Pat,

If I were you, I would create a list of every person that has been in your house for the last 90 days. I would then include which ones have a truck, with a cap, or a Van since 40 bows would not fit in my Nissan Altima.

Then I would also include anyone that has a farm, with a barn, nice place to store bows. Than I would pay them a friendly visit and see if anyone acts a little out of the ordinary. Don't tell them why you are there.

See if you can get them to show you the inside of the barn, like do you have any new animals you want to show off, cows or horses. If not go inside their house, if possible, and check out their basement. Do this in a friendly manner. Also, best frinds can do things they normally would not do when the farm is about to go under.

If this does not pan out, expand the list to 6 months. Expand the farms to large buildings. They could have also placed them into a Storage facility. See if someone you know has just rented a storage area. I would visit your local facilities and see if anyone on your list just rented one out.

I know this is a lot of work, but unless you start somewhere, you will never see those bows again. You could also hire an ex cop to assist you in your search. Think like, what would I do if I just attained 40 bows, what would you do to sell them off? You might sit on them just until prior to Archery season and then try and sell them. Ask you local hardware store or country store to keep their ears open about anyone trying to sell many used bows.

I wish you the best and I hope you find them. If there is anything else we can do, let us know....

Tom