Oh, no doubt about it. And also I took the game seriously then. My head was really in it. It's for fun now. Also consider that those were the days of 20% to 50% letoff. We didn't draw 70# like these kids today. We had more sense. I shot 51# with my field bow and 61# with my hunting bow, and those were fairly heavy weights for the day.

I'd love to see some of these youngsters shoot a couple field rounds with their 70# bows. See how accurate they still are at shot number 112 at the end. Then half a field round every day for practice.
And this after shooting maybe 30 arrows for a warm up.

I had one of those back in the day. I currently have 2001 Reflex Prowler Split Limb Single Cam that I wouldn't trade for anything.

My PSE Carrol Intruder. Still have it and still put the Bowtech down everyonce in awhile and hunt with it. I still shoot the crap out of it. Mongoose setup and I've been through three sets of limbs on the thing. That bow holds special memories. 1st buck, 1st buck on the ground with no blind, 2 P&Y bucks and several does. My dad gave it to me when I was 16 and I've had it ever since and will have it the rest of my life.

I would go back to 1989 and buy back my Martin Tiger compound that I killed my first deer with in 1986.

I would put it on my wall in my hunting room and tell a story about it....

and then post a kill with it now....

22 years later....

A pic from 1986...and a pic from 2008.

When will all you fellas start getting into the sentimental side of it....Get in it!!! Put down the whistles....I still got yer back...relax ......

I honestly like the bows of today over the Bows I shot years ago.

I have went back and shot a few I thought I Loved (I did in the day) I soon realized compared to what I am currently shooting they are turds.[8D]

Noise!! Vibration!! & Slow to Boot!!

I did have a custom Recurve I wish I'd kept. Just for Ol times sake

Dan

Ol times sake.....Thats it MeanV2

Sometimes you just need to keep an old one WITH YA.

I was thinking what Dan was thinking. alot of my old bows were turds to other than sintimental reasons.

I still have all my bows I ever owned, I kinda look at them like my guns, once there mine, they're mine!

I have my dads old bow. A early to mid 1970's vintage ben Pearson Shadow 100 compound, 50-60lbs. I shoot it almost everyday. Just bought a new sight for it(not in the pic). almost perfect shape.


and My great uncle was damon howatt. And I have one of his bows he made in the 50's. A 45lb recurve.

You must've been an Onieda shooter, Dan. [8D]