Back in August I went to the Sissipahaw Traditional Archers summer's end fun shoot and gathering (if you live near you should try to make one of their open shoots) and got a chance to see Mike Ballenger of 7 Lakes Longbows and his new kid's bow design. I was immediately interested. I told Mike we'd be talking along about Christmas. I sometimes have memory lapse but always try to hold to my word and less than a month ago I wrote Mike and we talked about a bow for my grandson, who is new to my family but will be 7 this January. My oldest daughter married a great man who had an adopted son already and who has done wonderfully well raising Aiden as a single dad, BTW.
I had already introduced Aiden to archery and trad shooting, but the bow he's shooting is the bow I usually take to local 3D shoots in case there's a kid without a trad bow there and maybe I can let them shoot it and plant a seed that will grow...(and maybe convert their compound Dads and Moms
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Mike sent me an email last week projecting a finish this week. Today was pickup day. Mike lives less than an hour from me.
I arrived and found Lucy (his German Shorthair Pointer) more excited to see me than I was to get to take a look at the bow. Now that's a hard task to accomplish if you know me and my love and obsession with trad archery, but Lucy is a great dog and loves people. Anyhoo, here it is.
If you're into Hill style shooting and want a mini Hill style for a young archer in your life, give Mike at 7 Lakes a shout.
Hopefully Mike will jump in here and tell you about his Dec special, or just search Mike's recent post about his Dec sale.
And I got to shoot one of his lefty Carolina Night American Semi Longbow models. I shot it from ten yards with arrows I had brought along in hopes to test shoot one of his bows. It was like it was tuned for me especially by Mike himself. With no adjustments my shots were on center of the target and flight was perfect. What are the chances. AND THERE WAS ZERO HANDSHOCK. PERIOD!
Mike and I will be talking again in the future.
Hope you enjoy the pics. Aiden will get it Christmas morning. I'll post up some pics of him shooting the bow after Christmas.
Thanks Mike.
Bud
Topic: Hill Style Enthusiasts: Take Note Please -ASL Kid's Bow by 7 Lakes (Read 494 times)
