just curious to whatever ones go to deer hunting rig is?

This! Red Stag.

Osage selfbow, 'Lioness'. She's been doing it so long, she can do it without me now. This is her heading off into the game lands for a late season evening hunt.

Bear B riser with number 1 limbs bd

64" Palmer recurve. 54 pounds at my 30" draw. Shooting Beman ICS Hunter .400 arrows. 3 four inch LW feathers and 150gr left single bevel Grizzly broadheads.

1972 Browning this year, Microflite #8 arrows with MA-3 heads I got from Jon Stewart a couple years ago. I also have some spruce shafts set up for this bow with Bear Razorheads on them.

I do most of my deer hunting from a stand so this year it will be my jk traditions Kanati , next year it will be my Big Jim Thunderchild (Build next Summer) . previously it was a Chek-Mate Hunter Recurve until the company fell apart.

My "meat-getter" is a Samick Red Stag T/D. After meat is in the freezer, I'll be carrying a Martin X200.

Going with last year's bow. Home made 50s style with GTs and Grizzly BHs.

Oops forgot pic.

60" Centaur Chimera---50#@28. Easton ST EPIC 340 shafts at 30" with 150 grain Magnus Stinger 2 blade up front. EFA Strap on 4 Arrow Cherokee quiver. Never used a bow mounted quiver before (on a Trad bow). Don't REALLY like the way it makes my bow feel, but it shoots fine with it. Will be nice to have 4 arrows within easy reach though! Getting closer........cannot wait! God bless!

going to be a two bow year. starting with the snaky Osage 62@26 and ceder arrows with flint tips and Crow quiver :) then after are shotgun season are deer are more on edge, I will switch to the Black Widow PMA II 43@27 with hex pine arrows and magnus 2 blade 125 classics.

This. 57' Bear Polar recurve 48 @ 28, cedar shafts with Zwickey Eskimos leading the way.

Yes Sir, you are correct. I kinda figure a knife made in the USA since 1836, and carried by nearly everyone on the westward migration has more than proven itself for anything Ill ever ask of it. Pretty and pricey are nice but I prefer time proven and affordable.

New bow for this season, Striker/New Breed RK 1 recurve, 45#, off the shelf. Easton Gamegetters tipped with Magnus 2-blade broadheads. The Mrs. will be carrying her Excalibur crossbow again this year.

Gillo Ghost riser w/ Trad Tech black max limbs, shooting CX Heritage 250's and Magnus heads.

howard hill big five, 65 pounder

Tall Tines Macassar riser, the Myrtle limbs on the right 60#@29" kicked up about 2 notches by a Rick Barbee Hot Rod String. 9.2gpp arrow with a Simmons Tree Shark up front.

64" Bear Montana - 61#@29", my 1st year hunting w/ a longbow. 30"Cedar arrows, w/ 125 Gr. Wensel Woodsman BHs.

Thunderhorn with woodies with # 200 gr. grizzlies. May change at some point to the Widow with the same woodies.

Tundra

Howard Hill Big 5 53@28 with sitka spruce shafts and STOS bh.

Hill Tembo, 67" 50@27. Goldtip 600's tipped with Bear Razorheads, Hill back quiver

Border Griffon GL LB, #50 @ 28", 30" 2016 shafts, 145gr WW, 3- 5"parabolic feathers. Sorry, don't remember weight of arrows. I'm thinking they came in around 485 grs. and I'm too lazy to go weigh one right now. Good hunting all.

It just changed to this Sunset Hill, Surewoods with standard Hill broad heads.

For deer, a Bear TD and GN, Hill, J.D. Berry, Liberty and ACS longbows. All about 46- 50#. Will be shooting mostly Easton Axis 500s with Woodsman heads, and some woodies.

For elk, a Morrison Shawnee longbow or Bear TD, 52 to 50#, with Easton Axis 400s and Abowyer, Zwickey and STOS broadheads.

Fall is too short to shoot only one bow (or arrow). :>)

As of now my BW PSA , GT blend and Grizzlies and WW's but I do have a 7 lakes longbow on the way so if it's all that I hope it is I'll use that probably.

Depends on the mood I'm in and where I am hunting that day but , will be using my Bodymanbowyer longbow , my Omega Imperial longbow , and my on order Hoyt Satori Recurve. But for sure first part of season will be starting out with my Bodymanbowyer longbow. Will through the Omega in there somewhere and when I go out of state I will take my takedown Hoyt Satori. All will be using Easton Axis Traditional arrows and Magnus Stinger and G5 Montec broad heads .

This is my setup right now

This is my backup, 48lb tall tines.

I own numerous bows I hunt with but my go to bow is my factory camo 1984 Bear Kodiak Takedown ( #1 limbs / B-riser ), 60#@28", shooting a tapered cedar arrow built by me with either a zwickey or magnus two blade broadhead ( 580gr. ).

The same as my 3D setup as I only have 1 bow. :o) Yes, I shoot the same arrows too (w/o broadheads). Regards

My Tra Tech Titan 62# LongBow Limbs GT 400 With 225 Magnas 4 Blade

Here is my riser, I shoot it with TT Black Max wood limbs. The 'ugliest' bow I own but the only one I grab when I am hunting. It is a BB warf riser with some tape marks - bottom mark is my 20 yard gap and the top two marks are my DIY rangefinder using the same concept as the 'Dead On' or 'Tagged Out' bow mounted rangefinders.

This year I am going to use my Samick Verna longbow, 50lbs @ 28" and 2016 gamegetters tipped with snuffer 160s. Before the season is over, I am sure that I will end up in a home made blind in a blowdown with my '64 Necedah in my lap again. That little shorty has been good to me and I would feel like she was being insulted if I didn't take her hunting at all... The Necedah draws 45lbs and it likes the 600 spine gold tips and they are tipped off with Zwickey Deltas.

For now it's my 1959 Eldorado Diablo and an old Marbles knife from the same time period. Old Bear shafts and Razorheads.

T4

JD Berry Argos 64" [email protected] decided for sure on arrows yet.But leaning towards Axis Trad 400 with 125gr steel BH adapter and Zwickey 125gr Eskimos.

Blackwidow CHX 56" 53@28 GT 400 spine 100gr brass insert 125gr woodsman elite 520gr total weight outstanding penetration. Widow

My old reliable James Parker Outlaw. 51@28. All natural, laminated R/D, bamboo back and carbonised bamboo belly, along with some Gold Tip traditionals, topped off with with another other old reliable, original Woodsman broadheads. Nice bows everybody. Good luck to all, I hope this season is your best yet.

Usually, My 62" Bighorn 3pc, 70 @29 with red elm limbs. Ash or hickory arrows with Ace Standard 160gr heads. This year I think Ill try the new 60" 55 pound limbs though.

49lb Red Wing Hunter or 52lb Carrolls TD, both 58".

Nice Red Wing Hunter Mr. Robertson. Nothing like hunting with a true classic. Wings, Howatts, Bears and many others from back in the day deserve to be in the woods on opening day. Respect for the elders!

T4

Savannah longbow and Osage self bow.

I will be starting the season with my 64" Paul Schafer Silvertip, 57#@28", cedar shafts tipped with 125 gr Snuffers... if/when I fill my first tag I will likely switch things up.

Looks like Ill use my Savannah Looking at wood arrows and a 3 blade

Tribe Halo riser with Trad Tech longbow limbs 55# @28", I draw just under 29". Easton Axis Traditional 340s cut to 30" with 100 gr insert and 150 gr single bevel Grizzly. About 5 weeks yet to wait...

I shoot several bows, but usually start the season with my 62" 54#@30.5" Timberhawk Supreme.

Tembo

For recurve hunts, 56 Kodiak, 60" 50@28, vintage cedars tipped with Razorheads

To start with, Timberhawk Talon Hunter 60" 54 @28, 2217's tipped with Razorheads.

A&H ACE 57@ 30". Easton Axis 300s 4inch feathers. 200 grain Woodsman head. I haven't changed anything but feather color in years.

Geez, 2117's. Fat fingers!

For me hunting deer is secondary to hunting elk or moose. I have maybe a half dozen bows, any of which might go deer hunting with me.

DDave

1970 Bear Kodiak Magnum #45 Legacy 1916 125 gr. Simmons

My proven "go to" is my 68" big river r/d with a grizzly tipped cedar. This year I will be spending a lot of time with my big river hill style 53@28 and a grizzly tipped cedar.

Big Jim's Thunderchild 45lb....Kodiak Mag. 50lb. ..I also have a Samick Sage, 50lbs set up to shoot vanes in case of bad weather. Although, I stay in camp more and more in bad weather.

53# WhippenStick RD longbow.

Sweet!

Black Widow PSA V, 46 @ 27 inches. Goldtip 500 spine arrow. 100 grain brass insert with 125 grain 2 blade Stinger.

Most of my gear is from this Forum :)

TradTech Galaxy (from Phil M), Axiom plus 43# Longs, Stilldub BCYX string, BigJim blem GT Traditional 600, Eskilite or Magnus 2 blades, SafariTuff or Renegade quiver, Rick Barbee Tab, Boxcall hat, Bodork Knife

An osage selfbow and some cedar arrows I made. Nothing fancy.

I enjoy shooting & hunting with several different bows. This year I'm thinking my newly acquired McCullough 56er or my re-issue Bear 59er. Broadhead of choice is Grizzly, Eclipse or Tuffheads.

These same 2 will be used for elk also. 62" 50# Stalker Coyote with 160 grain Land Sharks, and the back up 60" 56# Black Widow SAG. The quiver is an older Kanati Slim Jim and works great for both bows

Best rig IMHO goes to T4Halo with with the 1959 Eldorado Diablo!

I have two and they are bows with lots of soul!

This was my rig last year...

1972 Browning Explorer. 56" and 62# @28".

I used 2115's tipped with Zwickey Eskimos.

Quiver was a good old Kwikee.

Out of the stand

Ugly Styk ~Wojo

A 17" Hoyt Satori riser and Black Max 2.0 short limbs in 45#

My favorite go to bow is my 1984 Bear Kodiak Takedown as posted above. But this year mine will be my 1990s Bear Hunter TD, 60#@28", shooting a tapered cedar arrow built by me with either a zwickey or magnus two blade broadhead ( 580gr. ).

This fall It's gonna be my 66" hickory sefbow 53#@28", it the first one I've made so it's not perfect but it shoots good for me!

Mahantango 54# recurve. My own make cedar shafts. Zwickey Eskimos.

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