What is your journey in archery (Chronology of bows)

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  1. pastorjim08

    pastorjim08 Legendary Woodsman

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    Ok if you can remember, give your chronology of the bows you have owned. Here's mine

    1. Bear Magnum recurve '83-'84
    2. Bear Whitetail Hunter '84-'85
    3. Hoyt Prohunter '85-'87
    4. Hoyt Provantage (Most accurate bow I ever owned) '87-'90
    5. Hoyt Prosomething can't remember the model name '90-'93
    6. Hoyt It was a Chuck Adams model that I can't remember the name of. '93-'97
    7. Hoyt Aspen (this bow was almost identical to the Provantage. 46in A to A) '97-2009
    8. Bowtech Captain 2009-2014
    9. Elite Energy 35 (smoothest bow I've ever shot) current

    Now in between there was a couple of times that I owned two bows at a time. There was a Hoyt Prohunter Carbon Plus and a Hoyt recurve. Both of which I never hunted with.


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    2. 2006 Bear Instinct 2014-2015
     
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    Jennings Uni-star- 1992-1999
    Jennings Buckmaster 2000 1999-2013
    Mathews Creed 2013-present
     
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    After teaching my son to rifle hunt, 16 years ago, I stopped hunting. My son started archery hunting a few years ago. Last Father's Day, all of my kids pooled their money together and purchased me a used Left Handed 2005 Mathews SQ2, 60-70lb Draw. About a month later, I purchased a used 2007 Hoyt Vectrix Xt500. Last fall, I killed my first deer, shooting the Mathews. I shot them both until about 2 months ago. That's when I purchased my first new bow, a 2013 Hoyt Carbon Element G3! So far, I've got a Spring Turkey with my new bow.
     
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    1. Mathews Drenalin
    2. Mathews Creed
    ...

    Hard to remember them all for me :tu:
     
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    2013 - Current
    MR5 70/29
     
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    pastorjim08 Legendary Woodsman

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    C'mon Mike, you're not that old!


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    1. Yew longbow when I was 2 yrs old
    2. Some youth bow by Hoyt
    3. PSE nova
    4. Bear element
    5. Ross cardiac
    6. PSE BowMadness
    7. Bear Agenda 7
     
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    Homemade long bow my dad made -1979
    Ben Pearson Youth compound Bow -1981
    Jennings Black Bear -1987
    Bear Whitetail II- 1991
    Golden Eagle Talon??-1997
    Bear Silverback-2000
    Mathews LX 2003-present
     
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    ??? (possibly a High Country)
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    PSE Carrera 2013-2014
    Bowtech Carbon Knight 2014-Present
     
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    Primary hunting bows:
    1. Homemade bent stick Mid-Late 70s
    2. Browning Nomad recurve Late 70s
    3. Bear Whitetail Hunter Early 80s
    4. JVA Astro Stinger 1987 or 1988
    5. XI Demon 2000?
    6. Bowtech Equalizer 2005
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    1. Golden Eagle Talon Youth Bow (my first @ age 13) - 98-2000.
    2. Jennings Buckmaster - 2000-2007
    3. Ross CR334 - 2007-2008
    4. Bowtech 101st Airborne - 2008-2010 (made the switch to LH)
    5. Bowtech Constitution - 2009-2010
    6. Bowtech Sentinel - 2010-Present
    7. Diamond Marquis - 2010-Present
     
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    1.Browning micro Midas 3- 2008
    2.bear apprentice-2010
    3. Hoyt rampage xt-2012
    4. G5 quest torrent-march 2 2013- March 21 2014
    5. Elite pulse- march 31 2014- April 5 2014
    6. Pse Evo max- April 10 2014- April 20 2014
    7. Pse DNA - April 21 2014- may 8 2014
    8. Elite energy 35- may 20 2014- June 1 2014
    9.mathews chill- June 1 2014- June 8 2014
    10. Hoyt spyder 34- June 10 2014- present ( and hopefully till the end of deer season)


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    1. PSE Nova...97-08
    2. Diamond Nitrous (quietest bow i have ever heard)...08-10
    3. Hoyt maxxis 35...10-12
    4. Mathews Heli-m (most accurate bow i have ever shot)...12-present

    Also have a bear grizzly recurve for bowfishing

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    1. Golden eagle youth bow - 1993ish
    2. Mathews FX - 2011
    3. Mathews Z7X - 2012
    4. Bowtech Insanity - 2013
    5. Mathews Z7X - 2013 - present
     
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    Pretty sure I'm missing several in here. When I look at this list I realize it's a bit ridiculous and I might have a problem......:lol:


    Fiberglass kids stick bow
    35lb Darton recurve
    45lb Ben Pearson recurve
    Old PSE something or other compound
    96' PSE Polaris Express
    98' PSE Baby G
    03' BowTech Mighty Might
    04' BowTech Patriot
    05' BowTech Allegiance
    05' BowTech Constitution
    05' BowTech Old Glory
    06' BowTech Constitution
    06' Mathews Apex 7
    06' Mathews Apex
    06' Mathews Apex 7
    06' Mathews Switchback XT
    06' Martin Slayer
    07' Mathews Apex
    07' Mathews Drenalin
    07' Martin Scepter IV
    07' Martin Bengal
    07' Martin Slayer
    07' BowTech Allegiance
    07' BowTech Constitution
    07' BowTech Constitution
    09' Diamond Marquis
    10' BowTech Destroyer 340
    10' BowTech Destroyer 350
    10' BowTech Destroyer 340
    11' BowTech Insanity
    12' BowTech Specialist
    12' BowTech Insanity CPXL
    13' BowTech Experience
    14' Bowtech RPM360
     

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