Going home again

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Ron Kulas
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Going home again

#1 Post by Ron Kulas »

Back in the early 70's a bow was hanging from a nail on the garage wall at our farm house. Hanging next to it was a quiver with white and blue cedar arrows from the One Stop Sport Shop in Stevens Point, WI, The wooden arrows were tipped with Hilbre broadheads.

The bow was a Shakespeare Wonderbow Super Necedah. Hilbre head did not require glue to attach to the wood shaft, the plastic had internal threads that matched the arrow taper so you could securely attach them with a few twists.

When one of my older brothers and I were old enough to we would take turns. He would climb a tree and sit on a branch, I would hand up the bow and then an arrow. The next time, it was my turn to hunt. Once I handed up the bow and while handing up the arrow, the broadhead hit the string and we were finished hunting until we could make a trip to the One Stop Sport shop for a new one.

I never killed a deer with that bow. We eventually lost all the arrows and I went on to another bow and many more bows since then. I dont know whatever happened to that old Shakespeare Wonderbow.

As a broadhead collector, I was sure to gather up all the Hilbre heads I could find and I always kept a lookout for somebody selling that exact bow. Recently I found one. Today the brown truck brought it to me. At some point Im going to take this bow out and hunt with it.

Ive taken deer and bear with all homemade tread gear including homemade broadheads but I really want to take a WI whitetail with this bow. Im still waiting on the string I ordered. I wont cut this one.

This bow wan made between 68 and 73

https://shakespearearchery.blogspot.com ... eview.html

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Greg Felty
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#2 Post by Greg Felty »

Glad you found one. I'm sure you will get a deer with it before to long enjoy.
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Jamesh76
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#3 Post by Jamesh76 »

Them are Solid Bows!

jaydee2trad
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#4 Post by jaydee2trad »

very cool, glad that you found one. memories are like gold

Captainkirk
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#5 Post by Captainkirk »

Those old Wonderbows were, and are, amazing. Glad you found one in good condition.
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Hill billy
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#6 Post by Hill billy »

Interesting for sure! I’m almost sure I have had one of those and now I’m going to tear my shop down looking for it! I had forgotten all about it. Thanks for sharing

Nock
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#7 Post by Nock »

Good looking bow. Like that head as well.
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Grizzly
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#8 Post by Grizzly »

Wow, I haven't seen heads like that since the mid '60s. I'm glad you found your bow, or one just like it. I know the feeling your sharing. I too had to take a deer many, many years later with my first bow (which like you, never took a deer), and then with Dad's bow). I love 54" bows in the mid to low 40#s. My favorite is the Browning Safari 1. Dad's bow was the predecessor to the Safari 1 which the original makers who iirr made those bows back then for Browning, called The Deluxe Composite Bow.

Enjoy your hunts with it now.
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#9 Post by Carpdaddy »

Priceless memories! Good looking bow, arrow, and broadhead combo. Hope you get to take something with it.

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#10 Post by Captainkirk »

I passed on one of these a few summers back in a small shop up north. They wanted 60 bucks. Should have bought it.
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