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My name is Doug and I am very new to traditional archery I became a certified NASP instructor 2 years ago and teach archery in my PE classes At school we use the wheelie bows but I would like to get involved in the traditional way I am researching bows at this time and I am currently making a red oak board bow courtesy of Poor Folks Bows I was hoping some of you CentrL NY Trad Gangers could help me out with any trad shops in our area that maybe I could test out some bows, find a good draw weight, learn and maybe shoot some Also any advise you think is important or would help would be great as well I would really like to say that this is a great site and everyone seems more than happy to help Thanks in advance Doug
Posts: 71 | From: Cicero, NY | Registered: Jun 2012
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Welcome. There are a lot of us on here. I'm sure they will around to help you out.
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Glad to have you on board. There is plenty of good advice here. I don't know of any local shops that specialize in traditional gear. Tollgate Traditions, east of you, was a great resource but they have recently scaled back their store. Very unfortunate. There is a really good tradional archery rendezvous down in Oxford, NY later in August. Maybe an hour or hour and a half drive from Cicero. It might be worth the drive down. There ia a thread on the Events and Gatherings forum with all the information. By the way, I lived in Cicero for 40 years!
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Welcome from just across the not quite Great Lake!
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