Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: upstatenybowyer on March 25, 2018, 06:09:50 pm
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I've always thought of bows as female and arrows as male.
Do you folks think the same? Or perhaps you don't think of bows and arrows as having gender at all? I know this is kind of a weird topic, but I'm curious. I can't help it! O:)
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I’ll refer to a bow as she without really considering it. Never really thought about the arrows, but I bet traditionally most would agree.
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I agree with Steve.
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Back when I named my bows they all had masculine names like Thor, Brutus, Thumper (not the rabbit) and such. I named one "goof-up" one time because I made so many mistakes when I made it. Never give a bow a disrespectful name, it will get even.
For me arrows are just arrows, not masculine or feminine.
I saw a bow in a magazine where a guy had printed its name in big letters all the way up the bows limbs, "Killer-Driller", I suspect the bow had put a lot of game on the ground for him.
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lol Eric. ;D
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It for both :)
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I think in this day and age you are supposed to let the bow and arrows decide for themselves which gender they associate with ::)
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I think in this day and age you are supposed to let the bow and arrows decide for themselves which gender they associate with ::)
Lmao! ;D ;D ;D
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I've almost always thought of my bows as ladies. I guess it's all the curves and maybe like Clint once told me I spend to much time in a tractor.lol. Sure glad they don't need to use the restroom. Never really thought about the arrows.
Bjrogg
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I think in this day and age you are supposed to let the bow and arrows decide for themselves which gender they associate with ::)
;D ;D
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Yep , usually think of my bows as girls even though if I name them it usually don't reflect that. Never really thought about the arrows although I did have one I called Elvis, when I finely lost it I said " Elvis has left the building " ;) :) Also I can see where this topic can go south quickly. ;) :D :D
Pappy
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Pappy....Speaking from experience???Ha Ha Ha.Like the Elvis/arrow scenario though....lol.
That's one thing nowadays though people don't name their bows any more like I've seen.Although I've seen BJ do it lately.I'm guilty of not doing it too.
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I've named most of the bows I made. Like Pappy I think of them as ladies but I don't necessarily reflex that in the name. Might get the wife upset if I did and I can't name em al Susie.lol
Bjrogg
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Bows, fast cars, cool boats and the like are all "she's".
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Bows, fast cars, cool boats and the like are all "she's".
And so are flintlocks. My sweet little .36 flinter is long, lean, and just a hit of outgrowing her tomboyish days for being a fine young lady...She's "Perty Girl". But my early Lancaster has filled out those curves...I like big butts and I cannot lie.
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Never thought about arrows. They tend to go wherever they want and when they want. I never get attached to them. Maybe like Redheaded step children.
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Pappy was right... this could go south fast. Not as bad as the "can you use a bully stick dog chew like sinew" thread though ;D
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I don't usually name my bows but I do have a couple that I refer to by "name". As to the arrows, I don't get too attached to mine as they tend to leave me all too often... :'(
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Don't know for sure about flintlocks, Ol' Far Thunder might object, he's a mighty fine rifle! Long Rifle and Ol' Buffalo Gun may take offense as well! They make a nice gang of .58s!
Hawkdancer
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I've only named a few bows. I usually go with descriptive names like Grilled Cheese, 2 Holer, and Bullet. I'm working on one now that will have a feminine descriptive name if it survives.
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Is it yew Clint?
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Is it yew Clint?
Osage