ive been to the promised land,and walked amongst the greats

[sailordad]

well iwasnt sure where to place this
it would fit in about any section like bows,arrows,knapping,hunting or anything else
so if the mods find a better local for this feel free to move it

well the wife and i drove about three hours one way today to check out a museum we have here in minnesoat that i knew nothing about untill the other day
it is the "POPE AND YONG ARCHERY MUSEUM"
it contains bows and arrows from all the greats like HILL,BEAR,ST CHARLES,POPE,YOUNG,NATIVE AMERICAN BOWS,ISHI ARROW HEADS etc etc
the first pics i will show are of artifact points the yhad on display














and a point by ISHI

[Little John]

Man oh man the Ishi point makes the others crude.    Kenneth

[sailordad]

next are some pics of bows and stuff by the masters
GLEN ST CHARLES BOWS


early BEAR BOWS


MORE BEAR BOWS


MORE


SOME ARROW HEADS

this place must have the largest single collection of heads anywhere on the planet                      

i had taken over 170 pics today,i have many more but its getting late and i dont feel like spending all night posting pics
i have pics of an ishi arrow,some NA bows etc

if any of you ever get to minnesota you gotta check this place out
i will try and post more pics tommorrow or one day soon

                             peace,
                                tim

[kylerprochaska]

wow is all I have to say... I can't get over those Bear static recurves!!! 

-Ky

[kylerprochaska]

I forgot to ask, where in MN is it?  I go to the Alexandria area every summer for a fishing vacation.

-Ky

[NOMADIC PIRATE]

thank you very much for posting,...love to look at those old bows pictures

[xin]

Nice post. thanks

[Hillbilly]

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for posting the pics.

[sailordad]

kyle: its in chatfield mn, south of rochester a bit

i have many more pics,some steel bows and bows by all of the greats,they have mounts of every big game animal in north america on display also,all taken by bow of course

[n2everythg]

wow thanks for posting that.
Next time I make it up to MN for work I might have to check out that place. gotta google it and see how far it is from ST. Paul.
that is really cool
w

[Del the cat]

Thanks for posting..great pics.
It may be a 3hr drive for you...but it's even further from the UK
Del

[sailordad]

N2: its only about 1 hr to an 1.5 hrs south of the twin cities

when i walked into the bow room,well its like you have just found nirvana.
the feeling of sheer awe coming over you when you see all these great bows in one area.there must be well over 1000 bows on display
they even had,and i hae to mention it here,the evolution of the compound bow on display.it was neat for what it was
i wished my laptop hadnt crashed,i would love to post more pics