and no face punching

Last night as it has been for the past month or so has been balls to the wall busy. Season approaching.

I had a father & son come in- The Father was looking to upgrade from his 2003 Hoyt UltraTec to an AM35. Then his plan was to get the Ultra set up for his young son (15-ish I'd say). The son had shot a little bit before, but was basically a beginning shooter.

Got an AM35 set up for the Dad with a loop and rest so he could put some shots through it and get a feel for the bow, and you could tell he really liked the bow. AMs pretty much sell themselves.

So the Dad decided to get the AM35 and brought in his Ultra to see if it would work for his son- unfortunately after measuring the son with good form and appropriate release aid it was quite clear that the Ultra was about an inch too long (and could not be adjusted any lower)and too heavy. While he definitely would grow into it (Dad was tall, and had a 30.5" draw, and son looked like he would dang close to the same when he grows up), there was no question he would struggle with the poundage and too long of a draw length at first (and we all know how many poor shooting habits this causes).

So the Dad made the "ultimate sacrifice" and decided to stay with his Ultra and get his son a brand new bow. After checking out the Bear Lights out he ended up with a NOS 2008 Reflex Growler that fit him perfect length and poundage-wise and that would grow with him. When I was done getting the bow set up for him, with just some basic form tips the kid started smacking arrows together in nickel sized groups on our 8 yard test range. (our main range was closed up in prep for a Bowhunter Ed class). Methinks in time he's gonna be a terror on deer/the range

At any rate- I've gotta give big props to the Dad. Unfortunately, I've seen alot of Dad's just say "eh, it will work" and pass the ill-fitting bows down to the kids (or buddies).