RE: What have you owned?
Let me see,
-I started on a fiberglass bear recurve when I was a kid.
-Many different cheap recurves by places like indian etc.
-Moved to a Herters recurve.
-Got another Herters recurve.
-Bought my first compound in early 80s, a bear, black bear.
-Pearson Bush master in early 80s, compound.
-Moved onto a Hoyt excell in mid 80s as a compound.
-Pearson recurve for fishing
-hoyt recurve, which later gave to friend.
-Black mamba recurve in late 80s for hunting. Ran over it last year and broke it.
-Custom made long bow, which I had stolen a few months after I got it.
-College and family came so I hunted with what I had.
-PSE fishing bow
-Made a Hoyt power tech with excell limbs and saber cams.
-Later in 90s, hoyt razor tech.
-Made a Hoyt power tech with redline limbs and H.O. Cam and idler.
Sold Hoyt razor tech, Hoyt excell power tech combo, Hoyt excell, and gave away person bushmaster as well as black bear (wish I had the old black bear riser to make a recurve out of now.)
-Bought another herters recurve on ebay not long ago.
-Looking for a nice long bow now.
Now hunt with Herters recurves, and my Hoyt redline powertech combo. most of the time.