Here last summer Connie, Jason and I were out in AZ enjoying the sun and playing a little. . .Golf. I know, I know a dumb game. Anyway we stopped by one afternoon and visited with the Petkos. Terry mentioned that Debbie had given him a guided elk hunt for his birthday in CO and that he had decided to tip the scales in his favor by setting aside the selfbow in favor of a glass longbow because he was more consistant with it.
Well during the day we ended up breaking out the bows and heading for his backyard target range. Soon we were swapping bows around and he shot my new BushWacker that we had just finished for our elk hunt. And he shot it well.
When we got back, I got thinking that Terry would rather hunt with wood then glass but shot the glass better. But he shot the BushWacker better then the glass.
So I called him and offered up a trade. I've wanted one of his sinew backed selfbows for my collection and hoped that he would bite on the deal. Anyway yesterday we finished up Terry's bow and will be delivering it the second week of the new year in AZ on the Javie hunt.
We'll take a few sneak preview shots this morning and post em here on this thread. But a quick description is Indian Rosewood with an Osage handle cap and tips. Natural Tonkin Bamboo backing with Osage and bamboo lams. It actually is very close to the bow I hunted with in Idaho (mine has Shedua instead of Rosewood). I didn't realize it til Jason pointed it out yesterday. This one is seven pounds lighter though and tips the scale at 56 # at 28".
Stand by for a sneak peak.
LOL
Mike
Topic: A bow for a friend. . .Terry Petko. . PICS ADDED (Read 6118 times)
