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Offline toehead

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the one bow you will never let go
« on: October 21, 2008, 12:24:00 PM »
what's the one bow you guys have that you would never dream of letting go, for whatever reason?
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Offline MJB

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 01:14:00 PM »
62 K MAG year I was born. Plus it's a shooter
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Offline Precurve

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2008, 01:37:00 PM »
1960 64" 65 @ 28 Kodiak.  Serial number DD001

1961 Kodiak Mag; my dead father's old bow.

New 64" Dale Dye 63 @ 28; best shooting bow ever for me.

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Offline Waterhole-Ike

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2008, 02:41:00 PM »
A longbow made in the late 1920's or early 1930's by Cassius Hayward Styles.
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Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2008, 02:47:00 PM »
My 1967 58" Kodiak Hunter...It loves killing deer   :archer:
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Offline Chuck_Delsandro

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2008, 02:53:00 PM »
Hard to tell at this point, but I would like to have a special bow to pass on to my son someday!
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Offline MI_Bowhunter

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2008, 03:00:00 PM »
The bow that takes my first trad   will be the one I will hang on to.     :bigsmyl:
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Offline PAPALAPIN

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2008, 04:15:00 PM »
Now this is like eating Lays Potato Chips.  Ya just cain't stop at one.

I got several that I will not let go of.

Right now I have over 80 and it would be a lot easier if you asked which one I would be willing to let go.
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Offline Earl E. Nov...mber

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2008, 06:46:00 PM »
63 KM Type 3.. The one I started with.
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Offline TimZeigler

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2008, 07:41:00 PM »
My dads 70 something KM.
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Offline Stickbow98

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2008, 08:43:00 PM »
My new Custom Kodiak T/D Supreme. If looks could kill, I wouldn't even have to shoot it... but I do, and it shoots even BETTER than it looks!  :notworthy:

Say what ya want about the new Bear's, I think Fred would like this one!  

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Offline Frank1107

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2008, 09:14:00 PM »
1. My Fathers Ben Pearson, Puma bought new in the mid 60's beautiful Zebrawood. Missed every deer it ever shot at, still straight, still shoots great (just not at deer anymore).

2. My new Dale Dye Cocobolo/Bocote

3. My Dale Dye Snakewood

(I love Dye Bows)

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Offline Shawn Leonard

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2008, 09:17:00 PM »
My RER LXR, it was donated to my bunny hunt by RERBOWS and I was lucky enough to win it. The hunt is named in memory of my Mom(Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt)so the bow has a special meaning to me. It is inscribed "Bunny Bow"!! Shawn
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Offline Horney Toad

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2008, 09:31:00 PM »
My Dad's Browning Challenge target bow, and my browning explorer 2 55# hunting bow.
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Offline Chris Surtees

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2008, 10:02:00 PM »
Jerry Pierce Choctaw
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Offline alaskabowhunter

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2008, 12:54:00 AM »
late 1940's Bear Deerslayer signed by Grumley, never been shot (so I was told) , all original pristine condition, great bow.
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Offline TRAP

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2008, 01:09:00 AM »
I'm still searching for it.    :bigsmyl:  

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Offline Jeremy

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2008, 07:55:00 AM »
There are several I won't be letting go of; first among them is the stunning '59 Polar I was given by a friend.

Sounds like that Supreme is working out well for you Ron?!  :D
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Offline Stickbow98

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2008, 11:24:00 AM »
You bet, Jeremy...

I'm "Supremely" confident that any "backstraps" that step in front of me will soon be wearing freezer wrap!      :thumbsup:    

(BTW..Did I tell you about the "strangely coincidental" thing about this bow? I met Fred Bear just over 30 years ago back in 1978...and had wanted a T/D like his pretty much ever since then, but for whatever reason and after dozens of bows, I never owned one.

I had JUST received the bow I traded you for the Supreme only a week or so before I saw yours available. I FINALLY had my Bear T/D and now I was already trading it away for another one?? And, amazingly enough, this one is the "Supreme" Kodiak T/D- (which I never would have bought) and is pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime bow!! Wow!

But the real kicker is, after I got the bow, I notice the serial number on the Supreme just happens to be....078!!)

Hmmmmm??     :notworthy:    

>>--Ron--<>
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Offline Grant Young

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Re: the one bow you will never let go
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2008, 02:17:00 PM »
The bow I'm most attached to is my 1969 styleI B riser Bear takedown. I only keep and shoot bows I really love and all have been altered or modified almost to the point that selling them is out of the question but this is the last bow I'd part with.                         Grant
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