Post by: Terry Green on March 08, 2024, 07:51:54 PM
I'm gonna start, but it's gonna take me a while to finish....
A gift from.....
Blake Marsters... the top he out grew and my 1st stalk with it.... I also had on Chris Surtess' predator pants I inherited(not their 1st stalk by far!!!)...
Post by: Jegs.mich on March 08, 2024, 08:10:07 PM
Post by: Wudstix on March 08, 2024, 09:51:36 PM
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Post by: supernaut on March 09, 2024, 06:44:49 AM
By far the 2 greatest gifts he's given me are his wisdom and friendship. I'm pretty new to traditional archery compared to most of you, 2018, and Frank has helped me more than I can explain. Good and true friends are hard to come by.
Post by: huckbuck on March 09, 2024, 08:28:45 AM
Post by: Terry Green on March 09, 2024, 12:15:20 PM
This polartech was given to me by Mike Whelan, Jr. when I commented on it in a thread with this pic...
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This was what happened the 1st time I wore it.....
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Post by: huckbuck on March 09, 2024, 03:03:20 PM
Post by: STICKBENDER98 on March 10, 2024, 11:35:17 AM
A care package my buddy sent me before my elk hunt last year, set of trekking poles, 3 different diaphram calls, an estrus call, a bunch of backpack meals, and a dozen footed cedar shafts. This was after I gifted him a bow on his birthday.
Jason
Post by: Terry Green on March 11, 2024, 10:12:32 AM
Here's my latest gift from Blake Marsters that he gave to me in Laredo last month, and this was the 1st night I wore it the day he gave it to me. Its a thin kuyu hooded pull over. The hood was just perfect for keeping the sun off my neck and ears.
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Post by: huckbuck on March 11, 2024, 12:14:31 PM
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 11, 2024, 12:34:25 PM
Post by: Burnsie on March 11, 2024, 11:02:01 PM
Another Trad enthusiast emailed me and said "I have two, I'll send you one. "How much do you need?"
"It's a gift, should be their soon" Wow - good folks out there!
Post by: Terry Green on March 12, 2024, 09:33:21 AM
I put out feelers asking if anyone knew of a source for a GFA (G. Fred Asbell) side quiver.
Another Trad enthusiast emailed me and said "I have two, I'll send you one. "How much do you need?"
"It's a gift, should be their soon" Wow - good folks out there!
Sounds recently familiar. :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
Pics soon.... :campfire:
Post by: Terry Green on March 12, 2024, 12:14:06 PM
Skip gave me this fine belt to keep Chris Surtees' oversized pants up for me. Especially on the two hogs stalks the belt got in on.
Post by: Wudstix on March 12, 2024, 12:18:02 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on March 12, 2024, 12:40:43 PM
Excellent, looks like you may be ready for a new one! Have a tracking number on something right now.
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Yes, I know and I also have a tracking number.
Post by: Wudstix on March 12, 2024, 12:43:19 PM
Post by: Stringwacker on March 13, 2024, 11:31:27 AM
To me it represents the history behind the individual bowyers and, as such, also represents a small part of history in America's traditional archery roots.
I apologize in advance for the picture quality....
Post by: Wudstix on March 13, 2024, 06:41:53 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on March 26, 2024, 01:00:04 PM
Many thanks Troy!!! Pics added here in a second....
Post by: PrimitivePete on March 26, 2024, 01:28:55 PM
Post by: Terry Green on March 26, 2024, 03:26:13 PM
When my Dad turned 70, he used to say every day after 70 is a gift. I just turned 60 and that wisdom has really hit home with me. We can have many bows but we have one chance to enjoy them, peace to all.
I agree totally Pete. I also believe that it is better to give than receive, but from either direction it's going someone adds some spice to their life. Nice to hear good this with all the negativity in the world.
Such as, I left a comment the 1st night of the LTR hunts this year. Smokin Joe said lets go out on porch and sit, grab a cigar Terry. I replied that I had went off and left them.
So, the next afternoon 'Rocky' and Ken go into town for some stuff they needed. When they returned 'Rocky', who I had just met the day before walks in with a half dozen Baccarat cigars and he says, "I overheard you last night".
We both won... And I saved one....
Post by: Archie on March 26, 2024, 03:29:59 PM
My father was a pretty great bowhunter and archer. In 2006, at 66 years old, he surprised me, my brother, and my brother-in-law with a gift... he said this was his "official" way of passing on the archery heritage to all of us. He purchased the following for each of us, and for himself: a 64" Black Widow PMA recurve with 2 sets of limbs (50# and 60#), a pelican case, a BW skinning knife, and 2 dozen arrows. Until then, I had shot an old 80's compound bow for over 20 years, and never did much with a traditional bow. Anyway... the plan was that the four of us guys would go on a big Alaska caribou hunt in the fall of 2007. In March of 2007, we got the shock of our lives when mom called each of us to tell us that Dad died of a sudden heart attack, completely unexpected. He told us that he funded the entire purchase by selling some very valuable archery items that he had in a coffee can.
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Post by: Terry Green on March 26, 2024, 05:12:46 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on April 07, 2024, 03:20:33 PM
A Bear Grizzly at 50 #s with a matching dozen aluminum arrows!
Post by: Wudstix on April 07, 2024, 10:00:07 PM
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Post by: MnFn on April 08, 2024, 08:50:09 AM
Just a few of the camo pieces he gave to Terry. It’s been a wonderful gift. I try to get him out hunting and fishing every year.
Sorry about the photos, never had the first happen to me before.
Post by: Wudstix on April 08, 2024, 11:41:08 AM
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Post by: smokin joe on April 08, 2024, 01:04:43 PM
Post by: Archie on April 08, 2024, 09:52:18 PM
About 10-15 years ago, I was at the Compton Trad Rendezvous with my very young daughter. We were eating at a table somewhere on the property, and a stranger walked up and started a conversation with us. He was a trad bowhunter of course, and ended up inviting me that day to hunt on his many deer properties, about an hour from my home. He took me out, taught me several things, and basically treated me like a client while he was the "guide". I hunted there several times. Never took a shot, although I had a few opportunities. He had been so kind to me that I didn't want to take a chance at wounding a deer on his property, so I had decided I'd only take a high percentage shot. I won't share any names, but I'm sure a lot of guys on TG would recognize him. That was a real nice thing to do for a fairly inexperienced deer hunter (ME), and I hope I have a chance someday to do something similar for someone else.
Post by: Wudstix on April 10, 2024, 10:23:49 PM
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