Just curious. What is the oldest bow you have taken game with. Last year I was unsuccessful in my quest to take a deer with my birth year bow. The bow I used last year (1968 Kodiak Hunter) was 50 years old. This year I am using a West Bow Hunter that I think was made in the early 60's? So far, no luck.

'90 Howatt Hunter, bought new.

It would be fun to get a deer with the '67 Thunderbird, but I'm going to have to figure out how to quiet it down first.

All of my recurves are vintage, mostly Roots and Bears from the 50's, and I had a few of them out last deer season. The '56 Kodiak is the oldest one to harvest a deer so far, got a buck last December. I did give my longbow a break a couple weeks ago and brought out the '55 Kodiak for a spot on the ground that was too tight for a longer bow. Nearly got a chance at a buck with it, but the cloak of darkness arrived before the buck offered a shot. I have no reservations or regrets about taking the older bows out for another walk in the woods!

67 Wing Thunderbird. Mine is quiet and one of the best shooting bows I've ever had. Killed turkeys and deer with it. Funny the last one I bought I got pretty reasonable, he said he couldn't get it to quiet down.

1960 Bear Polar. 41@28. Last Fri.

69 bear KMag

Thanks Bluesman.

57 kodiak special I got from a leatherwaller on ebay in about 99, 50lb@28, 70" long. It's about 60lb at my draw. I got 9 or 10 deer and 1 elk with it.

Drakes 56 inch 40 weight.

1970 Fred bear takedown b riser 64in 52#

1955 Kodiak Special, my birth year.

Late 50's to early 60's Paul Bunyan 300 fiberglass shot sow, followed by 1964 Damon Howatt Hunter shot whitetail doe.

well mine is not that old but it's the first trad bow I bought a Hoyt ram reflex around 1980 I had found an old wild pear tree way back in the mountain & was standing on a limb in that tree & shot a big doe almost straight down shot was perhaps12 feet put a zwickey thrue her heart I can remember it like yesterday the riser has been converted to ilf & now sports a set of Morrison max 1s

A Black Hawk longbow from the 1960s. And a 1970s longbow that didn't have a name on it.

1953 Kodiak 50#

Hickory self bow. The tree was really old.

1973 Howatt Super Diablo 58#

1940's lemonwood, Ol' Buck. Taken 1992 from the ground, cedar arrow and Howard Hill broadhead.

My second turkey with my old Browning Cobra. 50" 55# and it shoots great. Always loved Browning.

54 compass Kodiak

64 Bear Grizzly.

Same as Dennis, Compass Kodiak

Great looking bow Riverwolf.

1966 Kodiak during my 1st year switching to trad (4 seasons ago)

Those mid 60's Kodiaks are just plain awesome and as classy as you will find.

My oldest was my 1971 Groves.

Mine was 67 Pearson Colt. 62in and 45lb it was really a nice shooting bow.

'62 Kodiak Magnum

'66 DH Hunter 65#

1973 whitetail doe, Redwing hunter 45# 58"amo. MicroFlite arrow MA-3 broadhead.and in the summer of 73 a fellow from Charles City, Ia Marv Mathews a top target shooter in Iowa showed me how to shoot 3-fingers under and walk the string prior to that in 1970 I bought used 60# Bear recurve shot it split finger became fastes snap shooter and short draw shooter and I couldn`t hit anything!

Shot a turkey and some fish with my Bear 76'r a few years ago. Been wanting to deer hunt with it too, especially this year since my freezer is actually full already for once, shot a cow moose in September, so I'm not so desperate for meat that I don't mind limiting myself a little on performance. But for the life of me I can't get an arrow to fly clean off that bow now!

1975 Darton Magnum recurve.......in 1975.

1956 Root Gamemaster...6pt buck...

Great topic for a thread. An enjoyable read. Thank you all.

1967 - 8pt WT, w/ '66 Red Wing Hunter, 56#@28", bought her new and still have her. My 1st trad bow, great little bow! I was 20yrs old. Wyatt

Plan to hunt with my Bear Kodiak Hunter some this year. It is one year younger than me.

1959 grizzly

Guy, thats a heck of a buck with a vintage bow

76-77 Bear Kmag

70's Ben Pearson Cougar.

1963 Howatt Hi-Speed

1960 Kodiak

DDave

64 Wonderbow

1953 Kodiak

Shakespear, 70's I think?

Oldest was a '65 Root Gamemaster (butcher block), beautiful bow. First deer was a '67 Bear Grizzly.

Wing Chaparral I bought in 1971. Killed my first deer with it in 73. I still have it and still use it some.

Big daddy.. what a buck!!!! Some beautiful bows on ths thread...

70’s bear Kodiak

1963 Kodiak

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