What Bows Have you Owned in your Life?

[yoopshoot]

PSE Nova- first bow
Reflex Bighorn
Mathews Drenalin
PSE DNA
Hoyt Nitrum 34 LD ( current)


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[Rick M.]

Bowtech TomKat

Hoyt AlphaMax

Mathews Vertix


Vertix is my favorite (best bow I've owned thus far)

Bowtech is sentimental (killed my first couple of animals with it and it was my first archery platform. I learned to shoot with my TomKat).

 

[taggart_lumpy]

Bowtech constitution
Elite e500
Matthew’s chill r
Diamond dead eye
Prime centergy
Bear montana
Black widow pma ii

 

[actionshooter]

Wow.. going back
Bear Fred Bear Recurve
PSE... don't remember the model, had funky wheels that bolted to the limbs
Martin Cougar Magnum
Hoyt Pro Vantage Hunter
Hoyt Vetrix
Diamond Carbon Cure

 

[Catahoula]

Darton
Oneida Labs Eagle
Diamond
Mathews Chill R
Mathews Halon 32

 

[ZDR]

1986 Pearson compound
Hoyt ProVantage multiple models of this bow
Black Widow PSA II
OL Adcock ACS longbow (2)
Horne LB
Bear Kodiak Mag (old)
Bear Kodiak (old)
Groves Flame Hunter (old)
Hoyt Game Master II
Hoyt Carbon Element
Hoyt RX4

There's been a few others along the way that were non-descript and didnt stay with me long.

 

[Huntin wv]

Darton 50 MX
Mathews Q2
Mathews Z7
Bowtech Insanity
Bowtech Carbon Knight
Strother Rush XT
Bowtech RPM 360
Prime Rival
Prime Centergy
Fleetwood Edge recurve
Omega Original long bow
Big Stick Assassin long bow


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[WhatToHunt]

First bow I used to kill a deer - unsure but my dad still might have it.

Hoyt Havoctec

Mathews Z7 Xtreme

Mathews Triax

 

[LandYacht]

In order of appearance:

Bear Whitetail 2

Mathews MQ32

Mathews Z7

Prime Alloy


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[Courtlandfarms]

Pse deer hunter
Bear instinct
Alpine micro
Diamond outlaw
Hoyt carbon element rkt
Elite synergy
Hoyt carbon spyder 30
Mathews htr nocam
Hoyt carbon spyder34
Elite e35
Pse carbon spyder turbo
Xpedtion xcentric7
Obsession k34
Xpedition xplorer ss
Elite victory x
Hoyt hyperforce
Prime alloy
Prime rival
Prime centery hybrid
Prime centergy
Hoyt carbon spyder 34
Hoyt carbon element rkt
Elite synergy
Bowtech reign 6
Prime ct3
Pse evolve 35


Samick sage
Hoyt satori
Toekle whip
Centaur glass
Hoyt satori
Bob lee sportsman
Bob lee signature longbow
Toelke lynx

This is the first time I've wrote them all down and wow, dont tell my wife. There are multiples on this list and they are different bows, I guess I really like trying new toys.

 

[TheTone]

Some type of High country when I was around 10

2001-2002 Alpine Sidewinder
2003-2009 Hoyt Ultratec
2009-2018 Hoyt Alphamax 32
2018-current Prime Centergy

 

[OctoberGold]

Barnett Banshee
Indian Hunter
PSE Fire flight 33
07 Elite Synergy
Hoyt Alphamax 32
08.5 Elite Z28
Elite GT500
09 Elite Z28
15 Elite Synergy
Mathews Traverse

 

[Blockcaver]

Browning 56” recurve, ‘72
Jennings Wood 4-W compound ‘74
PSE 4-W ‘77
Jennings Arrowstar 4-W ‘79
Dad’s Shakespear 45# TD
Dad’s Osage/lemonwood longbow
PSE Laser Mag 2-W
CSS Quadraflex 2-W ‘83 0wned 3 of them
Bear TD Alum 55#, long limbs, B-riser ‘83
Bear TD white target Bow, 30#s
Wing 27# target Bow
Red Wing 55#Hunting bow w/round arrow quiver
Martin Howatt Hunter 55#
Martin Cougar II Wood riser
Bighorn Asbell/Behn 65# TD recurve
Hoyt Hunter 70# 2-wheel ‘86?
Fedora recurve, won at PBS Photo Contest, Grand Junction
Bighorn 59# ‘87
Hoyt Pro-Vantage 70# (had 2)
Carroll by PSE 80#, ‘89
Trueflight compound
Darton 70#, ‘94
PSE XLR900 70#, Cabelas bargain cave, ‘95
PSE carbon riser 70# bow ‘97, riser cracked
PSE Mach 7 replaced broken carbon riser, sold
Mathews 65% let-off finger bow, ‘98
PSE 38”, 70#
Mathews LX 70# ‘03, "release bow"
Mathews LX ‘04
Mathews Genesis
Mathews Drenalin ‘07
Hoyt Carbon Element ‘11
Mathews Creed ‘13
Prime Rival ‘16 & second used ‘15

Total = 26 compounds

11 recurve/self bows

 

[Elkhntr08]

It’s a long list, owned a shop for 12+ years. Here’s what I can remember.
Alpine 3
Bear
Browning
Clearwater
Elite 4
Jennings
Hoyt 12+
Golden Eagle
Oneida

Still shooting the Elites.

 

[dreamingWest]

2008 PSE Stinger (regretfully sold)
2013 Bowtech Insanity (gave to nephew)
2014 Bear Grizzly
2019 Bowtech Realm (whitetail special, western back-up)
2020 Bowtech Revolt X (western special, whitetail back-up)

 

[BloodMeridian]

Hoyt Tenacity 2
Hoyt Razortec


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[dkime]

Bear Path Plus
Destroyer 350
Invasion
Insanity
Elite Pulse
Hoyt Nitrum 34
Hoyt Spyder 30
Hoyt Pro Edge Elite
PSE Supra
PSE Dominator
PSE Dominator 3d
Elite Answer
Elite Victory 39
Elite Victory 37
Elite Energy 35
Elite Impulse 31
Elite Revol
Elite Revol
Elite Ritual 35
Elite Ritual 35
Elite Ritual 30
Elite Pulse
Mathews VXR
Hoyt RX3
PSE Evo NXT35
PSE Evoke 35
Prime Black 5
PSE Xpression
Mathews LX
Elite Option 6

Probably a dozen more somewhere

 

[switchback270]

Golden Eagle Brave
Darton Super Stick
High Country Extreme
Bowtech Tomkat
Mathews Switchback - backup
Hoyt Vectrix
Mathews Heli-m
Elite Option 6 - current

 

[SaltyUte]

Hoyt Pro Defiant 34
Hoyt Carbon Defiant 34
Prime Logic CT5
Prime Black 5
Prime Nexus 6

 

[jmez]

Bear Magnum Hunter
Golden Eagle Pro Revolution
Bowtech Black Knight II
Bowtech Allegiance
Bowtech 82nd Airborne
Bowtech Captain
Bowtech CPXL
Hoyt Carbon Matrix
Hoyt Carbon Element G3
Hoyt Carbon Spyder turbo
Hoyt RX-1

Bear Kodiak Magnum
Samick Sage takedown
Kota Kill-Um recurve