Two Hatchet I do still enjoy and shoot my homemade English longbows. Aside from my 2 English Longbows I also shoot several fiberglass bows including a Dan Quillian Patriot Recurve, a Fredrick R/D longbow, and a Robertson Purist Hill style longbow. I am currently tillering a Bamboo backed Osage with a Purpleheart handle I have in the works.
My Yew ELB, and Fredrick Longbow are the two bows I shoot the most followed by the Patriot. Lately I have devoted my shooting to the Robertson Purist Hill style, but that may change when I finish this BBO.
I might get good if I would stick with just one bow, but I guess I'll save my fidelity for my bride of 36 years. My bows don't seem to mind if I flirt and spend time with another bow!
I have often regretted I didn’t have a picture of the 97 winners. I got to shoot with Ron Weatherman and Keith Bain on Saturday. I was a bit intimidated at first, but loosened up and edged Ron out by 1 point on the second round course. Keith won the longbow, and had the highest overall score, but Ron shot the only perfect score, and did that on the Sunday championship round to win recurve. Somehow I ended up getting a Primitive place on the rock. It must have been the company I shot with that rubbed off on me that year. It was one of those memories to look back on thanks to the Hoods and their Robin Hood range.