How to store your archery gear

[tradtusker]

dam thats sucks!
nothing more destructive then a bad fire, we had our shop burn down and loss everything melted the bench vice eveything

anyway we can help?

[blind one]

Brian, I have bows, quivers, arrows, all the way down to tabs. My arrows are all full length so I can cut them down to whatever you need. Let me know if you need anything and I'll get it in the mail for you monday....Roy

[bretto]

What's Your draw length? What kind of bow do You shoot?

If leatherneck's bow won't work for You maybe I have something that will work for You.

I also have a nice daypack I'll send You. Just list what You need to get back on Your feet.

[joekeith]

Man what a bummer.  Our house burned down in '98 and we lost everything.  I remember watching our house burn......thinking everything you have lost.  :confused:  
  If you need something ask, we're all here to help.  Good luck, and be strong.   I'll be praying for you and yours.

[Burnsie]

Tha really sucks!
As others have said, let us know how we can help.

[reddogge]

That's just tragic.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

What a tragedy. But look on the brite side all the guys here on the Gang willing to help out in anyway. Myself included, Just post what ya need. I'll throw in what I can if I got anything that will help you as well as all these great guys.

[Over&Under]

Brian

That is too much for one guy to take!! Very sorry for your loss, and hope you can pull out of it.  I am with everyone else, and can help out where I can!

All the best
Jake

[Johnny Reb]

Count me in, make a list, I'll be watchin.

[Brian Krebs]

I want to thank those that have offered support. I did have my hunting longbow in my cabin; lost about 30 in the fire; but my hunting bow is intact.
 I have the arrows in the quiver; and will make them count.
 I had insurance that ~should~ cover about a third of the loss - we shall see.
 It is amazing what things I had purchased over the years; the more I wrote down; the more I realized was gone.
 Not just archery stuff; but a 400 year old family bible; my Hardy Boy Book collection from the fifties; and everything that was made of aluminum... it just vaporized.
 Lesson to all is to make sure your insurance is up to date; and have pictures -- first thing the insurance company said was " have your receipts for everything ready".
 Like I have my receipts from things...    :rolleyes:
 I had my young feather burner in a metal cabinet; and although the metal cabinet was twisted and burned; the doors were closed- but no sign of the feather burner inside... its just incredible what fire can do.
 
 Again thanks for the support and offers.
I am a volunteer fireman; and helped put out the fire- it took three firetrucks; and we refilled the tanks on the trucks 3 times each.

 Gives me a perspective I didn't clearly understand before...

  Just learn from my lesson ....

[House]

Brian

Sometimes bad things even happen to good people.  I wish it didn't, but unfortunately, it does.  Not the same, but about a year ago someone broke into my house while my wife and I were both at work.  Spent at least four hours in there cleaning us out.  Without a doubt the worst feeling in the world, makes ya feel numb and sick.  We are on the slow road to recovery though and each day is getting better.
I haven't replaced much of my stuff, but I do have extra of things.  If I can be of any help let me know, or just post a list up here, what I do have is available, should you be in need!

Take care Brian

Travis

[Ray_G]

Bummer, Brian.  Glad that you are safe and that your huntin' outfit is OK.

Ray

[TheFatboy]

Oh no, no, no.....

That has to be the worst thing that could happen to you, next to losing a loved one. I nearly shed a tear.

Do you know what was the cause of the fire?

All the best to you from Denmark  

[Jon Stewart]

Sorry to read about your loss.  I can also help with what ever you may need.  I have extra cammo, back packs, arrows, bows, fanny packs.  what ever I can help with let me know.

[thp]

Brian, sorry for your loss.  The 400 year old Bible breaks my heart.  No amount of insurance could ever replace that.  In my thoughts and prayers, buddy.

[Brian Krebs]

Thanks again for the support.

 No real idea what started it. The fire chief thinks the dryer I had in it started it; but it was not running at the time. Everything was so burned; it was impossible to tell. The dryer circuit breaker had tripped. No other indications. I found where my catquiver was; and the carbon arrows I had in it were visible but just ash. The Magnus broadheads on them were melted. No other sign of the catquiver at all. If you know what a fence stretcher is; it melted the one I had in there. Mounted deer heads on the wall - no sign of them at all. The asbestos ring from the wall tents stove pipe holes were there.
 But my crester; my arrow cutter; my bitzenburger and clamps- all completely gone. My 70 pound anvil for horseshoeing is there but it 'tings' when you hit it with a hammer- after shoeing a thousand horses - a totally unfamiliar sound.... and it melted the metal on my horseshoe forge !

 It was one hot fire.  

The surprise to me was the intact survivor- a 75 gallon propane tank ! Still has propane in it.. I pulled it out myself most of the way through the fire- had my buddies to think of. It was the last thing I thought would survive !!

[Oliverstacy]

Wow...I'm sorry you had to wake up to that.  Hopefully the insurance will cover more than you think!

I am going to take a lesson from this and start taking photo's of all my guns and bows and anything else of value.

Josh

[Dave Bulla]

Wow Brian, sorry to hear that.  Our house burned down December 29th of 1974 and I can still close my eyes and see it.  I was only 9 at the time.

I thought this thread was going to be something about a cool bow rack and storage cabinet or something...

What an amazing coincidence that you happened to take a picture that day before it burned.

It's gonna be tough.  Trying to make lists of things that are gone is real hard.  A couple years from now you'll probably still go to use something and wonder where the heck it is then you'll remember, Oh yea, that was in the shed too.  Found out about that when I was moving and had a bunch of stuff stolen out of the truck.  Lost all my guns that time.  Didn't realize how many other things were taken until I needed them at a later date.

Let us know if there is anything you need help with.

[TheFatboy]

Someone asked what made you take that photo on the day before the fire, not sure if you missed it. I'm curious too. You just felt like snapshotting?

[Brian Krebs]

I often take pictures of the deer and elk and bighorn sheep; and mountain goats and moose and bears and wolves and coyotes etc etc -on the Salmon riverbed below my cabin; and of the elk in with my pack animals- and of the spring flooding- that picture was not taken the day before; I should have said what it looked like the day before. I did though take pictures - just none from the same angle as the burned pictures. Sorry for that confusion.

 Yes - I keep thinking of things in the barn. I think in general -men organize differently than women. My ex-wife one time complained about something not being where it belonged; and I asked her 'where does it belong?'. She was baffled. There was no 'place' in specific where it belonged.
 Now ask a guy where is needle nose pliers are: and he can tell you from memory. Women are more likely to suspect the tool box; men seem to have a photographic memory: as to where they used them last and put them down.

 So; as I go to do something and need something; its like 'doh!' it was in the shop !