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Old 04-22-2003 | 07:53 AM
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Over 48 years of shooting, I' ve had way too many to list by name. I' ll give numbers of each type and my all-time favorites.

@30 selfbows.

15 longbows (Saxon Mongoose).

25 recurves (Brackenbury Legend).

23 compounds. Hoyt' s ProVantage/ProForce series are still my favorite compounds (I never broke one of those risers even though they have a bad rep for that), with the Martin Firecat a close second.

Current stash - 3 selfbows, 1 longbow, 4 recurves, 6 compounds and various kiddie bows for teaching youngsters to shoot.

After reading Phil' s list, I remembered 2 Browning compounds. I' m sure I' ve forgotten a bunch more.
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Old 04-22-2003 | 08:05 AM
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My first bow, Browning Cobra. Still hanging in the garage.
Got lost for awhile.
Bear Vapor 300
Bear TRX
BowTech:
1 Patriot
2 Mighty Mite
3 P38 DC
4 P40
5 Patriot Dually
6 P40 Dually
All 60#ers. Still have 2,3,5,6.
My son' s Rascal

Guess I like the BowTechs now.
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Old 04-22-2003 | 10:17 AM
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My first bow was a hand me down from my father. An old bear....the one with 2 wheels up by the riser that you adjusted for your draw weight.

Next I bought some kind of PSE. Can' t think of the name right off hand.

Then somebody gave me an old 2 wheel compound to play with. Couldn' t even begin to remember the name of that bow.

Then I upgraded to another used bow. Golden Eagle Carbine Extreme.

Last but not least, the best of the group....... Mathews SQ2
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Old 04-22-2003 | 03:27 PM
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PSE Polarios
Jennings buckmaster

golden eagle splitfire 36- currently my turkey bow
darton maverick xt- currently my deer bow
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Old 04-22-2003 | 03:42 PM
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started with a no-name 30# recurve - gave away
then to a bear 60# recurve (can' t recall the name) - sold it
pse nova compound - blew up on me
pse polaris compound - sold it
Hoyt Magnatec - loving it![:-]
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Old 04-22-2003 | 03:42 PM
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and if anyone forwards this list to my wife then they better have running shoes on....
OOPS!!
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Old 04-24-2003 | 04:28 AM
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PSE Pacer
Proline- cant remember which model
Forge Lighting Strike SC
Parker Ultra Lite 31

Pulled the old Pse Pacer out the other day and what a giant when compared to the Parker UL31,its amazing how the Archery industry has evolved from the Pacer to the Parker, was kinda neat to play with the pacer again.
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Old 04-24-2003 | 09:21 PM
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unknown make kids recurve

unknown make hardware store all-fiberglass recurve, supposed to be 50#(probably closer to 35)

Bear Kodiak, 48#

another 48# Kodiak

Root Brushmaster recurve, 55#

Jennings 4 wheeler

Hoyt target recurve, 68" , 35#

one of the first two Jennings Model " T" s to hit the area, 65#

Pearson 2200 ( I think ) compound, 65#. Didn' t keep it long

PSE early cam bow. Think they calleed it " Nova" , but it was long ago, not the current one. Shot it at 70#

PSE Citation. Could only get 57# out of it cranked down. Used it mostly for targets.

Oneida Aero-force. Bought this one new in ' 92. Usually shot it at 70#

Damon Howatt TD recurve, 62" , 58#

Martin Jaguar, 72#

Browning Apparition, 70#

Browning Nitro, 68#. Currently shooting this one, and have an identical one for a backup.

Martin TD target recurve, 45#, for when I feel like playing with a stick occasionally.

Owned a few others that I either tradedoff quickly or something, but these have been all the shooters I can remember, going back 40+ years (50 or so years, counting that kids' recurve)

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Old 04-25-2003 | 06:06 AM
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I saw that bigbulls...that explains why the wife has not been talking to me since yesterday!

..so, which is it...addidas, fila, nike, reebok?

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