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Arkansaslongbow
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oldest hunting that's still in use.....
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June 02, 2009, 11:50:00 PM »
alot of great bowyers that are turning out some beautiful bows but i would like to know who is still hunting with some bows that were made way back when......it may have belonged to your grandpa, it could have been passed down by an old friend,may have been your first bow, old bears,ect;,ect;
any pictures would also be great; let the old stories began.......
thank you
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Ian johnson
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Re: oldest hunting that's still in use.....
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June 02, 2009, 11:53:00 PM »
I'm gonna carry a 1966 grizzly this season
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53@29 sheepeater shaman recurve
52@29 66 bear grizzly
51@29 dryad orion td longbow
Jason R. Wesbrock
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Re: oldest hunting that's still in use.....
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June 03, 2009, 12:09:00 AM »
I have a '61 Root Game-Master that's my primary bowfishing rig.
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DV of WI
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John3
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My 40 year old Hoyt Pro Medalist Hunter by Earl Hoyt Jr.
I looked over ten years trying to find a qood condition bow in a suitable hunting weight. Purchased from a man whoes father bought the bow new.
I shoot the bow all the time, esp. in our trad bowhunter leage.
I hunt with it every season.
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joe skipp
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June 03, 2009, 01:11:00 AM »
Took my second turkey last week with my old 50" Browning Cobra and still deer hunt with my Groves Spitfire.
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"Neal...is this heaven?" "No Piute but we are dam close". Top of the Mtn in Medicine Bow Nat Forest.
the elf
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June 03, 2009, 08:45:00 AM »
My 1966 Kodiak Magnum l/h--will be with me in the thick stuff again this year.
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Shaun
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June 03, 2009, 09:43:00 AM »
'59 Bear Alaskan longbow has been good to me this season so far - coyote and turkey. Taking it to Canada soon for bear.
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George D. Stout
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June 03, 2009, 09:50:00 AM »
"Way back when?" I resemble that remark.
66 Kodiak:
56 Root Game Master:
67 Shakespeare Necedah:
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Jeremy
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June 03, 2009, 10:30:00 AM »
I hunted with a '59 Grizzly last season and am hitting the woods with a '59 Kodiak Special this year. Or is it a '59 Polar? '59 Kodiak? Hmmm... decisions decisions :D
Next year will be with a '55 Polar.
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Dick in Seattle
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Posts: 1673
Re: oldest hunting that's still in use.....
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June 03, 2009, 02:03:00 PM »
Well, I haven't hunted with it, but if I ever get a chance at pigs, I'll use a bow Howard Hill built for himself in the mid-60's. I shoot it and it's up to the job. It was a late in life bow for him and is 50@28, though I only pull 42 with it. I can't shoot it all day or even for a full 3D, but I can handle it for a couple of dozen shots OK.
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Dick in Seattle
"It ain't how well the bow you shoot shoots, it's how well you shoot the bow you shoot."
bohuntr
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June 03, 2009, 03:37:00 PM »
I have a 57 Kodiak and a 69 Shakspeare Ocala that I hunt with. I also just acquired an older Root which I intend to hunt with this fall. In the first pictur the Kodiak is the middle bow and the Shakspeare is the bottom bow. The second picture shows a close up of the Shakespeare with one of the two turkeys I killed with it this spring. I thought I had a picture of the Root but I can't seem to find it. I love all my bows but it sure is fun resurrecting these old classics!
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woodchucker
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June 03, 2009, 05:06:00 PM »
A 1967 47# Bear Grizzly and a 1967 55# Bear Kodiak Special
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