My first one was a Bear Whitetail hunter. A few years later I bought a Golden Eagle something (?). I just remeber the riser ws black as well as the wooden limbs were black. The I bought another Golden Eagle, the one with the spacer blocks under the limbs. Finally, I still haev my High Country Royal Hunter. It has served me well for the past 10 years. I'm ready for something a little smaller and lighter though, leaning toward a BowTech.

I used a Reflex Prowler.

50# Indian Recurve

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I'll bet almost half of us here started with a Bear Whitetail Hunter......me too and mine was CAMO!!
Christmas 1985 to be exact. Still hard for me to fathom that 1985 was 17 years ago!<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> Holy Shnikies.

I got my first bow 10 months ago. It is a Fred Bear TRX. It has already provided me with the memory of a lifetime, a 6 pt in my first season of many many to come.

Edited by - atlasman on 11/15/2002 00:23:50

My first was a Browning Cobra, 50# draw. Now it hangs in my loading room, as the limbs delaminate. I put my own custom, camo paint job and stabilizer on it.
My son's first bow was a Seneca. Now he has a BowTech Rascal.

Phil.
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my cousins forked lightning jennings for 50 bucks! Went trad the next summer and never looked back!

I suppose my first real bow (not counting branches with shoe strings tied to the ends) was a red fiberglass Red Bear that I bought for $20.00 new.

From there I had a couple different recurves, but bought a compound the first year I was going hunting (couldn't handle a hunting-weight 'curve). It was a 1984 PE Phaser II. Round wheels, 50% let-off, shot it instinctive. Nice bow.

JRW

I remember fiberglass bows also. Mine was faded yellow and white if I remember correctly. Then I thought I was reall hot when I bought a Martin - warthog magnum from a local AUTO parts store. I bet I shot this bow for 6 years and then bought a PSE Mach Flight 4R. What a difference. Man have we come a long way or what.

J. Shoot


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trapperDave I got my first bowkill this year with my Fred Bear Black Bear, it is camo and has a 65 pound draw weight, I bought it brand new, hunted one season with it, set it aside for over 15 years and picked it back up just a few years ago. It still shoots great and obviously it still works. I will admit though that I will be replacing it after this season.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club