What was your first "NEW" bow?

[Hit-or-Miss]

About 1980... at Woolworths... a bright red solid fiberglass Bear bow archery set, @ 35 pounds. I wanted to buy a heavier bow, a "real" Bear recurve, a laminated 50 pound Bear, one powerful enough for big game, but I was only 12 and lacked the money and approval from Dad. I had birthday cash, and I tried to talk Dad into loaning me some for a better, more powerful bow. He declined, telling me I was wasting my money buying a bow (he was, and still is a gunman. He told me I would waste my cash if I bought the bow, because I would never use it. LOL!!!! One of the few times my Dad was ever wrong. I killed a TON of frogs with that 35# bow!  I still chide him about it now, as I'm an avid archery nut!

[damascusdave]

My first was a Ben Pearson Junior Jet that I got in the early sixties when I was a kid. No idea what the draw weight is.
I still have that bow and I was going to give it to a young fellow I was coaching in archery until I took a good look at it. The limbs were so twisted that it would downright dangerous to shoot. Wish I had stuck with archery then.
My second new bow was an American archery wood riser compound that I bought back in the 80's. I really knew nothing about compounds and I did not fit me at all. Wish I had stuck with archery then.
My third new bow was a Mathews compound bought in 1993 when Mathews made 50 bows and month. Wish I had stuck with archery then.
Last week I bought my fourth new bow, a BowTech compound, to add to the carefully used Ben Pearson, Damon Howatt, and Bear recurves I bought over the last couple or three years. And come hell or high water I will stick with archery now until I die!

[R.V.T.B.]

After shooting hand me downs and pieces of junk for years I finally puirchased my first new, real bow. All of the stores had racks of Bears and Pearsons but they were all a little too pricey for me. I really wanted a Herters like my dad's but they were also out of my price range.  I ended up buying a Stemmler.  Picked out the model with the green glass as I felt it was more camoflaged. This was about 1975 or so.

[Rookie@51]

My first stick bow was a Shadowcast 1 piece Longbow made by Tree's Custom Bows. 66" 58# @ 28" draw. I got it in 2008 and took 2 deer with it in 2009. I also own a not very used FireFly takedown Longbow that is 60" 55# @ 28" draw. I plan on taking another Ohio buck with it before the end of this month. I shot compounds from 1993 with Mathews being about all I would shoot. I still own one that I bought new in 2008 which my son is shooting now. Traditional will be the way I roll from here on........Dusty

[mnbwhtr]

45# Paul Bunyan custom recurve. I was 12 at the time and couldn't string it so my mother did for me.

[fatman]

Sky Archery Rogue, 60", 58@28

 

[Bjorn]

1956 Green Bear, 22# and I was darned lucky to get that with my own money from a paper route.
We could not have afforded a Kodiak in our dreams!

[d. ward]

Crap I could never afford a new bow until I was in my 20 somethings bd

[Gila Mike]

My dad bought me a brand new green Parabow (25#) solid fiberglass bow in '58 or '59. That was my first real new bow. Later, I began using his Ben Pearson solid fiberglass bow (35#). I saved up and finally was able to buy a laminated bow - a Pearson Cougar (42#)in 1962. Made my first archery deer kill with that bow a couple of years later. I don't have any of those bows now.

Mike

[d. ward]

my first bow was a used solid glass model I traded a pellet gun for it along with 3 Bear arrows of which I just happen to run across the bow a couple days ago while looking for something else...my ? to you is how many still have that first bow ? bd

[Grant Young]

My first bow was a Pearson hickory straight bow that I got for Christmas in 1960. Got a Pearson all fiberglass Jet in '64. The first decent brand new bow I bought as an adult was a first year green-striper in '80 or '81. I felt like I had really indulged, lol. Discovered I liked my '71 T/D that I'd bought used better. I still own the '71.(and several others)GY

[Kingstaken]

hatfield take down

[Ben Tstic]

Green glass 20-25#(pearson or p.bunyan?)with rubber suction cups on wood arrows Mom won at bingo,maybe '55-'56. After a few weeks,it disappeared after I harvested a rabbit out of the side yard and proudly showed it to my folks. (good thing "we" didn't get caught when I shot the neighbor kid in the forehead(he dared me & I was maybe 8)earlier, (just)before I realized how lethal the thing was.
I still cringe every time I think about it.

[yeager]

A 1965 52" Herters Perfection and I still have it.  Just as pretty today as it was when I bought it.

[Del Garner]

My first bow was a 68 super kodiak bought out of Jack witts bow shop in little rock ,Arkansas. We called Fred Bear at his shop and I talked to him personally and told him I wanted a bow identical to what he was shooting. Mine was a 60 inch at 50 lbs.(he shot a 64 in.bow) I shot the bow for a few years ,and shot it well but decided I needed a mans bow bow so sold it and bought a 60 lb. super k from Bobby Murray (won first bass masters classic). It was so strong I could hardly pull it. It delaminated on me one day and broke my nose and cracked some teeth.That cooled my ardor for bowhunting for many years. (1972)   I retired in 1995 at 53 years old and was talked into getting back into shooting. I bought a new 46lb black widow and as they say, the rest is history! I love traditional archery.

[ron w]

Washed dishes at the local Diner....bought a new Browning Nomad  52" 37# @ 28",cost $37. I think it was 67' or 68' wish I still had it, sold it in 1980 for $30  

[ishi1archer]

I tell you BD I still have my first bow 35# Blackhawk Scorpion. It's real beat up as that bow was never out of my hands when I got it. I was about 12 in 1967 and my buddies and me roamed the woods every day with our bows

[PASSTHRU2]

Bear Royal Safari long bow.  Nice stable fast bow.  Grip was too big.  It was a Byron Ferguson design and I believe he liked his grip that way.

[yeager]

1965 Herter's Perfection,  52"/55#.  Still have that bow and it looks and shoots great, the same as the day I bought it.

[kuch]

1992 Martin Hunter 60# , I was 21