Shot my first bow today....

[Hookeye]

The rack earlier this spring.
Oneida was set up and messed with, and then sold to a guy in France (nice bow, but # higher, so required yet another shaft size...........I don't want more than 2 shaft sizes so ditched it).

I run GT shafts and have inserts and weights to spine tune. 35/55 and 55/75 should be enough for all my needs (even future ones). Oneida string overtravel mandates heavier spine for the #. ......so next one will be 50-70, not another 60-80.

The Groves went to NJ.
The HF58 went to FL.
Had a target BW from '74 and the HF from '72.
Youngest kid still has shoulder issues. Middle kid not as strong, thought it too much #. So I sold the target bow to a fellow recurve dude, he a collector.
Only bow I have at the moment is the HF1225.
But ya never know when an Oneida LFM might come along..........

Did have 3 Blackwidows on the rack at one time. That was kinda cool. But not that cool.
Thought a newer HS58, a HF500 (short skeleton) and HF1225.
But finding FF rated versions is getting tough, and some folks think they're worth way more than what they really are.

If I won the lottery I'd get another SA for 3D, a PCH for hunting, and maybe another HS58..............just because.
2 sets of limbs for each, of course

But then there'd probably be a Mathews Chill decked and boutique build cam/lever bow as well.

Plus a Kodiak Magnum, shorty for bowfishing.

I reckon 6 bows would suit a guy

 

[Hookeye]

If I don't win any money......

Proly get an Oneida Aeroforce
Keep the HF1225
Snag a K mag for bowfishing
Maybe order a PCH.

Be limited to 4 rigs. 3 of which would be used bows (save $).

 

[Hookeye]

My overall fave compound, bud said it was the first Safari in the state (I told the Hoyt guy at ATA 2 yrs before they made that color they needed a hunting target color).
Manufacturing schedules and anodizing, heard they had a backlog at times, was a PITA.
Hehehehe............I got mine

Having to add that big brass weight to balance the bow right, kinda sucked. Man that thing was a tank.

7pt, doe and yearling came along. Doe wouldn't stop so I zipped her on the move, was maybe 19 yards. Magnus 125gr Snuffer SS.
Location was called on another forum 2 days before She didn't spill as much as I had hoped, and went a ways.
Montec kills were similar. Not a fan of the 60 degree blade edge (didn't know the SS was like a Montec until I got my order in).

Bow after this was Mathews Switchback XT running G5 Strikers. That a decent rig.

 

[Hookeye]

Don't hate on the cheap GK rest. It shot any BH great, since it offered both vert and horiz dampening.
Switched to Ripcord to shut my buddies up, and had to go string loop (eliminator buttons meant FP and BH hit differently, maybe 6" diff in vert at 30 yards).
String loop put them back together, but changed my anchor. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Wonder if any drop aways offer vert dampening these days?

 

[Hookeye]

For those used to single aiming points (guns), or maybe going from barebow to sights...........might want to consider a single pin mover sight.
I had an HHA and it was good. Swapped out the vertical pin front and ran a Viper 340 front section with only one horizontal pin (no level either).
Not cheap but pretty darn sweet.

 

[Hookeye]

Feel like crap (lung infection from work).
Haven't shot for well over a week due to pulled muscle/pinched nerve.
Yup, 1st shot, stone cold..........20 yards and I missed the bull.
Aimed at the top, was a little left.
Blackwidow HF1225 60" 48#@28"(made in 1972).
Arrow is GT 35/55. 125gr tip.

Don't believe in "single arrow practice" as heard elsewhere, but a cold shot is a cold shot.
Angle of shaft due to shooting off the patio.

 

[Hookeye]

House full of women. I can't even shoot in the yard.
I'm going to the pub.