Len Cardinale-Butts and Bows

[Shug]

Ken!!!
Hey did ya notice John Mascellino in the photo?

[ALDO]

Thanks Mark.  Glad someone had the sense to snap a photo.  Hope all is well with you. 

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I didn’t take it  just to be honest

[Ken Taylor]

Mark - I thought that the guy sitting beside Len looked familiar!

John used to always come up to hunt bears in the early years when I worked with Claude... no matter how far away we were.

I'm glad John is still around... and happy for Len to be able to spend time in familiar places and with old friends.

[Shug]

Just hung up the phone with Len… sounded and spoke truly wonderful..He remembered more things than I did…lol
Terry he told me about a poster/photo you sent of a Hill longbow with several autographs on it.. he’s gonna hang it over his bed he said… also said ty

[Bowguy67]

Shug you should tell him lots of guys are reminiscing about great memories because of him and there’s a thread about it now.

[Shug]

I did.. I actually read him some of the posts..

[Bowguy67]

Nice!

[Shug]

Where in NJ Bow Guy?
My name is Mark Kronyak maybe we know each other?
Definitely some of the same people

[Adirondack Bowman]

I remember a "Len Cardinale" Signature recurve bow. Does anyone  have any info ?

[Bowguy67]

The Stemmler take down? I had one 75lbs. That was back in the day when men were men and you’d never see the “Is 17lbs enough weight” threads”!
Fellows I’m only kidding. We all got older and more injured

[Shug]

I remember a "Len Cardinale" Signature recurve bow. Does anyone  have any info ?

Stemmer and wing both made a signature L/C bow…
Stemmler actually made two designs.. one was a big blocky riser and years later they made much more stream lined model

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Len- Myself - John Mascellino
And will Jimeno(standing)

[Terry Green]

Len did a great service to us all when he introduced  the bale. Period.

[Hud]

I do remember Len Cardinale from Bowhunter Magazine, or was it Bow & Arrow, or NFAA Archery. It was many deer season ago. Here is a link to his profile in Archery Hall of Fame & Museum. Congratulations Len and thanks for the memory.

http://www.archeryhalloffame.com/Cardinale%20Len.html

[Gil Verwey]

I was going there in the '70s when his mother was still working there. I bought a new Bear green stripe there. I also bought Fred Bears World of Archery. Bought lots of arrows also.

If I remember right when you walked in there it was like a hallway with Stemler recurves on the right then when it opened up there was a glass counter on the right. I can remember seeing the book I bought and a Bear knife set. He also had a Bear wrist compass.

I wish I knew then what I know now. I would have bought all the Bear Knife sets.

I am getting old and my memory is slipping, but that is how I remember it.

He wrote an article back in the '70s about deer grunting and the rut, which was the first time I had ever heard about that. That year I hunted a place called Belvidere. It had many farms with apple orchards and many big bucks. The rut was the real deal there. Bucks were gunting all over the place.

Didn't he have an electric shooting range.

[Shug]

Couple weeks ago…

[Gil Verwey]

Couple weeks ago…

Is he still coaching and in NJ?

Thanks
Gil

[Shug]

Still in NJ… not coaching anymore…

[Wudstix]

Mark;
Be sure to tell Len that he means allot to some of us young guys!