The bows you have owned

[oldbohntr]

Me too, Steve.  Closest I can estimate, it's been 1500 or more since 1974.  Very few were custom bows, most for the collection or for the fun of trying some old bow I'd never shot before.  I've kept a couple hundred,but that's about all I can display any more.  

Will admit I went way overboard with the old bows.  But, it's been fun!

[recurve_shooter]

1) Quillian Patriot - still have
2) HH Westley Special - traded
3) Javaman Sweetgrass - traded
4) Dwyer Defiant - still have
5) 60" Silvertip - traded
6) 58" Silvertip w/2 limb sets - still have
7) 60" orig Silvertip w/2 limb sets - still have
8) Morrison Cheyenne - still have
9) 64" Griffin - still have
10) 58" 67 Bear KH - still have
11) 58 SS Samuari - still have
12) 60" Griffin - still have

Funny, but I shot the Patriot for 14 years before really even looking for another bow.  Bought the Hill in 2004 and was satisfied with the two bows until 2007, when the buying/trading frenzy began to pick up.  Now, I've already bought 2 and traded for a third in the last 2 months.  At this rate, no telling what I'll have by the end of the year!

I should be okay unless someone throws a LH Blacktail up for sale!  

[Ray]

I started thinking about this thread,and did a search and found it.
 Added a Hummingbird(great bow)but a little to much weight had to sell it.Added another Greatree and now the ILF bug has bitten.My thinking was,limbs are cheaper then buying a whole bow.Lot of new and great limbs and risers out there,(I have to be focused)  

[Brock]

1-Ben Peason Colt (broke)
1-Browning Prep (sold)
1-Browning Badger Energy wheel compound...yeah I know (threw in swamp)
1- Howatt Hunter (gave to friend to learn)
1-Jeffery Royal Hunter (still have)
2-Noble Longbow (sold first but another is on its way)
1-Bear Grizzly (Sold)
1-Browning Nomad Stalker (Sold)
2-Habu recurve (sold gray, still have brown)
1- Buffalo Spirit by John Strunk (auctioned for Fearless in Colorado)
1- Tillamook Spirit by John Strunk (still have)
1- Osage selfbow named DOGLEG by Joe Mattingly (auctioned for Joe Mattingly)
1- Osage static tip named ONE HOLE by Joe Mattingly (still have)
1- Browning Wasp (still have)
1- Browning Cobra II (still have)
1- Browning Explorer I (still have)
1- Protoge Longbow made for Gary Sentman named OLD MAN (still have)
1- Robertson Fatal Styk (still have)
1- Robertson Montana Falcon (to arrive shortly)

still may pick up a Schafer and still going to add a Explorer II, Safari II to my Brownings....then going to focus on making my own selfbows.

Working on 66" hickory selfbow now  

[Danny Rowan]

LOL, forgot about this thread. I have added 3 Schafer Silvertip recurves, one Schafer T/D longbow,a Habu recurve,a caribow Silverfox,another Tall Tines and another Brackenbury Quest since this thread started. Guess I am about at 100 bow now.

[Ray]

Danny (LOL) have you tried to get help.
Its a good clean addiction (ENJOY).

[Big Ed]

Where to start?
Martin ml10
Martin Dream Catcher
Lofton Longbow
4-Brackenbury's
4- Robertson's
2-Sovereigns
7-Griffins
8- Shrews
3-Hoyt's
1-Hummingbird
1-Wes Wallace
11-Widows(still have 6)
5-Schafers(still have 2 and another coming)
9-Leon Stewart Longbow(still have 2 and 2 on order)
3-Wings
3-Bears
1-Howatt
2-ACS
3- Howard Hill's
1-Ferguson
1-Liberty
1-JD Berry
2-Fedora's
Mark Baker Selfbow(still have)
Stem Wilcox Selfbow (still have)
Strunk Selfbow (should not have sold)

Please don't remind me if I forgot any!!!
I think I just barfed in my mouth, I just realized I could have gone to Africa twice,Yukon moose hunting,and probably a Grizzly hunt.Seem I have come full circle shooting my Schafer's the most and Leon's longbows(this week anyway LOL

[Archie]

1 Black Widow PMA (my recurve solution)
1 Black Widow PLX (my longbow solution)
1 Bear Polar (sold)
1 Dennis Willover longbow (sold)

I've shot Acadian Woods, Silvertips, Shrews, Dwyer, RER, ACS, Robertson, Liberty, Byron Ferguson, Bob Lee, Hill Country, Big Joe River Bows, Navajo, Cari-bow, others...???

I've pretty much determined that BW is the way I want to go, but there's a lot of decent bows to choose from these days.

[David Mitchell]

Not enough room to list.   :rolleyes:  My best count is 88 to date (that covers a period of 40 years, though).  I recently did sit down and list all I could remember.

[jarradmears]

Wow is all I can say!

1- Roland Jenkins Recurve (Bowyer in Texas)

1- Cari-bow Peregrine on its way.

I have only been shooting Trad for about 4 months and I have the sickness now!

[straitera]

1. 35# longbow (? make) 1st bow from my older aunt
2. Bear
        a. Kodiak Magnum
        b. Cub
        c. Grizzly (?)
        d. TD Hunter
        e. BiPolar ambidextrous 55# fiberglass fish shooter
3. Compounds (6) too many (*1 is too many!)
4. Proline Saxon lb 68" 75#@28"
5. Howard Hills
                a. Wesley Special
                b. (5) Big 5
                c. Tembo
6. Kramer "Autumn"
7. Robertson
             a. Mystical
             b. Purist
8. LH Harrelson
9. Ron Maulding
                a. Bighorn Tamarak 75#
                b.   "        "    80# (in route)
11. Hill style (no name) (think 2 of these)
12. John Schulz 68" 80#@29" current favorite til the RM Tamarak gets here.

[Izzy]

This month marks a year since I've even thought about buying a bow. Last one was a griffin, I have 4 now. I've had 1 Morrison, 2 zippers, 1 Rio bravo, 1 centaur, 2 shrews, sold one. Sold a bob Barnes self bow and a hour hunt master. I'm glad I finally saw the light and stuck with my griffins. It's been a joy to try out all those others.

[riverrat 2]

This is a cool thread. Amazing how many awesome boys everybody has had,or still does. Here is my list.

1  Rio Bravo by Great Plains
2  D style longbow by Glades Traditional Archery
3  Black Widow TFIII
4  Black Hawk Short Hornet
5  Fedora Stalker
6  Firefly
7  Morrison/SKY ILF
8  Morrison/Morrison ILF
9  Dryad/Morrison ILF
10  Morrison/Dryad ACS ILF
11  Morrison/Dryad static recurve ILF
12  Griffin
13  Centaur Osage/Coco.
14  Shrew Classic Hunter 2-piece
15  Centaur Coco/Juniper
16  Shrew Samuria
17  RER Arroyo
18  Black Creek Banshee
19  Centaur B&W Ebony/Gaboon Ebony

Lots of fun trying out all the bows we can choose
from,and finding out your "go to" favorites.

[Bowwild]

I went back and revisited the list. Several I listed originally are GONE, but not forgotten.

1966 Pearson Cougar -- Gone
1971 Bear Grizzly -- Gone
1972 Bear B Mag -- Gone
2001 Fox High Sierra -- gone
2004 Black Widow PSAIII
2004 Predator Cusom Classic -- Gone
2006 Mathews Eagle -- Gone
2007 Sky Recurve -- Gone
2005 Hoyt Gamemaster -- Gone
2007 Mathews Heritage (my only LB)-- Gone
2010 Predator Anniversary
2010 Blacktail Elite VL -- Gone
2010 Super Wildcat
2010 Bear Supreme A
2010 Bear Supreme B -- Gone
2010 Strickland Stick
2010 Tall Tines -- Gone
2010 Super Wildcat
2010 Rose Oak Limbs  GONE
2010 Silvertip
2011 Checkmate Hunter 56 -- Gone
2011 Bear Green Stripe -- Gone
2011 Bear Green Stripe #2 -- Gone
2011 Chastain Wapiti  GONE
2011 Bear B MAg
2011 Bear A Mag
2011 2nd Rose Oak Limbs
2011 Widow PAX
2011 Robertson Fatal Styk  GONE
2011 Bear B Mag #3 -- RH GONE
2011 Bear TD 2011 Model -- coming  GONE
2011 Silvertip #2 -- Coming -- HERE
2011 Blacktail Snakebit -- GONE
2011 3rd Pair Rose Oak Limbs
2011 (2009 model)HABU  -- GONE

2012 Cascade TD
2012 PCHX + Extra Limbs
2012 Habu
2012 Habu Mamushi
2012 Bear TD Bubinga
2012 Bear Super K Green Limbs
2012 Border Black Douglas TD
2012 Sasquatch coming July
2012 Predator Metal Riser COming???

2013 Habu -- Coming

[Zradix]

1 Herters perfection 46
1 bear kodiak still have
1 sindwinder
1 savannah still have
1 little red bow
1 sas
1 (almost) whip still waiting

just starting out here...lol

[lpcjon2]

This thread is a divorce lawyers dream!

[Brianlocal3]

Herters Int'l Match Hunter
Northern Mist Superior.
oops im done. but ive only been shooting for 5 months.

[Sean B]

Only 4 Widows, 5 Bears, 1 thunderstick, 1 Morrison, 1 Hoyt and 1 HH.   There may be more to come!

[Goshawkin]

*Little red plastic longbow with 3 suction cup arrows,that started it for me!!!
*Fiberglass recurve,25#,don't remember who made it
*few old Bear and Pearson finds when I was a kid
*Browning-Cobra 1
*Colt-Woodsman
*Elburg Recurve(can't remember the model name,it was purple heart riser and osage limbs,2 piece takedown and very short)
*Black Widow-MAII
*Black Widow-SAII
*Damon Howatt-Mamba
*Damon Howatt-Hunter
*Martin-ML-10
*Sentman-Deluxe competion
*Laclair-Shrew longbow
*JD Berry-Serpentine
*Heritage Archery-Sacajawea
*Herb Meland-Nighthawk
*Howard Hill-Black Bear Carbon
*Northwind-Kid's longbow for my daughter
And I just ordered a new Howard Hill-Wesley Special. Also looking for a JD Berry-Vixen,a Northern Mist-Shelton and a.........

[Sean B]

Whops...and 1 Wing!