Who hunts their "pretty" bows?

[Ragnarok Forge]

Not hunting a pretty bow, is like leaving a Ferrari in the Garage, or not sleeping with a gorgeous woman because their too pretty.  Ain't no such thing as a bow to pretty to hunt in my book.  My only longbow is gorgeous and I hunt it hard.  My next one will be even prettier.

[Covey]

I hunt my only bow, my silvertip!! Jason

[fido dog]

Originally posted by Gary Logsdon:
"Pretty bows" deserve to travel to pretty places:^)

 

Best quote EVER for this topic!    

I recently got a "Pretty" bow and slipped on a bit of ice on my second hunt. I dinged the tip a bit and put a couple of small scratches in the top limb. At first I was pissed off. Then it changed to these are each going to be memories of a great time. Now I look at them with adoration.

A note on the Ferrari thing. I knew a guy in San Diego that had an '88 Testarossa. That's the year Enzo Ferrari died. He drove it EVERYWHERE!

My bow is Cocobolo and her name is....Testarossa (redhead in Italian).

[jrchambers]

i think you should take great care of your pretty  bows, be carefull not to mess them up....................while they are in the woods and rocks.

[Bowspirit]

I've pretty much convinced myself that the key to hitting a target is plenty of wear and tear on my bows, so anywhere I go, they go...

 

[don kauss]

ugly...beautiful...they're just labels...

[cacciatore]

They are born to hunt let them live!

[Wolfkiss]

what cacciatore says, just got a blackdouglas super swift and when I get the limbs back it will be dragged through the woods like my other bows,
dragged is probably the wrong word but if it picks up a ding or two it will remind me of where I have been with it.

I did choose it for its lines but more importantly for me, the way its going to launch an arrow.

Have a great new year everyone.

[yamaharider]

Don't beat them, but use them.  I have a Thunder Mountain longbow from Jerry Barr, model is a Coyote, put a good ding in the riser so I inlayed a coyote tooth and it looks even better!

[elknutz]

It's for hunting, but then I don't try to abuse any of my tools.

[widow sax]

I buy my bows to hunt and shoot with I just try to take care of them. Widow

[George D. Stout]

A bow without some scratches is either new or is not being given its proper due as a bow.  Scratches are like scars; each has a tale to tell, and to cover them up, or avoid them altogether, is to deprive that bow of doing what it was made to do.

Frankly, some of those gaudy, swirly woods make me half dizzy and are not attractive at all.  It seems that more and more, bowyers are having to out-do each other with fancy woods and veneers...stripes, Pierce Points, et al.  That's okay if you like it, but it's still a bow, not an art print to hang on the wall.  

And what's this ever popular sending the bow back after two years of use to get it refinished?
What the ?????.  Guess I'm getting old, but I like my bows to be like me; a little rough around the edges....some scratches and wrinkles, but able to carry on with what it was intended to do.

[JEFF B]

if iwas lucky enough to  own  any  nice looking bow i would hunt with it.  in other words whats the point in haveing one if ya dont shoot it.  

[Gary Logsdon]

HAAAAAAAAAAAA, George cracks me up . . . but he's right:^)

[jrchambers]

my buddy came bear hunting with his perfect blacktial that bow decended 1000 feet in a couple seconds, skipping ontop the brush all the way down, the thing is absolutly covered in scratches, instead of sadness we have had laughes for years, that is probably the best story of the trip besides the bear that bow shot

[David Mitchell]

My buddy had a beautiful Fred Anderson longbow that he forgot and left on top of his Blazer as he put his stuff back in his rig to drive home.  Just after getting on the highway he heard it sliding off the top of the car.....too late.  It was still strung, bounced a few times on the road and got run over by the car behind him.  You bet it had some scars but otherwise none the worse for the wear so he just wrote a new name on it..."Roadkill" and kept enjoying it without having to worry about it any more...  

[bear1336]

All my bows are used to hunt with, no wall hangers in my home.

[Covey]

Man, I'd like to hang out with George!! Jason

[wisconsin wood butcher]

ooohhhh yes.. it is my bow

[myshootinstinks]

Well, I guess I'll go contrary to the majority. I nearly always have 5-10 bows on the wall but only hunt with a couple.  The two hunters  are also very pretty and I shoot them well. So, I'm certainly not against hunting with a fancy bow. I use every one my bows in casual shooting, no permanent wall-hangers.  But, I see no reason to drag every pristine bow I own through the Rocky Mtns, beating them all to heck when I have I have a fine pair of very reliable hunters that I have great confidence in. Just another point of view.