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Author Topic: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid  (Read 351 times)

Offline macksdad

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Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« on: August 22, 2011, 06:29:00 AM »
Well my neighbor has been coming over and shooting with us for a couple of months now. He is a great kid 16 and full of enthusiasim for the outdoors. He was shooting an old ben pearson bow that was marked 40# . He picked it up at a flea market , put a new string on it and started shooting. He has discovered that he likes shooting traditional, and would like to try hunting with trad equipment. We put the scale on his bow and it came in at 34#. He was pretty bummed because he was hoping it would be 40 so he could hunt with it.  A couple of weeks ago I let him start shooting my martin jaguar, #50@28 and he handled it very well.  I built a flemish string ,put some silencers, on the string, some moleskin on the limbs, and filled the quiver with some xx75 2016 arrows and handed it over to him last night. He was very happy to say the least. I hope he will stay a trad bowhunter forever.
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Offline dirtguy

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2011, 06:34:00 AM »
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Good job!!!
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Offline ckanous

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2011, 06:36:00 AM »
Awesome job Steve!!!!!
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Offline straitera

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 06:39:00 AM »
God Bless you & your family Steve. Genuine class!
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Offline LONGSTYKES

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2011, 07:55:00 AM »
Good stuff Steve, Your neighbor is a lucky boy to have such a good friend to help him continue on the Trad path. Good Man
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Offline sou-pawbowhunter

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2011, 08:01:00 AM »
Good on you Steve!
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Offline Blaino

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2011, 08:03:00 AM »
Christmas came early for sure!
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Offline TJK68

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2011, 09:34:00 AM »
Way to go, a very nice gesture indeed!!!!
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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2011, 09:56:00 AM »
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Offline landman

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2011, 10:15:00 AM »
Great job, my man.   I love giving things like this to kids who will appreciate them.    He'll remember you, your kindness and that gift for the rest of his life.
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Offline GRINCH

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2011, 10:17:00 AM »
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Offline GreyGoose

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2011, 10:40:00 AM »
Wow, what a generous thing to do for that young man, and for the community.  More than one way to reach out and touch the world with a bow and arrow!
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Offline Night Wing

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2011, 10:42:00 AM »
A nice gesture on your part. If the kid stays with trad bowhunting, he'll remember you for the rest of his life and he just may do the same thing for someone else when he reaches your age.
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Offline huntingarcher

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2011, 10:48:00 AM »
Good people do good things and you sir are good people!!  :clapper:
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Online Tall Paul

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2011, 11:49:00 AM »
Way to go!  You made good on a chance to help a kid into the outdoors!
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Offline luvnlongbow

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2011, 12:41:00 PM »
:thumbsup:    :clapper:    :clapper:  Fantastic.
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Offline jamesh76

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2011, 01:38:00 PM »
:clapper:      :clapper:     Great job. Love getting youth into the sport.
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Offline saumensch

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2011, 02:19:00 PM »
My hats off to you, Sir!
  :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Offline JohnnyWayne

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2011, 07:55:00 PM »
Love stories like this  :thumbsup:
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Offline cody94

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Re: Passed my Martin recurve to the neighbor kid
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2011, 08:19:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Night Wing:
A nice gesture on your part. If the kid stays with trad bowhunting, he'll remember you for the rest of his life and he just may do the same thing for someone else when he reaches your age.
i hope he remebers anyway that is just completly awsome how could someone forget something like that. your a nice person.  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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