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Offline Moots

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ONE BOW; you choose
« on: August 23, 2014, 08:43:00 PM »
If you could only own one bow, what would it be?

I have owned too many bows:  mild R/D bows, more aggressive R/D bows, recurves, American longbows, flat bows.  But if I could only own one bow for the next ten years, I know which one it would be.

A Heartland longbow, made in Nebraska by Cory Egert.  What is your one bow?
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Offline nineworlds9

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 08:51:00 PM »
My current 'One Bow to Rule Them All' is my 2pc Javaman Elkheart.  I'd survive just fine if I didn't have any others.  It is a sensational bow with all the right stuff.

That being said, if I didnt have my Elkheart, or Stewarts, etc

if I HAD to choose ONE bow and its all I ever could have, gun to my head,

It would definitely be a 62" Centaur Chimera XTL Dark Matter 2pc with wood scales over the DM riser, stippled and engraved grip, snakeskin backed, with bighorn sheep riser and tip overlays.  

Hoping to get back on the list for one in early 2015.

If Leon built a 2pc Slammer with phenolic riser it would be hard for me to choose.
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Offline Hud

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 09:00:00 PM »
American Longbow.   :shaka:
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Offline K.S.TRAPPER

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 09:00:00 PM »
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Offline South MS Bowhunter

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2014, 09:06:00 PM »
In case the other searches prove unsatisfying   :biglaugh:  Mine would still be a Centaur of any flavor.  My current 2 are both Chimera's 60" 50# - 52# @28 (I draw 29+).

I've shot a few not as many as some here but when you shoot one that has it all you just know it is hard to beat!
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Offline shag08

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2014, 09:09:00 PM »
I've not tried EVERY bow so I couldn't make an educated decision on that one. Although the list is getting shorter as time goes by.
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Offline Bowitis

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2014, 09:28:00 PM »
FRANK-N-BOW    

DAS riser, Morrison MAX-1 limbs, DAS fittings, feather rest from TRAP, Rhino string from Allen @ "lefties-r-us"
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Offline Moots

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2014, 09:34:00 PM »
Cool Bowitis!  Now that sounds like a winner.
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Offline Tajue17

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2014, 09:34:00 PM »
if it was a bow that was almost impossible to get its the Harrison Siberian Wolf.

if it was a bow that is currently available and I could have it tomorrow it would be the JD Berry North Star.
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Offline damascusdave

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2014, 09:38:00 PM »
The next one

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Offline Cavscout9753

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2014, 11:19:00 PM »
I think a nice fast Hill bow would keep me content. Enough of every catagory for my taste. Which Hill that is, I have no clue. But its next on my list..
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Offline Jim Picarelli

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2014, 11:40:00 PM »
If I had to keep one bow, it'd be my Hill Big 5
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Offline Jake Scott

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2014, 11:41:00 PM »
I have always had an affinity for Morrison recurves.  That and a 'tip are next on my list.

Jake
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Offline Steve Jr

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2014, 12:01:00 AM »
For now it would be my 58" 3 pc. Stalker longbow. It tuned easy and  whatever mojo South put in it I just don't seem to miss. It's a beauty to boot. However I should be getting my Berry Taipan from James in Nov/Dec so my answer might change when I get that.   :goldtooth:
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Offline Austin Brown

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2014, 12:35:00 AM »
For me it would be a Big River 21st Century style longbow.  I've owned others that surpass it in certain qualities, but all around it fits me well and flat out shoots where I look.  Now if I had some cash to spare and somehow managed to find one of Fred Anderson's Skookum specials that scaled around 48@28 then I would have a different response more than likely.
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Offline Tom L

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2014, 12:42:00 AM »
It would be my Samick Verna. It works better than I do never had a bow that didn't. It will kill anything I hunt and that let's me spend my money going hunting. Now for me about hunting not bows. At one time it was about owning the right bow and after 41 years of bow hunting I am over stuff I would rather hunt with a old cheep bow than set at home. But that's just me, to each his own.

Tom
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Offline Brianlocal3

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2014, 01:08:00 AM »
No questions asked, my JD BERRY taipan.
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Offline Larrydawg

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2014, 02:35:00 AM »
perfectly happy with my osage self bow but 2nd choice my kodiak magnum
Larry
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Offline Thumper Dunker

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2014, 03:11:00 AM »
Not going to happen.
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Offline Biathlonman

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Re: ONE BOW; you choose
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2014, 05:00:00 AM »
Javaman Elkheart here too!
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