Ever got an crazy deal on a bow?

[Jon Stewart]

Paid .25 cents for a Shakespeare Wonderbow.  shot a fox with it that year.  Two years ago bought a Factory cammo Bear Kodiak Mag with the brown 4 arrow screw on Bear quiver for $10.25.  10 for the bow and a quarter for the quiver.

[Hackbow]

If I don't include the generous gifts of several trad friends, then my craziest and best deal is my most expensive. In over 30 years of bowhunting with both stickbows and compounds, I had never paid more than $190 for ANY bow. But I had an itch a couple years ago to try a heavier, TD recurve.

I checked into the classifieds here one morning and saw a Hummingbird Kingfisher TD with 2 sets of limbs and 5 or 6 extra strings (3 of them Mountain Mufflers) for $450. This would be well over $1200 new. The limbs are 71# and 82# @ my 30" draw.

I have fallen in love with this bow and while it is the most money I've ever paid for any piece of hunting equipment, it is easily the best deal I've ever gotten. Thanks Scott!

[Uncle Buck]

Bought a Bear "little Bear" recurve at a garage sale for $2. taught my 3 boys to shoot with it and now i am getting it ready for my grandson. I would say I got my money's worth, I passed on dozens of bows at ridiculous prices in the '80s just because I didnt need one- my biggest regret was at a store that sold stuff they bought at factory closeout or bankrupt businesses. they had 4 barrels stuffes with Ben Pearson, Shakespear and others makes of recurves for $10 your choice- most were hunting wieght. Wish I had a do- over on that one

[zipper bowss]

When I was about 12 years old.I bought a Bear Kodiak Magnum for $15.I will never forget the old gentleman who sold me the bow.He was quite a character.His name was Clyde Fields,and we leased his ground for farming.Mr.Fields was in his 80's and arthritis had bent him badly.Yet I can not remember a time when Mr.Fields was not smiling, and he always had a story to tell.I still have that bow,and always will.
Bill

Pristine Bear Grizzly at a garage sale a few years ago for $5......

[griz#1]

I picked up a no name long bow (looked home made) one time at a yard sale for 10 dollors with 4 wood arrows,i started back to the car and the lady said holdon...  you forgot the box that go's with it.the small box had 42 glue on bear heads in it.

[overbo]

I just bought a all curly maple Zipper w/ matching quiver for $295.Got a Fredrick longbow at Denton Hill for $90 also.

[Bowhunter4life]

 
 
 

Like new Morrison Cougar, 60", 70# @ 28", $1400 bow new, got it to my doorstep for a lot less...

[Bowhunter4life]

 
 
 

Another like new Morrison Cougar, 60", 68# @ 27", $1250 bow new, on my doorstep for again a lot less...

Heavier bows go for quite a bit less, but those two really stick in my head as "can't pass that up!"  Especially when a guy is looking for just those type of bows!

Now, I haven't found some of the deals like you all have, but these two have made me happy...

I bought a brand new BW takedown for $50 in the 70s from a Bear dealer in Sioux Falls.

[Walt Francis]

A few that I have made over the years:
Garage sale bows:
69 Super Kodiak $25 (thought I was paying too much but liked the way it shot)
Kodiak Magnum $5
Shakespeare Necedah $3
At an Auction: Kodiak Magnum (covered with gray primer paint, cleaned up beautiful after four hours and sold the next day for $150), 18 Bear arrows (12 with Green heads), a box of miscellaneous tips and two dozen Bear Greenies new in the package, and miscellaneous railroad hobby stuff: $18 (then sold the hobby transformer for $12 to the guy I was bidding against).

[wollelybugger]

Was at a 3D shoot at a Browning dealer and saw a old box covered with dust. It was a 60 pound Browning TD bow that was never strung. It was my first FF compatable bow. He sold it to me for 200 dollars, shoots like a 50 pound bow. I get more deals in the compound shops then any other place. Got a Silvertip with a dozen arrows and two sets of limbs and case for 500 dollars last year.

[madness522]

Caleb my luck seems to go the other way where I give $100 for a bow thats worth $20. And then can't sell it for $20...

[Bowwild]

In 1984 I offered $75 for an original Bear Customm Kodiak, #1 limbs, 55# in excellent condidition.  The fellow (bulletin board @ Blythes Sportinng Goods, Valporaiso, IN) was asking $150.  I was shocked when (over the phone) he agreed!  I wasn't a recurve shooter at the time. Then, in 1996, still not shooting traditional I switched to LH shooting. I sold the bow that year to a fellow in Arkansas for $250 (his offer). I got a great deal and so did he.  

Of all the sporting equipment I've ever sold, that TD is the one I would most like to have back -- for my son.

[Blackstick]

In 1989 I bought a 67½ SK for $25. After a couple of years, I sold the bow for $35. A few years after that I bought the bow back for $50. It’s a great shooter and I’m not letting it go again.

[Spectre]

Yup, after installing satellite internet for a guy and talking hunting pretty much the whole time, he pulled a Browning Nomad out of the rafters and handed it to me. He says "My draw is too long for this bow, it looks about right for you". Cool stuff, and a friend for life now.

[bctgrad]

For a guy with two daughters in college and limited funds for bows, I've been blessed with a few incredible deals over the last couple of years:

1976 Kodiak Hunter 60", 50# in Excellent Condition - Free From Brother-in-law.

1966 Grizzly 58", 49# Factory Camo in good condition - $25

1969 Kodiak Hunter 60", 40# in Excellent Condition - $30 - my youngest daughter uses this one when she shoots

Late 60's Browning Safari 60", 44# in rough shape (to be refinished) - $1 at thrift store

1968 Ben Pearson 7330 Signature Take-Down 58", 50# in good condition with case - $25

And my latest and greatest find:

1960 Bear Kodiak 60", 55# in Excellent original condition - $55 at an estate sale.

 

Brian

[Rick Butler]

Not as good a deal as some posted on here but I was very pleased:
  Yesterday I got a Predator Classic model recurve in almost pristine condition with 2 strings(one still sealed in the plastic, never used), 2 bow stringers(1 is a new Selway), 6 cedar arrows and a new glove for 400.00
There's not a mark on this bow, and the only reason I say "almost" is because the strike plate is a homemade affair with shaved deer hide. This bow was shipped in the original box with the reciept showing the original owner paid over 700.00. 46#'s at 28 " and a real shooter! I am very happy!

[Mudd]

I would be remiss if I failed to post on this one.

I got this one as a gift from another Trad Gang member coaster500. I am still in shock and awe over such a magnificent gift. (Thank you Kip!)

Lost Creek 60" 49@28
 

 

God bless,Mudd

[Jack Shanks]

When my wife ask how much I just paid for a bow  and I tell her she says I'm crazy. If that counts as a crazy good deal I've got a bunch of them.