"Old" Equipment

[WRasco]

2007 Browning Illusion

[CoolHandLuke]

Here's my Indian from the late 70s... Dad used it for this one hunt at the YO and gave it to me. Hasn't picked up a bow since.


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That’s pretty cool!

[cactusassjohn]

bought used in 1997(no clue how old) bear grizzly,still have a dozen alum. arrows (gamegetters),took a fat doe with it last year. will try with it again this year,19 more days till opening day!

[AgHntr10]

My bow is almost as old as this thread. 09 Bowtech Guardian

[tpack]

I thought this was going to be about Viagra or Cialis.......I`m out.

[Katch66]

I don't have the Mathews FX that I posted about at the beginning of this thread. I do have a Mathews SBXT that I have hunted with for many years. Just picked up an Obsession Sniper SS a few months back that I am looking forward to hunting with.

[Duane]

I bought my first bow around '97 or '98, a Pearson Spoiler Max, short ATA, rigged with an overdraw, shooting 283 fps at 62 lbs. That bow served me well, but has been shelved since last year when I bought a 3rd hand Ultramax previously owned by at least two TBH'ers. I don't have a clue how old it is, but I kinda like it, and I think it's cool that it's a 3rd generation TBH bow!

Two years after posting this, in August 2010 I bought a Swtchback XT from DamonJ, who delivered it on the WWA hunt in Mercedes that year. I bought a 29" cam for it from raiderelkhunter. I've owned two newer bows since then (a High Country and a Mathews Monster) but never hunted with either, and gave them away last year to Jim's (keep's) son Wyatt. I still hunt with the Switchback XT and don't see a reason to "upgrade" to anything newer.

[TacticalCowboy]

A 2014 elite energy 35 and as of this week a 2017-2018 option 7.

Not too old but still able to buy on the cheap.

[Texas Grown]

You have a picture of that Indian? That was my first bow and right around the same time ….

I have a pic of my Dad with it before he gave it to me. .. I think it was 50lbs…

Indian Stalker (with rattle can camo job)


When I put this bow on the draw scale, it would only max out at 46-48lbs, despite what the limb markers said.


Killed my first whitetail with this bow. I used a Bear Grizzly recurve before this after I moved back to Texas. And never did kill any deer with it. But lots of other critters died from it. I had a really old weak crossbow with metal limbs in Ohio. Think it was a 80lb draw weight. And shot heavy heavy bolts with the heads glued to the shaft.

The fish are biting and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

[Cottonfish]

No longer have the 2001 Q2 that I mentioned on the first page, it went to a son-in-law who became an ex son-in-law....... Have gone through several other bows, dropping draw weight into the high 50's, and now to a cross bow since my shoulders started giving me problems. But, the xbow is an Excalibur, so I guess you could say I went trad (sort of)!

Apologies to the actual trad shooters on the GS....

Stu

[TXhoghunter94]

Im still shooting my 2011 Z7 extreme and I love it, super confident and lighter than most new bows.

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[eastover53]

Still shooting a Q2.

[Smart]

Indian Stalker (with rattle can camo job)


When I put this bow on the draw scale, it would only max out at 46-48lbs, despite what the limb markers said.


Killed my first whitetail with this bow. I used a Bear Grizzly recurve before this after I moved back to Texas. And never did kill any deer with it. But lots of other critters died from it. I had a really old weak crossbow with metal limbs in Ohio. Think it was a 80lb draw weight. And shot heavy heavy bolts with the heads glued to the shaft.[ATTACH]1098444[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1098445[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1098446[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1098447[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1098448[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1098449[/ATTACH]

The fish are biting and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

Niiiiiice! One of these days I need to hold that bow. Thanks for the pics.

[Brute Killer]

Not sure when my Bob Lee was made, but I've had it for 10 years.

[Goldeneagle]

I still have my '05 Ultratec.