Who all uses traditional archery?

I started hunting with stick bows when I was 14 in 1968.
Other than a three year lapse of sanity from 85-88 - when wheel bows really took off - I've hunted stick bows the entire time.
How many deer I've put in the freezer, I will never be able to count.

My current bow is by Chad Holm of Holm-Made bows in Brainerd, Minnesota.







And my arm guards are by Scott Teaschner of Wyoming Leatherworks in Cody, Wyoming.
He is also one unbelievable sheath maker.
I will say this - and the fact that Scott is a personal friend of mine is irrelevant.
If you are NOT using one of Scott's arm guards, you are only using something that LOOKS like an arm guard.
Scott supplies Three Rivers with his arm guard and tabs.
Summer or Winter.
Fully clothed for the deep chill or short sleeved at a 3-D shoot, his arm guards work, wear and protect like none other.
And he's a traditional bow hunter himself, so he knows what works.



 
Great info here guys. I've been a hunter since I was 11, but always with rifle. Took my first lesson 3 weeks ago on a pse recurve, and decided I wanted to try Olympic style recurve. Have a ion-x 25 in riser, and carbon limbs inbound. Said a few weeks to get it. I'm hooked, horrible, but hooked ;)
 
Just picked up another recurve at the flea market today. A 35# 62" Browning Spartan for $20. It has cleaned up nicely and it's good and straight with no cracks or tip damage. But it does have some of the clear coat on the riser coming off at the edge of the shelf and a few little spots at the edges of the outer lams. Just looks like wear. What product is recommended to refinish this thing with? Gonna use this as a rabbit/squirrel/frog/trainer bow. I have some old Easton 1816 arrows I'll use for now, should be about right. Will eventually get some dedicated for it.

Anyone here ever refinish a bow?


-Xander
 
Here's the bow. I know it's just an entry level adult bow from the 60's and 70's but it will be a good rabbit bow and trainer for other people. I do plan on adding tip overlays though.

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-Xander
 
Nice! Browning made some really good bows back in the day.

I was recently lucky enough to find a 1970 Bear "Alaskan" - #35 @ 28" in very good shape. Looks like it's barely been shot. I was looking for a bow for my wife to use, and this turned out to be perfect for her.

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Reading and the pics in this thread make me want to get back into shooting recurve again, but I don't think my shoulder and nerves could handle it. So I may have to look at crossbows (I know not the same) but it gets me out there.
 
Oh Man, I just found this thread by accident, but I'm glad I did!!! Been shooting since 1985, took some time away from it in 2007-2010 and I'm deeeeeep into again. As a matter of fact, I have a Liberty Contender (my 3rd) and a Black Widow PSAV (my first BW) coming on Tuesday (Is there any worse way to make a long weekend longer)!

I'm no Joe Paranee, but after constantly bumping into him here and on other archery sites and seeing how similar our tastes are in gear, I'm starting to think we were separated at birth and I'm his long lost ugly little brother.:D I'll post pics of some of the collection after a little while. In the mean time...

Pirate63 - If you don't mind me copying your bow stand, I'll build one up asap and if you wouldn't mind, could you take a picture of how the arrow tube is attached? THANKS!

Karl - Those armguards are some of the nicest I've ever seen! Works of art!!!


Great Thread and I'm looking forward to reading and seeing more from other Knife/Bow/Gun addicts.

Also, not to take away from the original post, but - What got you started in archery? For me, it was when I watched Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian in my buddies living room as a kid. Subotai inspired a passion for archery after watching him shoot that big snake in the tower scene. At the same time, my knife lust began from a huge desire to own an Atlantean Sword someday (Never did buy one, but the kid in me still thinks it would still be cool to have one). Red Dawn got me into the outdoors and hunting/survival mindset and helped guide my beliefs as a "Red Blooded" American. All the kids in the neighborhood would play "Red Dawn" all summer and we'd build our own bows and arrows and pretend we were hiding from the Ruskies until our Mom's made us surrender and return to the concentration camps of our homes for dinner. To this day, I can watch either of those movies and enjoy them while building arrows, cleaning guns or sharpening knives.

Let's hear your story,

Mike
 
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Shot and hunted with a compound since I was a young'un. Found my dads old '78 Ben Pearson cougar in my grandparents old house this summer and started shooting it. I'm using arrows from my compound so they're not right for hunting but OK to practice my form at shorter distances (I'm getting pretty consistent to 15 yards). I'm planning to buy the right equipment in the spring (the girl & I just bought our first house = no $ for archery) to use the recurve in the 2015 season.
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I shot 120+ to 180+ arrows a day, 5 or 6 days a week (2 or 3 60 arrow sets plus warm up shots) for 25+ years, alternating recurves and compounds, until I screwed up my draw shoulder rolling down a hill in full bunker gear while fighting a brush fire. Tore the cartilage just bad enough to mess up my shooting but not bad enough for surgery.:(

Archery was the most sporting/exercise fun I ever had and I miss it every day. :( I got to meet a lot of different folks traveling to tournaments.
 
This thread motivated me to build my own PVC rack and I finally got around to knocking it out today.

I built this one with 4 arrow tubes and plenty of room for 4 bows (I fit 6 on there easy, but the extra space between the bows is nice). The footing was set up so I could step between arrow tubes and carry the stand to where it needs to go. The 4 arrow tubes and 4 legs are removable for storage. The bottom of the tubes have 5 tiny holes drilled in them for drainage in case it rains. Here it is holding a Bob Lee Bicentennial, Firefly TD Longbow, Dryad Orion and Fox Breed...








I painted it solid OD Green, but my Wife wants me to camo it out. What say you? (I know, just listen to my Wife... it's a LOT safer.)

I know there are a bunch of different ideas out there, so if you've built one too, please feel free to post a pic of yours for future inspiration.

Lets see 'em...


Happy Hunting,

Stump



PS: zzyzzogeton any chance you can shoot a light bow #30-#35 or is that out of the question too? My Buddy just started shooting again after about a 10 year layoff. He hurt his back and couldn't pull his bows (all above #60), so he stopped shooting. He came over for a family shoot here at the house, didn't think he'd be able to shoot anything we had here, picked up one of my #46@30" (about #38 at his 27" draw) and had a BLAST!!! In fact, I think I may have lost that bow to him. It will be worth it if he can continue to shoot after this much time off. I hope you can find something you can pull and get back into it and THANK YOU for fighting those fires!!! Stump
 
Nice job on that rack! I had also been looking at Pirate63's bow rack and kicking around ideas for building something like that as well. :thumbup:
 
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This thread motivated me to build my own PVC rack and I finally got around to knocking it out today.

I built this one with 4 arrow tubes and plenty of room for 4 bows (I fit 6 on there easy, but the extra space between the bows is nice). The footing was set up so I could step between arrow tubes and carry the stand to where it needs to go. The 4 arrow tubes and 4 legs are removable for storage. The bottom of the tubes have 5 tiny holes drilled in them for drainage in case it rains. Here it is holding a Bob Lee Bicentennial, Firefly TD Longbow, Dryad Orion and Fox Breed...

I painted it solid OD Green, but my Wife wants me to camo it out. What say you? (I know, just listen to my Wife... it's a LOT safer.)

I know there are a bunch of different ideas out there, so if you've built one too, please feel free to post a pic of yours for future inspiration.

Lets see 'em...


Happy Hunting,

Stump



PS: zzyzzogeton any chance you can shoot a light bow #30-#35 or is that out of the question too? My Buddy just started shooting again after about a 10 year layoff. He hurt his back and couldn't pull his bows (all above #60), so he stopped shooting. He came over for a family shoot here at the house, didn't think he'd be able to shoot anything we had here, picked up one of my #46@30" (about #38 at his 27" draw) and had a BLAST!!! In fact, I think I may have lost that bow to him. It will be worth it if he can continue to shoot after this much time off. I hope you can find something you can pull and get back into it and THANK YOU for fighting those fires!!! Stump
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Rack looks good. The correct answer is CAMO of course. :D

Hadn't thought of trying a lighter bow. Have to see if I can find one. Everyone I know down here that has a bow or bows only have 60#s and up.

You might want to consider adding some kind of anchor on the rack when you have several bows on it. In a strong wind, they could act as a sail, catching enough wind to tip over. A simple sandbag or concrete block over the "H" section on the ground would be all that would be needed.
 
Z, Great Idea... Thanks! I have a couple old cinder blocks laying around here somewhere. If I can chip off one end, I bet it would fit perfect!


Fly on out here and I'll late ya try a few of my lighter 3D bows... heck my wife and I will even feed ya!:thumbup:
 
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