Last night my 15 year old son and I decided to change strings on his takedown recurve. We put the new string on (with the proper bow stringer) and the brace height needed to be adjusted. he was removing the string with the bow stringer and we hear that aweful popping and cracking sound!! Ut Oh, one of the limbs delaminated!! Boy, was I upset. We have 4 days until deer season opens and the only lefthanded bow we have that is a legal hunting weight (over 40lbs. in Ok) is now useless. I immediatly hit the classifieds looking for a low 40+ weight left handed bow for a replacement, and I need it asap.
I find a bow that is the proper weight an send an "im". Soon I get a response from Doug77 and he tells me that the bow is spoken for, but offers to send me a kodiak to borrow. Gotta give a big shout out to Doug for this generous offer!!! I awaken this morning to his call informing me the previous deal did not work out, and I could have the bow. He said he would over night it to me and I could send the funds to him. Again, what a generous offer. I have the takedown packaged up to send to the bows maker, and after speaking to him, I am hopeful it can be repaired. I guess I should be glad this bow "busted" while stringing it, instead of at full draw, but this is the first time I have had a recurve go bad!! Darn the luck so close to opening day!! I really just wanted to give a big thank-you to DOUG77 for his generousity and trust!! I really appreciate it.