The old faithful bows .

[Pine]

Isn't it something how a person thinks they need a new bow .
And no mater how many you get there is still that one or two that just seem to be your favorite .
Don't get me wrong , the new bows are very nice but you still catch yourself wanting to shoot that old faithful and take it out for just one more hunt .
Gotta love 'em .    

[M60gunner]

I have such a bow, my 72 SK. But after I shoot around I realize why I do not shoot it more. To used to more modern bows with more preformance. But I do satisfy my need to shoot it.

[Captain*Kirk]

Originally posted by Graps:
Isn't it something how a person thinks they need a new bow .
And no mater how many you get there is still that one or two that just seem to be your favorite .
Don't get me wrong , the new bows are very nice but you still catch yourself wanting to shoot that old faithful and take it out for just one more hunt .
Gotta love 'em .      

This is why I shoot trad, Graps.
Yes; there are better, newer, faster, better- looking trad bows out there today, made of modern composite materials, lightweight alloy risers cut past center with bushings pre-installed for stabilizers, sights, plungers and the like, that shoot microshaft carbons with lighted nocks, internal weights, multi-blade replaceable blade broadheads and...
all that's missing are the cams.
To each his or her own, I s'pose. But I tradhunt because I want to go back to a simpler time, less cluttered and complicated, when the bowyer's touch mattered more than the high-tech materials the bow was being made of. To me, that's what it's all about. That's why I keep gravitating back to bows that were being built before I was in high school. There's an air; an aura about them that the new bows can't touch. So yeah; I know what you mean, brother.

[dbd870]

Agree with the Captain; no doubt in my mind I gravitate to early to mid 70's Bears because that's what I shot in high school.

[Gdpolk]

What you are describing is exactly why I'm a one bow man. I've been looking for a takedown that I enjoy as much as my one piece for about a decade now just to make traveling to hunt easier. I keep grabbing my Sierra when it's time to shoot though so I keep selling off my takedowns

[jackdaw]

It's been my observation that the newer and More Space Age Technologies aren't really that far ahead of anything from 50 years ago...!!!! Yes, there are a few being made today that are all about speed........But having played with a chronograph, the difference between today and yesteryear is very minimal!
Sooooooo........ I have about half a dozen from the sixties and fifties, and half a dozen from the last 6 years....love em' all...!!! And I really don't mind keeping the "arch"in archery.....:-D

[damascusdave]

I have a 1960 Kodiak like that...I bought it when prices were still pretty stiff as part of my collection, paying almost a grand for it...every year I swear I am going to quit carrying it to hunt with just in case I damage it...and every year it just seems to end up hunting with me

DDave

[ron w]

I left my old Holm-Made River Runner down in Georgia at my daughter house so I would have a bow down there when I visit.......Was down for 3 weeks for the birth of my Grandson and I shot it when I had a free moment. I had to bring it home.....it's my go to bow for all situations. I just missed it, I have a Kimsha longbow that I feel the same about.....silly ain't it.

[Captain*Kirk]

Originally posted by ron w:
.....silly ain't it.

Not at all.
Old bows, like old guns, seem to have 'personalities' and get under your skin.

[bunyan]

Captain Kirk, you hit the nail on the head!!

[Pine]

Well went to the big sporting goods store today , and my '73 K-Mag has a new turkey feather rest on it .
I have a dozen shafts to fletch up and it's gonna go deer hunting in October .
Sad part is , I have taken all my archery deer with that bow except one that I took with a Black Widow .
What can I say ?

[Babbling Bob]

Have a 1960 Kodiak Special I bought at an affordable price as a back up bow. Normally I don't like a bow with skinny limbs (my '59, 61, and '62' Bears have fat limbs) but it is such a  comfortable and stable bow, it has become my favorite all time bow.  So much so that late next fall and winter, I will have it renovated and refinished and I might even dump a few others off the rack.

[MnFn]

I have a couple I really like, well actually four.  It is to the point that I have a hard time choosing which one to hunt with.

For that reason alone, I am done buying bows- unless I have to go down in weight someday.  Have to admit I went through about eight customs to get to this point.

A few years ago I gave my 64", 60# Cheetah to my son to use for elk hunting.  A couple of years later I offered him a newer, good performing 55# recurve.

He said "no, I like this one".