Way back when...your first bow & arrow?
 

My first bow and arrow story is a heartbreaker.
I was in the third grade and the class did a random gift swap for Christmas. I ended up w/ foaming bubble bath. Who gives foaming bubble bath at a gift swap???
Anyhow, I traded this other kid for the bow & arrow set he received. You remember, the one made of fiberglass w/ little suckertips on the arrows. That's gotta be the trade of a lifetime.
I shot that thing non-stop from the time I got home until time for bed. I think I even shot at the sheep I was counting in my sleep.
Well, I woke up to shattered dreams the next day. Apparently, the kid's parents, who bought the bubble bath, called the teacher in disappointment that she allowed us to trade. And I had to trade it back.
Moral of this story...DON'T EVER SEND YOUR KID TO SCHOOL W/ BUBBLE BATH FOR A GIFT SWAP UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO BE BULLIED FOR THE REST OF HIS SCHOOL DAYS BY THE KID WHO DREW HIS NAME!!!

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First?

First was a Red RYder (Little Beaver) set (with suction tips) I got when my dad took me to get my first barber shop haircut.

Next several were pine boughs that I'd notch and "string" wih nylon rope. I could buy arrows for $.30, back then.

I shot a recurve maybe 200 times when I was in high school.....and didn't shoot another bow between ages 17 and 40.....lol.

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WOW.......I can't believe you actually told that story....:eek::D:D

I remember mine.....I was 12, and it was a Bear Whitetail Hunter. I shot big, heavy Easton Gamegetter 2018's out of that monster......No kidding, the bow was taller than I was at the time.

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I don't know the brand but I think I was in 2nd grade when my Dad got me my first bow. It was a compound type right handed that he strung back words. Dang lefty! I still remember shooting that thing until I had broken or lost all the arrows it came with then (buy more & repeat) Man, what an awsome gift that was. I had that bow until about two years ago, I gave it to my Wifes little cousin. The fun continues...

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My grampa made a bow and a couple of arrows and gave it to me for my 3rd birthday. He had to make another bow every six months or so until I was 6. Then he gave me a pocketknife and told me to make my own. Kids could do stuff like that in the 50's.:D

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Mine was a Reflex Bighorn Hunter. Steel cable made for a noisy shot.:D Shot some 2117's out of it. They were smoking.:D

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I had one of those old fiberglass long bows as a kid.

My first hunting bow was a PSE Pacer with gamegetter 2117"s. I bought it when I was 16 or 17. It has the wheels in a bracket and bolted to the limbs.Hunted with it for 2 years, took one shot at a deer. HIT A TREE.

I still have that bow hanging in the basement. Got a few vintage arrows too.

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I started with a Browning recurve in 1972, I don't remember the model but I loved to shoot that bow.I was7 years old and shot long bows and recurves till I was about 14. I stopped shooting bows all through highschool except for when we would shoot in gym class. I started again when I was in college only this time I was hunting with it. Yep another Browning butnot a traditional bow, it was acompound, the rest is history. I still have a few old long bows and a newerMartin recurve but most "off the shelf"trad bows stack up too much for me to shoot, the Martin is ok but I really need to get one with a longer draw length before it starts to stack.

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BigJ....PM me if you're interested in maybe getting rid of the Martin.

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Ben Pearson Pro for me, 14-years-old. I used to go out in the orange groves and shoot oranges off the trees. I think I shot at squirrels also...don't think I ever hit one. ;)

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pse nova no cam, just wheels, easton 2117 with tru glo sight (very cheap sight)and pse rest. WOW that was a bad A** bow. Kisser button no peep. I missed like 3 deer in one year. I upgraded immediately after the season ended.

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Arthur, it was still going on in the early 70's also. I was 5 and made one from a willow branch and some bailing twine. The arrows had self nocks and had robin feathers as fletches held on with masking tape. Mom got a little worried though and made me put balls of tape on the arrows I made. I got a hold of some blue house paint and gave it a nice paintjob. Most kids were busy with GI joe, I was busy trying to kill the neighbors cat....

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My first real bow was a Bear Whitetail II in '93. I got a doe that season and I remember it like it was yesterday.

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My first bow was a bear recurve my dad gave me when I was 7 years old, and after I watched that first arrow fly out of that bow I never spent another year of my life without a bow in my hand!! Walt

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My first bow was a recurve that I friend of mine let me barrow and then the next Christmas I talk my parents into a new compound. A Bear Blacktail hunter with fiberglass limbs and a magnesium riser.

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a youth model parker challenger...go it for my 13th birthday. i still have it to. going to give it to my kid someday

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My first bow, besides sapling/string or suction cup types, was when I told my parents I wanted a bow for hunting for Christmas (around 12-13 yr old). I got this:


I camo taped it up and became a terror with rabbits and small birds. Later, 21-22, a gentleman at my church offered to loan me a bow to use since I was still interested in hunting with one. It was a Whitetail II and I spent HOURS at the local shop trying to get that thing tuned and get proficient. I was shooting instinctive and they told me it couldn't be done. I got real good with that and my first week hunting shot a basket 5 pointer. I took the bow back to the gentleman and went and ordered a XI Legend Magnum and used it for 14 years before switching to recurve.

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Well Mine was a fiberglass Ben Pearson Jet recurve with a quiver full of Misc wood arrows. This was his bow that my grandparents bought him as a kid. I used to shoot that thing until I couldn't pull it back anymore. The beginning of my archery addiction.

Now my first compound was a 1988 Golden Eagle Target bow that was brand new and purchased from one of my dads coworkers who was a golden eagle staff shooter. He sold it to us for $100 and threw in and arm guard, shooting glove, and a half dozen easton aluminum autum orange arrows and a set of broadheads. The bow had white wood limbs and a red sparkle bass boat type finish. I still own both these bows actually, and plan on passing them on to my kids someday. Lots of great memories with both those bows.

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Mine was aone-piece, solid wood Browning with wheels thatI won selling things in FFA as a freshman. Too bad I didn't realize at the time there was such a thing as a left-handed bow. It was a righty, and I needed a lefty. Learned to shoot it anyways, and as a reward for my dedication my parents bought me a Martin Bobcat for Christmas. Dad took ovfer the Browning, and we had alot of fun. I guess that was along about 1985...

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Mine was a white fiberglass bow with the rubber cup arrows. I replaced one of the cups with a steak knife and a string for retrival :eek: I did bleed and still have the scar to this day [X(]