When I first got into traditional archery back in the late ‘80’s I was using an old used Brackenbury bow. I wanted my own custom, built for me bow and it was hard to resist those Bighorn adds. I ended up calling up Fred and ordering a 76 pound three piece take down. $450 for the package of bow, take down case and Bighorn quiver made by Delta. I remember Fred trying to talk me down in bow weight but I was in my early 20’s and “needed” that weight. Shortly thereafter I ordered my second Bighorn and dropped down a lot in bow weight. It was 73 pounds at 28”.
Over the years I ordered in a total of 7 Bighorn take downs. I ordered them from Fred, from King of the Mountain and from a distributer in New Jersey, Denny… something I think was his name. I ordered my last one from Bud Boker at the P.B.S. banquet in Baltimore. They all shot great and I killed a lot of deer, bear and turkeys with them. My favorite, and best shooter was one of the economy models of the Colorado Bighorn.
Back then the wait was about 12 months or so. I ordered in a Custom Bighorn with Osage riser with red accent stripes and Osage laminations under clear glass on the limbs. I impatiently waited for the bow arrival, calling every other week or so. Finally the big day arrived and I opened the box… to the biggest disappointment! This bow was hideous. They had built it exactly as I have ordered but it was beyond ugly. The Osage in the riser and limbs was bright, day glow yellow and the red accents just made it look tacky. I set the bow up and shot maybe 50 arrows off it. After that it rode behind the seat of my truck for 3-4 years in its case as a back up. I like to have never sold that bow.
I still have some of the old Bighorn catalogs and I think one of the old brown T-shirts. I have a bunch of dead critter photos but they are all 35 mm and I’ll have to scan them in some time so I can post them.
Topic: Bighorn Bows (Read 35338 times)
