As most of us, I have gone through bows searching for THE one. I've had a few Silvertips, Strikers, and too many Widows to count. My latest trade I think is THE one. A Blacktail Elite. seems like it fits me and shoots great as well as being really good looking. I don't think it will set the world on fire, but I have other higher performing bows like a Dryad Orion, and a newly acquired Centaur triple elite that I am waiting for. Any body else found THE bow ??
I dunno about "the" bow but I'm pretty happy with my Primaltech. Happy enough to have another one in the works.
Absolutely.... several times.
Unfortunately I have to agree, I thought I found the one....till the next one. But this Blacktail really trips my trigger...
Hope my Centaur does it as a longbow also
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Yup, Sitka T2 Edition
Yep, 20 yrs ago at the trad expo when it was in Hastings, put my hand on the grip of a Caribow recurve. It was over!
I've went through a lot of recurves and longbows both production and customs in the 50 years I've been shooting them. I own seventeen bows now. But my two favorites are my 1984 Bear Kodiak Takedown and my 1972 Bear Super Kodiak. Both are great shooting bows.
Blacktails have been high on my list. I have owned three, an Elite, an elite VL, and a Sitka. I thought the Sitka would be the one (and it is a very nice, good shooting bow.
But, my Tall Tines Stickflinger is currently still my best shooter, followed closely by the Sitka and a Javaman elk heart.
I am done buying bows for sure now.
Yes I've found the BOW !
Several times. In fact I've got a dozen of them. I just decide which is the one for this year.
I can't say it's the bow but I really love Rocky Mountian Recurves. They just work for me.
Just enjoying the search, especially since I have a little bit more time... :archer2: :archer2: :archer2:
Toelke Pika! 44@27 micarta riser. Everything about this bow fits me.
Yes, for me it's my Tall Tines Stickflingers. They do what I want. For recurves toss up between a chinook and a lynx.
Have been most fortunate to have found the one many times. We are blessed to have so many great bowyers out there today. Many bows that I have owned would fall into the category that if this was the only bow I owned, I would be quite satisfied.
I just enjoy working with the bowyer and thoroughly enjoy delving into a new shot experience.
Yep. The two in my signature are all I need. Sometimes I play with others because despite the perfection that I have on my wall, my addiction to traditional archery makes me want to at least test drive them all.
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Just this year, got this RD 52" built by Elkseaker Bows.
It's has become my go to hunting bow.
Before that it was my K-Mag.
No, may never find it. Right now "it" seems to be my white feather lark with SF limbs. Then my Bear B Mag riser with Bear limbs. My heavier bows just aren't as much fun to shoot
I have bounced around a good bit but have been most satisfied with my old BW pre cnc MA with the "frost finish" and two of their LB's. They just seem to fit me and shoot where I look.
I do have a Bear Super Mag that I love and wish I had my original Super Kodiak back.
Yes!!
Every second year I find THE bow, until the next one !
That is a really costly disease :biglaugh:
Yes, actually bowS, a PSAX and Bear TD. Every once in a while I have the need to try out the latest greatest bow, just to see if they can dethrone those two. So far, nothing's came close.
Yep Wild Horse Creek
Quote from: MnFn on January 18, 2020, 06:46:00 PM
I am done buying bows for sure now.
Gary, that's funny! Not sure I'm convinced, but with those that you have there you might be all set. :coffee:
Yes Chase-that does sound pretty funny coming from me I guess. Only time will tell. It'll be true... eventually!
Like I said I'm all set.........although, there is this thunderhorn that looks pretty nice that's for sale
Toelke Whistler two piece 58", 60# @ 28". This bow just shoot where I want it to and with authority.
Yes I have found the bow all 6 of them ! But if I had to pick just one it would be my 50s style bow .
It's funny the older I get the more I gravitate towards the vintage bows.
Yes I have 2 that shoot very well for me, 1 is a PLX at 64in and 47@ 28. The other and my favorite is a Wapiti takedown 60in long and 48lb @ 28in, just cant seem to miss with it. Only thing is my top limb splintered and made me sick to my stomach. Kieth making me another set but haven't received them yet, just hope it shoots as good with new limbs.
Yes, Yellowstone Halfbreed take down 62"46@27.5 I have another one on order. And a Mohawk Sparrowhawk one piece 64"50@28,
If I did not make bow my recently purchased Bear TD would be the bow. If there is any better behaving quite bow out there I doubt it. And the price is not too bad.
I had Big Jim Babcock build a Thunderchild from wood I sent him from my land and from a stash of mahogany that my brother had. I've taken both my deer with it and enjoy it greatly. There are better looking bows, but none that will mean more to me.
Flatline cardiac arrest.
64" Robertson Purist & 70" Howard Hill Cheetah
I stopped looking for "THE BOW" once I learned how to shoot right... Happened after number 26, or was it 28??? ...Well, now I am down to six or seven... Might even be in that happy place now...
... mike ...
But, then you have that Osage Super Shrew......... OMG! Help Me!
Yep til I find another one! LOL
Seriously I've hunted with the same bow for three years. My wife is worried about me...
More than one...but yes. Got a PSA and a PLX.
Dan Toelke's 54" Pika is my favorite. If I'm not shooting it, I'm thinking about it.... :)
My two favorites are my MOAB and Big River 21st longbow. Hard to decide which child I like the best.
:coffee: :archer2: :campfire: :thumbsup:
My Abbott longbow is my favorite to shoot and would keep it above all the others.
But, I shoot the Black Hunter hybrid longbow better than anything I ever touched. It's crazy how easy it is to shoot these bows well.
My tbow!!!
Primal Tech!! The grip fits my hand perfectly, dead quiet when shot, beautiful to look at. I like it so much I'm on the list for another one with some different wood to look at!!
Nope, and I sorta hope I never really do. Would take some of the fun out of it don't you think. :nono:
Currently my "the bow" is one of two Hummingbird 3 pc lb's-42@28, 46#@28-both drawn to 29.5" One is 62" and the other is 64" and I believe they are here to stay. :archer2:
Yep. I have 2 styles that I like. My St Joe classic longbow double carbon Takedown is thee one. It's a good weight, smooth, point and shoot. I think as I have it, it's the pinnacle of what that bow can be offered in. BW Ebony riser...excellent heft and very stable. It's my primary shooter.
I had a Kalamazoo Bow Works Manistee built for me this last year. I ordered 45lb/64"...nice, very slim, slight R/D longbow. What I got was a 50lb/62" longbow. He accidentally cut it short :biglaugh: I decided to keep it. Happy little accident is what I call it. Bow draws like 40lbs and casts like a 60lb. It's as bare as can be...solid 19" Black Walnut riser with what I believe are elm lam limbs under green glass...accented with a fine dual color Great northern in matching brown and Green leather. Insanely quiet. It's the quietest bow I've ever owned, and I've owned several dozen in my 10year trad journey, and it's also the lightest...with quiver full of 612grain arrows, total weight is less than 2lbs.
These two bows fit their purpose that I requested them for...I haven't felt a twinge or desire to buy or order another.
Found the BOWYER! Dan Toelke!
3 piece Pronghorn
Several years ago I thought I had found the perfect bow in a Northern Mist Whisper a reverse handle longbow. Then Steve Turay talked me into trying the Shelton string follow longbow. I was torn between the two. Ever happened to you? Then in a rare moment of clarity while talking to Steve about a new bow I asked again about the potential of both together, a reverse handle string follow longbow. Steve had not yet tried that, but others had asked about it. I told him if he built it I would buy it no matter how it turned out. He built it and it worked so that bow became the Ramer. Since I commissioned the first one I have to stick with the Ramer as my perfect bow. No other bow has given me a reason to change.
Right now "THE" bow is my yew Northern Mist Shelton, 68" and 53# at 28". However...
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