Thanks for the ideas everyone. I have thought of the TBM before and may be the best route. I have thought of the bow thing too. One of them his dad made a Bingham recurve up years ago that he has always admired. I might just have to make some arrows for his dads bow this winter. The other one I have offer more than once my gamemaster to but I think he still has fears learning to shoot traditional gear good. Even thou we all know it's not as hard as it looks. I think the seed has been already planted with him after the text I got last night " I had a big 6x6 bull within longbow range but no clear shoot!".
Honestly I don't really care what they choose to shoot but I would like them to know the passion that traditional gear can burn into our souls.