Welcome

[eidsvolling]

Welcome to Trad Hunter! That's quite a line up there! Want to tell us what each one is?

From the bottom up:

'66 Bear Kodiak Magnum, 48#
'60 Bear Kodiak De Luxe, 60", 48#
Morrison Dakota, 58", 55#@27"
Dave Paxton Talon Swift, 60", 55#
'58 Bear Kodiak, 60", 58#
'43 (not a typo!) Buck Doran selfbow, 66", 48#, made for my father
'96 Dave Paxton Talon Classic, sassafras and made for PBS banquet that year, 64", 60#

There's a new one missing that was added this month, Herb Meland Pronghorn, one-piece R/D longbow, 60", 55@28.5"

Oh, and a commercial selfbow of unknown origin, very similar in style to the Doran bow, 66", 55#, with the skinniest handle I've ever held that needs some widening before it can join the shooting line up here.

No wall queens here. If I can't take you out in the woods, you don't get in the door. And that includes the De Luxe.

[Carpdaddy]

Beautiful line up there for sure. If it were me I would have to make a wall queen out of that 43 Buck Doran selfbow, especially with all the other options! But I understand where your coming from, there has to be a special feeling to using it. From the picture it appears that the riser although not having a shelf is offset. Am I seeing this correctly or is it just the view from the side?

[Shadowhntr]

Looks to me like the '43 has the handle down in the snow a bit, hiding some of it maybe?

Thank you so much for that run down...Now we know what we're looking at. It's torture though on the flip side. I cannot quit salivating over that Kodiak De Luxe, what an animal!.....the Morrison looks like great dessert after the De Luxe. Wow those are all nice bows.

[eidsvolling]

Beautiful line up there for sure. If it were me I would have to make a wall queen out of that 43 Buck Doran selfbow, especially with all the other options! But I understand where your coming from, there has to be a special feeling to using it. From the picture it appears that the riser although not having a shelf is offset. Am I seeing this correctly or is it just the view from the side?

There is no offset; if I recall correctly, it's about ⅜ inch short of center (counting the plate) and uniform on left and right. I shoot it off my knuckle.

Shooting it and hunting with it give me far more pleasure than merely looking at it. But looking at it is OK, too.

[eidsvolling]

Looks to me like the '43 has the handle down in the snow a bit, hiding some of it maybe?

Thank you so much for that run down...Now we know what we're looking at. It's torture though on the flip side. I cannot quit salivating over that Kodiak De Luxe, what an animal!.....the Morrison looks like great dessert after the De Luxe. Wow those are all nice bows.

Thanks! Actually, as you might see in the separate picture above, there's not much more to the handle depth-wise. It is a dream to hold and shoot.

[stumper]

Wow awesome bows.

[White Falcon]

Very nice collection. Welcome!