A once-met aquaintance sent me a new bow via a new friend to begin my new journey. On 11/04 I did a very stupid thing and it cost me a fingertip (now reattached but sore). In searching for options in the Classifieds and mentioning my stupidity on a kill thread a man I had stump shot with one day a few years ago offerred me an incredible bow - an original LH Red Wing Hunter of 41#.
It's near immaculate.
Dredging up some old arrows I had for my 45# Kodiak I shot this group at 15 yards . . . using an old Neet cordovan fingerstall from my longbow days worn on my left hand and squinting my right eye to allow the left to be quasi-master. Pitiful form to be sure. For a 41# bow (I'm overdrawing 1-1/2" so 45#+/-) it spits out a fierce arrow!
Not quite ready for the Olympics but at least I didn't disable the furnace or break a cellar window. I'd say not bad for a first-ever attempt at weak hand & weak eye shooting! There is now hope. And also 25 otherwise unused raw 11/32" P.O. shafts of proper spine under my workbench I can make up into arrows. A REAL bonus.
Thanks Ken (kat) for the bow and thanks Dan ( BrownA5) for the delivery. Two good TradGangers and two true gentlemen.
Once again, traditional bowhunters shine
Topic: A new leaf (Read 231 times)
