AM: I like my Big River Although I haven't killed but a frog with it so far.
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Post by: md126 on June 11, 2011, 09:45:00 AM: i've killed alot of deer w/ my schafer.

if there is a better bow for hunting i haven't found it. they were made for the woods..
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Post by: Jim Picarelli on June 11, 2011, 07:49:00 PM: I go back and forth between Black Widows and Shafers. Right now it's a 58" Shafer t/d recurve and a 64" Black Widow PLV longbow...been shooting the Shafer exclusively for the past 3 months or so
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Post by: Elk whisperer on June 11, 2011, 07:54:00 PM: Got a Fox Triple Crown does everything better than any bow I have shot
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Post by: SERGIO VENNERI on June 11, 2011, 08:05:00 PM: Schafer Silvertip!!
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Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on June 11, 2011, 08:27:00 PM: My Lost Creek seems to suit me real well, does the job when I do mine.
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Post by: Whitetails2 on June 11, 2011, 08:37:00 PM: My "Go To" bow is a Bear "A" Mag riser takedown with #1 limbs...
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Post by: levibear on June 11, 2011, 08:41:00 PM: i have an old bear compass kodak that has been a companion of many years, there is a strong "spirit" in this bow. We have trraveled well together.....
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Post by: Wannabe1 on June 11, 2011, 09:14:00 PM: Well, I just got it and haven't killed anything but time. My new Steve Abbott longbow is the only one I currently have and will probably have for a while. It fits me pretty dang good too!

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Post by: swampdrummer on June 11, 2011, 10:19:00 PM: I thought I had found the perfect bow for me in a Border Black Douglass until I took a Rod Jenkins clinic. He changed my grip and draw so much that I've dropped 10 pounds a stumbled on the Kanati.
I've now got a 58" 43@28 that I'm pulling to 29.5 that is shooting just where I look out to 35-40 yards. I keep looking at the classifieds and haven't seen anything that even raised an eyebrow in months. So, yeah. I think this is the one.
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Post by: daniel boon on June 12, 2011, 01:55:00 AM: So far my Silvertip TD,62"-51#@29". But I have 2 new short recurves coming , and a 62" on order.have to keep on trying. You just never know ??? :dunno:
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Post by: barredfeather on June 12, 2011, 06:43:00 AM: Two Rose Oak King Panthers.....46# and 47#. Both "fit" well just like when a wallet fits your backside.

Jerry
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Post by: Hit-or-Miss on June 12, 2011, 06:51:00 AM: 35 years of bow shooting, collecting etc., and STILL looking for "The One".

I hope I never find it...LOL!!!!!
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Post by: BUCKY on June 12, 2011, 07:37:00 AM: Had a recurve for 12 years then two big name longbows for the next 3 years.Last year a Kanati longbow fell into my hands.Liked it so much ordered another,end of story.
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Post by: Carcajou on June 12, 2011, 07:50:00 AM: Schafer Silvertip all day, every day :saywhat:
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Post by: DesertDude on June 12, 2011, 09:36:00 AM: Martin "Bushmaster" it just shoots where I look..... Thanks Larry...
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Post by: Sam McMichael on June 12, 2011, 09:55:00 AM: I don't know if there is just one bow - I sure hope not! Right now my Wesly Special is , well very special. However, I own several other longbows and inted to own more. The quest is more fun than the end achievement in my mind.
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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on June 12, 2011, 05:46:00 PM: There can be only one! Wes Wallace Royals for both the wife and I. Hers is 66" - 40 lb @ 28 inches. Mine is 68" - 50 lb @ 28 inches. I draw 30 + inches so I am shooting around 55 lbs. Both bows are smooth, quiet, and throw an arrow really well.

My daughters one bow is a Fox Archery Breed recurve. 54 inch - 48 @ 28" She has a short draw so is shooting 40 lbs @ her draw length.

Now the upside to shooting only one bow from one bowyer is that there are so many wood choices and each of the bows I own shoots exactly the same as my others. So I guess you can say all three of my royals are my one bow!
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Post by: David McLendon on June 12, 2011, 06:03:00 PM: I have Black Widows, Tall Tines and a really nice new Shrew Carbon CH, but I do have this one bow that has been in my family since it was purchased new and it is a left handed (appropriately) Bear Kodiak triple sixty. 1960, 60"AMO, 60#,in original finish but looks almost new with no stress. I try to make a point to take at least one deer with it a year.
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Post by: Pepper on June 12, 2011, 10:43:00 PM: I have two, a recurve and a longbow.
The recurve is a Great Plains SR Swift 46#@28", smooth and quiet.
My longbow, which is getting the most attention at the moment is a Shrew Classic Hunter, 48#@28".
I guess it depends on what I'm doing at the moment which one goes out the door.
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Post by: Looper on June 12, 2011, 11:10:00 PM: Well, I had one, an Adcock non-acs takedown longbow. It was 68", 63#@ 31", and was has good a bow as I have ever shot. Unfortunately, it died. I need to build or have some new limbs built for it.

Currently, I'm using a Hill Halfbreed exclusively. I've taken a couple of coyotes and a dozen squirrels with it.
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Post by: longbowben on June 12, 2011, 11:16:00 PM: I have shot lots of bows and i always go back to my MOAB. so im having another one being built.The only person getting my favorite bow is my son and its going to be a while.Now the one being built is going to be different pictures to follow maybe next month.
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Post by: on June 13, 2011, 12:26:00 AM: I have a Sarrels Blueridge 3pc takedown longbow that is my go-to bow. It has killed a lot of critters... enough that I named her "The Black Plague" ( she has black glass limbs). The name kinda came about by accident. I was going through a real good (and lucky) streak where I was knocking the animals down and a buddy of mine was telling another guy that "Bisch has killed more animals with that bow lately than the Black Plague". I thought that was cool so I had Mr Sarrels put that mane on the upper limb.

Bisch
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Post by: toehead on June 13, 2011, 03:58:00 PM: right now its a Bear green stripe with RER limbs. been shooitng it exclusively since last October. It has "Fred's" grip and no matter what it seems to hit exaclty where I want it to within reason. Feels so fluid in my hands and so natural when I point it kinda like that perfect Shotgun you've had forever. It is the only bow in 6 years that has ever taken a squirrel down for me, although I did miss a buck with it from the ground at spitting distance (ducked). Love this bow and am serioulsy considering ordering 55# limbs for it as well.
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Post by: Bjorn on June 13, 2011, 04:08:00 PM: For the last 5 years my son and I have been using our ACS CX's. Oh I have bought other bows in the meantime; but they quickly get sold or just hang on the rack.
Once you hit on 'the one' buying bows just becomes futile. But you gotta' buy something-so an identical is as far as it goes!
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Post by: ron w on June 13, 2011, 04:24:00 PM: I have several bows that I feel are hunt-able and that I have confidence in.But lately I have found that I really shoot my Chad Holm's Osprey pretty well. After doing this since 1968 I still have yet to take a big game animal, I still think this bow fits me as well as any. At 62" 52# @ 30" [I draw just over 29"] I feel I can hunt just about anything with this bow. Going for Elk at the end of August.........Maybe this bow will change my luck!! :pray:
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Post by: Easykeeper on June 13, 2011, 05:31:00 PM: My favorite and the one I shoot all the time is a Blacktail Elite TD, 64" and 54# @ 28". I have another Blacktail on order. I can find nothing about this bow I don't like. I shoot much better if I stick with one bow, otherwise I have a Dale Dye TD and McCullough 59'er that would get more exercise.
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Post by: cacciatore on June 13, 2011, 05:46:00 PM: I would like to be a one bow man,I have simply too many favourites.
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Post by: Two Dogs on June 13, 2011, 08:37:00 PM: I,ve got a few, but my centaur is the" one"
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Post by: JParanee on June 13, 2011, 08:58:00 PM: It used to be a Black Widow

Right now it is a Fedora 560 Hunter

But I have a new Silver Tip coming hopefully next week so we shall see

The Fedora

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Post by: buckster on June 13, 2011, 09:20:00 PM: I'm a self-professed bow junkie, but pretty much always default to my DAS Daala or Morrison bows for hunting purposes.

To loosely quote Dana Harvey from Wayne's World "at first a new bow is restrictive, but then it becomes a part of you". : )
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Post by: awbowman on June 13, 2011, 09:26:00 PM: I have a Custom Bighorn that just seems sooooo natural in my hands.

But I am having to look very hard at the Dryad Epic. WHAT A BOW!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: m laughlin on June 14, 2011, 12:24:00 AM: mine would be a steve hohensee. it suits me. it was made after he made his way to Alaska. it seems to make me shoot center. i carry a leon stewart that comes close.
matt
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Post by: BWD on June 14, 2011, 12:47:00 AM: I would be far better off, if I only had/shot one bow. Wouldn't have as many mouths to feed either.
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Post by: moththerlode on June 14, 2011, 01:32:00 AM: For me it is what shoots the best for me .. right now that is a Hummingbird Alpha Male.. funny thing is I really didn't care for it at first.
The riser feels like a handfull,it was loud until I got the brace where it needed to be , it is quick, shock free and shoots very well for me.
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Post by: Bonebuster on June 14, 2011, 06:44:00 AM: My Pittsley Predator recurve.

I have had it three days longer than my thirteen yr old son.

It`s impossible to know how many arrows have come from it. It has worn out countless strings.
Re-finished by me several times. It has hung on the walls of two of my houses. Rode in the back of three of my pick-ups. I would guess at least three dozen deer have fallen to it. 73lbs@29 1/2", with a 750 grain arrow, I have had only four occaisions where a whitetail carried my arrow away.

Pretty enough to dance with but not too pretty to work.
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Post by: Milan Sekularac on September 12, 2012, 08:34:00 AM: A custom made one-piece recurve by european serbian bowyer Mojovic bows. 57# @ 30" draw. Riser is laminated in african bubinga and european mapplewood. Limbs are laminated in mapplewood, carbon and transparent fiberglas. Centre-shot arrow position. It's very smooth, very accurate and pretty fast, I love it
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Post by: Big Ed on September 12, 2012, 09:20:00 AM: Shrew 58" Classic Hunter I seem to veer away but always come full circle back to Shrew longbows. I do really want a Javaman Peregrine, Gregg Coffee always seems to put the right bow in my hand. A true craftsman to say the least!!
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Post by: Bill Carlsen on September 12, 2012, 09:24:00 AM: 17" DAS Gen 1 riser with short WIN&WIN limbs. Makes a 58" hunting bow that I can adjust as much as any target bow or shoot off the shelf if I am so inclined. Quiet as a mouse, quicker than most and very stable. I've tried other limbs (Hoyt and Border top end limbs) but they do not have all the qualities of the Win&Win limbs.
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Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on September 12, 2012, 10:06:00 AM: El Uno is a one piece Black Widow KBX . 58 inches long and 43 lb at 28!
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Post by: Marc B. on September 12, 2012, 10:13:00 AM: My first Silvertip. I ordered it in 04 and got it in 05. Bocote riser/Zebra limbs. Killed several deer with it and even head shot a fox squirrel with it. I shoot others well and will hunt with a Bear T/D and Big Jim Buffalo this year but I have started thinking that could change....
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Post by: Petrovic on September 13, 2012, 01:02:00 AM: My Cascade Nighthawk is what is really really working for me now. But i have still to tune my new whip, but i can safely say that the nighthawk will be my only recurve.
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Post by: Easykeeper on September 13, 2012, 09:13:00 AM: My Blacktail recurve has it all, quiet, fast, easy on the eyes. Definitely my go to bow, at least until I get my new Blacktail in a few weeks... ;)
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Post by: rraming on September 13, 2012, 07:09:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Bonebuster:
My Pittsley Predator recurve.

I have had it three days longer than my thirteen yr old son.

It`s impossible to know how many arrows have come from it. It has worn out countless strings.
Re-finished by me several times. It has hung on the walls of two of my houses. Rode in the back of three of my pick-ups. I would guess at least three dozen deer have fallen to it. 73lbs@29 1/2", with a 750 grain arrow, I have had only four occaisions where a whitetail carried my arrow away.

Pretty enough to dance with but not too pretty to work.
I have decided to just shoot this bow as well, hope it brings me a fraction of your success!