A one bow guy or gal?

[longrifle]

Just wondering who out there only uses one bow to target shoot,3-d, small game, big game,and your reason why, also what kind. Thinking myself of going that route, I don't need them all anymore.

[Mike Mecredy]

Here's mine, it's a bamboo backed hickory 70" longbow with a ratan wrapped handle. 53# @ 28". I made this for a customer and then I couldn't find him to have him pay for it, he just vanished. If he ever shows up I'll sell it to him.  But in the meantime it's my bow.  Not fancy, no shelf, no rest, not fast flight campatible, just plain and simple, (a little like me I guess.)  

[Bel007]

ya, my wife wishes

[acadian archer]

I shoot only one, My 44# Chek Mate hunter II. My 41# Kings pawn is on permanent loan to a friend I converted to recurve. I shoot one bow because I like my huneter II and I don't have to make any adjustments when I shoot.

Why wouldn't I shoot 3D with the same bow I hunt with. Makes perfect sense to me

[Jerry Jeffer]

Mike, love those long bows. Cool grip ya got there. I shoot my 70" yew Mahantango long bow for every thing.

[Bjorn]

I have been shooting (mostly) the same bow 4 years-have another identical one as back up. Recently I couldn't take it anymore and went on a buying binge-bought a whole bunch. Nice to have the variety, but they will be collecting dust before much longer.
Committing to one bow takes a lot of discipline especially if you belong to Trad Gang, but it does wonders for accuracy.

[J. Holden]

I was going to post something similiar.  I keep going back and forth between my take down recurve and a red oak board bow I made over the summer.  I assisted in the making of my recurve and made my red oak bow all by myself.  So I'd love to kill something with my new longbow but then I feel as though I'm cheating on my recurve.  I keep going back and forth.  It's giving me a headache.  I've spent more time this fall wondering if I'm hunting with the right bow rather than wondering if I'm hunting the right area.  I'd love to be a one bow guy.  It would certainly uncomplicate things.  Accuracy would imrpove.  But then I see a Hill or a Northern Mist and I start to wonder what it would be like...  ARGHHH!  There I go again.

-Jeremy  

[Rooselk]

Can't say I'm a one bow guy. For one thing it's nice to have a back-up...or even a different type bow just for a change of pace. That said, I do have a favorite longbow that I find myself continually going back to. Moreover, starting around the beginning of August each year I pretty much only shoot the bow I plan to take on my fall hunts that year.

[stevewills]

i have 1 recurve 2 sets of limbs with the same poundage,just different lengths.small game,3d,all of the above...black widow pma2 [email protected] only thing i change is my arrow weights for 3d till seasons get closer then i go to my hunting arrow weight

[joe ashton]

I use the same bow for targets, 3Ds, small game and big game.  The reason I shoot targets, small game and 3Ds is to get the most accuracy out of my bows for HUNTING.  There fore I practice with the bow I hunt deer and elk with.

Joe

[RonD]

I am so to speak a one bow guy. I recently received my Beeler Tracker longbow and have already killed a hog with it and intend to harvest more. I have searched for years for a bow that by design would allow me with proper tuning to shoot a heavier arrow and head. This bow is what I call a bow of a life time. HOWEVER, I recently sent my Marriah Thermal recurve riser to Mike Mecredy to have some longbow limbs made for it. The reasoning being, I want a take-down in case I decide to travel and hunt, but the Beeler is my go to bow for all time. My Beeler gives me what I call "the sensation of the normal", which means that it has such comfort to shoot that it feels as though it is an extension of my body to the point that it draws smooth, anchors right where I want it, and the release is clean, and the arrow flys straight to the target. When I shoot this bow whether hunting or in the backyard I have confidence that I will hit the mark each time I release, and confidence is an important part of the success equation in traditional archery. This to me is a bow of a life time. I hope this makes sense.

[mcgroundstalker]

None of us "need" to own more than one bow. For me, it's just hard to part with most of the bows that I have. Just dig 'em so much... Just before and during hunting season I'll use/shoot/hunt with only one.... Thinking that's smart.

... mike ...

[Ragnarok Forge]

Does owning two identical bows with a third matching bow on order count?

[TC in Spfld]

I've been shooting the same BW MAII for 20 years.

[Kapellmeister]

I have   1 laminated  longbow,   1  recurve, and   1 self bow.  Does that qualify?     :D

[Dean Lintz]

I shoot only one bow at a time does that count. I switch back and forth year to year.

[DannyBows]

No. I wish it was so.

[David Mitchell]

No way can I get by with just one bow.  Wish I could but I can't (or don't want to....not sure which).  

[helo]

I really want to be a one bow guy someday but for now its no contest I shot two different ones this afternoon.Still looking for the one to make me settle down.

[Winterhawk1960]

Originally posted by Dean Lintz:
I shoot only one bow at a time does that count. I switch back and forth year to year.

Yeah.......me too !!!!!!!

Winterhawk1960