Anybody but me still shoot an old bow?
07-25-2005, 09:38 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pulaskiville
Posts: 3,533
Anybody but me still shoot an old bow?
I have the money to buy a new bow...but can't part with my mid-late 80's Pro-Line Force II bow. It's taken a tractor-trailer load of game...Deer, bear, turkeys and small game. I shoot it a ton...and have put a number of strings on it.
I'm a lefty, and I don't care for these new short draw bows. The groups still hold at about 2" at 20yds...with broadheads. Maybe 5" at 30yds. That's good enough for me.
Just wondering.
I'm a lefty, and I don't care for these new short draw bows. The groups still hold at about 2" at 20yds...with broadheads. Maybe 5" at 30yds. That's good enough for me.
Just wondering.
07-25-2005, 09:45 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
Posts: 2,051
RE: Anybody but me still shoot an old bow?
I am still shooting a Bear Whitetail 2
Don't remember when I bought it .
May not be as fast as the new bows but I can still hit what I aim at.
Johnch
Don't remember when I bought it .
May not be as fast as the new bows but I can still hit what I aim at.
Johnch
07-25-2005, 09:53 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Leesburg Fl
Posts: 3,245
RE: Anybody but me still shoot an old bow?
i just got an old bow. i haven't had it forever. i just bought it a few months ago. it's a late 70's bear polar ltd. it definately isn't all that fast, it's pretty quiet, but sure as heck is accurate. i don't like the new bows they're just not my style really. i don't see a prob with shooting an old bow as long as it's safe and still works well.
07-26-2005, 12:26 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: Anybody but me still shoot an old bow?
I still love shooting my Clearwater Mag dual wheel bow. I can't part with it. Yes I hunt with my bowtechLiberty, but every now and then I just take the clearwater, I have a ton of confidence in it and its killed more elk than any of my bows, mostly cows but it was a very nice shooting machine in theearly 90s. I have been shooting that bow for almost15 years now and to this day it still shoots bullets holes in paper and tight groups out to 40 yards. I keep it around for a back up and its just fun too shoot.
07-26-2005, 05:26 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 7,891
RE: Anybody but me still shoot an old bow?
ORIGINAL: zak123
Now where is ButchA?
Now where is ButchA?
I LOVE shooting my old PSE Edge 1000C (seen below). It's from 1996 and is maybe, around 230 fps - if that. It's rugged, built like a tank, and very very accurate. I grew accustomed to it and how it feels. I have thought of upgrading to a newer faster bow, but just can't bring myself to do it.
