Only ONE Survival BOW

[Terry Green]

Now that we have the survival head thread running, now lets do the bow and see what comes up....

Recurve, Longbow or Selfbow...

And if you like, what make and model.

[Pat B]

64" to 66" osage selfbow, 50#@ my 26" draw. If it breaks or is damaged I'll just make another with whatever wood is available to me. Don't need tip overlays, don't need handle wrap, don't need decorative limb backing. Just a good old selfbow. My arrows would come from hardwood shoots, either red osier, sourwood, viburnum or local cane, with found feathers for fletching and stone, bone or scrap metal points hafted with pitch glue and sinew wraps for points and fletching.  If I run out of B55 I'l make cordage from hemp, nettle, flax, other natural cordage or rawhide.

[durp]

Duel shelf Glass longbow...no stringer needed and I ain't worried about it breaking 

[GCook]

Longbow.  My 58" two piece Primal Tech has proven durable and reliable. 

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Yellowstone Longbow 64"50@27.5

[smokin joe]

As long as I have an extra string, my one bow would be my 60-inch Centaur Triple Carbon Elite. It is fast and accurate.

[woodchucker]

Bear Grizzly

How many other bows around are 40,50,60 years old, and still shooting?? 

[woodchucker]

durp makes a good point!!

I still have my old glass Ben Pearson longbow....
I think I got it when I was 8-9 years old??

[Mark R]

My 55# recurve I made. Durability is good but I want the bow I shoot the best. I have a couple all glass Bows, pretty much more durable than anything else, but if I need to kill to survive I want the best I can shoot with.

[D. Key]

My 64" and 50# @ 28" Massie Longhorn.  Beautiful and totally functional.

[Terry Green]

Durability is good but I want the bow I shoot the best.

Yes, but my choice covers both durability and shoot-ability.

[KentuckyWolf]

A two piece longbow. Durable, simple, easy to use, easy to transport.
No limb bolts, no limb twist, no limb alignment to worry about.

If it ever broke....just make a selfbow.

[black velvet]

Anyone that I own now. They are all dependable.

[McDave]

My Robertson Wolfer.  It is a 58", 50# two-piece recurve with a bolted connection.  Very packable, no loose parts to lose.  Normally I would shy away from a recurve for a survival bow, but the recurves are very moderate and the limbs are unlikely to twist.  Similar to many r/d longbows that are on the borderline of being recurves, this recurve is on the borderline of being a r/d longbow.

[woodchucker]

This got me thinking....

The Apocalypse has come.... You have only ONE bow, to last you for the rest of your days.

We're talking about a "forever" bow. Many would want a durable "bomb proof" bow...
Many others, would want the bow they shoot the best!! The "never miss" bow....

Choose what's best for you!!! Odds are, you're only gonna last a year or two anyway!!

Great thread, Terry!!! Just put another pot on....

[Pine]

My 45# Bear K Mag I have had sense the early 1970s. 

[STICKBENDER98]

I'm going with my Northern Mist Skanee, it's been my bow of choice for the past 3 years.


Jason

[David McLendon]

For survival, MOAB

[George Tsoukalas]

I'll go with  a 66" black locust self bow because that is the  wood I learned on and was a favored wood of the Native Americans here where I live. Jawge

[PrimitivePete]

Osage Self Bow made by Bobcat Barnes, looks innocent, shoots damn happy. I don't shoot anything better.