WOW !!! I was just curios if anyone else was a trad shooter and it seems thers plenty, thers 3 pages so far and still people add'n to it regular.
The first one I had was a old Ben Pearson (I think) fiber glass bow I traded a old pair of cowboy boots for when I was a kid, got back into recuves in the earlie 90s because I got fed up with my compound always gettin outta tune,have'n to find out what was makin that rattle'n or buzz'n noise not to mention a noisy shooter and heavy to drag around.
I found a Browning fire drake take down in a pawn shop for $100 and it was like WOW! this thing is light, quiet and nothin to tear up, but I sold it to a friend and cant con him back out of it.
Now I shoot a old Bear Grizzly that I traded a friend for,when he brough it to me it was in bad ruff shape, a lotta the finish was gone and no string, I sanded of the rest of the finish (nothin more) and gave it sevral good coats of polyuerathane (satin finish, didnt want a high gloss shine) put on a new string and a bear rug and beaver balls, turned out rite nice and its a blast to shoot, just love it.
As far as arrows go I shoot what ever I can catch on clearence at "THE BIG BLUE GOD OF CHEAP STUFF", also hase sevral of my old xx75s and game getters left overs that I have turned into flu flus, I've shot those things till all the color has been rubbed off, I use them untill ther toast.
I havent taken any big game with it but have for practice stalked a few squirrels, lotta fun but the squirrels went unscaved, (Robin hood I aint) thinkin about maybe gettin a Hoyt game master or dorado, maybe just maybe somethin costom made.