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Do you ever want to just kick yourself?

Started by Pine, January 28, 2020, 01:10:08 PM

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Pine

I'm talking about bows that you have gotten rid of in the past, and you wish you still had them.
For me, I had a "C" handle Bear Takedown 35# target bow that was just awesome.
Sold it to the owner of an archery shop in the late 1970s.
I stopped by his shop a couple weeks later and he told me that Fred Bear stopped in last week, saw that bow and figured it needed to be signed.  :banghead:
Another bow I foolishly let go was a Hoyt Pro Medalist. It was a target bow with white limbs but the draw weight was 64#@28".
That bow would now be a collectors item because of the unusual draw weight for that model.
I hunted with it one season with the removable camo paint but it was just too cumbersome to hunt with. That was in the early 1980s.
That's just a couple of bows out of a few others I let go.
So, what bows are you kicking yourself for letting go?
It's easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled. Mark Twain

If you're afraid to offend, you can't be honest.

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Wudstix

Traded away a DH Hunter 65#@28" it was a 64-66 model don't have the serial number.  Traded for a Hill style High Country longbow to a guy from ID.  Just got my first custom bow a Big River recurve that John patterned after a 59 Bear.
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:         :campfire:
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!!!" - Me

Psalms 121: 1-3 - King David

60" Big River 67#@28"              
60" MOAB D/R LB 62#@27"
60" Big River D/R LB 65#@27"
62" Kota Badlands LB 72#@28"
62" Howatt TD 62#@28
58" Bear Grizzly 70#@28"
62" Big River D/R LB 60#@30"
66" Moosejaw Razorback LB 60#@28"

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MnFn

#2
Nothing that I couldn't replace. I wouldn't mind getting back my Liberty classic.
I just didn't give that one enough time.

Other than that I am really happy with my three bows:
Stickflinger, Blacktail Sitka, Javaman Elkhart.

But, ask me next week as and I'll probably have a different answer.
"By the looks of his footprint he must be a big fella"  Marge Gunderson (Fargo)

"Ain't no rock going to take my place". Luke 19:40

Wudstix

#3
DH Hunter wasn't the best bow I've had, but it was the first real hunting bow, and was with me for @12 years, put a bunch of venison and pork in the cooler.

:coffee:       :archer2:       :campfire:       :thumbsup: 
"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!!!" - Me

Psalms 121: 1-3 - King David

60" Big River 67#@28"              
60" MOAB D/R LB 62#@27"
60" Big River D/R LB 65#@27"
62" Kota Badlands LB 72#@28"
62" Howatt TD 62#@28
58" Bear Grizzly 70#@28"
62" Big River D/R LB 60#@30"
66" Moosejaw Razorback LB 60#@28"

"Memento Mori"
PBS - Associate Member
Retired DoD Civ 1985-2019

Sam McMichael

My first longbow,  a 58# Archery Traditions Bamboo Longhunter.
Sam

stagetek

I had a '68 Super Kodiak that I shot my first deer with in '68. 60" 44#. Traded it in to buy a '72 Howatt Super Diablo. Big mistake !

WESTBROOK

Oh Yea!!

A custom Robertson longbow.

Just in case the owner reads this....

Lefty, 66" 60@29 Cocobola riser, Yew veneers. I'll buy it back!

Captain*Kirk

This does not compute. Still have every bow I ever owned including the first one.
Aim small,miss small

reddogge

Sure do. I didn't get rid of it, my parents did. It was my first bow, a 30# Pearson lemonwood longbow I got for Christmas in 1955. It lit the fire that still burns today.  I don't even have a picture of it.  I'm a sentimental fool for that kind of stuff.
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trad_bowhunter1965

I didn't sell a bow but I have shot nothing but takedown Longbows and wanted to get a one-piece and I had my eye on a Mohawk Sparrowhawk well Vince shut down before I could order one but luckily I found a used one and very happy.   
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