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Offline dad

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Two bows
« on: December 31, 2006, 01:55:00 PM »
How many have two bows. One for every day shooting, leagues, small game. The other one for Big Game hunting. If so, what are the poundage differances?

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2006, 02:04:00 PM »
Two? Seven'd be nearer the mark   :D  

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Offline 2-BIG

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2006, 02:06:00 PM »
I have about a dozen or more bows. I have bows in the 50-60lb range for deer and big game but when my shoulder bothers me or it gets real cold I switch to one of my 45lb bows. I also have a few 45lb bows for bowfishing and some 40-45lb bows for small game!
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Offline MW

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2006, 02:13:00 PM »
I am relatively new to Taditional archery and have two, 55 and 71.

I am have been fly fishing for years and have 10 or more fly rods but find I use only one or two.

For those of you with mutiple bows do you find the same thing?  How often do you shoot your bows other than your favorite?
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2006, 03:38:00 PM »
I HAVE TWO BOWS!...I Have Two Bows!...Do I Win?... ;) ...Thought not... :( ...Anyway...

I'm luckey enough to own two BW TFVs...48# and 51# @ 26"...Use the 51# for 3D, stump shooting, big and small game, the 48# is a back up bow...(that keeps me from buy'in another bow I don't need)... :rolleyes: ...

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2006, 04:08:00 PM »
There is no such thing as another bow I don't need, EVERYBODY needs another bow and another bow etc etc.....   Alan

Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2006, 07:36:00 PM »
Well...There was a time when I had five bows...Sold three to new trad shooters and made them very happy...Myself...Don't think I need to own more than two...That dosen't mean I don't DREAM of owning two dozen... :D ...Been down that road with firearms...Not gonna repeat it...

BUT...I have over 100 2016's ready to go and over 4 dozen carbon arrows just waiting to be shot!... :jumper: ...Does that count for something?

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2006, 08:00:00 PM »
Let's see, there are thirty in the living room...
lemme get the dog, I need more toes. Actually, in theory I try to shoot all summer what I intend to hunt with in the fall. What actually happens, though, is that I run across something real special at a shoot, buy it, and agonize over my blown shooting for the rest of the year.  "[dntthnk]"  

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Offline String Tracker

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2007, 07:11:00 AM »
I do paper target shooting so I have a 40# Lord Mercury made by Ben Pearson  and for Hunting and 3-D shoots i have a 50# Black Panther by Bear

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2007, 07:46:00 AM »
I tend to build two or more bows for myself each year.  One in the 46-48# range that I use for 3D and general knocking around including spring and summer hunting.  Then a 55#+ bow for hunting elk, moose, other BIG critters etc in the fall.  I tend to switch back to the lighter bow for whitetails when I return to Texas.  This years bows are horn bellied BushWackers.

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Offline bentpole

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Re: Two bows
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2007, 07:51:00 AM »
I allways had two bows "need" one for a back up.LOL.Over the years I kept two recurves then a recurve and a hybrid  and up until recently it's two hybrids.. They are  a Chaparral kaibab 60"s 55#s at 27" draw and my new hornes brushbow 58"s 54"s at 28"s so at my draw 27"s she's 51lbs.Just received the Hornes Sat if you want to seepicks check my thread.I have a Shrew Chameleon on order 53"s at 28"s that will be a 58" long bow also. .However, I won't receive it until next October.

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