When I showed up Saturday, I waited a while to register as the line was long. After a while Cade and I got on line and walked up to the table and Michelle gretted us both very warmly as she always does.
Over the last few years I'd always ask..."did Fred make it?" . Her answer was always, "no"...he's so busy things, just never worked out.
So this year she comes right out and says..."Fred's here!"
How cool!
I'd only met Fred once at the NY Bowhunters Banquet a few years back when he was there with Michelle. Michelle had always told me that she thought we'd be great shooting against each other.
She'd told him some about me, and she'd always said he was a good shot. How cool would it be to shoot with Fred...but it never seemed like it would happen...hmmmm...
In the opening round seating round of 28, I came close...he was shooting in the pair in front of me. It was a great chance to "get to know him" a little...How cool!
I also got a great chance, since I was always coming up behind him, to see him shoot... he was shooting very well..."He's the real deal"!
Then something happened, that has never happened to me in 25 yrs. of trad shooting, something that I would have never expected.....
I was shooting well,enjoying the company of the shooters around me, and on my way to what might have been my best score in the seating round.
I walked up to the stake at Red #3, pulled back, relaxed my fingers and eveything blew up in front of me!!!
There was a shockingly loud "pow", and next thing I knew my bow was clanking around in the rocks in front of me....My bowstring had broke!!!
My round ended with 8 targets to go!
Fred offered everything from his extra bowstring(6 inches too long), his bow, and the shirt off his back to help me out so I could finish my round....he's right handed, and he was shooting a 62" bow...but he sure tried to help...like said earlier...he's the "real deal".
I also want to thank Tom Phillips, who was shooting with Fred, for offering me his bow to shoot(the one he was shooting). He's lefty like me. But I didn't want to mess anyone up. Which I probably did anyway. For fun I tried Fred's righty bow, and Tom's bow before they'd even finished their round. Probably my fault they ended up three targets shy of finishing... Thanx fellas... I think it kept me from getting "gun shy" by getting to shoot both of your bows right after what had happened to me. I believe it kept me from thinking about it too much
At the end of the round, Fred said..."how cool would it be for us to be shooting against each other on Sunday afternoon"...in other words...for the recurve champoinship.
For those that have never been there...that's along road to hoe... a lot of arrows, usually some luck, and a whole lotta sweat, focus, and effort are needed to get to that point....anyone that's been there will tell you...not easy! How cool would that be though...
But I still had the bowstring issue to deal with, I had no idea if my bow was even alright at this point...
Topic: "The Official" Muzzy Shoot Thread...Cade's the youth Muzzy Champ!(new pix and vids!) (Read 1805 times)
