looking at buying a new/used bighorn bow. any info or opinions about these bows would be welcome. how do they shoot are they quiet are they good to 29in draw etc. the bow i am considering is 62" td 45# @ 28. how do they compare to assienheimers, widows etc. thank you for input

I bought a one piece Bighorn (60", 65#)in the 80s (I think) when G Fred owned the company. It was a great bow and I shot it to death. (I shoot almost every day) It was the best purchased bow I ever owned. I can only compare it to Bear take downs and the Kodiak Magnum. It was the best. Even though it delaminated after 25 years or so it was a smooth shooting sweet bow. I can't speak as to the quality of the present bowyer.

Good luck, Rick

They are great shooting Bows, I own several of them from as far back as 1981. I would recommend getting the 60" lenght as it seems to be the best alaround lenght IMHO and the opinion of many people I have talked to. I actually prefer the 56" and I draw 30".

My friend shoots one it is a 3 pc. takedown recurve. It shoots good but I like my Hummingbird longbow better. LH

Mike, they are as good as any out there. I shoot an '84 60" TD with a 29" draw and it is one of my smoother quieter shooting bows. I do own a widow of comparable weight. Two different bows. Tuff to beat the old Bighorns for smoothness. Go for it. Shick

I have seven Bighorns, four takedowns, a one piece,a Little Bighorn, and a longbow. I am having a new set of limbs being made right now. There is a new owner now and his web site is www.bighornbowcompanyusa.com/. I think the older sets of limbs are quieter than the new style but that is my opinion.

The Ram-Flex limbs are "noisier" than the older styles. But they are faster. I still think they are quiet though.

I have a 68" 45@30" Bighorn Ramhunter longbow. I shoot it well, it is quiet and a good bow. I bought mine new about 16 years ago and it is still going strong.

Bighorn 58" 60 @ 28" this bow is 12 years and it still shoots great.

I had a three piece 60 in recurve. It was a fair bow. I've honestly had lot better and faster bows. I would put it in the mediocre class compared to Robertsons , Palmers, Bob Lees ect But Its a new company under new ownership and the bow I had is not the bow they have now. You would just have to shoot one.

Well in my experience there are 4 different kind of Bighorn.1-original Asbell curved bed limbs,they are very silent one of the first exemple of Custom,not speed demons,2-straight bed post Asbell limbs(King Cavalier era)very smooth,very silent just a tad faster,not really much.3-new style King Cavalier with bombproof tips fancy woods and veneers.Those are the best shooters,very fast,accurate,forgiving bows;for my point of view the best,production started in the late 90s.4-dark era and 2 different ownerships,I am not sure if they still have the same templates and designs,no comments.

The new owner is making the original curved bed limbs and I sent him a set of limbs from the mid 90's style and he made a form to start making them also.

RS that,s awesome news! Thanks.

Been shooting the old style Custom Bighorn for many years, I can,t seem to put it down! As a matter of fact, I originally started out with a custom TD in left handed, because I am LHed, after a bout with TP and G Freds article on eye dominance, come to find out, I,m right eye dominate, so I switched to RH bows.......and it felt very comfortable and no TP !

Well, while at Denton Hill Trad Shoot a guy had an IDENTICAL 60" old style Custom TD for sale.......I bought it..no Q,s asked and my limbs from my lefty also fit like it was made w/them, so now I have a set of 65# and 57#. I shoot the 57 as I,m gettin old!

I,ll never part with my Bighorn! (although I may have a LH riser for sale) maybe!

Took my personal best with the lefty !

I hunted with a late-80's Custom Bighorn for about 10 years. It had a hard rock maple riser and maple limbs under black glass. The bow wasn't built for speed or beauty. Eye candy and speed seem to be the facination these days.... but the Bighorn served me well as a durable functional hunting bow.

A buddy has one and uses it to kick my butt on a regular basis. So I'd have to say they shoot very well ;-)

I purchased a take-down BIGHORN from friends that I made, on a hunting trip to WYOMING several years ago. It was several years old, but it had been taken very good care of. Two years later I entered a PRONGHORN ANTELOPE from Wyoming in the POPE & YOUNG Traditional record book that I harvested with that bow. The next year I harvested the #16 PRONGHORN in the world with the same bow! In my humble opinion, they still shoot very well!; and as you can tell--I'm very proud of my humble accomplishments.

Bought my Bighorn from Fred in 1986 and after all these years she's still going strong. I have changed limbs through the years to reduce weight a little. I started out with 70# and now shoot 57#. My bow is 60" and I have a 28" draw and she draws very nicly. I also have a set of limbs that make a 56" bow at 65# and they shoot very well also for a short bow but I don't use them very much any more due to the weight and old age. The old Bighorns were smooth to shoot just like everyone has said and my 58# limbs shoot a 600 gr. arrow at 171 fps average at 28" draw which I think is a good speed for an older bow design with B50 strings. I regard the old Bighorns just like the old Bear bows, they are just special to have and hunt with. Fred signed mine for me when I bought it from him as he was one of my bowhunting hero's in the eighties and still is for that matter. In those days there just was not alot of custom bows around like there is today and they werent made with all the facy stuff but they also didn't cost what todays bow cost ether. There are a lot of good bows out there and I own some of them now although all the new one's I now have are longbows as I have a thing for them now, but when I'm out west I always carry my Bighorn Colorado as that was what I had it made for and we have made to may hunts together to give up on each other now. Best of Luck on your search for a new bow and I don't think you would go wrong with a Bighorn eather old or new.

DJ

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I recently grabbed a Colorado Bighorn T/D off of Ebay and I am now a true believer. Heavy duty, inspires confidence, quiet, smooth and accurate. 25 veener strips of maple make up the riser. I contacted King Caviler about its age and the 0803 serial number puts it at 92-93 timeframe, so its 18 or so. It pulls 75#@29" so it is a beast to tame but while I can pull it back, I will do just that as much as possible. I am a lefty so it is good to hear though that the limbs are interchangeable (thanks Rogue 1). I lucked out picking up this bow. Don't die wondering!

I have a 62", 64# @ 26" Ramhunter Longbow that I ordered in late 2007 I believe. It shoots great and is very quiet. Beautiful bow too. I have a (short) 26" draw length and the 62" NTN length is very comfortable for me. Not sure if the company has changed hands again but I love my Bighorn!

As Cacciatore described, mine is a 3rd generation bow from 2000. 3pc with red elm limbs 70lbs at 29 inches. A very fast and stable bow. She is my one and only and another I will never need. Some day I will have to get some lighter limbs but I have some time before that happens. The only problem I had was mounting quiver bushings. The riser material is impregnated with plastic and is so hard that it is almost like a piece of solid hard nylon. very dense. my bushings just pulled out. I had to use threaded bushings and epoxy glue. It came out very well though. I love that bow.

I shoot a 15 year old Custom Bighorn that was a birthday gift from my wife when I turned 35. It has aged better than I have! Fast, quiet, and it shoots where you point it. I love it, I have other recurves but this one is the bow I shoot all the time. It is a 60" takedown, 66# @ 28" and it still flings heavy arrows with authority.

They are GREAT bows. I've got a new artificial shoulder joint. I need to drop down to 40# ---- I've got two sets of limbs: 50# and 65# .......somebody P.M. me if youre' interested. oso

OSO, I would be interested in a set of 50s I had mine built in the 80s and am not effective with it anymore it’s to heavy. Please let me know, thanks

3006,, this is from 2010,,

Oh I didn’t know that I’m sorry, thank you for responding. Hunt safe

one of my favorite bows...shot some of my biggest deer with that bow including several gross boone deer and a 165" that dressed out upper 240#s. man i miss that bow, id buy it back in a heartbeat and it would be my go to bow.

Bighorns?

I'm the owner of four Bighorn take-downs with 2 extra sets of limbs. Believe all to be from the 1990's as they all have straight limb pockets. My 60" bow with the 17" plain riser is the quietest and shoots woodies very well. My other 17" riser has the triple wave laminations with a lower grip that I am less fond of. This one needs some refinishing. The 2 15" risers are very nice and I especially like the "Asbell Grip" on the all Zebrawood 60" bow. It is not as quiet as my Plain riser 60" bow. This gorgeous bow has a shelf that seems to be cut more toward center and performs best with The skinny carbon arrows. The last bow with it's 15" riser makes a 58" Bow. It is less forgiving but slings an arrow the fastest with a draw weight near 55#. Purchased this bow on this site, and I'm not convinced the riser and limbs are original Bighorn products. The other limbs will not interchange with the other equipment. Pins don't quite line up. Overall I'm very fond of this line of take-down recurves. They are not the fastest but have proven to be very durable and reliable shooters.

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