Your First TradBow

[Ia Hawkeye]

One my Grampa made for me around 1947 0r 48'.

[bgleghorn]

My first a 35# ben pearson,for small stuf,then a ben pearson RED FLAME HUNTER T/D

[Matt / PA]

Pearson 709 "Hunter".... I think a 68' model with Zebrawood riser and 2 tone limbs (green glass on the belly and black out front)

[Jack Denbow]

First "store bought" bow was a 1961 Bear Kodiak, 52#@28".

[just a bit outside]

Jeffery Archery MightyMag. 52" 52@28. Good little bow for what it is worth. Still have it too but I might not for long!!!

Greg

[Bill Turner]

Wing "Thunderbird" 62 inch, 45#@28". Smooth as silk.

[BigRonHuntAlot]

Martin "DreamCatcher"  50#@28. My Buddy bought her and sold his compound. He still hunts with her.

[keith brimmer]

Fiberglass 40#at 28 the name was targo made in owings mills md.still use it for bowfishing

[stick_string]

Black Widow PSAII. 58inches 56#@28in

[One eye]

35# Bear Kodiak.  Still have it and wouldn't part with it for love or money.

Dan

[John Nail]

Bear recurve, circa 1959.

Interesting how so many of these posts list an old Bear bow. Fred really worked his magic. No wonder so many of us looked up to him.

[Dave Coalter]

Bear recurve 55# @28", Black glass with white overlays, was a real beauty.

[bentpole]

Well my very first one was a 45# yellow all fiberglass recurve.I guess that was around forty years ago.

[Bow n' errors]

My first bow as a kid (in the '60's) was a Browning Mosquito.  My first 'born again' traditional bow, bought in 1999, is an old, used Browning Wasp, which still shoots great and I will always keep for sentimental reasons.

[Ian johnson]

bear fiberglass recurve

[MountainTool21]

Pronghorn longbow 59lb at 28". Black glass limbs, "she's a real beaut". shortly after, i then ordered a Great Plains Swift and found an old pronghorn ferret that feels like butter. my traditional supplier here in denver told me I will have more than one bow and I laughed at him   5 months into the sport and 4 bows later im still laughing and having a ball   going after quebec caribou in August. any pointers folks?

[Full Quiver]

Ben Pearson Maverick recurve 20# about 40 years ago. As a teen purchased a Ben Pearson Mustang recurve 45/50#. Still have both.

[tradbower]

Damon and  Howatt Hunter 60@28

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Ben Pearson 5070 Cougar

[Billy]

Bob Lee Red Wing Hunter,50# @28", circa 1965 bought in 2005. Still has the original strike plate and shelf material, as well as the sticker from the shop that first sold it!!

Just got my first trophy with it yesterday! I'm still lovin that.(21st shot/powwow) Will replace the plate and rug soon, and I'm stickin with this bow for a good long while...or until the fever gits too high, anyway!!