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Author Topic: Old Friends Revisited  (Read 851 times)

Offline Stickbow

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #20 on: April 29, 2011, 06:38:00 AM »
I remember Bunnyhunter now that you mention him. He was pretty fired up about trad archery back then.

I sent him a bunch of archery magazines way back when........He was just a kid was he not?

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #21 on: April 29, 2011, 07:01:00 AM »
:campfire:
An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward.So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it's going to launch you into something great.

Offline ber643

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #22 on: April 29, 2011, 08:54:00 AM »
Little more than a kid, Stickbow, I think late teens to mid-twentys then. He's a big guy now, and (I think he said) he'll be having a youngster of his own soon.

Here are pics of the three Barb quivers i am now blessed with:

 

 

 
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Offline ber643

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #23 on: April 29, 2011, 05:57:00 PM »
Pics of other Barb Quivers added.
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Offline JohnnyWayne

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #24 on: April 29, 2011, 06:21:00 PM »
That's what it's all about  :)

Feels good  :)
Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
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Offline Killdeer

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #25 on: April 29, 2011, 09:34:00 PM »
Here are mine;

I bought this one from Barb. Between the time she took this picture, and the time I got it, she added some beaver pelt to the straps between the rosettes and the attachment points.

 


Richard sent me this after Barb's death. I was overwhelmed to get the Red Arrows. Linc was making a bow for her when she died, and he sent it to me. That is it, hanging next to the quiver.

 

Barb's "Quiver Girl" bow, her quiver and the infamous Red Arrows:

 

 

Dan Casey, the man who built her bow, and his "Barb quiver".

 
Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

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Offline Shawn Leonard

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #26 on: April 29, 2011, 10:17:00 PM »
I too have one of Barbs quivers, never met her in person, but considered her a true fiend!! We miss ya Barb! Thanks Bernie!! Shawn
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Offline Smilingg

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #27 on: April 30, 2011, 09:00:00 AM »
Does anyone else remember the immortal "opomsum" thread that Bunneyhunter (as he then spelled his name) started on the other site around 1999 or so? He chronicled his misadventures with an unkillable possum in his father's barn. He was the very soul of innocence and, because he was, he had a couple of hundred guys laughing so hard they were in tears as his narrative of clubbing, stabbing, shooting, etc.unfolded...and unfolded... and unfolded...

I'm glad to learn that he is now grown up. He was the most ingenious misspeller of words I ever came across but he sure had a good heart...

Offline ber643

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #28 on: April 30, 2011, 12:26:00 PM »
Thank you for the additional pics and words, Killie - and the reminder "story", Smilingg. They both fit in great. You too, Shawn, Barb would have loved your good heart, and good works, more and more as time went on, I'm sure.
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Offline dakota tim

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #29 on: April 30, 2011, 06:25:00 PM »
Man, she did BEAUTIFUL quiver's!  If I had a quiver from Barb, I'd be tempted to hang it up & not use it.  But she seemed like the type that would be mad if they weren't used!

Thanks for posting this Bernie
What was big was not the antlers, but the chance. What was full was not the meatpole but the memory of the hunt.    --Aldo Leopold

Offline ber643

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2011, 12:23:00 AM »
My distinct pleasure, for both Micah and Barb, believe me.
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Offline GRINCH

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Re: Old Friends Revisited
« Reply #31 on: May 01, 2011, 02:13:00 AM »
It's really nice hooking up with old friends and sharing memories,their memories are what keeps them alive in our hearts.
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