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Your Bow
« on: March 23, 2023, 07:30:19 PM »
Disclaimer:  I’m not trying to start a thread to sing the praises of any particular bowyer, but I’m curious if anyone else has a bow that they wouldn’t sell for the world. I’ve owned and sold quite a few, but I have one that I always go back to. It fits in my hand like an extension of my body and I shoot it better than any other.  I’m inclined to treat bows like tools, but I’ve developed a certain attachment to one. So, who else has that one bow?   :campfire:

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2023, 07:37:56 PM »
JavaMan Elkheart - shoots right where I look, it'll be the last bow hangin' in my rack.
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I also have an Asbell era Bighorn that is too heavy for me now, but too many memories for me to let it go.

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2023, 07:38:26 PM »
Not yet, though I have several that I like a lot. 

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2023, 07:42:40 PM »
Not yet, though I have several that I like a lot.

Jerry, you must be a perfectionist! You’ve owned some great bows. I admire your search for “the one.” 
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2023, 08:24:01 PM »
Evan, what are details and specs of the one..?

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2023, 08:36:29 PM »
Evan, what are details and specs of the one..?

My “the One” is a 66” stringfollow ASL that pulls 54@27”.  It has bamboo lams, a myrtle riser, and brown glass on the back and belly. To each their own, but I’m happy I found MY bow.
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2023, 09:00:52 PM »
A Great Plains recurve.  I rarely shoot it anymore because I’ve become an ASL guy, but it was my first trad bow that my late father bought me as a college graduation gift, it’s autographed by Stacey Groscup, and the bow I got my first trad deer with.
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2023, 09:47:13 PM »
I’ve settled on a 1 pc Thunderhorn longbow 60” 47@27”…always have been partial to shorter R/D longbows and this is my favorite so far… shoots awesome and  is just a really cool bow..one of our TG legends had it built.. Thanks, Carcajou(Scott Dillon)
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2023, 09:49:00 PM »
Here we go..

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2023, 09:52:56 PM »
One more

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2023, 10:22:56 PM »
I have several that I'm really fond of including a Sunset Hill and I have owned or shot about every bow made.  My Tall Tines recurve is "The One" that nobody can buy.
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2023, 11:23:45 PM »
 I’ve had one I really liked. I tried to duplicate it but the replacement just wasn’t quite the same. I have three or four possibilities, and want to settle on one bow for the future.

I do have a 68” longbow that I really like, but I think in some cases it’s just too long, and that limits its use. But it’s sure fun to shoot.
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2023, 11:45:40 PM »
I have two. One is my Howard Hill Archery Wesley Special, and the other is my Shelton from Northern Mist. I don't shott the Wesley much anymore, because, at 65#, it has become more than I can easily handle. I have two Sheltons, but one is made of yew. This one is now my special baby.
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2023, 07:18:05 AM »
Wild Horse Creek Destiny,it is a killer
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2023, 08:05:09 AM »
My Stalker Coyote. It will be passed on to my grandsons.

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2023, 08:45:51 AM »
I'm thinking I want to take my Kanati with me when I pass hoping I might need it.
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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2023, 09:49:18 AM »
I've got 4 Bear T/d's the green striper isn't for sale at any price.

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2023, 10:44:54 AM »
I have 3!

2 are my current shooters; Primal Tech 3pc longbow and Primal Tech 3pc recurve.

The other is a Sarrels Blueridge 3pc longbow. It is beat up and used hard. I have probably killed more critters with that bow than any other bow I have ever owned, and it is appropriately named “The Black Plague”. This bow will never get sold till I’m dead and my wife gets rid of it!!! 😆😳😳😆

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2023, 11:50:22 AM »
I just picked up a 30 year old Robertson Vision 2 piece hinge longbow and I can't put it down. I was scared of the hinge and I was worried that the grip wouldn't suit me but damn I was wrong. It helps the bow is mostly Bacote as I love that wood and the tiny micarta limb tips, totally cool.

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Re: Your Bow
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2023, 12:23:36 PM »
A Great Plains recurve.  I rarely shoot it anymore because I’ve become an ASL guy, but it was my first trad bow that my late father bought me as a college graduation gift, it’s autographed by Stacey Groscup, and the bow I got my first trad deer with.

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