I have been worse than a kid waiting for Christmas to arrive. My daughter (11) informed me a month before Christmas that she wanted to ditch her training wheels in favor of a recurve or longbow.
After a little sweating over being able to find one for her in time, I spoke with Dan Toelke and he set me up with a Toelke Tadpole, 19# @25" longbow. I also got a half dozen beeman flash arrows, a leather armguard, and a claf hair tab. Then the wait began.......agonizing!!!
Well today arrived and the wait was over! She guessed it was a bow as soon as she saw the round, wrapped tube the bow was in. However, she was not expecting what was inside. The smile on her face was priceless. I will never forget how happy she was. ( This from a kid that also got a Nintendo 3ds, a Samsung Digital Camcorder and a host of other goodies. ) She could not wait to get outside to shoot.
(She will not be happy about my posting the picture I took BEFORE she took her new sock monkey hat off)
We had tons of family over so she had to wait several loooooooong hours, luckily it was raining, but finally this afternoon we finally slipped away and headed out back. It became apparent that she will be shooting a heavier bow very soon. She pulled the 19#s like she had been shooting it for weeks.
Nocking the first arrow....
Listening to instruction from Dad. "Focus on where you want to hit .......
"Now while looking at your spot, raise your bow and prepare to draw...."
"draw all the way to your anchor......."
Pretty good form I think. First day with a longbow and dad as a coach....
6 arrows later and a pretty decent 5 yard group even if I do say so myself!
Merry Christmas Trad Gang. I hope your holiday was as wonderful as mine! I will remember this Christmas for the rest of my life! Thank you for letting me share with you!
Topic: Best Christmas Ever - Daughter's new Toelke Longbow (Read 732 times)
