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Author Topic: Same bow 30 odd years  (Read 406 times)

Offline mickeys4

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Same bow 30 odd years
« on: January 02, 2012, 05:31:00 PM »
Has anyone been shooting the same bow for decades?I am still shooting the same bow I started shooting over 30 years ago.When I decided to try archery I wasn't impressed by those compound contraptions.I found an article in the back of an archery magazine about an archery shop in Georgia run by some guy named Dan Quillian.Dan sold me a Bamboo Longhunter 65#@28 complete with a VHS video with everything I needed to know about shooting the Longbow.This was back in the day before girlie bows were recommended for starting shooters.It's a wonder I learned to shoot,eh!.I know some like a new bow on a regular basis and there's nothing wrong with that yet I'm still shooting that Longhunter.I was just wondering,Is it just me or are there others who are content with shooting the same bow for decades?
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Offline joe ashton

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 05:39:00 PM »
I do still have my first trad bow but it's been retired for 20 years.  I did shoot it this week end but just a few arrows.
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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 05:39:00 PM »
I like to build my own bows, so I rarely use the same bow for more than one season.  That being said, when I'm on the 3D course, I fear the man who only has one bow.
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Offline wildcat hunter

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 05:40:00 PM »
I still have and shoot a Darton Ranger that I bought in Ontario, Canada in 1974, 58", 52lbs @28". Its not hurt so I'll be using it for a long time yet. I also still have my Indian archery bow in wooden case I had as a kid.
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Offline Rob W.

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 06:42:00 PM »
Wildcat hunter, I killed my first two deer with a Darton Ranger and my wife is still using it. I shoot it every now and then and wonder why I need new stuff.


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Offline Covey

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 07:03:00 PM »
Wow, Thats unheard of these days. I dont really have a choice...I only have one bow. The one I have now, I made up my mind when I got it I was gonna learn the bow inside and out. Not sayin I don't want another...but for now I'm content with what I have.

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 07:21:00 PM »
What a Prize! One of Trad's finest. Great bow! Great weight! Dan would be proud! Any pix?
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Offline bobman

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 07:27:00 PM »
I've been shooting my longhunter built by Dan for the last 30 years as well....time flies, I also have one of his recurves and its also a fine and very fast bow. Mines a red elm 68 inch 68 lbs.

I only live about 20 miles from where his shop was and used to enjoy BSing with him in his shop on the weekends. Quite a guy.
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Offline 59Alaskan

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 07:32:00 PM »
You are a bowyer's worst nightmare, but as for me I think that's pretty darn cool!!
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Offline DannyBows

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2012, 07:39:00 PM »
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My hats-off to you! If I could do that I reckon my shooting would improve. I have a Quillian Bamboo Longhunter and it is a sweet bow for sure.
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Offline Steve in Canton

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2012, 07:55:00 PM »
I have been using my 1st recurve an Appalachian Archery savage river that I bought at the PBS Banquet at Wheeling WV in 1990.  To this day it is the only bow that I have owned and even though it is showing its age I will not change until it finally gives out.  It still shoots where I look and has made dozens of kills why fix what is not broken.
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Offline Kavogt

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2012, 08:08:00 PM »
Not mine originally, but I'm carrying on with my father's Temujin. It's a couple years my senior, but still shoots well. Wouldn't mind notching a deer with it some year to go with the caribou my father harvested with it decades ago.
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Offline njloco

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2012, 08:12:00 PM »
I would think that you must shoot it very well and  like the others have said, why fix what is not broken.
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Offline JV Rooster

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2012, 08:17:00 PM »
I am also content with what i got witch are two longbows. can't see buying anything else since both bows are great. I believe having two if something happens to one during hunting season then i have a back up.
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Offline mickeys4

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2012, 09:11:00 PM »
I'm not the greatest shot but I have no doubt that I can get the job done.Occasionally I do run across a bad arrow.During the summer when fishing is on my mind I may go a month or longer without shooting.When I take that Longhunter down it's just like I shot her yesterday.I guess it's the ole riding a bicycle thing.I do own a '67 Grizzly but I basically shoot it for fun.I have a fascination with the Longbow.I don't think I'll ever get over it.
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Offline Crash

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2012, 11:32:00 PM »
My wife wishes I would do that, but it hasn't happened yet.  I think it was Gene Wensel that said bows are like good friends, you can't have too many.
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Offline MTArrowLauncher

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2012, 11:46:00 PM »
i want to do that, i want to find that right bow and have one and only one bow for everything. I ordered a Black Creek Siren t/d and hopefully that will be it
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Offline Thumper Dunker

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2012, 01:17:00 AM »
That wing in my avater is over 34 and it still hunts.
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Offline Gerardo

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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2012, 01:19:00 AM »
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I will like to be shooting any bow in 30 more years !!!
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Re: Same bow 30 odd years
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2012, 01:39:00 AM »
Contentment is not having what you want, it's wanting what you have.    :thumbsup:
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