What bows have you owned?
 

I know a few of you have owned a LOT of bows. I have owned a couple myself, but not as many as some of you. I love to hear stories and remember some of the older bows that were around when I started and even before.

So what have you owned?

My list is as follows, in order of oldest to newest:

Multiple no namelong bows from age 6 to about 10

Darton 35lb recurve

Ben Pearson 45lb recurve

PSE compound - really old school, don't remember model. DL was way too long but I was 12 and I was proud of it. :)

1994? PSE Polaris Express - Killed a lot of deer with this bad boy, including my first at 13 years old.

1997? PSE Baby G - was loud as heck, shot like crap, but was the newest, greatest thing on the market and everyone thought it was cool. Fast for that time too.

2003 Bowtech Mighty Mite - good bow, too short for me though with a 29" DL. Screwed up my anchor point and I developed some bad shooting habits because of this and the baby g before it.

2004 Bowtech Patriot - LOVED this bow....first bow I owned that fit me like a glove. I won a lot of local competition with this bow, and I managed to break a LOT of bad habits with it and develop some good form.

2005 Bowtech Allegiance - Didn't like it when I first got it because of the draw force curve. Still don't like the draw force curve, but I shoot it better than any bow I have ever shot that was 33" ata or shorter including the Patriot, so I will keep it for hunting/backup 3D bow. Faster than all get out at 29" 70lbs, and 352 grains.

2006 Bowtech Consitution Black Marble - Love it, still haven't shot it (tonight). My first target colored bow. I may be biased, but it is the best looking bow I have ever seen. I hope to shoot it as well as it looks.

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I might have the shortest listed posted?:D
1) PSE ThunderBolt.
2) Darton Typhoon
3) BowTech Tribute.

I bought the ThunderBolt as my first bow, because I could hit somewhere on the target with it every time.[&:] I wanted to buy the BabyG, because it was the cool thing to buy. Even I knew that would have been a mistake.

The Darton Typhoon was fast & felt good to shoot. Looking back I only bought it because I wanted something new. I never shot that bow any better than the PSE.

The BowTech Tribute, is the first bow that I followed everyone advise on. I shot the bows I wanted to shoot. Then I picked the bow that felt best to me.

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First "real" bow with enough poundage adequate to hunt with : Browning recurve I bought at a garage sale.
Browning Explorer recurve
PSE Proficientcy....4 wheeler with brackets on tips of limbs. Killed my first deer with this bow my first year of bowhunting. My first compound bow.
Browning Compound Hunter.....very accurate bow with 21% letoff.
PSE Citation...4 wheeler that was sweet for its time. My first "top end" bow.
Martin Cougar
Martin Cougar Magnum...one of the first 2 wheeled bows that featured magnum cams..one of the fastest bows made at the time.
Martin Warthog Magnum....beautiful wood riser compound with the magnum cams, recoiled like a mule.
Jennings T-star
Martin Pro Magnum....red riser, black limbs that featured a cable guard similiar to a modern Matthews' roller guard.
Martin Cougar Magnum
Oneida Screaming Eagle.....fast, accurate and very loud!
Golden Eagle Hunter.....sweet shooter!
Golden Eagle Orion
Martin Firecat...all in all perhaps my favorite bow ever!
High Country Top Flite
PSE Fireflight
High Country Royal Hunter
Oneida Strike Eagle
Oneida Lite Force Magnum..very nice shooter with good speed
Jennings Buckmaster......my worst bow ever!
Martin Cougar Magnum....modern version. Have hunted with it 5 seasons now.
Bowtech Patriot.....my new bow.

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I am going to split this up by manufacturers so it is easier for me to remember.

Browning:

Afterburner
Ignitor
Eclipse
Backdraft 80
Combustion
Nitro

Martin:

Bobcat
Rage
Cheetah

Hoyt:

Raider (2)
Havoc (5)
Havoctec
Magnatec (2)
MT Sport
Razortec
Supertec

Sterner Duttera:

Rhino 31

Jennings/Fred Bear/Buckmasters:

CK 3.4R
Rackmaster
G2
G2XL
G2SL
BM 320
Whitetail (Bear)
Epic Extreme (2)
TRX 32

Bowtech:

Patriot SC (2)
Patriot DC
Mighty Mite
Liberty
Pro 40 Freedom
Pro 38 DC
Old Glory '05
Old Glory '06 (soon)

Diamond:

Triumph

XI:

Paragon

PSE:

Nova
Carrera
Tbolt LC

Parker:

UL 31
UL 35

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Jimminy Frank! You are not nearly as old as me........you must have traded bows 2 or 3 times a year!:D

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1999 Hoyt MagnaTec
2000 Bowtech Black Knight2
2005 Bowtech Allegiance
2005 Hoyt Gamemaster


Thats all...for now;)

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Just one, so far.

2005 "Bowtech" Diamond Victory - 60# & 28in draw length

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...or just had 3 or 4 bows at one time. ;) That was a "long" time ago though, before I was married with two kids, a mortgage, car payments....

..in other words, back when I had money. :)

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Bear Whitetail Hunter
Bear Whitetail Hunter 2
Pro Line New Wave
Pro Line Riptide
Hoyt Ultra Mag

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Compounds.

No-name Pearson (at least it had the deer hoof cutouts in the wheel hangar brackets, so I assume it was a Pearson.)
Hoyt Pro Series Gametter.
Hoyt Pro Hunter - won lots of field archery shoots with that one.
Golden Eagle Hunter - Yep. One of the sweetest shooters made.
Martin Cougar XRG - drew 110 pounds and shot 30" 2419's with a 4" overdraw. I broke a brand new McKenzie deer target when I shot it with that bow and the club banned it from the range.
Hoyt ProVantage Tracer - won many field and 3D tournaments with that one too.
2nd Hoyt ProVantage - can't remember the model though. Piece of junk. Crappiest quality and workmanship I ever saw from Hoyt. Quit shooting Hoyt for a long time after that bow.
Bear compound - Don't remember the model, but it was the first one from Bear with a fastflight string and steel cables. Broke three sets of limbs on that one.

Got entirely ticked at compounds and went back to traditional. 10 years later, back to compounds again.

Hoyt Raider Intruder. Never did shoot it as well as I thought I should.
Hoyt MagnaTec Intruder. I liked that bow pretty well, but it was like lugging a chunk of lead around. Heavy sonuvagun!
McPherson SoloLite. My first single cam bow. Good bow, but it only drew 31" and I had to use a very long string loop in order to shoot it. Decided to go back to a bow that really fit me.
Martin Jaguar w/Fuzion cam.
Pearson 440 Quad. Dual track single cam. It solved most of the problems I had with singles. I liked it but didn't keep it long because I was asked to shoot Hoyt for the local shop. Since I don't hunt with compounds and only use them for tournaments, I couldn't use it.
Hoyt ProTec. Good bow but I absolutely HATE Tec risers. It is my last compound. Period. End of discussion. No more compounds for me!

Traditional.

Aside from dozens of selfbows and no-name secondhand recurves I've had over the years...

Hoyt Ram Reflex - what a recurve that was! Sold it on advice of the Hoyt rep. He said it would blow up if I kept shooting it at my draw length.
Bear Black Panther.
Damon Howatt Hunter... I've had at least six of 'em.
Martin ML-14 Mountaineer longbow- two of those. I thought they kicked like mules... that is,until I got hold of a Jerry Hill longbow!
Pearson Colt - two
Homemade longbow that I got from a guy at a tournament. It was pretty good.
Dan Quillian Bamboo Longhunter
Bill Stewart Multicam longbow
Pearson Cougar
Brackenbury Legend - it had the mojo and I've regretted selling it every day since.
PSE longbow - [:'(]
Jerry Hill longbow - [:'(][:'(]
Saxon Mongoose - two
Bighorn Custom TD - wierd grip gave me tendonitis in my elbow. Sold it pretty soon after getting it.
Bear Cub - 1955 vintage. Got it just to have an old Bear, but I can't have a bow and not shoot it. Sold it so I wouldn't break a collectible.
Samick Explorer - still got it but it's got a busted limb and Ihaven't bought replacement limbs yet. Probably won't.
Homemade reflex/deflex longbow - made it myself and love it.
ChekMate Kings Pawn Special
Wing Redwing Hunter - @ 1965 vintage. My latest acquisition. Super nice litte bow. Can't believe I waited so many years to get one.

I've probably forgottenquite a fewothers.;)

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One Hoyt Trykon.

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Of at leat 40# hunting draw weight-

Wooden riser & limb compound bought at gun show when I didn't know what I was doing, but knew I wanted to bow hunt.

PSE - beginners bow of some sort (plastic cams?)

Mathews Z-light- a used this bow for 6+ seasons before trying to replace it with something better. Still looking ;). Will never sell this bow, too many memories that outway what $$I could get for it. Had it restrung this year & it will still shioot good & fast. I will be updating it this year with a no-peep & sts.

Bowtech Mighty-mite- liked this bow plenty fast, Force draw curve wasn't to my shoulders liking. Maybe I was over drawn, maybe I should have dropped a 1/2" in draw weight. Oh well it's gone.

Bowtech Stalker- picked it up cheap for something to play with, will be sold soon.

Bowtech Patriot SC- A great shooter, smooth draw & fast.-Killed 3 deer w/ it this year. So far it's batting 4 for 4& those are numbers I like.

Now that I'm shooting with a no-peep I'm considering my next bow to be in the sub 33" catagory. I know this is a marginal switch at best, but I need a reason for a new one and this sounds decent enough to me:D.

If nothing woo's me I'll stick with my Patriot .

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never mind that impressive bow collection, it's your memory that boggles the mind and they say thats the first to go.:D:D

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Reflex Grizzly (pre-2000) was my first bow...grip way to big, didn't feel real comfortable with it.

Bowtech Stalker-Used it for 3 years...good little bow.

05 Bowtech Liberty- I'll be keepin this one for awhile.

Almost forgot the 70's vintage Bear Grizzly Recurve...Still learning to shoot it.

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Browning Bantam 60lb
York CNC alpha cam
Reflex Grizzly
Bowtech Patriot Dually
Bowtech Patriot single cam

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Bear First Strike and SuperStrike

Bowtech Pro 38 DC, Pro 40 Wheely, Pro 40 I-cam, Patriot Dually

Browning Cobra, Hypercam,

Champion Liberty

Continental Denali

Darton Excel, 45 MX, Viper (2), Mountain 2000, Maverick, M-45, Tundra, Avalanche

Diamond Marquis

Frankenstein 1 and 2

Golden Eagle Woodland Extreme Hunter

Hoyt Superslam, Havoc

High Country Machined Supreme, Carbon Force

Jennings Carbon Extreme, Speedstar XLR

Mathews MQ 1 (2), Q2 XL, Rival Pro

Merlin Storm

Newberry B1

Oregon Black Knight

York Bushwhacker

I think that's all I can remember except for the recurves and self bows.

Pretty short list compared to Frank and Jeff B.:D

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Ben Pearson, Oregon, CSS, Clearwater, Hoyt, Hoyt, Hoyt ---------------

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Jennings Black Lightning
Mountaineer
Mathews featherlight
Mathewsfeathermax
Mathews MQ32
Mathews Legacy
Mathews Outback
Hoyt V-tec
Hoyt Trykon

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PSE Polaris---1st bow
Hoyt Superslam
PSE Baby-G
Bowtech Extreme-solo
Bowtech 04 Patriot SC

Considering on the new Tribute this year:)

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Hoyt Impala
Golden Eagle Splitfire
BowTech Rascal for the kid's
BowTech Patriot Dually for dad


nubo

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only one so far and that is a PSE silverhawk, purchased at wally-world two years ago, it really at to bad of a bow in my opition course it is the only bow i have shot but i think i will still be hunting with it this up comin season to, unless i come upon some money this summer which i hope i should but it will prolly go towards a slug-gun.

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1.Browning Bushmaster
Purchased 12/20/84 for $82.
2.Mathews Switchback XT
Purchased 1/14/06 for $675.(ouch!)

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xi extreme -parker pheonix 34-mathews switch back- bowtech tomkat

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84 Bear Black Bear II
94 Jennings Carbon Exreme XLR
96 Hoyt Defiant
97 Hoyt Tenacity
98 Hoyt Tenacity II
99 Hoyt Striker II Redline
2000 Defiant
2001 Hoyt VorTec to date.

Thinking about a new Bowtech or Switchback

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Have owned:Bear whitetail (1980)
Martin cougar magnum (1982)
High country Sniper (1985)
High country premir force (1990)
now Mathews Switchback LD(2006)

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PSE Nova
Parker UL 31
Bowtech Allegiance

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Hoyt, Jennings, Browing, Matthews, Bowtech. Thats only compound bows,can'teven remember all the recure and take down bows. Memory isn'tthatgood anymore, I just knowthe first one had asuction cupat the end of the arrow.

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PSE ??? years ago
PSE The Beast
Browning F5 Tornado
PSE Scorpion

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1st bow was a bear back in the youth then i got ,darton,martin,archery dynamics,know I own a martin and a clearwater.

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In their order with approx. year in ().

Wing Recurve (1971)
Jennings compound (1974)
Bear Alaskan compound (1978)
Black Widow Recurve(1980)
Bighorn custom recurve (1982)
Bill Stewart Custom Recurve (1983)
York Compound (1985)
Oregon Deschutes (1989) The compound I use today
Homemade recurve ( 1994)
Homemade longbow (2003)

The last three bows are the only one I have at the time.

Dan

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PSE NOVA-First bow plastic wheels
Indian Warhawk-My stepdads old bow
Browning F5 Tornado-havent had a chance to shoot it because i had to ship it back



Fight for your guns how did you like the Bowning F5 Tornado Id like to hear your opinion on it good or bad since i havent gotten to shoot it yet