Bowhunting

damn ed...that thing is old. who made that bow?? i know its a kids bow, but we used to have some like it too....they were fun for shooting at squirrels!! never hit any though.

 

That bow looks like an old Bear, back in the mid late 60's (maybe early 70's) they had two color combo's if I remember correctly. Reason I know this my Dad's was a black/brown color and my Mom's was as pictured. Not that, that is a "girls" bow.
Funny thing I took a shot at my brother at about 60 yards, (he pissed me off) would have nailed him but he ducked behind the storage shed door. Location was Fort Knox Kentucky 1972.

I say get a new string for it, get some arrows (stash away from children) with field tips and shoot away. Then again if you bow hunt, take it out. Get back to basic's.

 

yep....basics!!! cant wait till i get my daddy's recurve!!! gonna be fun to learn!!

 

the property is some of the best I have seen in the area. Was an old farm in the 20's, then left to sit. The new owner got with the DNR and did some work to get it back to the way it should be, (remove old wire, posts, plants that are not native to IN.)
Have nailed bucks their for the past 3 years, great thing is only 3 people are allowed to hunt it. The owners brother has a farm less than a mile down the road with about 4 times the land. Lots of everything, but they both have rule....
1) no ATV's
2) no damaging tree's with tree stands, climbers or ladders only.
3) no head hunting
4) need to stay out of the wood for 20 days prior to season.
That is why I am setting up things now, will have my turkey blind up in a few weeks. needless to say I am ready to hit the woods again.

 

you are gonna love a re-curve, when you feel you have that down go to a longbow. You can pick your length, and I would say go with an American Yew. Hand made and a true work of art, but make sure to get the arrows shafts also.

 

sounds like an awesome place man. i only have a little place here to hunt now, but i gotta get my neck better so i can hunt this year. i cant even pull my damn bow back now because of my damn neck.

 

i love my compound, and thats what i'll continue to use for hunting.....but yeah...gonna learn the recurve and the long bow later on. i love primitive weapons!!

 

heal up quick!!

 

Yes, that is an old Bear. By the looks of it's a Grizzly, late 60's or 70's as Longbow said....strung backwards too They were (are) good solid bows.

 

Let me know when you get it Will and I'll send ya a few wood arrows. I need to know the weight and your draw length. Those old Bears aren't quite centershot and the shafts have to be tuned a little to shoot well.

 

hey man.....thats cool as hell!!! i'll definitely do that, and i'll post pics for you to let you see it and see if i need to do anything to it!!! thanks buddy!!!

 

No big deal, I make my own and I've probably 500 of the things around, I'll twist a new string too if the one on it is worn, takes but a few minutes...you don't need a string breaking .
Get that back healed up before you do much bow shooting. If it's a problem you can get a note from the doc and hunt with a x-bow in most states until it's healed.

 

cool deal. may take you up on the string too.......its really old and hasnt been lubed ever that i know of.

as far as i know....still gotta have surgery, so im playing the waiting game now. by the way,,,,,south carolina passed the law that we can hunt with crossbows now for archery season. i dont have one, so im gonna try to get my back/neck rehabbed pretty good.

 

You know, it's the duty of us trad (primitive) shooters to show y'all on the dark side, with wheels and contraptions on your bows, the true light.

 

yeah.....i know!!! trust me!!! i still think either way...........it takes alot to mater shooting any kind of bow......just that longs and recurves are alot harder and take more skill than a compound. there is an art to bowhunting.....and it takes time to master it.

 

you are correct its a bear bow, it has a gray side, and the yellow side, its very old..... from 70's maybe, so all your fats are correct i guess.....
we used it on the backyard, we made a cardboard target.... so long ago LOL

Ill get more pictures tomorrow.... its about 1.5 m long with the string....but i´ve seen my brother put the string all the way around, so the gray side becomes the outside, and it gets a very different shape, ill see if i can get it that way tomorrow

 

+1 on that.

When you think you mastered it, it drops you back down to size.

 

If you go the cross bow route, give me a yell before you buy. I know here many people don't use them, so the price may be cheaper.
I know when they passed use of a pistol round in a rifle, for deer hunting prices went up a couple hundred bucks.
And I know high power guns are cheaper in other states than here. Meaning I can't go to my folks in TENN and buy a high power, state is not allowed to sell to people who live in IN.

 

Jam some poles in the ground


Get a couple skid loaders


Raise it way up in the air


Drink a beer or two, admire your work


Needs a deck ta drink beer on


Build some nice stairs, so ya don't fall down a ladder while drinking beer


Can't live on beer alone, need a grill



A dandy redneck deer stand

 

WOW! Tacoma's and bowhunting, it don't get much better than that!
My setup is
Mathews SQ2
Carbon Express Maxima 250's
100grn mag slick tricks
Little Bitty Goose release.
Our bow season in MD starts on Monday the 15th