Do you remember your first bow?

[huntercheng]

Hi all,
From another thread I read that a new member got his first bow. I remembered when that happened to me, about 20 years ago, I remember how happy that made me at the time. Naged mum for 9 months to get it. That got me thinking do other members remember their first bow, what was it and do you have fond memory of it?

Bow Setup:
Pearson Rogue 60# 30 in draw, It had the thick plastic trislot wheels and it was all black.
Ortford ceader arrows with 4 inch fletch
Plastic arrow rest.
Martin 5 pin sight with the brass screw pins

Memory:
Very fond, dozens of arrows shot at telephone books in the back yard (12 metres) especially in spring after school or summer holidays, out the back yard all day.

[howie]

My own first bow was a second hand wooden Yamaha recurve, around the 35 pound mark. Yellow fibreglass arrows and POC woods, think I was about 13 or 14 years old. Target was hay bales, carpet packed inside cardboard. There is still some holes in the parents garage wall, that was nearly 30 years ago, how time flies...........Howie

[stevenn]

mine was a second hand pearson longbow 30lbs,shooting woods and bodkin broadheads,my target was a big holden benchseat with a pig drawn on it,about 22 to 23 yrs ago.steve

[spiderbait24]

my first bow was a kids genesis compound bow, single cam, 20lb @ about 25"

awsome bow.

[Evil Taco]

christmas day 3 years ago, i had been doing archery at a club for about 4 months and got a crappy no name brand recurve... it was great until i got mass target panick and was continuely shooting on half draw... for about 6 months it was so crap becuase i couldnt shoot and almost gave up archery altogethor... until i got a compound...

ahh yer great memories....


I hate that bow....

[Running Bear Eagle Eye]

mine was a an old wha gok wood and fibreglass recurve bow i always enjoyed shooting it and probably still would if i didnt fall out of a tree land on it and snap one of the limbs i glued the limb back on but theres no way im going to try and use it so now its a decoration on the wall.

Daniel

[Daniel]

I got my first bow only about a month ago it was a pse bruin:D
But it messed up :(so I got it replaced with a pse stinger today :D

[huntercheng]

Hey great replies, I hope to hear more from other members too.

[bowhunting4eva]

the first bow i hunted with and shot was an osage self bow at around 45lb's that a self-bowyer made and he let me use it. i shot 2 goats with that bow. i then got a bear grizzly recurve which was the first bow i owned. i then got a bear truth compound which was my first compound

[Gulf Addict]

I remember I got my first one from Sagittarius Archery and I remember what it looked like but that is about it. I don't remember what I ever did with it. I am pretty sure I didn't sell it. May have left it at a mates place or lent it to some one at some stage.

Loved the bow and had a lot of fun with it. I was shooting fingers then with alloy shafts most of the time and timber shafts for practice. Only extras I had were whiskers, bow quiver and stabilizer.

I some times wish things were as uncomplicated these days.

[d@rk51d3]

My first was a second hand Yamaha recurve too. Bought it about 20 years ago and owned it for a couple of years. Red laminated, dont know what poundage it was, but it was as bare as you could get.

Got pretty accurate with it too. Untill one day, desperate for some cash, I flogged it off cheap. Missed it ever since.:(

Hopefully I'll pick up a new setup ths weekend, if all goes well.

[Luke]

My first 'real' bow - saved up for a bout 4 months when i was about 15 and bought it from the local sports store in Bundy.

A York "Boss".

I still have it today and it is still my absolute favourite bow to shoot.

Here are a few pics.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/griffo79/equipment%20pics/P1030379forweb.jpg


http://www.aussiebowhunter.com/images/gatton/bows.jpg

[Scott]

45# tru-aim recurve, 27 years ago. Took my first rabbit and first pig on the same day with this great little curve. Still kicking myself for selling it!

[T.D]

My first bow was a Fred bear little delta. It was a sweat little bow. I shot my first rabbit and fox with it. I was shooting red zone arrows. I had to sell it to get my Hoyt power Tec.

[northozhunter]

My first bow was a 60lb,PSE Polaris,great bow even if it did have plastic cams,sold it 7 years ago and he is still shooting it!

[rudy]

My first bow was a Perks, easton eagle arrows i think. Shot a mixo rabbit with my first shot. Had so many shots the first 2 days the tips of my fingers went numb. 20 odd years ago. Ahh back in the good old days.

[belegstrongbow]

55lb Bear take down recurve. I wish hadn't sold her. She was a beauty.

[Mullac]

My first bow was a 25# blue Yamaha recurve. The day i got it was the day i got my first bow kill. I was using some skinny target arrows with no quiver with a 20 year old glove and a 20 year old arm guard lol :P

[HOOD]

My first bow was a Proline compound, 55# black and grey camo limbs and black chunky cast riser. Not knowing any dif I thought it was great, that was until I shot some other bows at the club a couple of months later.
Thats when I realised it was a sherman tank.
Sold it to fund a 2002 Hoyt Magnatec which I still have, but for how much longer I don't know.

[HareSplitter]

got my first bow about a year ago it was a something silver hawk, set at around 35-40# it was alright got a hare and a fox with it :), but i love my new bow :D

[37macca]

My first bow was about 21 years ago a 40# recurve just a cheapy. Was shooting ducks in a swamp and birds in the fruit orchard. Stopped after 2 years just about when compounds became real popular, I couldnt afford 1 when all my mates brought them. About 5 months ago brought a friends 10 year old Blue mountain Trex of him. The limbs ended up delaminating so brought a new Martin. Now totaly addicted again.

[NormGunston]

Dad and I found a Keith Herron 25# piece of Aussie bowmaking history just after I finished a beginner's course at Bowmen of Frankston... about (gulp) 30 years ago. Bought it and some Firefly arrows (remember those?) from a nice elderly lady from Box Hill archers. Sold it when I got my Hoyt TD2B. Last year I bought the same Keith Herron (pictured) from EPray on a nostalgic whim. Nice to have it for memories. How many still have their first bows?

[Grunter]

Yeah i can remember the no forgiveness, twanging, hand shock, creaks, arm slapping peice of S#%T !!! but never the less i still have it in the hunting room hung up on the wall with the other 14 bows that i have accumulated over the years. I got it from a garage sale when i was with dad when i was around 11 or 12 years old. thats 23 years ago, gee time does go bye. She was a mean peice of gear in her day & i was the man in our neighbourhood back then with this bad boy. It's a Outers Blazer, draw length 29-31 (hense the string slap at 12 years old) Draw weight of 35 lbs, but could be set from 45-60 lbs. Still took the hair of a few bunnies & even scored my first bow shot Boar with it. Still have the hooks as well from that baby, got him out around Mooie way.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/grunterhunter/P1170111.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/grunterhunter/P1170109.jpg

[bobzila]

my first bow was a 45-55# browning rage. i still have it and use it from time to time in my back yard

[rossy]

got my first bow bout 25 year ago ,it was a ex club bow 20lb recurve painted in camo still have it to this day ,my son is just about ready to shoot it. still have the original leather back quiver

[XTfreak]

Almost 30 years ago.
Bear Whitetail.
50 lb. No letoff.
Draw length was and still is way to long for me.
Still hanging in the shed at my moms place back in the States
Bill

[i'm a guy like me]

About 17yrs ago 60lb martin lynx magnum. Took me 2 full school holidays to save up. Still got it. Only put it into retirement middle of 2007.

[hunt or be hunted]

my first bow was a proline 20lb compound, shot 10 bunnys with it before i sold it to ''wayoutwest'' from this forum a while ago.

loved it.

dan.

[Maxih]

Early 90s. It was a Redline compound, about 20pound & 13fps...

Lasted about a week before being replaced.. So the sickness began...