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Offline jr 56

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Merits of a quick board bow
« on: June 17, 2009, 04:07:06 pm »
While on family vacation last year we had a short stop over in Ky. I had 4 teenaged boys at the house that seemed interested in my archery stories. We ran to the local lumber yard and sorted through the piles and found a decent straight grained maple board. I laid out a Comstock style flat bow and put the boys to work. In no time we were all shooting for distance on a near by golf coarse. I had forgot about that one until I got a picture today of them shooting the bow last week. Nice to see it still holding up. I think it ended up around 68" n to n and about 45 lbs. @ 27". Best of all it gets them off the video games and keeps the tradition alive!.


Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Merits of a quick board bow
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 04:53:01 pm »
Very nice to hear. Jawge
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Offline jr 56

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Re: Merits of a quick board bow
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2009, 05:01:19 pm »
Thanks George, your site was a great resource when I first got the bug.

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Merits of a quick board bow
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2009, 10:07:32 pm »
Thank you. Glad I could help. Jawge
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Merits of a quick board bow
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2009, 06:49:35 am »
Great job,kids love it ,if you can just get them doing it. :)
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