How many bows do youenz have? Since a recent trade (thanks Don) I rearranged my bow stash and had them kinda lined up and actually counted them... I have 15 longbows and recurves (plus 3 sets of extra limbs, 2 kids compounds, and 3 kids fiberglass bows for a grand total of 20...8^)

My kids will probably sell them for $25 each at a yard sale...8^(((

21 bows now. Had 22 but gave one to Supernaut.

20 stikbows, 3 selfbows, 2 compounds, 0 xbows, plenty bows!

more than I have sense

Its not about how many bows you have. Its about how many bows your wife THINK you have...or choose to believe you have.

More than most but never enough.

at my highest count, i had 11 i think. i have one now.

Two

About two dozen longbows, several of which are now too heavy for me. Plus several grandkids’ bows and a couple of my wife’s and my first bows—Browning recurves nearly 60 years old.

Way too many!

17 trad bows with multiple sets of limbs and 3 compounds. this thread may prompt me to liquidate! hahaha

Around 20 - probably 10 more than I should.

I don't count. No lies when asked. I truly don't know.

Around 25. I have cut back the last few years and sold and gave away 12-15.

My official count is "a dozen."

This includes 7 or 8 Howatts, 3 or 4 Groves, a few by Harry Drake, a couple-three Brownings, a few Pearsons, 2 by Todd Scherrinsky, a few FASCO's, a couple of Tice & Watts, and a bunch of one-offs by Jack Howard,Glenn St. Charles, Craig Potter,Bob Lee, Earl Hoyt,Ernie Root, and Wilson White.

Let’s see, 8 LB’s and recurves that count as one bow. Then there are a number of”ghost bows”, bows made up of various risers and limbs, Warf’s.

2 right now, but I'm sure that will increase in the future

Too many! I’m not telling, you’ll commit me to an institution. Lance

I get asked this alot , I seriously don't know due to the amount of vintage. Plus many project vintage that need refinishing. Just recently retired and will start selling some , plus will work on the project ones which is like a hobby within a hobby. Playing around with ILF barebow to boot .

At one point over 75 in my near collection. Now I keep it under 50 since the wife has me on the one bow out, one bow in program. Mostly bears still, with 3 Predators and 1 Bob Lee.

About 30 mostly vintage..... some righty and some lefty as I can shoot both. Need to thin a few with "check engine" lights coming on. Adults kids have bunches of bows I gave them and wife would sell at lawn sale prices to get rid of them if I wasn't around. Not seeing a lot of buying except in the China Black Hunter world. Nice price point for good bows = new archers. The Collector World is dropping off with age.

Only 3 now. All 3 piece take downs. A Bob Lee Signature with 2 sets of limbs—I don’t shoot it much anymore. My other two main bows are my Blacktails-a T2 Sitka, and a T2 VL. I have gotten a little older and only hunt when I feel like it. Im not a collector.

I was down to 29 last week, until yesterday. 30. A dozen Bear recurves. Self bows,longbows,ILF. My grandchildren will be well armed.

Well, 7 in all. fewer than I have had for a long time.

I take the 5th

Like my wife’s reply to”how many pair of shoes do you own? Only three that actually wear.”

Only three that I actually shoot.

There was a time between recurves n longbows I had on loan from the Lord over 30 . I was strictly a wood guy . Nowadays I have a WF19/WF21 and the mighty WF25 XTREME risers . With four sets of ILF limbs . For me personally that was the best path . I do beyond enjoy the talk n pic's on here about the wood bows . Especially the self made stuff n Osage , arrow makers and glue on broadheads, etc .

7 altogether, my first Samick, one Black Bear Warf, one Predator, one Barebow setup, and 3 JV Outbacks.

Around 20 or 25 But I don't think I've ever counted. Most are longbows of my own making with a few recurves in the mix.

32 or so. The problem is getting a new one (even used) is fun. I shoot most of them, but not as often as I like, cause there are too many.

Currently 7. Two short hybrids, two R/D longbows, two recurves,and my wife's R/D hybrid.

This would make a great episode of hoarders.. I would watch it..

I need one more!

Roughly 100. All but about 4 of them made in San Diego.

57 bows. Shoot all of them except for 3.

I should edit my previous post by saying that I have one less than I really need ... :)

I can't hardly believe it, for over thirty years, I only owned 2 recurves, a 60# Martin Hatfield Takedown (main hunting bow) and an old Bear Grizzly, my dad gave me when I was a teenager. And I only owned one longbow which I still have. It's an old 50# Dick Palmer.

But since I have gotten on this board, I now own 14 bows, all total. I have two Black Widow recurves, a Northern Mist longbow, two Frankin bows, A Black Hunter Takedown longbow, and the rest are Bears, with a couple of extra sets of limbs for my Bear Takedowns.

Currently, I am now shooting only my Northern Mist longbow. I have been hot and cold with this bow over the last several months. but I am starting to really like it, after I modified the grip, from a straight Classic grip, to a sort of dished grip. After I got it sanded down to where I was happy with it, I added a bicycle innertube grip back on it, and now I find it a lot more to my liking. I decided I would just shoot longbow class in 3D, coming up. So for now, I have hung up all of my other bows.

Uh…..I’m with Lance….

I will say that I might find room for one more bow, I just don't know what that is, or will be. (:

Self imposed limit of five. Been that way for over 25 years. I use each one.

Twenty to 30 bows - zero wives.

1 ASL, 2 recurves, 2 Target bows and my wife has a recurve. Had 40+ at one time, it seemed too much, so I got rid of what I didn't need and have kept it at 3-4 for the last 16-17 yrs.

Everytime I try to down size. I end up with more new ones than I got rid of. So down sizing isn’t working for me right now. Last count was 30 something and 3 Osage staves and one Hickory.

Everytime I try to down size. I end up with more new ones than I got rid of. So down sizing isn’t working for me right now. Last count was 30 something and 3 Osage staves and one Hickory.

8 glass bows and , 80 some wood bows, and some that are sinew backed that I have made over the years.

None sadly.

18 bows three that I shoot regularly and the rest because????

Two.

Ok to send pics of the “how many bows?” Lucked into this quite a while ago- 1959 Joe Fries 69” Recurve with a new string by bearbowjunky, thx Ken!

3. One Blackhunter Recurve, two Blackhunter Longbows. Looking to give away one of the longbows to a local youngin'

More than I can shoot……less than I want. Bowaflicted.

I believe that I have 27 now after selling one and giving one away.

Um…….no comment. <>< del

Wow, some of you guys are worse than me...8^) I thought I had a dozen or so not really counting them, but as said in topic post once I had them lined up it was like dang, hadn't realized I had that many... Since bringing it up, thought of 2 more stashed with bringing my total to 22 although one is a vintage Bear Alaskan got off a auction site that broke when I tried to string it...8^(((

Tooooo many. It's time to lighten up on my stash. JF

I only have 1.... collection.

At one time I had 53 but sold a bunch in the last 5 years. I am now down to less than 15 and most of them are going to go too. I am 67 and not married so when I go my daughter will not know what they are worth and she will have to mess with that. Most that I have now I made. I do have some nice Schaffer's and a few Bear bows still.

It is hard to sell them now. people won't pay ya for em because they can buy cheap Amazon bows. I guess you can not blame them

Four recurves, four longbows, a Paul Bunyan.

I’m down from 12 to 4. Two recurves and two hybrids. One hybrid needs to be traded if I can talk myself into it.

9

I’ve got 3 ILF a risers with 8 different weight limbs ranging from 45#-60# also 3 LONG BOWS 5 Recurves 1 Oneida a total of 17 bows

I have 15 bows, too many in my opinion. I struggle with not buying any more and getting rid of the ones I have. I'd like to get the collection down to 4 or 5. My nephew has taken up the traditional sport, so he'll get a good share of them.

not sayin'.

I have a lot less than I used to but still more than I need.

I'm hoping Pdiddly will chip in Here soon?..I'd bet on him as the Canadian champ for bow numbers, Codjigger

If I have to go in every room in the house and the garage to count, does that mean I have too many??

26, Sold my Root Kadet to a new shooter at the Club.

No Murph, it means you need a bigger house.

I thought I was doing better at 51 but that is because I forgot the other 20 in the garage. So 71 lh recurves and longbows and 5 or 6 lh compounds. Its really irrelevant other than the shipping cost keep going up so parting with them online drives the price up but I should probably get started because my two daughters really want dad to sell his own bows. Guess I could always buy more guns? Better return.

My honest answere is "too many" as others have confessed. I believe in being honest with one's spouse, so I don't count them. When she ask I can honestly say "I don't know" so far she hasn't pursued further questions

And a bigger Garage??

14 recurves and one longbow. I'd say about normal.

One - Bear TD with 2 pair of limbs. I've had as many as three at once, though!! Can you believe it?

It's not that I don't want MORE bows, it's that I end up not wanting OTHER bows. I've gone through a good handful of other bows since getting the TD, but every time I do I'm just mildly to very disappointed and just would rather be shooting the TD. So, I figure why keep stuff that's not satisfying?

10 total 7 recurves & 3 longbows.

I really don’t know. I think around 60 or 70. Guessing that’s probably on the conservative side.

All Selfbows. Mostly made by me but I seven from other bowyer friends.

I’m building up a retirement portfolio. Either that or a bunch of stuff for my kids to get rid of.

I just like making them as much as shooting them

Bjrogg

Cheapest hobby by far that I have delved into. They don't need to be fed. They don't need to be watered. They don't need a sitter. They don't need a license. They don't need a checkup. Don't require gasoline. No entry fees to participate. No parts to replace. They Appreciate in value over time if bought right. Cost me nothing more than the initial investment.

My son visited my bow room and noticed their numbers have grown considerably since he last updated the inventory. I leave the record keeping and counting to him but somewhere north of 200. I buy what I like at a price I am comfortable with. The memories of how each bow came to be mine (for a while anyway ) is what I enjoy every time I pick one of them up and launch a few arrows. They will all be someone else's some day but today they are mine and I enjoy every one of them. Good Day

Good day! Saw your post Sandy!

A little over 100 right now…all set up and ready to shoot.

I have owned at least that many more that I moved on as they did not pass muster.

I am actually taking a couple out to shoot after I post this…

I note that crookedstix ( Mr. Hardy) must be into the Bushmills’ early as he fessed up to being well over his official “dozen”! LOL! He does have some real rare birds and beautiful bows.

I kinda think there are not a lot of people here up north’ of the 49th that have that large a collection as I have amassed.

Good news is I am going to move a bunch along in the next few months…

Peter >>>——————>

A number that, if I gave away a dozen and sold a dozen, would still leave my rack double-parked and bows under beds, on top gun cabinets. Kinda silly. I could pick out a half dozen that I'm partial to and not miss the others.

Pdiddly2 - Trying to view your bows hanging on pegs, do you just nock the bottom string and hang the top over the peg? How does the bottom string loop stay secure on the bottom nock, does it stay secure or do you hold it with a rubber band or something? ... Thanks...

Diddly, what is that bow at the end on the left in your picture? I don't know that I have ever seen that bow before from you or anyone else.

I have four that I like to shoot and several dozen that I don't care enough about to bother.

I have 7 right now and that is more than enough for me. Out of the 7 I really shoot 3 of them consistently.

At a certain point I had more than 250 when I was collecting vintage bows now I am bow poor down to 40.

Don't plan on increasing the number I currently have and even have the Damon Howatt Hunter 75# on the block.

As the man said , way to many.

I just added a HH Tembo to the herd, so I think that makes 16 bows, which is too many.

Including bows for the grandchidren, I have 14 or 15.

I think 15

5 recurves, one semi recurve, and a single well built longbow. If you add the others, I have a couple compounds stashed away (where I started archery) and we have one Xbow in the house. Nope not ashamed and don't care about other's opinion. My son was able to tote that thing and started his hunting journey with me earlier on thanks to that little invention. I would like to rid myself of one SuperK but I don't intend on just giving it away either. As Jimmy stated. People don't want to pay to for them with so many cheapy's available.

-Bones

I feel cheated. I only have 9. But hey, there’s always room that browning fury 2, another frankenbow, or another Pearson 304/306 in the future…:)

Over 100. Time to start downsizing.

5 recurves, 3 too many. I'm just not into it like before.

Mortis, I think that's the VERY early Howatt bow that I sold Peter to serve as the early bookend for his Howatt collection. It's pretty special--in addition to being his birth year bow (1953 I think), it's from when Damon Howatt was first beginning to tinker with recurves and limb backings. Even Larry Hatfield commented that it was a real find...but I'll let Peter tell the rest of the story. I think there's a thread on it from about 6 or so years ago...

Thank you Kerry.

1 longbow and 1 recurve here.

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