Bighorn Bows

[DWT]

Anybody heard anything on Bighorn as of late, last i heard someone bought it and then shut it down,my first trad bow was a Bighorn recurve, killed my first deer with it and broke it when I fell out of a tree. I love the the looks of them I should find me another.

[The Whittler]

Is that the ones from Fred  Asbell. Did he make them himself or have them made, can't remember. Shot a few never owned any pretty good bow.

[cacciatore]

Unfortunately Bighorn bows don’t exist anymore. They were very stable and accurate shooters not speed demons the originals made by Fred or under his supervision. When KOM acquired the company made some improvements in quality and speed department. Too bad KOM sold away the business the first new owner passed away too early and the next never honored his business.

[ron w]

I have one that I got off the PBS auction. Tony Van Dort had it made and then I got it from Biggie Hoffman who donated it. It’s a good shooting bow I would hunt anything with it.

[HornHunter]

This is a custom Bighorn Fred made for me in 1983 still a shooter, this is the first animal that I shot at with it Sept, 83 , many after that, with out doubt best hunting bow

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[Bowguy67]

I’ve got one and it’s a great bow if you ask me

[Recurve7]

While I shoot my Blacktail ( Sitka ) most of the time now. I will say there is something special about Bighorn's! I have three and they are smooth, forgiving and shoot where they point! Great bows indeed

[stagetek]

Bought mine from G. Fred back in the mid-eighties, one of the best bows I've ever owned. Shot a bunch animals with it. At 65# it was getting to be too much for me and I sold it about 20 yrs. ago.

[Bowguy67]

Bought mine from G. Fred back in the mid-eighties, one of the best bows I've ever owned. Shot a bunch animals with it. At 65# it was getting to be too much for me and I sold it about 20 yrs. ago.

Think that’s when I bought mine. He was the owner and at 60 lbs. I can still draw it but typically use it bow fishing now

[algstick]

My first custom was a Bighorn takedown Colorado model shot better with it than any other recurve I had afterwards. Unfortunately I sold it to buy another bow.
Wished I could locate it would buy it back.
I have a 64” Grand Slam one piece I acquired from a friend but it really is too much weight for me these days. Really great bows

[Tim Hoeck]

I've got 2 of them and one is 58# and other is/was a 53#. I said it was53 as it is taking some pounds off. I'm hoping it will be 50# when I get them back. I still say it shots faster and hits harder than my Schafer. I shot a moose with my first Bighorn. I like them. Always looking for left handed Bighorns

[Eric Krewson]

My first and only custom bow was a Bighorn, around 1990 I think, I ended up with 3 sets of limbs for it. Man I could shoot that bow, tongue and cheek I named it Thor for all those feathered lightning bolts it sent toward the ground when I was in a tree deer hunting. I killed the first three deer I shot at with it and missed the next 11, all over their backs. I started shooting 3D, learned to pick a spot and a deer didn't stand a chance if I had Thor in my hands.

I averaged 250 on a indoor 300 round with my Bighorn snap shooting instinctively and had a good day one time and shot a 280. I won the TN state indoor 3D with it, twice I think.

When I started making selfbows I knew I wouldn't commit to the bows I made if I kept Thor, it was too easy to fall back on a bow I shot so well.

I sold my Bighorn and all the limbs and have been a selfbow guy ever since.

I always wondered where Thor ended up.

[Charlie Lamb]

I've got a 64" Grand Slam one piece that was made when Fred first went into business. At 73# it's too much for this old man. Best shooting bow I ever owned. Not a speed demon but sufficient for anything.

[ron w]

   Charlie, @ 73 pound would have to string for me, and then pull it back for me to.....

[acolobowhunter]

Fred had his last shop in Ft. Lupton Colorado before selling the business to Bud Boker and he moved it to Greeley Colorado.  Bud had the business for a short time before he passed away.  His wife sold all the equipment and that was the last I ever heard of those bows.  I shot one when Fred still had the business, but the window was to short for my style of shooting so never bought one.  Bud Boker was a member of the Greeley Archery Club as I was for many years.

[HornHunter]

Fred sold the bow business to King Cavalier  back in the early 90's, then king sold it to bud, bud passed away and the equipment went to auction.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Maybe someone will start building them again. I missed and opportunity to get on from Fred he was at the elk show in Reno NV he had one that I wanted but it was a demo bow and back then the word wait was not in my vocabulary. 

[Wild Bill MCP 808]

I owned three of them and shot and hunted with them for many years, they were very accurate and smooth drawing bows. Back in those years many people shot heavy bows 60 - 70 # range was normal. You see them once in awhile for sale in the classifieds. If you can fine one that is in decent shape buy it you won't be sorry. Great Bows!

[cacciatore]

Fred sold the bow business to King Cavalier  back in the early 90's, then king sold it to bud, bud passed away and the equipment went to auction.

yes!

[GregD]

I had a 70# 60” takedown back in the mid eighties. It was stolen out of my car in NJ. I really liked that bow and still wonder where it is today.