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in reply to: New Ashby update just posted; health issues #10293

Dr. Ed, Those are some very encouraging words,really glad to hear them!! sounds like you about got er whipped and that’s great!! ,Sorry I haven’t called but I lost your number… Take care my friend, and if there’s anything I can do ,just ask! Still praying,Steve

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in reply to: Technology Kills Tradition? #10271

Bloodless, I have no Idea what Mr. Parker used in this one, but I’ll be doing all the risers in the future and he will be building the natural limbs and I’ll still do my own glass ones but my risers have a special epoxy forced in under pressure then heated to cure, it gets hard but not brittle, and has zero flex…

Mr Peterson, there is one out in Colorado,… I did it for Mr. Don Tayon, with a lower main beam from an Elk he shot himself ,I also built him a couple cool knives with the tines he sent…. I kinda figured the western fellas that hunt Elk a lot would be all over a bow like this,surely they shoot more than one Elk, after they have it mounted what do they do with the others?…. so far he’s the only one to shoot his own and have an antler from it made into a bow……heck I don’t even know if he shoots it, I’m thinking it may just hang on the wall as I haven’t heard a word from anyone out there who’s seen it, and when one of these gets into an area, I usually hear about it….

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in reply to: Technology Kills Tradition? #7903

Snuffy wrote: Voodoo — Please tell us more about your impregnated antler risers! I presume this strengthens antler enough to take the intense pressures exerted on a bow handle. And I presume it would be fairly heavy? Congrats to both you and the unnamed bowyer you’re working with. Gorgeous! Snuffy

DOH! my bad….. His name is James Parker and he won bow of the year with one of his creations in a primitive archery mag.
and yes impregnating antler does add a bit of weight, but it’s nothing objectionable, and they are very, very strong, the strongest Elk bow I’ve built so far has been 62″ and 111#’s at my 30″ draw length and it has a 13 1/2″ riser .. and I drove my lifted 4 door Explorer over my first completed Elk riser suspended between 2 concrete blocks, it suffered only a couple very minor scratches, and with over 4 years of use and over 15,000 shots ‘ol #1 is still going strong….. and just to let everyone know, I’m not taking orders and I haven’t taken an order in over a year. I’m still behind from when I did, they aren’t easy to build……

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in reply to: muddy creek trad weekend/winchester,in. #64133

We all had a great time! Eric,Roy and the crew at Farmland did a spectacular job and all together we managed to raise $2722.00 for the Wounded Warrior Project, and Ryan Ramsey from Oklahoma won the Ogre Challenge… and the thing that really suprised me about the challenge….only one person under 30 was in the top ten, I was worried that the younger fellas would win the battle of attrition, but that was not the case,although they all said it was the most grueling shoot they had ever done, every one of them had a smile on their face at the last target, and deservedly so, each and every one put on a monumental effort,and were all at the top of their game!
I just got off the phone with Eric and we WILL be doing this again next year at Farmland over Memorial weekend, but I have also been talking with some other clubs and may do this in 1 other state too, as I recieved many calls from those who for some reason or another could not make it, so I’m thinking maybe out west somewhere, and when we figure it out, I will, with TBM’s continued help, let everyone know. Thanks to all of you for helping make this a success,We couldn’t have done it without you, THANK YOU!, Steve Hartley,Proud Gold Star Father.

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in reply to: Technology Kills Tradition? #62826

No Mark, I didn’t… sure wish I did though, maybe one of these day I’ll realize that dream, but I want to do it with a friend that lives in Elk country somewhere and not a guide…….I’m fixing to send James two of my uncut impregnated Elk risers to experiment with ,but he provided this one………

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in reply to: Technology Kills Tradition? #62741

WoW, very interesting thread…….I’m kinda wondering though what would you fellas call this bow and how would you classify it?
It’s a takedown with an Elk antler riser with all natural limbs made of bamboo with Ipe and purpleheart cores, with buffalo horn tips…. it does not take a set or lose any weight even after being left strung all day long, I recieved this bow as a gift 10 days ago from a fellow I’ve been helping with tips and trick about building these risers, and it is very impressive, and very fast too, and hangs right in there with fast glass lamb bows, but it is all natural…….so, What do you say?

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in reply to: muddy creek trad weekend/winchester,in. #52157

Thanks Robin!………Fellas, and ladies, yes I am involved in this shoot, I was going to have it here at my place but 4 days after posting about it on different forums it quickly became apparent by the response that it would overwhelm my meager place, so I got ahold of the Farmland team and since they were already having a shoot over memorial weekend, we decided to join forces, and now it looks like it will be the biggest shoot they’ve had in the last 20 years, the response has truly been amazing!. The Camp Cuervo archery club will be having their Camp Cuervo challenge all weekend, with all the proceeds from it going to the Wounded Warriors Project, and I’ll be sponsoring the Ogre Challenge in memory of my son Dustin, with the winner recieving one of my custom built Elk risered longbows built just for them, 2nd and 3rd will recieve custom made knives by knifemaker Randy Clark, and of course on Saturday ,The auction benefitting the Wounded Warriors Project…… and we have a lot of extremely nice things for the auction too, it should be a great time for all and if you have any questions, just ask,Hope to see you all there!…

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in reply to: New Ashby update just posted; health issues #40701

Keep your head up Doc,can’t keep a good man down! Still praying for you!…….Thanks for the update….

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in reply to: TBM..Subscribe or buy off the shelf? #30843

Ok, I’ll subscribe, but I’m still going to buy a couple extra to help keep them on the shelves…..When I first moved here almost 5 years ago I had a heck of a time even finding a TBM in this area and got most at 3rivers,then they cut back to Saturday only walk in sales and I had to give up my trips to 3Rivers, but then I started running into the women who stock the magazine shelves and asked them about TBM, and shortly it was on the shelf too, and I think it would be a shame not to have it there among all the c-bow mags….Last evening was the second 4-H club shoot and Jessica missed a perfect score by only 6 points this time, so she’s getting there, and when she does, I’m taking her out to dinner anywhere she wants!..Thanks,Steve

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in reply to: Please introduce yourselves, I'll start #18123

Hello Everyone, I’m Steve, and I’ll be hitting the big 50 in a couple months, been with my wonderful wife Rosie for 24 years, we have 2 children together and I have 3 from previous alliances, tomorrow the 25th, marks 5 years since my oldest Spc. Dustin Hartley was killed by a drunk 3 weeks after he returned from Iraq, that was truly a life changing experience for my family and I,along with the twice broken neck I suffered in 2000 too, so now I went back to my roots of Trad archery( started in the early 60’s) and I build the Voodoo Kustom Elk longbows, but only about 12 or so a year as I’m not in it for the money, but to give back to archery for all it has given me…..these bows allow me to help where it is needed……….Thanks,Vets!!

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in reply to: Ghilli suit #18091

I made my ghilly almost 20 years ago for a cost of 7 dollars, and it has served me well, at 6’4″ and 300#’s, I learned pretty quick that no matter what I wore a deer could pick me off in short order in a treestand, and that I also made a pretty good target for poachers too. so now I hunt exclusively from ground level, and the ghilly has made it easier to remain hidden from not only deer but many other of God’s creatures too, a ghilly is just a tool that allows you to blend into your surroundings better and around here just seeing a deer is a challenge let alone getting close enough for a shot…..I’ve shot 36 in my suit with a bow..so far…..

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in reply to: Multitool Suggestions #10414

I too have a Gerber that I’ve carried for the last few years,it didn’t cost a lot and has yet to cause me any worry, but I would like to upgrade to a leatherman one day…

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in reply to: arrows #10412

+1..I agree with Mr. Peterson.

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in reply to: carbon vs aluminum #10411

Myself, I shoot fairly heavy bows and tend to like Carbons for their durability and consistancy, but I still have to foot them, I do have some woodies that shoot very well for me,also footed, but they are very special to my family and as such irreplaceble,I’d order more but Rusty went out of business and I have yet to find any that shoot as good, although I do have some lam. birch being built as we speak, so we’ll see…

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in reply to: Heavy Bows – Are they now a part of our past #57675

SB, did he just get the fusion or did he get the plate too?….I got both, then the fusion broke and the plate came loose…. more surgery……then it broke again and ripped 3 of the screws from the bones….. couldn’t repair it, cause there wasn’t anything to screw the screws into, the wanted me in a halo, but I refused, so I got to wear a special hard collar 24/7 for 6 months……..that was in 2000, I’ve seen some of the best specialists since and they all agree.. no more surgeries….. but earlier this year, during an emergency at my home, I managed to tear out the remaining screw,the plate shifted and my left arm was left useless for more than a month, then one day I slipped and fell headfirst into our pond….. my neck made an aweful snap sound and immediately I had use of my arm again, and 10 min later I was shooting my 76@30 bow again. and not a spec of pain either…I was very lucky……as that snap could have very well shut me off tell your friend to be real carefull, as the trouble with our injuries are that one slip, trip, or fall could not just send us to the hospital, but may just shut us off…..as in dead…..

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