How many bows have you owned?

I think its kinda of fun to see what everyone has started with and what they have worked into. I have been shooting for a little over 10 years.

I started out using a Jennings I don’t remember the name of it. It was my dad’s bow and it was like the first compound bow ever. I am not sure about it that but it looked like it.

2nd PSE nova
3rd PSE viking
Curently Bowtech tomcat

Only two:

1st PSE Nova (Tack Drivin Pass Through Deer killing Machine!)

2nd Mathews Legacy (Sweetest bow I have ever Shot)

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I think its kinda of fun to see what everyone has started with and what they have worked into. I have been shooting for a little over 10 years.

I started out using a Jennings I don’t remember the name of it. It was my dad’s bow and it was like the first compound bow ever. I am not sure about it that but it looked like it.

2nd PSE nova
3rd PSE viking
Curently Bowtech tomcat

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I wonder if it was a Jennings Buckmaster they were very popular in the 90s

My transition of bows thru the years for hunting

1980 – 1997 Bear – Whitetail – still have don’t use
1997 Hoyt – Tenacity
1998 Hoyt – Ultra-Tec
2003 – 2004 Merlin – K-3000
2005 – 2006 Mathews – Switchback – still have – awesome bow
2007 – 2009 Mathews – Prestige – the ultimate tack driver – has killed many animals- My Favorite Bow the Prestige
2009 – Mathews Reezen – also in the truck – shooting very well but the Prestige is in the truck also

Good Luck Folks this Fall!

Including the one I have now??…. 1….
Its a Hoyt Striker, 65#, 27 inch draw. Just getting started. Thinking this is just the first of a few any way.

I started shooting at age 8
Bear youth recurve
Dads 45lb Bear recurve
PSE Phaser
PSE Carrol Intruder

Still on my first bow. Some old and slow PSE, but it’s ok for now. May have to get to Schaeffer’s next summer to upgrade.

My wife says too many. I try and get a new Mathews every 2-3 years to keep up with technology. Back in 1985, my first bow was a Martin something.

1979 started with a Fred Bear Kodiak Recurve. My youngest daughter broke the limbs on it 3 years ago

For our Christmas present one year, our parents upgraded us to a Sears Roebuck Blazer compound bow. Neither Mike or I could pull it back, so we continued to use the recurves until we had enough strength to pull it back. Shot my first deer with this bow – basket rack 8. It was huge for a 15 year old!

Proline ? – 1980’s
Proline Force II – Late 1980’s to Early 1990’s
PSE Marauder – Early 1990’s to 2007
Bowtech Guardian – 2007 to present

Early 80’s = Indian Deer Slayer, bought at Zayres Shopper City…. deer slayed = 0

Early 90’s = Oneida Golden Eagle, bought from a co-worker.

2005 = HOYT V-Tec….. presently have, love this bow

Just 2 high country american, and what I currently use now an older matthews zmax that has been good to me so far.

When I was 12 I shot a shadow 100, year 1991.
93 high country silent hunter.
95 pse dominator
98 mathews fx
Then the lx ,switch back and now a 45 pound recurve.

My first bow was a bear recurve but so long ago the only thing I remember is its color, brown and gray.

My second was a Pse forgot the name in the early 90’s
My third was a Darton Maverick that I could drive nails with and shot 3-d’s and hunters bow league with and sold that.

The bow I have presently is a bow I bought from Tom Gursky all set up and its a Mathews Icon. Tom sent it to me after he had tuned it in and you can also drive nails with it. I pull 65 pounds @ a 29″ and its a really nice smooth bow.

3 for me

yet another old and slow hand me down PSE. but man did that thing put meat in the freezer.

upgraded to a hoyt MT sport which I still believe is hexed. I went through a 4 year dry spell with that bow and never had so many bad things happen while bow hunting.

Picked up a Gander Mtn Elite Tech (Diamond Marquis) 2 years ago and been the smack down on em ever since

Ive owned 4 and i plan on upgrading w/i 2 years

2002-2004= PSE Nova Arson cam, killed 3 deer
2005-2006= Jennings something , killed 4 deer
2007= Cabelas/AR Outfitter Series, killed 2 deer, 1 turkey, and 3 hogs
2008-present= G5 Quest QS 31, killed 5 deer and 1 turkey

One
Matthews Switchback, shes going on 5 years this year… Every time I go to Schaffers I get the itch, but I really like this one, so I’ll keep her for a while

Jami

1 = Proline?? (Starter bow)
2 = Browning cheapy… (POS)
3 = Bowtech Patriot. (2004?) The sweetest, fastest most accurate bow I’ve shot. Hands down fit me better/shot better when I shot that vs the Matthews during my test drives. It shoots so well, I see no reason at all to upgrade. Love Bowtech. Awesome!

Mike

PSE Nova- still got it!
Browning Ballistic Mirage- Brother still shoots it.
Browning Blood Brother- POS
Hoyt Ultrasport
Hoyt Trykon
Mission X4
Hoyt Alpha MAX

I see everyone goes forward with technology and I go the other way, on that note if you have never hunted with a recurve try it sometime its defiantly a challenge and a lot of fun.

I hear ya little g. A few years ago I went down to the basement to dust off the ol Fred Bear bow and start shooting it again. Needless to say i was quite disappointed when I found that both limbs were broke. Not sure how my daughter manage to do that. I still want to get back to the recurve or long bow.

Started bow hunting when i was 12 years old
2002-2008 Browning Buckhunter
2008-present Mathew Drenalin

1st – Jennings Sidekick (sometime around 1979, killed many)
2nd – Some kind of Browning compound (never liked, shot a few)
3rd – PSE Vector (broke limbs, killed many)
4th – Proline Typhone XT (broke limbs, killed very many)
5th – Mathiews LX (present and hopefully last – unless it breaks, killed 6 so far)
If I ever need another, I will be going back to a recurv. I’ve had enough technology. It will also be time to make my own arrows too!

My first bow was a hand me down from my Dad’s coworker when I was 17. It was an old Fred Bear compound, not even sure anymore what model. I taught myself to shoot with it over the course of a year, and loved every minute of it.

I bought myself my first new bow when I decided it was time to hunt, a Fred Bear Vapor 300. I killed quite a few deer with it over five seasons, including my biggest buck to date.

Last year I gave in and purchased a new Diamond Black Ice after shooting about every brand and model bow out there. I can’t imagine a better balanced smoother shooting bow, and plan on shooting it for a long time. I can’t wait to whack a few with it this fall!

Hey Yfarm welcome to the site.

4 so far…..
Started out with one of them Brave youth bows before i was able to hunt.
Then went to some old browning that i used for one year. Never killed one with it. In fact only shot at one deer with it.
Bought a Parker Hunter Mag back in 06. Shot my first archery killed deer. Small 8 pointer. Shot three more does with that.
Just a month ago bought a Mathews DXT. Hoping to hammer one this saturday.

Bear
Hoyt
XI- silver hawk
XI- contender?
Hoyt
Jennings- Rack master (now it’s my backup)
Mathews- Switchback

too many to list

i can only remember the ones that i blew up

martin pantera
martin scepter
golden eagle 3d
had 4 or 5 before that and 3 mathews since then hope to break in my reezen this sat eve

Excellent post bennyJ!

Pearson
Mathews Legacy
Mathews Drenalin

I have had a couple different my first was a browning micro madis I shot that from 7-13 yrs.After that I got a Golden eagle Carbon hawk which I only had for 1 year till I was 14 then I won my first mathews which was a MQ-32 hunted with that till I was 19 then bought a Mathews Switchback xt till this year I am now shooting a Mathews Monster Great bow I love it

First bow
-Old school martin somewhere back from the early 1900s I think
Second bow
-PSE Nova, this was a deer slaying machine. Had it since 2000
Third Bow
-Matthew’s DXT, still haven’t received the bow but cant wait for it to get here