What have you owned?
 

With all the discussions on what bow manufacturer is your favorite, it got me wondering what people have really tried out. SO I have two questions
How long have you been shooting a bow?
What bows have you owned during that time?

Guess I will start

Shooting for 23 years now
Started with a Jennings Black lightning then a
American Archer
Onieda tomkat
PSE
Martin
Ben Pearson
Hoyt

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45 years.

Just about them all:)

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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.

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Man I couldn't even begin to list all the bows I have owned....

I can't even recall what my first couple bowsmodel names were but they were are PSE and a Bear both were from the early to mid 90's.....

Most of the bows I didn't keep very long and ended up selling on AT and to my buddies.... I got good discounts through my local shop as a shop shooter. I was able to sell the bows as slightly used for basically the same I paid for them. He closed his doors for retirement in 05 and if you notice it was when I stopped buying so many bows!

Browning Afterburner (late 90's)
Browning Mantis (00)
Hoyt Magnatec (02)
Hoyt Supertec (03)
Hoyt Cybertec (03)
Hoyt Xtec (04)
Hoyt Vipertec (04)
Hoyt Protec (04)
Hoyt Vtec (05)
BowTech Extreme VFT (03)
BowTech Patriot Dually (03)
BowTech Mighty Mite ( 03 + 04)
BowTech Patriot SC (03 + 04)
BowTech Pro 40 (Freedom Cam) (04)
BowTech Liberty (04)
BowTech Allegiance (05)
BowTech Tribute (06)

Of all of them the 2005 BowTech Allegiance was my favorite with the 04 BowTech Patriot SC second.

I don't think I left any out.....

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Been shooting a bow for 42yrs., and here's the list:

Bear Cub
Bear Grizzly
Bear Polar2
Indian XI
Browning Midas
Matthew's Z-Max

I can honestly say I liked them all, but my Z-Max is my favorite:-)

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Compounds:
Browning Xcellerator
Jennings Sonic XL
Recurves:
Wing Red Wing Hunter
Great Plains Wolf Creek
Zipper Extreme
Black Widow SA III
Black Widow MA II
Big East Custom
Leon Stewart Custom(still have)
Bill Stewart MUlti-cam(still have)
Wes Wallace Stealth
Stotler Medalist
Stahl Custom
Big Horn Grand Slam
Bear T/D Hunter
Bear Super 48(still have)
Sley Custom
Longbows:
Robertson Vision
Leon Stewart Custom
Robertson Buffalo Bow
Stotler Gamebuster
Stotler Gamegetter(still have)
Crow Creek Black Feather(still have)
Abbott Custom(still have)
Northern Mist Baraga(still have)
Great Plains Plainsman

and there'sprobably some more i forgot about

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Always hoyt!!:)

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I bought a used Martin Firecat from a guy at work in 1996. Shot it in a 3D league for about a year, then it went on the shelf until about 2002. Still had not hunted with it at all. I started bow hunting in 2003, and shot that bow for a couple of years, and then decided it was time to get a new bow. Now I own a PSE Fireflight. Its still not the top of the line bow, but compaired to my old Martin it was a much better bow. Sold my old Martin to a guy that I work with. I envy you guys that have multiple bows.

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Got my first bow and starting shootingarchery back in November 2005. Now I'm hooked.

I hope to start shooting Indoor Spots and 3-D Tourneys this upcoming winter and spring.

I own a Hoyt Trykon with serious contention of getting a fully devoted target bow pretty soon.

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I have been hunting for 14 years
Started with a PSE USA Spirit
Then I bought a PSE Polaris Express in 96'
Now I shoot a Mathews Legacy.

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My First bow was a PSE Nova Team Fitzgerald Package, Then I upgraded to a Reflex Buckskin, and now I shoot a Bowtech Mighty Mite.
I have been bowhunting for 6 years now.

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Bear Whitetail
PSE ???
PSE Bruin
Browning F5 Tornado
PSE Scorpion
Hoyt Razortec
Hoyt Trykon
Bowtech Tribute( still own)
Hoyt Vectrix ( my new bow)

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It's amazing how we can rattle off every bow we've ever owned and what year we owned it. But ask me my wifes birthday or my anniversary, and it's like ummmmm ? :eek:

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9 years shooting, 8 with my PSE Nova, 1 with my bowtech

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I should own Bass Pro Shops by now. My bows I have owned have been Oneidas for the last 20 years. I'm on my second.

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11 years
4 yrs - bear
4yrs - Golden Eagle
2 yrs - High Country

The High Country is the best but none of them are that good in my opinion

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Bear Whitetail Hunter
Bear Whitetail Hunter II
Another Bear of some sort...not sure what it was....
XI Legend (set up for hunting)
XI Legend (set up for target)
ProLine New Wave
ProLine Riptide (still have this one)
Hoyt UltraMag
Hoyt UltraTec
Hoyt Vectrix

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Pearson Bushmaster
04 Hoyt Ultrasport
06 Bowtech Tribute

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Didn't we just do this a few months ago. Since 1973 I've had 27 compound bows and I ain't listing them again. 17 of them in the last 13 years.

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Wow! This is gonna take some thinkin! Been shooting bows for about20 years,,
Indian Timberwolf
Darton (dont remember model, but was my dads.still have)
Golden Eagle Formula 3-D
XI Myles Keller Impulse (still have)
XI Flatliner
Proline Mountain Bow
Mathews Feather light
Mathews MQ-32
Parker UL-31
Hoyt Vortech
Mathews Q2XL (Still Have)
PSE Durango
Mathews Conquest 2
Mathews Icon
AR-34
Bowtech Allegiance
Hoyt Gamemaster(still have)
Mathews Switchback XT (still have)

I think thats all,,lol. way too many.

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Proline new wave
Mathews LX
Bowtech Tribute

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This is my sixth year hunting.

When I started I bought a new High Country Carbon Four Runner.
Using same bow today and still killing them.
Serviced and new string/harness last year

"If its not broke don't fix it"

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I've been hunting for 3 years.
1st year- hoyt havoc tech
2nd year- bowtech black knight
3rd year--bowtech tibute

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I have been shooting a bow for the last 23 years. Has it been that long already?

I have owned 45 bows in that time though I would be hard pressed to remember them all at this point. By manufacturer....

Hoyt
Bowtech
Diamond
Jennings
Fred Bear
Buckmasters
Martin
Sterner Duttera
PSE
XI
Parker

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Thanks everyone, I just find it interesting all the different personalities within the Archery world. Some change their bows about as often as they change their underwear and others stick to one or two that are tried and true. Sorry if this was a repeat as someone mentioned, I tried to search the archive and could not find it.

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Started Archery hunting in '84 with a recurve of some sort no idea what it was. Then bought my first compoud it was American Archery or something like that. Then a Bear whitetail hunter. PSE Fire Flite Express. Alpine Impact Extreme. Mathews Q2. Mathews out back.

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around 1972 i was 7 years old
started with a
white fiberglass bow with suction cup arrows and an occasional steak knife tied to the end. Mom was pissed off:D
Red bear fiberglass 50" recurve
Indian savage 45Lb recurve
Bear Grizzly 45lb recurve
Indian stalker compound
Browning xcellerator compound
Indian impact plus compound
Indian paragon compound
Matthews Q2 compound

Had a lot of Indian (XI) bows because the indian archery headquarters are local.
Dan

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That's one of the most clever ideas I've heard yet....Maybe just not the safest....Your FOC was entirely too high....:D:D

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Started shooting a bow when I was 7, I am now 23. Started hunting when I was 12.

Bear fiberglass recurve (childs bow)
Bear Compound (don't remember model, intermediate shooter bow)
Jennings Firestorm I believe
Bear Kodiak (recurve)
Bear Grizzly (recurve)
Bear Kodiak Magnum (recurve)
Bear Grizzly (recurve built in 1951 - don't hunt with in my collection)
Darton Mountain

I still own and hunt with the Darton and all the recurves (except for the 1951...i still own it just don't hunt with it.)

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It was defanantly not the smartest thing i ever did.[:o] You can still see the scar an my finger from getting it stiched up.:D
Dan

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Been shooting for 26 years. Started out with the fiberglass recurve like most kids do. Then graduated to a Bear Kodiak Magnum that was my dad's. From there:

Bear Magnum Hunter
Golden Eagle Pro Revolution
Bowtech BK II
Bowtech Allegiance

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at home now,

1. Bear Recurve
2. Original Allen Compound
3. Clearwater Power Mag
4. Bowtech Liberty

owned ...

4other bows by alpine
2 other bows by b.tech

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Heh........quite a few.

This is in the last 2-3 years or so, and only including the bows that I bought or recieved with the intentions of my own personal use. I have bought probably 80+ bows in the last 2 years in addition to simply sell that I won't include. Before the bows listedI had quite a few PSE's, and other various recurves and long bows as a kid.

Mighty Mite
Patriot
Allegiance
Constitution
Old Glory
Apex 7
Apex 7
Ovation
Switchback XT
Liberty 1
Bengel
Scepter 4 Elite/Furious X (on the way)
Custom Scepter 4 Mag/Nitrous X (on the way)

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How about the ones I can remember:

Howard Hill Wesley Special Longbow
Adcock ACS Longbow
Thunderstick MOAB Longbow

Brackenburry Drifter Recurve
Chek Mate Kings Pawn Recurve
Bear Kodiak Mag Recurve
Bear Cub Recurve

Darton Tundra Extreme
ParkerFeather Mag- I hated it!
Jennings Carbon Extreme
Bear Kodiak

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I been involved with archery for 21 years. Started out with a PSE Pulsar, then a PSE Fire Flight, to a Golden Eagle Evolution, and now a Hoyt Trycon. I shot the Golen Eagle for 10 years and still use it as a back up bow. I probably would also be shooting the Fire Flight if it wasn't lost to a fire.

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Heck don't think I can remember all of them. My firstcompound was made for me by Pearson Archery. That was when they first started tinkering with the idea of makingyouth compound bows. I had the first one off the line. I guess it was a prototype back then. I would have to ask my dad to be sure. I still have it at home.I'm pretty pleased with Hoyt though. After being able to shoot pretty much all of them Idon't think I would ever switch.

MC Bowhunter

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1991 - PSE Thunderflite...my first bow and killed my first deer with it.
1994 - Oregon (can't remember)...good bow and killed my first buck with it.
1995 - OregonBlack Knight...maybe killed one or two with it.
1996 - PSEBuckmaster...my favorite bow of all time. killed a lot of deer with it.
2006 - MathewsOriginal Solocam...was my dad's bow. used it this year to try 80% let-off. It's an OK bow.
2007 - Something else. don't know what just yet.

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Mathews feather max, all i have ever owned or shot.

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My first bow was a custom one byDave Barnsdale, which I still have and it shoots real well. My Old Glory is only my second bow, and I plan to have it for a long time! I'm only 25, so I haven't been at this too long, about 4 years when you put all the time together, but during myfootball years, Ididn't get out much.

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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.