Who owns/shoots one bow?

[BUCKY]

I see numerous posts where some of us own and shoot a dozen bows. Does anybody own or shoot just one? I own and shoot two Kanati longbows.

[mh2324]

Just one for me. Northern Mist Baraga. Getting proficient with one bow is a chore enough for me. It'd be fun to shoot a bunch of different bows, but if I ever get a second one I think I would try to get a duplicate or something very close to this bow just in case something broke mid-season so I wouldn't be completely unable to hunt. I feel blessed to have one bow and the ability to hunt.

[WildmanSC]

I own and shoot one Morrison Cheyenne, B riser and D Max 1 Carbon/foam limbs.  Since I've retired, I don't have the fun money I had before retirement.  

The first 14 years I shot traditional bows I bought, sold and/or traded 200+ recurves and longbows.  In the past two years I've bought four bows, sold three and have settled on my Morrison Cheyenne, which I've owned for nearly a year now.

Bill

[TRAP]

One woman? Yeah. One bow? No Way!!!!  Life's way too short for that.

I actually shoot much better when I restrict myself to shooting one bow. For the past month I've shot only my 62" 55# Tall Tines and that's the only bow I'll shoot through the the end of archery season.

I do find comfort in knowing I have several backups if I need them.

DD

[Rob W.]

I am down to one. A 56" 54#@28" Lil Hoot.

I have owned 20+ and shot many more figuring out what I really like in a bow.

[Butchie]

I own several but have only shot/hunted with my Liberty English for the past 7 years now.  I may shoot a few arrows now and then with the others but the English is my go to for sure.

Beware the man who shoots only one bow...  

[deerhunter_w]

One bow for me. A Tall Tines 58" 53#@28. I have only been shooting with trad gear for about a 18 months or so. I was lucky enough to take my first trad deer last fall. I have taken several with my compounds over the years but going to trad has brought the fun back to archery.

[Gdpolk]

I do and never feel under bowed.

[TxAg]

Lately. I feel like I own a new one every week.  I usually keep one as my "go to" hunt ready bow and then try other makes, models, poundages, lengths, etc. Generally, if one gets bought, one gets sold.

[awbowman]

I did but I fell off the wagon.

My Super D will always be my most loved bow though

[BUCKY]

Even though I have the two Kanati's I feel like I shoot one cause the grips are so close. The length is the same as is the weight of both. I'm surprised how many shoot one bow.

[Orion]

I'd never have only one bow unless my economic situation dictated it.  Would always want at least one back-up.  I sure wouldn't want to be without a bow anytime during the season.  

BTW, I don't buy the "beware the person with one bow, gun, tennis racket, baseball bat, etc. idea."  Though there is merit to becoming intimately familiar with one or a few bows, i don't know of any top rung performers or champions in any athletic endeavor who have only one of the main tools of his/her chosen activity/trade.    

[elkhunter45]

Me! Due to events beyond my control I sold off a very modest modest Bear collection the last couple of years and have one Bear KH that I was able to keep. I have modified the grip and shelf to suit me. I actually shoot it better than I did my others.

[Steve in Canton]

I bought my first recurve in 1991 at the PBS banquet in Wheeling Wv.  It is a Savage River made by Dave Guthery of Appilachian Archery.  To this day it is the only bow I have ever owned and still shoots as great as the first day I received it.  No reason to change what is not broken

[Homebru]

Not me.  I have two.  But they're twins so I have a good backup.  ;-)
homebru

[halfseminole]

I only shoot one, a Mark Daniels prototype Manchu style bow.  After I lowered the shelf and built up the grip and added a thumb rest, I've never shot its equal.  66", 70#@38" (originally 43@28") and enough kinetic energy to knock down a forty pound bale of cardboard.

[ranger 3]

I have two Widows the same weight, a PSRX and a PLX with the same Toby grip.

[Archie]

I have only really shot 2 bows on a long term, regular basis, the two in my signature, a recurve and a longbow.  They are 2 very different bows, but I shoot them both very regularly, and can go back and forth between them well.

I found that when switching between several different models, I wasn't shooting any of them well. So I got rid of the extras and stuck with these two.

If I ever get another bow, it will likely be identical to the longbow I already have, but about 10# heavier.

[Jake Scott]

I started with a bob lee, and sold it after I bought a foley recurve off the classifieds.  Me and my foley have been places together.  I don't have an exact count, but I know for certain that I have shot in the neighborhood of 20,000 arrows through it in the last year and a half.  While shooting this bow exclusively I have gone from barely being able to hit a target at 10 yards, to consistently shooting sub 3 inch groups out to 20 yards.  I carried it with me last deer season, and all turkey season.  This summer I don't even care to guess how many stumping miles it had traveled with me.  It carries some scars, and a tell tale dimple in the grip from my wedding ring.  I haven't gotten my first trad harvest yet, but this season is looking good, and the foley gets the nod.

I have two bows on order right now, and once they get here I am sure I will shoot them more often, but that old foley and I have a bond.  It will stay with me until I can hopefully pass it to a son, or until they lay me down.

Jake

[Slickhead]

yes
Im down to my Martin Savanna
I figure if something happens, it was meant to be.