Who still has their first bow?

[Ketzi]

Hello everyone!
I`m moving the next weekend, so today I sorted out things from the basement and found my first bow. It`s a Samick Verna 40# @ 28", a copy of the Black Widow longbows. I got it for christmas several years ago, but I still like it very much. Thank you mom and dad!

[Van/TX]

Still have mine that I got at 4 years old.  Mine on the right (26#), Dad's on the left (65#).  Both yew.  One on the left is bamboo backed.  These were the first 2 bows Dad ever bought...Van

 

[Legolas]

My Ben Pearson Colt is now over 40 years old.

[Teacher_of_the_Arcane]

YES!!

I got it Christmas of sixth grade.....a Ben Pearson glass backed hickory "semi-recurve".

Lobo in West Virginia

[Jmatt1957]

Yes  I also got mine for Christmas...1969. A wing falcon 38#

[BodarkOkie]

My first bow: little stick bow with red & blue stripes and cotton string (rubber suction cup arrows).

First hunting bow:  42# fiberglass Shakespeare "Strato-Jet."

First "modern" bow:  46# Browning "Nomad."

Don't have the suction cup arrows, but I still have the three bows.

[RGK]

I still have the old green Ben Pearson Fiberglass #33 recurve. I missed my first buck with that bow. My son used it at Compton this year.

[fredbear92]

my little fiberglass compound.
after that it was a AIM recurve

[hs6181]

I have my first hunting bow
 
ben pearson javelina

my first bow was just a stick with some string I got from granpaw.

[Jim Harris]

I don't have my first bow. Mom and Dad gaveit to me in 1956 or 57. I was about 8 or 9 years old. It was a 25 # wood bow. I don't remember if it had fiberglass on it or not. That one cracked thru the handle one day about 3 years after I got it. I don't remember what happened to it after that. Mom and Dad gave a solid fiberglass Ben Pearson, 35 # in 1960 or early 1961. I shot it for 3 or 4 years. That one I still have. I strung it recently and pulled it a few times. Brought back some memories....  Jim.

[Gil]

My first bow was a bamboo bow made by my dad who doesnt know a thing about bows when I was 5.Got my first real bow,ben pearson one piece recurve,64" 3o# when I was 15 and its still with me.But its too twisted to be used now,thanks to years of dry firing beacause I didnt know any better way back then and had no one to teach me but myself.

Gil

[Wary Buck]

Dad started us on the old Bear fiberglass blue and red bows, but my first 'real' bow (and the first I bought) was a Herter's Sitka or Sambar (have to check, it's at home), 29# at 24".  Probably circa 1973?  Still have that bow.  Needs to be refinished but it's still a sweet looking bow.

[GingivitisKahn]

My first bow was a training-wheel equipped Browning with which I had little fun.  I sold the thing after my first season with it and used the proceeds to purchase an old 55# DH Hunter recurve.  

That one I still have and it still hunts in spite of  a slight twist in the lower limb.  It still shoots better than I do.  :-p

[BamBooBender]

Thanks for sharing the memories.        

[paradocs]

Still have my first hunting weight bow: a Bear Grizzly, 50#; probably early '70s vintage.  First bow ever was a white fiberglass Bear with a red grip; I believe it's still in the cellar at the homeplace....need to hunt that one down for old time's sake.

[McGeeM]

I have all of mine, even the ones that have broke. My first however was a compound and I still have it. My first trad bow I left strung in my truck on a hot summers day.

[TexMex]

I still have mine, a BenPearson 64" 30# my dad found when he was irrigating (that's what he told me) when I was 13

[Traxx]

My first real bow,was an old selfbow,my Grandad gave me when i was about 8 yrs old.I kept it untill he passed away.My youngest brother was showing some interest then,so i gave it to him.My Nephew then broke it by seein how far it would pull.He hooked the string on a door top and Pulled.That kid aint changed a bit n hes 21 now.If his mother,wasnt my sister,id slap her fer havein him.LOL

[Curveman]

I just bought back my first traditional bow! It's 10 lbs. lighter than what I shoot now but I just had to have it back-the sentimental value was worth more than the cash. I bought it 7 years ago. Pristine condition, Dream Catcher. I can't believe what they want for them now! I paid $380 new!  

[Ric O'Shay]

My first bow was/is a 1957 Bear Kodiak Special 64" and 45# @ 28". Still have it and in fact I wrote a note about it in January 2004 that is now in the "Classics" section. Still a nice bow. I still shoot and it is still proudly displayed.

Danny