My Dad's magnesium riser Bear TD was his pride and joy. I still have it, but worry about stressing it.....so this past weekend while at the Trad Expo in Kalamazoo I shot one from the Bear booth, and ordered one while sitting in MY boot selling Bighorn Legacy bows 

I ordered the "Fred Bear Camo" version. I hav=d to get limbs from one spot and riser from another......strings from yet a 3rd supplier. I should have it strung up and humming later today!

Looks like the original post is gone.....but I imagine it was a link to something incredibly cheap.

For a first bow, you only need to look as far as the "Classic" used bow market. While at the Kalamazoo Expo last week, I helped a friend find an AWESOME old Bear recurve. We then went to an arrow vendor and hooked him up with 6 Gold Tips that matched the bow. My buddy was ready to shoot for less than $300.

He was drooling over one of my Bighorn Legacy bows, but I literally talked him out of it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I haven't purchased any bows on Trad Gang but I've sold a few and have never had any issues.  I do think you have less of a chance of having issues here than you would you on other sites, and as a seller, you have much less risk than the buyer.  You accept the payment types you want to minimize your risk.  Choose something harder to spoof - PayPal, Venmo, USPS money order... whatever you're comfortable with.

As a seller, I try to treat buyers the way I would want to be treated.  Package the bow well to reduce risk of damage in shipping.  For one piece bows, that generally means well padded and sealed PVC tubes.  Ship via reputable shipping services.  For me, in my area that means UPS, even though they're expensive.  Ship quickly and communicate often.  Send the buyer tracking info and track the package yourself to know when it arrives. 

Thanks guys, all good ideas that I will try. Started with one idea of my own today during the Super Bowl. Made a chile con queso dip, but rather than using ground beef, I used half ground beef and half chorizo, and left out the chiles I would normally put in, because there are already plenty of chiles in the chorizo. Tasted great!

I used a hex head blunt for the small game, weighted so the arrow weight was close to the same weight as my big game arrows.  I think I still have it around somewhere.

I remember my first bow and arrow rabbit hunt. First shot, maybe 5 yards sitting next to a small tree. Yes, you guessed it, buried that arrow in the tree. Don't know who was more surprised? Me or that rabbit!

Well, I discovered an unbeatable method for hunting squirrels.
I'll share it with you.
I was blood trailing a deer I shot that wasn't a good hit, so the blood spots were hard to see.
I was kinda bent down and walking very slow to find blood and all of a sudden, I cought movement a few feet to my left and there was a Fox Squirrel a few feet from me on the ground.
I pulled an arrow out of my quiver and pegged it to the ground.
Some time later I  actually decided to try that trick to hunt squirrels, got 3 within a half hour and all but one was on the ground and one about a couple feet up a tree trunk.
That one spotted me and jumped on the tree trunk to get a better look.

It good to have a back up bow.    Selling can take time.  Try first at the mentioned shoots.  Become a contributor and sell here. As mentioned shipping cost are part of the equation.  What kind of payment do you want?  Do you  have a paypal account?    What is your credibility and history on the websites you would like to sell on?  Selling a bow on an archery focused website shouldn't be too hard if the bow is priced right.

E**y is not without it's problems; shipping costs for a bow over 60" has doubled since Covid hit and created job, and employment changes. I would agree face to face, and cash is better than a check.