Hey Gang,
if you could only have one bow to use for the rest of your life to hunt all the game you will hunt what would it be(make, weight, length, etc...) and why? Let me know what you think. Cheers, Matt
That's easy RER Little River longbow. 52#@28"-56" I draw 29" so she is 55# at my draw.Smooth and sweet.<><
I could never pick one bow, I love all of them that I own and covet others as well,LOL.
Danny
Make mine a 52" Shrew 48# @ 27". Brokenwing
Mine would be my Saluki Scythian, its 52" and 49#@28. It is one bow I will never sell.
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Man that is a tough question, but I am going to say a Super Shrew Hunter Classic 54"@29" draw at at 55lb pull. If I only had to choose one!
Bear Super Kodiak, 40-45#'s, any model prior to 1976.
Habu Vyperkahn
BUILT TO OUTLAST MY GRANDCHILDREN
That's like saying if you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would you choose. Sure you could stay alive, but what fun is it just being alive?
QuoteOriginally posted by Danny Rowan:
I could never pick one bow, I love all of them that I own and covet others as well,LOL.
Danny
Me too :bigsmyl:
I covet too many bows...mainly ones with great checkering...
Same one I've been hunting and shooting tournaments with the past 10+ years--66", 66@30.5" Chek-Mate Crusader longbow.
Chad
A well made osage selfbow from John Strunk or Eric Krewson. That, and my Cedar Ridge back quiver filled with POC fletched with turkey, and my American Leathers bracer. Heaven on earth for me.
60 inch 65lb DAS Kinetic hunter.
Now that there is a SCARY SCARY Thought :scared: :scared:
Did ya eat Pizza before bed....Mods. be easy on him he'll awaken from this nightmare :pray: :pray:
I'm with Vance on this one....you sir need to stop what you are doing and seek help immediately. Only one bow? It must be a very high fever..... ;)
Did just that...Great Northern Bushbow Jackknife takedown, 62", 57# @ 26"; actually have two: one with hickory limb cores, the other with osage cores (gotta have a back-up...right?). Gettin' ready to unload everything else; need to finance a Kifaru tipi...
Mike Baker 56#@28" 62" I pull 29 1/2" best bow I have ever shot...Barry
I own a few other bows (not Crusaders), have one or order for myself (Crusader take-down), and have owned and shot several different bows since I got my Crusader. It's just "the" bow for me--I've shot some really nice ones, but even the best of those didn't quite measure up.
If it's any consolation, I shoot my osage selfbow occasionally--even got a few dust collectors on the wall from the Jerry Pierce and Howard Hill shoots using it, but still.......it ain't my Crusader.
Chad
Shoot...thats like asking my wife to only own 1 pair of shoes...highly unlikely...For me it would be a toss up between my Bear Grizzly "the workhorse" or my Longhorn Classic Takedown.
Well, I get ribbed by my buddies about my bow collection. I really don't have that many but I have a few. Anyhow if I really had to settle on one bow, it would be my Black Widow PSA3 55#@28" and 60" long. I have hunted with this bow exclusively since I got it in Aug. 2005. That fall I harvested my first deer w/trad gear. Then in 2006 I took it to Alaska where it endured very wet conditions with NO ill affect. I also took a medium sized bull during a sleet/misting rain. Yep, if I had to pick one it would be this BW. Not even batting an eye.
Bill
Simple.........Wes Wallace anything he makes
OK fellas, if you could also add why you would pick the one you did that would be great. They always said "the man who only owns one gun surely knows how to use it." I'm sure this applies to bows as well. Take care, Matt
Come on! Thats like only dancin with one girl at the high school dance!!!!
Well my newest bow is a Hornes58" brushbow real purty.Liked it enough to order another one sort of like a blood and guts model. Silver/black diamond wood riser maple limbs black glass.However I do have a shrew on order also sooooooooo?
My one bow would be amy Jack Kempf Kwyk Styk with my 63# limbs and my 48# limbs. Best of both worlds!! Shawn
If I could only have one it would have to be a Dale Dye take down. It is a pleasure to shoot and look at .
I'm glad this is only a what if scenario. A fellow has got to have more than one bow .
Bill
I have shot and bought a few, but I would have to say without a doubt my Black Widow MA11@62" since the early 90's.
As for why, well it pulls smooth, no hand shock/vib or anything just dead in the hand after the shot, shoots fast for me, it's just a pleasur to shoot. It sure shoots good for me. Alan
Fortunately, that's a decision I don't have to make.
But if I did, it would be a Black Widow SA model. And the reason is it's dead nuts smooth draw out to my 29 or occasional 30 inch draw. I have about 10 other custom bows from some VERY well known bowyers that I cannot say the same thing about.
My Bighorn, #60@29", cause it shoots like it's a part of me. If you know what I mean.
Howard Hill Wesley Special 60@28, 68". Smooth and accurate.
A beautiful Blacktail Recurve 55#@28" cocobolo riser w/ a footing of Brazilian rosewood w/ myrtlewood accents and cocobolo limbs....it should be here this spring! oh boy!
I just traded Jim Ellis out of a BBO that he built several years ago. I could be happy shooting it into eternity.
It's 63" long - 66# at 26" but I could reduce that when I get old and feeble.
Jims craftsmanship is second to none.
I would say my RER one piece recurve 58in @ 46LB it is without a doubt the best bow that I have owned in all the years in archery.
Good choice Spikemaster....
I would say my Howard Hill Big 5 52# @ 28 and 68" of sweetness....
I like it because it's a good bow for moving targets and it's built like a tank, If your going to have one it better last....
Matt, You have asked us to add "WHY" we chose our bows so here is my LONG story. It was a fluke that I even tried a BW bow and chose my Black Widow PSA3. In 2005, I was taking my wife around Cloverdale doing the rounds so we could buy her a new recurve. We made the whole loop with BW being the last vendor, she shot quite a few bows, but they just never made her say "WOW". When she shot the BW, she turned to me and said "WOW"... I like this one. It figured, it was probably the most expensive... Women!
We knew we were going to Compton the following week and figured there would be more vendors there so I told her we should wait a week to decide. At Compton she made the rounds, like Cloverdale she wound up shooting the BW last. Again, after her shot, she said "WOW". Finally out of disbelief I said "Give me that damn thing, it cannot be that good". I shot three arrows and my wife watched me asking "Well?" I said nothing. Then I turned to her like a kid and said "WOW" these are neat! I had to go to the BW booth and try a heavier one. I had the same experience with the heavier bow (55#@28"). By 2005, I had shot a lot of different bows and had 7 years of Trad experience. I knew what I liked and figured I was hard to impress, but the BW did impress me. It is not that it out performed my other bows by so much (not that much difference in any of the top bows) as that it combined all my favorite characteristics I had observed separately in the other bows into this one bow.
What the entire "WOW" factor was for my wife and I, was how stable the bow seemed to us. Left and right errors were minimal for us both (riser mass?). If we were off, it was in height and that was the archer, not the bow. We ordered her bow right there. I spent two weeks thinking about that PSA till I had the nerve to ask the wife if I could order one for me. Some bows just fit you, they don't fit everyone but when it is right you know it. Up till then my go to bow was a Bob Lee. I love the way the Lee's look and they shoot as good as they look (still shoot it). Prior to shooting the BW, I figured I would never want one of those reverse limb, ugly bows. Now I see the beauty in the design and during hunting season I discovered something I never realized shooting in the summer. What I found was this limb design gives you so much room that your bulky coat hardly ever is an issue. There just seems to be more forgiveness and room to shoot in a hunting scenario. This is a big plus for me w/my BW.
So, that is the "Why".
Long answer but I think it is funny how I almost never, ever would have shot a BW on my own... I just thought they were ugly... No more...LOL. Sure proves "Shoot before you buy".
Regards,
Bill
I have no idea other than it would be a longbow in the mid 40s range and would not be one of those little "drive by" short bows. :D
Just one huh? Then I'd have to choose the late Fred Bear's personal takedown Kodiak, for obvious reasons...
My Widow as of today. But, of course I have too many bows now and they are all personal to me. Meaning I will never sell the "core" bows on my racks.
Only one bow, surely you jest.
John III
Morrison for me, 60" 58 @ 28". I like Dye's, Schafer's, Robertson's, etc. but when it's Killin time I'll take a Morrison. Pretty don't mean much in the woods (less your in Arkansas), but Morrison's are also tuff as nails... Nothing gives me more confidence when it counts.
Thanks for the replies fellas. I know, it's a situation we never want to be put in and I suppose every time we buy a new one we think it's going to be the ONE- if there is such a thing. Anyone else have any opinions?
Also, where is a good place to try out bows(conventions/expos and such) in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area during the summer and fall? Thanks, Matt
66" reflex-deflexed longbow in the 60-65 pound range with a leather wrapped locater grip. Probably a bunch of them out there will do. I currently have a Big River that fits the bill very nicely.
Thank goodness in real life I can have more cause I also like a few other bows as well.
ChuckC
Its gotta be the DAS Kinetic Master, no matter what I would be hunting it could be adjusted to handle, its like the "swiss army knife of archery" HEY DAVE I SAID THAT FIRST!!!!! if you want to use it as a slogan you have to give me a discount or at least a T-shirt LOL.
I almost accidently bought a new Mosshorn from Wes Martin on Ebay. The reason I bought it was I was curious about that style of bow (Super Shrew, Mosshorn, Griffin/McCullough) and didn't want to wait or spend a bunch to try one. The bow turned out to be quiet and accurate and fun to shoot. I'm currently saving up to buy a Shrew or Griffin. The Mosshorn would stay on as my backup bow (who knows, maybe my primary bow).
The Mosshorn is the only bow I currently shoot. It is 58", 46# @ 28" and a very nice bow. I suspect Wes Martin has stopped making them.
I have to admit to being tempted by the new metal risered super bows. I would really love to try one.
Dave in Ft. Collins, CO
I would have to choose a Fedora 560. It would have to be a 54 pounder at 28" and 60" long. This is going to be my only bow forever, so it can't be pretty, I'd hate myself if I dinged, scratched, or marred it up, so I guess I would choose a wood that isn't too fancy for the riser but would like to have five lam bamboo limbs. I've had this bow before and traded it, I'm still kicking myself. :banghead:
I shoot best with my Silvertips, but I would choose one of my Robertson recurves simply to honor Dick as a friend and for all he has done for trad bowhunting.
Only have two bows now and like em both. But my fav would be my Toelke t-d recurve at 56". I asked that it be made of all local woods to my state. We settled for a walnut handle with juniper veneers covering maple cores. Sweet.
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56"...41# @ 24" bamboo limbs,bubinga riser.
light,smooth and quick enough.
That's easy! My Bob Lee Classic,56#,60" recurve because it has put elk,javelina and rabbit in the frig.Ah,but now that I think about it, I shoot my Pronghorn take down longbow the best, but my Wes Wallace Mentor looks the best, then there's my...
My "One" will be here in October. Super Shrew, 55#@26 and 56 long. Autumn brown,with my name on it. I've wanted one of these for a long time and it will be "the one" for a very long time after.
Arwin, you know that Super Shrew is going to be WAY to heavy for you. I'm willing to help you out and take it off your hands (grin).
I just don't have the patience to wait a year to get a bow. Heck, I don't have the patience to wait three months!
I sure do like that style of bow.
Dave in Ft. Collins, CO
Grozer 70# Turkish. Right now the best on the rack. But really the best one has yet to come into my hands..
Nothing but Bear kodiak 50# @ 28in draw; the best by far IMO; :thumbsup:
I think I'll pass Dachba! :biglaugh:
They are nice bows. I shot one at the Kalamazoo Expo. They zing an arrow and are pretty quiet. I want to upgrade to the Chameleon but the wife says "NO". :rolleyes: It looks awesome and would blend in to the woods well.
The one bow i will never let go of. Palmer 62" 53# @ 29"."Sweetness" Got her over ten years ago, my first & only custom bow. Boy did I make the right choice. IMO
My 3 Rivers Dalaa by DAS Kinetics. At present I have a set of Hoyt G3 long 42# limbs on it. I have a set of Samick Extreme medium limbs at 42# and a set of Win&Win Winex medium limbs at 42# on order. Hope to receive both sets of limbs within the next month or so. I have the one Dalaa riser and will just decide which limbs and probably end up with a lighter set of the limbs I settle on for 3D.
Why? It is the most accurate shooting bow I've had the privilege of shooting. The SRF sight provides a great frame of reference, albeit it is not a sight pin perse.
Bill
You said it TRB! Palmer Classic 60", 51# @ 26", carbon limbs. Fast, accurate, quiet and absolutely dead in the hand - couldn't ask for more!
But I'm sure glad I don't have to settle for just one!
Ken
bob lee 62" pro 1 peice recurve for me 56# @28
shoots like a dream
"if you could only have one bow to use for the rest of your life to hunt all the game you will hunt what would it be(make, weight, length, etc...) and why?"
A nightmare ... 'cause I'd go into terminal withdrawal!
Ed
I agree what a bummer one bow?
Brent
I'll play. I pick up my 21st Century Lonestar 68" 47# @ 28" every day for as many shots as I have time for. Love it to the point I may just put the others up for sale (wish you had not brought up this thought!).
Todd
I'd have my Rocky mountain recurve that was stolen. :( :( :(
Peanut