Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Hillbilly on May 07, 2007, 10:51:00 pm
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Did I mention that I had a great time and really enjoyed meeting all of you? Here goes:
OK, I'm gonna be brave and try to identify as many of the PA Mafia as I can. If I get your name wrong, I apologize in advance, but I've met so many new faces this weekend that now I'm not even sure what my own name is. :)
L to R: Joanie, Monroe, I don't remember the guy in the orange hat's name-I don't think we were ever introduced-if you're him, let us know who you are, Tom Sawyer with his "selfbeer", The Singing Bowyer Chad is obscured behind Augie, Hillbilly (the exceptionally good looking one in the back row), Koan in the red shirt, then Ridgerunner, Jig'n'frog, Dick Bernier, Ryano, PatB, Dingleberry, Pappy, Justin Snyder, Greg B, Sarahanne, Marius (Dustybaer), Marie (Calendargirl). Whew, hope I get everybody right. If I didn't, it's all Pat's fault.
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Our amazingly hospitable hosts, thank y'all so much for inviting us down and putting up with all of us :
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Our recently officially adopted new redneck, Marius, and me:
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Justin and Marius:
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Dick Bernier chillin' out:
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Some of the gang hard at work doing what we do best-talking and eating. (The potluck supper was great, I about foundered myself on deer and turkey). That's Jonathan (Dingleberry) and me in the chairs, Justin, Calendargirl, Pat, Marius, And Sarahanne in the background:
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Pat might carry your housecats off and snack on 'em, but he's also one of the most generous, selfless, big-hearted guys that I've ever met in my life. Saturday was my son Cody's 12th birthday, and what did Pat do when he found out? He pulled out this beautiful osage bow and gave it to him for a birthday present!! Pat, the boy's feet ain't touched the ground since then-he's still walikng on air. I think you have a new disciple now, he was totally blown away!
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WOW!
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I believe you identified all the mugshots properly, got a lot more than I remembered too. Great pics, and your boy got him a heck of a present.
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Here's a few more:
We had some great music to listen to at night from Chad (The Singing Bowyer) and many other awesome musicians and singers whose names I didn't get.
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Here's me and my son Cody and Dingleberry's knees
(the rest of him was there too, you just can't see it :) ) beatin' on rocks and whittlin' on sticks:
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Here's Pat apparantly contemplating something very profound:
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Splitting an ash log from Marie's yard. We busted it up and distributed some staves around, I'm interested in seeing all the bows that we make from it, so don't forget to make one and post it if you have a stave. Pat, I hauled one back for you, I'll bring it to you at Hickory.
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Great pics Steve. I think you captured the group pretty good. I get tons of pleasure giving bows to great kids like Cody. I know he will shoot it and enjoy it. I wish someone had given me one when I was 12. Now, go make him some arrows! ;)
Did you get any pics of Justin's truck with it's load? That is dedication! :o Pat
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Nice pictures hillbilly. I'll add a few more if you don't mind.....
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The bow of the month winners left to right Pat, Hillbilly, Dick, Ryano(me) Pappy, and our newest member Greg b. Congrads Greg!
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Pappy looking over the bow I just finished.....
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Me and Shanon(wsm coyote) in a deep discussion about bow building....
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Me and Greg goofin off!
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Chad Jammin out.......
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Hillbilly thats me in the orange cap. We did talk as you chipped away on saturday night. This will refresh your memory
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What do you think ?
Ron
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Yep, I remember you now! ;D That stuff looks amazing. Never saw any rock even near that color. Sorry, I met so many people the last few days that I'm still dazed and confused. I'll blame it on too much of Lennie's beer and Greg's plum wine ;D Pat, no I didn't get any pics of Justin's horizontal forest, I meant to, but I got to whackin' on wedges and forgot to.. I did set my camera on his tailgate for a while, though :) Good pics, Ryan, enjoyed meeting you and shootin' the bull with you.
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Great Pics, I wish I was still there! I didn't get to meet everybody from the forum but probably talked to em all at some point or another. Can't wait till next year. The classic got my bowbuilding juices flowing for sure. I plan on makiin to Hickory barring a lightning strike from above. peace
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Man, that looks great. Would love to have been there to meet new friends and old ones again. Doesn't surprise me a bit that pat gave a young archer a bow. He gave one to another "younger" we know, who also happens to have the name Pat B., just because - (he claimed), " It must be yours, see, it already has your name written on it." That one turned out to be a great young feller and a worthwhile friend to all he meets.
So, Ryano, you treked all the way down to TN? Good on ya, buddy. I'll see a lot of these/those faces at Hickory, NC in about 3 more weekends some for the first time - sorry I couldn't have got to meet you too though. It would have been a distinct pleasure. (If I'd been there, I almost could have made it into that pic of "winners" there - but I was justifyably topped by Gordon F.'s great bow. Being second to him is like bathing in golden sunshine - anyway though.)
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Nice to meet you as well Hillbilly!
Bernie, yep it was a 10 and half hour hour drive which I thought was far untill I heard Justin drove 28 hours or something like that....lol.
If you came that close to winning bothm with your first bow, imagine how nice the next one will be! You should come to our shoot memorial day weekend or Denton hill the last weekend in July. We go there every year, it would be a pleasure to meet you as well!
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Here is my favorite of Pappy. I don't think you need an explanation on what it is, but maybe Pappy can explain what he did. Justin
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Whats odd is that Pappy seems to be enjoying it. And I noticed he had a bail bondsman on speed dial, but figured it was just a TN thing.
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Alright yall cut that out,that was supposed to be what happenes in Tn. stays in Tn. but I see how yall or now. ;D ;D
Pappy
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Here is my favorite of Pappy. I don't think you need an explanation on what it is, but maybe Pappy can explain what he did. Justin
My wife called him out to check on me. It seems I got so wrapped up working on my bow I forgot to call home and check in. The Deputy is a friend of mine and we share the same line of work. I was sort of embarrassed he came calling and all the folks were looking for me. My dang cell phone went dead and I just got focused on the bow in my hands.
There is a lesson here some place I need to learn. ;D
Oh, and Pappy must have been in the search position once or twice before. ;)
Great picture!
John
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What got the wife to callin and me to looking for a cell phone pronto. :)
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That's believable Jon, really. Ya'll did see that lil sliver of smoke rising out of the that far hollar all weekend? Yeah, that was a b-b-q fire. Really. Uh-huh. Ya'll didn't notice how all those trucks and cars that were leaving riding on the rear axle? Yeah, that was just bow wood. Uh-huh. LOL
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Durned revenuers got Pappy but we saved the still so theres bail money on the way.
I did notice all the trucks were running on E85.
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How many people where running on E85? Uh-huh!! ;D
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Really cool pics there hillbilly!!...IŽd love to have been there with all of you guys, having a LOT of fun and. how not, to learn a LOT from you..!!!... :)...
REALLY NICE !!..
Cheers and keep up that cool mood!!... ;)...
Asier.
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I love the Foundered statement.LOLI use that one myself.Its just,that most dont understand it.
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Yeah, Todd, my hoofs were pointing outwards and everything. :) Speaking of ethanol, I meant to grab a bottle of Greg's plum wine before I left, but I forgot to. Pretty good stuff.
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We will save you some.I think he brought enough for all you guys and gals to have a bottle or 2.
Check out the pictures on the other thread mussing and something ??? there are some pretty good family shots. :)
Pappy
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Yeah Hillbilly, I had several bottles in a case by the fire Saturday night. I had been talking to your wife about making wine, and a girl friend of one of our club members was hanging around to. Some guy three sheets in the wind came around for the third or fourth time and was oggling the girlfriend...I thought it was probably time to get the wine out of the mix. I didn't get wine passed around to everyone as I would have liked. ;)
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Thanks, Pappy. Yeah, Greg, I encountered that fella, and I think he was actually more like four or five sheets in the wind ;D
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This is Hillbilly's wife Tina. I had a wonderful time meeting all yall. Joanie(Pappy's wife) great to meet you, look forward to seeing you next year.
Nice to meet others from different locatations, like Marius from Germany, Justin from Utah, and if I named everyone I could be here all night...It was a great shoot, and a very good time to meet and gather with people with the same interests. I really had a blast shooting with Pat, Dick, Jonathan, Colleen, Marius, Cody and my hillbilly hubby. Looking for arrows in the leaves is a wonderful treat...Where is the lost and found arrow bucket? Cody would like to know :D Thanks everyone for a great time, we will be back next year!
PS- Loved the gravy and sausage biscuits.