I was 7 years old my dad had this duck boat that I really liked. One day I came home from school and my dad informed me he had traded the old duck boat off for a recurve bow and a set of arrows.
I was not too happy about that because I loved that duck boat, even though it was not in the best of shape anymore.
Little did I know how much that event would affect me. As I grew older, my folks bought me a Shakespeare "wonderbow" that I used to shoot a nice 4X4 when I was 20 years old. Since then I have owned a half dozen different bows, and bowhunting is by far the activity that draws me out into the woods every year.
When my dad had quit hunting, I asked about getting that old bow, but he told me he had sold it awhile back.
Then two days ago my nephew showed up on my door step with this.
He knew I had wanted it and we made a trade which I think both of us were happy with. I got the bow that started it all for me.
If any of you remember an article in the Traditional Bowhunter about Kendall Techau this is the bow that my dad used when he took me and Kendall out bowhunting for deer the first time, when we were eight or nine years old.
I can't read the name on the bow but it starts with an RA. Below the grip it has an R56 which I am assuming is for 56# @28", only because I remembered my dad telling me it was a 56# bow.
I don't know the year of manufacture, but it had to be in the 1950's sometime. Maybe that is what the R56 stands for? Can anyone help me out? It appears to be in good shape, but I doubt I will take the chance on stringing it as it is probably around 60 years old.
Gary