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Offline Cody Roiter

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Your First TradBow
« on: May 21, 2007, 09:04:00 AM »
Hello Guys I would like to know what your first trad bow was mine was a bear 76 40@28.
I shot so many arrows out of her.

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Offline Chris Wilson

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2007, 09:09:00 AM »
Mine was an Wing Archery Falcon 45#@28".  I shot that bow for several years.
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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 09:21:00 AM »
A Bear Red Bear a long, long, time ago.
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Offline SteveMcD

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2007, 09:23:00 AM »
Ben Pearson Model 403 Fiberglass Take Down Longbow. 45#@28
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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2007, 09:27:00 AM »
My first was a 45# old green fiberglass bow with a white handle. Not sure of the make but that was many moons ago!
My first real wood tradbow was a 58# LaClair Hunter longbow.  :)
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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2007, 09:29:00 AM »
My first hunting bow was a Ben Pearson 55lb recurve! I had several toy and homemade bows before the Pearson
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Offline Golden Hawk

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2007, 10:05:00 AM »
Bingham T/D 45@28. Had three sets of limbs for it 45,50,55.
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Offline Raineman

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2007, 10:19:00 AM »
Little Bear, can't remember the details.

Offline Brad_Gentry

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2007, 10:22:00 AM »
My first bow of any kind (except for a little green fiberglass job I had when I was a kid) was a hickory selfbow I made in a class put on by the Primitive Bowhunters of Illinois. It was 66" NTN, and drew 64# @ 28. I only hunted with it for a year, but still have it.
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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2007, 10:27:00 AM »
my first trad experience was with a Martin Mamba 65@28 that Richard Mcmullin of haughton la had. I shot that bow til dark. lol  I bought a Martin Hunter recurve shortly thereafter. got it at 55@28 and stacked like a booger at 27" but I drew 28. lol
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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2007, 10:53:00 AM »
Martin Hunter 1985
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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2007, 11:07:00 AM »
Bear Super Kodiak for a week (overbowed) then a Martin Dreamcatcher for a year or 2.
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Offline bear1336

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2007, 11:23:00 AM »
A wooden bow from Sears in 1955 than a Sears fiberglass bow a couple of years later.
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Offline eagle24

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2007, 11:36:00 AM »
Marriah Chinook longbow.  66" 49#@28"

Offline Jwilliam

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2007, 11:42:00 AM »
60" McCullough "Griffin" 53#@28

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2007, 12:41:00 PM »
Tomhawk Diamond 64inch 60 @ 28 inches.
but before that just what ever the Troop leader had on hand.
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Offline Traxx

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2007, 12:46:00 PM »
An old Yew selfbow,that my Grandad gave me.He made it himself.
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Offline mo bo hunter

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2007, 12:49:00 PM »
ben pearson couger 45#@28 got it in 1977
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Offline John McCreary

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2007, 01:03:00 PM »
A Darton recurve, 42 @ 28" in 1972


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Offline CJ Pearson

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Re: Your First TradBow
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2007, 01:05:00 PM »
An old Bear that my Grandmother bought me in 1969 used it for shooting turles in the pond as a boy. Funny thing,, after all these years and many bows in between I am back to using a Fred Bear Takedown.

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