Well I finally got a bow. This bow was my grandfathers. He passed away about a year ago. I was never able to hunt with him because he stopped hunting when my father was a boy. My father never hunted so I started late in life. My fondest memory of my grandfather is as a kid going out and getting to shoot a real gun. It was his 22. My father now has that and as the first-born son of his some day I will have it. Now that I think about it some day my 2-month-old son will have it too. Anyway I got way off subject.
My Grandmother pointed out that my Papa's bow was at the house and asked me if I would want it. Of course I did!!! You may remember me asking questions in here before Xmas about recurves exc. I am really excited to have a bow to try out. I had the bow looked at today at a local shop they put on a new string strung it and explained to me that I needed to take it easy and draw it a little at a time until I was at full draw. This was to be sure that I didn’t break the bow since it sat so long. Does that sound right to you all? I did it and after about 5 hours I am now at full draw. The tech felt the bow was in fine shape but didn’t know anything about it. I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me more about it. Its 54" and was used to kill whitetail deer about 50 years ago. My Papa was from Michigan near Detroit and traveled up north several times a year so I think there is a good chance that its a bear bow from when Fred Bear was in Grayling Michigan. The paper tag with all the information has fallen off the bow so I don’t know anything else. Oh the bow may have been used when my Papa bought it. So Its at lest 50 years old maybe more. You can shoot off either side of it. I have posted some pictures off it as well.
Oh and yes I know you can see my foot on the table dont tell the wife I stood on it.
Edited by - One Eye on 01/16/2002 19:19:36
New Traditional Hunter gets his first bow.
