my first bow was a....

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  1. GhostRack

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    Pse polaris..gaudy thing....got it as a gift..
     
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    Browning Fox. My Dad still has it.
     
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    grommel Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Browning Cobra, called Cabelas and had it delivered UPS back in 1987! Man I`m gettin` old.
     
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    The first bow I shot and hunted with was an old Bear crossbow that was my Dad's. The first bow I bought for myself was a High Country.
     
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    I started with a 35lb bear recurve back when I was 4 or 5. I couldnt even get it off the ground but my dad and his buddies let me shoot it in the back yard with them, Eventually I got to where I could draw it back more than a few inches and learned to shoot with it. I got my first real hunting bow when I was 8. It was a Bear and Jennings Black Lighting. Dad made me shoot it for a year before he let me start hunting with it. That little bow was a killer and I still have it.
     
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    a elder from my church gave me his old bow when he got a new one it was a browning from the early 90s when i was 14. saw three does the first time he took me out. as a young teen didnt have the patience to sit still. now 10 years later i shoot my frist doe at 20 yards. perfect heart shoot she ran 30 yards and front flip over dead. and now im hook for life. just got a left over spyder 30.
    and my old bow is my bowfishing bow
     
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    Martin rage XRG. Given to me by my ol lady's dad. He is the reason I am now extremely addicted to bowhunting.
     
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    I have a Ben Pearson Cougar I believe I got from a buddy when we were teenagers.

    But back to the topic ... My first bow was a Bear Whitetail II .



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    Mine was a carved dried chinaberry limb with a home made string. I used dog fennel stems to make arrows and they actually shot pretty good.

    First compound was a used Ben Pearson with a 40 lb. draw. Killed a few hogs with it before getting a Whitetail II.
     
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    Bear Whitetail Hunter II

    My brother bought it for me, and I was hooked! The first year shooting it, I shot his deer target in half...literally!
     
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    Barnett Vortex Hunter
     
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    Bear Whitetail Hunter II
     
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    Pse stinger and I got it for Christmas when I was 15 years old...
     
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    Yew longbow I got when I was 2
     
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    I had an old fibre glass trainer when I was about ten got it free from the local landfill with arrows but now use pse compounds latest a pse surge loving it don't hunt it's elegal here but getting some good shuts at my practice bails
     
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    Mine was 2 years ago. It was a Jennings Black Lightning. It was an excellent bow!
     
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    Mine was a renegade spd I got when I was ten years old. It is now my bowfishing rig


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    Browning recurve I bought at a garage sale back in the mid 70's.
     
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