RE: Death of the crusader
Dan,
Your bow has been exposed to three years of slop and glop, cold weather, snow, heat, and tons of hunting ventures. Does it have a cocobolo riser? Cocobolo has a tendency to split under the best of conditions. Under the conditions to which it would be exposed of three years of near year round hunting in Alaska, it wouod be even more prone to do so.
Retire it to an appropriate place on the mantle and work up your other Crusader, as I recall you have two, and take it out for some punishment and hunting. Enjoy young fella!!
Bill