What Was Your First Bow?

[THelms]

So, I took a stroll down memory lane the other day and got to thinking about the first bow I ever owned. I was 11 years old and got a garage sale "4 wheel" Darton... shot it like crazy until the cables fell apart and I bought a brand new Hoyt Super Slam.

What about you guys, what was your first bow? If you've got pics post em up!

 

[Retterath]

Jennings, I was like 12 when I had it

 

[ScottR]

Borrowed PSE something or other, I can't even remember the name.

 

[Bearlodge10]

Hoyt Trykon XL

 

[Colorado T]

I had a few youth compound and recurves that I learned with. The first one I hunted with was a Darton that my dad bought me then when I was about 16 or 17 he bought me a Hoyt ProVantage Hunter that I killed a lot of animals with.

 

[go_deep]

I had a Browning bow that I shot with fingers. I tagged my first big game animal ever with it when I was 13 years old, a big old whitetail buck with 3 1/2" spikes. Don't have the bow anymore, but still have the arrow, and the broadhead, which I look at on occasion while working in my shed.

 

[JimP]

My first bow was who know what kind? I got it at a Green Stamp Store, that shows you how old I am.

My second was a hand built recurve that I put together in the scouts. Along with making our own cedar arrows to shoot. The first deer and elk that I killed with a bow was with that one.

It is sitting out in the garage somewhere.

 

[Bonecollector]

An old Bear recurve. Wish I still had it. The bottom limb broke. :-(

 

[Timberstalker]

Jennings Whitetail. Bought it used in the early 90’s

 

[Bruce Mc]

My first bow was a Shakespeare fiberglass recurve with a rubber grip and pulled 25 lbs. I shot dangerous game like cottontails and ground squirrels in the fields around the edge of town. That was in the late 60s. My first hunting bow was a Ben Pearson recurve that pulled 50 lbs. I shot cedar arrows that were painted olive green with barred grey feathers and a fixed blade broadhead with bleeders. I have no recollection of who made them but I suspect they were Bear.

 

[Maxhunter]

PSE Gamesport. It was a 1984 model. After that I went to Golden Eagle. Bought a Hoyt and have never looked back.

 

[CrimsonArrow]

Piece of junk PSE Polaris, the riser wasn't cut out enough to allow true center shot. Killed my first archery deer with it though.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Fiberglass recurve. I don?t remember the name of it but my butt still hurts from the woopin I got for shooting arrows into the neighbors roof. Lol

 

[go_deep]

Fiberglass recurve. I don?t remember the name of it but my butt still hurts from the woopin I got for shooting arrows into the neighbors roof. Lol

Lol!
Sounds kind of like my brothers first sling shot, he bought the hired man a new car window.

 

[THelms]

I had a Browning bow that I shot with fingers. I tagged my first big game animal ever with it when I was 13 years old, a big old whitetail buck with 3 1/2" spikes. Don't have the bow anymore, but still have the arrow, and the broadhead, which I look at on occasion while working in my shed.

That is what it is all about!

 

[THelms]

Sounds similar to my first experience... that Darton "four-wheeler" was my first hunting bow, my first bow was a little red youth compound. My brother and I figured out pretty quickly that if we put a couple inches of garden hose over the tip of the arrow that we could "hunt" each other without getting hurt... incredibly stupid and we got our hides tanned when my dad found out.

 

[ColoradoV]

A old bear re curve when I was 6. Many a gopher/squirrel/chipmunk met his end due to that bow.

Got my daughter a diamond atomic package this past summer when she was 5. She is shooting it great out to about 15 yards while pulling 8 lbs. It was a huge help to have the guy at the shop set it up and give her a short lesson. Anyone looking for a kids bow I would recommend it.

 

[WY ME]

Wing recurve then upgraded to a Jennings Model T two-wheeler.

 

[mallardsx2]

Jennings Titan-shot with fingers.

I still shoot fish with it. It has literally been fired millions of times with the original string.

 

[kidoggy]

Pse somthin????