Well,

I took a fiberglass recurve for a walk when I was 12 in 1978.

I started getting serious with a wooden recurve when I was 15 back in 1981. I used that bow until I received a

Bear Black Bear II which I used for a number of years. Then I had a
Jennings Carbon Extreme XLR and started competitive 3D. I was asked to shoot for Hoyt so thus started the trend.

96 Hoyt Defiant
97 Tenacity
98 Tenacity II
99 Striker II
2000 Defiant
2001 Hoyt VorTec

in 01 I built my log home. I was out of the circuit for the house and life. Something needed to take a back seat and competition and the traveling involved was it. It was very good to me.

This past spring I was in the market. After tagging out with my VorTec which I loved for the last 5 years, I decided it was time for a new bow.

I ended up purchasing (after shooting a Trykon, Allegiance, Tribute and Switchback) the two I hold today, well there's more to the story. I sold my VorTec to a good friend.

2006 Bowtech Allegiance and
2006 Hoyt Trykon (I then sold this bow to my friend (Q2INWHITETAILS).

Currently I'm with a single bow for the first time in 10 years. ( Allegiance)
However I still have my old Bear Black Bear II and someday want to take another deer with it, just for nastalgia.