Last year my wife and I attended the 1st Bowyer's Journal Expo. I got my first chance to shoot Zipper Bows and the Dryad Bushwacker. We then attended the Compton's Rendevous and my wife bought me a Zipper T/D recurve that was discount priced. It shot great and Bill and Tracy Dunn were as nice as could be. Then my wonderful wife told me to order a Bushwacker from Wingnut and Jason.
If you don't know about Bushwackers thay are all natural bows, no glass. Tonkin Bamboo back, osage & bloodwood riser(mine) amd Watusi horn belly. They are not cut to center. They are smooth and beautiful. In fact they fit with the Zipper motto, "Life is to short to shoot an ugly bow."
Anyway, by the time the Bushwacker was delivered in Nov. last year I had already killed 2 does and fallen in love with my Zipper T/D. I wasn't even much excited other then how great it looked.
I finally got to shooting it and I had all kinds of problems. Fletch cutting my hand, poor flight, groups the size of my backstop. Not happy. I put it up for sale or trade.
Fortunately, no one made me a decent offer. After my last trade offer I got off my butt and got to work. I found out my brace and nock point were WAY off! My arrows were overspined for this bow. By playing/working with it I can shoot this bow well now. It really is a great bow.
I tried to compare apples to oranges. The Bushwacker is not a centershot t/d recurve, but it is a beautiful,accurate, hunting bow that I am proud to own.
I barely said Hi to Mike and Jason at Compton's this year. I want to apologize and tell you "Thanks for the care and workmanship you put into my bow".
Sorry this took so long but I wanted to get it done. Almost time to grab the bows and get out to the backyard. Oh, yeah, I bought another Zipper T/D at Compton's this year, but it is sharing the range with the Bushwacker.
Mike Gerard owlbait