Tall Tines Timex

[Barry Wensel]

So this morning I climbed into a tree and hung my Tall Tines recurve on a "Y" shaped limb that was a good 1/2" thick and 3" long. I hung it from the right side of the "Y" because hooking it over both halves might be slow should I need it quickly. I should mention I cut this branch especially for a bow hook in this stand probably three years ago. Yes, the branch was dead but I checked it this morning and all seemed fine. So I'm sitting there minding my own business waiting for King Kong to walk by when for absolutely no apparent reason the branch snapped and my bow fell from the tree. I was lucky the broadhead didn't cut the string and even luckier the bow hit a lower branch before it hit the ground to break the fall. Other than feeling like an idiot there was absolutely no damage. Then I realized so far, I have thrown that bow into the faces of two separate hogs that charged me (and one hooked it and threw it back to me before I threw it back in his face a second time); I also fell off that cliff in 2011 and ended up rolling over the bow breaking the attached bow quiver; then in October while lowering the bow from a fifteen foot ladder stand the snap on the haul-line somehow came undone and the bow fell fifteen feet landing on the lower limb tip and bounced five feet; then this morning's incident. I told Brian he needs to call this model a Tall Tines Timex because it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. He said my warranty just expired. Ha. bw

[joe ashton]

try that with a Compound!!!!!
Joe Ashton DC

[Bowmag]

Sounds like you need to put a safety harness on that bow, Barry.
At least you haven't fallen out of the tree.

[LB_hntr]

Bow testing at its finest!
 The bow must be named after a woman. It seems to get you into alot of trouble and dangerous situations!

[bowtough]

Accident waitin to happen!!!!!!! Dropped a Fedora about 20feet one day hit the lower limb and almost bounced back to me       no damage. These trad bows are built!  

[NIGEL01]

As my boy would say that bow is getting a little "sketchy"!  You should probably order up a new one now.  Autogragh this one and send my way. HA!

[DWT]

sounds like you might need to wrap that bow in some camo bubble wrap, come to think of it wrap yourself a couple times while your at it.   :D

[Jayrod]

hahahaha CLASSIC UNCLE B!! i would say she a workhorse for sure you beat the heck outta her and she never breaksdown...lol thxs for sharing his bows a topnotch for sure

[katman]

Mental note, don't lend Wensel a bow

[Zbone]

Ya ain't a real bowhunter unless ya dropped a bow out of a tree...        

Back in the day before Ashby reports and such, was experimenting with different cut on contact  broadhead designs of the same weight and carried different varieties in my quiver and personally learned 2 blades out penetrate when I dropped my bow out of a tree and the quivered arrows contacted the ground nock first and shove the broadsheads through the quiver hood...        

Beautiful buck this year Barry, CONGRATS!

Also enjoyed brother's interview over on the other site.

[Johnny A.]

I have dropped and pulled my TT though some thick woods and it still looks good as new, one tough bow and still works flawless when I do my part.


Custom Talltines curve 52@29

[Mike Vines]

I've had to use my Tall Tines Longbow as a walking stick when I hunted the mountains and cliffs of Kauai .  It was either that or a 1000' tumble (I was actually torn between the decision, but common sense finally won).  There are quite a few "character" marks on mine, but it still performs flawlessly.  I've owned a few 3 piece bows and see no reason to get another since buying my TT.

[Steve O]

Heck Barry, I can't remember exactly where Brian delivered it to you (maybe Nashville PBS?) but you did your best to break it before it was a couple hours old    :D

As you photo "designated hitter", here you go:

 

 


I have total confidence in my TT from Alaska to soon Africa; they won't let me down    

[Keefer]

Barry,
You sure that wasn't the "Fall Tines" Model that has  that special "Mojo" in it...Just about every Tall Tines I've seen has a Tall Tined Buck laying under it...  

[Friend]

Believe that particular model is the 'Diuturnal'.

[Mike Gerardi]

My go to bow probably looks like your Tall Tines.  Just put another dab of super glue on the limb to get through this season. At least you have some hero pics with your bow. It seems that I just bang mine up.
The warranty quote was awesome.      

[jomama]

That thing has 9 lives.

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Seems as though the common denominator is you Barry…perhaps not the bow. I have that same characteristic, extremely good looking people do not have the genes to be easy on bows. The look on Brians face when I jammed my TT's into the back of the pickup box uncased was priceless.

Looking forward to the next TT's story…thanks!

[Barry Wensel]

Steve-O you're absolutely right. Brian delivered that bow to me at the PBS convention in Nashville 2010. I had it strung up leaning against a wall behind our Brothers Of The Bow booth in case anyone wanted to see it. I was gone somewhere and when I returned I was told "someone" knocked the bow over and the edge of the upper limb hit the corner of a stone pillar causing a little chip at the edge of the limb. The general consensus of opinion on the damage was "it'll probably be all right." But when Brian looked at it he said he didn't trust it and immediately made me a new limb. Customer service at it's finest. Thanks Brian. bw

[varmint101]

I dropped mine approximately 23ft. out of a tree the first week of November while reaching for it. After I cleaned my drawers I scurried down and no worse for wear.  Whew!  Heck, I think it straightened out the sights!  Seems to shoot better now.    :cool:   It did however scare the squirrel I was going to shoot.    :rolleyes: