Ultimate Survival Bows

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Dave Canterbury, David Canterbury, The Pathfinder School,Bush Craft ,Survival skills, Historical Lore, Primitive Skills, Archery, Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Navigation, Knives, Axes, Fire, Water, Shelter, Search and Rescue

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morning folks I'm Dave Canterbury with the Pathfinder school I want to discuss a little bit with you this morning about old fiberglass vintage fiberglass type bows like the one I have in my hand here vintage fiberglass bows from the 60s that were made by companies like Ben Pearson and bear archery are available today and they're not that difficult to find depending on the model that you're looking for but in general fiberglass bows are fairly easy to find places like estate sales flea markets yard sales trade fairs all those types of places as well as eBay Etsy and places like that online you can find these old-style fiberglass bows now from what I've seen the prices vary greatly on them depending on the bow itself the bow that I have in my hand now is a Ben Pearson takedown model recurve in 50-pound draw it's a very very nice bow for packability sake because you can take it down into two pieces I have two of these I'll show you today I paid less than $50 for either one of them I paid 35 for one I paid 30 for this one and it's in very very good condition at a sale this weekend in West Virginia excuse me Pennsylvania but the fact is you can find these old fiberglass bows fairly cheap the trick is to find a heavy enough poundage in these old fiberglass bows to make it a good hunting boat you're going to use it for bow fishing or something like that thirty thirty-five pounds is fine if you're trying to find a good bow for your youngster to learn archery and learn proper mechanics things like that thirty thirty-five pounds is great if you're going to hunt you're going to want something in the forty five fifty pound range forty pound out of minimum but 45s are fairly easy to find in 50s are somewhat hard to find but you can find them both of these two fiberglass bows I have that are takedown Ben Pearson's R both 50 pound models stay with me and let's look at four or five different bows that are my favorites and we'll talk through those bows and pros and cons of this type bow as we go so the two bows that I have in front of me are both Ben Pearson takedown fiberglass bows and both of these are 50 pound bows and when you pull the limbs apart out of the takedown socket they usually mark inside the limb here what the poundage is both of these are 50s there number 304 Ben Pearson takedowns according to the advertisement from probably back in the 60s that I found on the Internet these are a fiberglass over a wood core is what it says Howard Hill said it was a very very innovative form of archery in that day in that you had a takedown bow that was fiberglass so it was pretty much dummy proof the fact that you can take it down in two pieces the size of the limbs makes it very packable and about the length of a standard arrow that too is advantageous because your arrows of your boat can be packed in the same compartment this one is exactly the same boat just in a different color this one has a new string on it the string that came with it when I bought it was actually the original string was on this bow and I took it off for safekeeping and put a different string on here but it takes down exactly like this bow does in two pieces so those are really really good self-reliance type or survival type bows because they can be taken down and pack in a small package those are the hardest ones to find I gave 35 dollars for this one and I gave 30 dollars for this one yesterday this one's in a little better condition and this one is overall but they're both in really fine working condition they both shoot just as good as the day they were new and I'll shoot this one for you here a little while so you can see how fast it is at a 50 pound fiberglass boat okay these next two bows are also been piercing bows but they're full length bows are not takedowns and these are easier to find they're always going to be cheaper on the wallet for the most part unless you get really lucky like I did with these but I didn't pay over 25 dollars for either one of these bows both of them were almost in near new condition when I found them this one is only a 30 pound bow and this is a strategy model and it's only 30 pounds so it's not going to be good for hunting big game but for small game rabbits squirrels for fishing and things like that it's perfect for that it's got a perfect draw weight for all of that stuff because you can hold the thing forever if you're trying to follow a game or weight forward to stop a weight first squirrel moving up and down a tree to stop and perch whatever the case may be that 30 pounds of draw wait for that it's also really good for a woman or a child so bear that in mind too when you're looking at boughs like this now this is a super jet model and it's 45 pounds so this is a heavier duty bow this is a hunting weight bow and just it's really really heavy it's solid fiberglass like all these bows are they're almost indestructible and that's what makes them so good and I know like I said I paid about 20 bucks for that thing at a flea market and it was like brand-new this and this were both flea market bows I know that for a fact one of these came from an archer shooting one of these came from a sale this is the sailboat dis one came from an archery shoot two or three years ago and I got it really really cheap now this last bow has got no glove on it because I've used it for fishing quite a bit this is a very short recurve style solid fibreglass bow in green and it's a 45 pound draw and this is probably one of my absolute favorite bows that I have as far as the fiberglass bows because it's just so small light and nimble to move through the bush with and I've got the no glove on there so I don't have to worry about carrying the extra gear of having a glove and all that business with me I've got the no glove on there so I can shoot a barehanded it's not a problem

it is 45 pound draw it's going to kill deer it's only 52 inches overall so it's a nice short bow and it is an actual recurve design bow some of these would be called recurves if you look them up on the internet but they're really more of a reflex deflect style design this is actually a recurve style bow and this one cost me I think it was $30 so none of these bows cost $50 they were all under $50 well under the most expensive one here was like 30 bucks 35 bucks I'm wearing that neighborhood all five of these bows are just as usable today as they were the day they were manufactured all five of these bows have stood the test of time you're not going to tear them up they shoot fast they shoot good there's not a lot of hand shock in them and they're just great starter bows if you don't want to go out and spend the money for a good well manufacture custom bow or something in the line of like a Samick sage or a sanic bow of some kind like a longbow you don't want to spend that 150 200 250 dollars you want to get something cheap and that start out with this is definitely the way to go and for the long term you're never going to destroy these things they're not susceptible to cold weather they're waterproof completely so to get them what it doesn't matter they're just a good all-around bow to have around the homestead for self-reliance in camp for self-reliance or in a pack for survival you know in the form of these take down bows so let's take this a couple of these bows and we'll shoot them and show you how they shoot because they all shoot like rockets so stay with me guys okay so let's take this newest one here this Bend Pearson takedown and this is 50 pound draw and you know the thing just shoots super super ultra smooth it's just a beautiful shooting bow it really really is it just shoots like a rocket really really impressive this thing

suppose I'm not sure what they call that where you come from but where I kind of firm we call that a whole lot of fun on the cheap get you some arrows make you some arrows use duct tape for flexing if that's what you have to do I've made videos on that get out shoot at cans shoot at targets that you make milk jugs doesn't matter what it is don't have to be a fancy raccoon target like this it could be pop canyons in the yard milk jugs in the field practice shooting at things from multiple angles multiple distances and you'll be able to kill small game with your bow as well get a fiberglass boat to start out with if you don't want to spend a lot of money you want to see if you like archery get yourself one of these cheap fiberglass bows and have the most fun you've ever had I'm Dave Canterbury with the Pat Meyer school and I appreciate a joint for this video today I thank you for your views and your support I thank you for everything you do for our school for our family port business for all of our sponsors instructors affiliates and friends I'll be back to another video as I can thanks guys