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Offline bow101

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Bowyering or Archery
« on: April 16, 2016, 03:03:52 pm »
A Genie pops out of a bottle and grants you 1 wish.   Do you want to be a an expert Bowyer or expert Archer. What would it be..?

My choice expert Archer hands down. 
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Offline DC

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2016, 03:37:57 pm »
Bowyer, but I think you have to be a bit of an archer to check your own work. I'm not there on either :P
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Offline bow101

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2016, 04:17:20 pm »
I'am not good at either but I prefer shooting a bow.   In my experience most folks in a club setting do not build their own gear, maybe 1%.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2016, 06:02:50 pm »
I would ask the genie to make me a good shot - I have a rack full of bows that shoot straighter than I can. :D
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Offline Tracker0721

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2016, 06:11:22 pm »
Well if the genie granted 2 wishes, I'd wish for a few million dollars and the best hunting land in the state. The bow building greatness will come with practice, as will the shooting.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2016, 07:02:19 pm »
I'm pretty happy with my bow building and shooting even though both have been on a decline over the last year or so but I'm still happy with both.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2016, 10:32:16 pm »
Quote from: H Rhodes on April 16, 2016, 06:02:50 pm
I would ask the genie to make me a good shot - I have a rack full of bows that shoot straighter than I can. :D

yep.
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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2016, 02:46:54 pm »
Bowyer, you can become an archer with less money if you're already an expert bowyer.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2016, 03:28:31 pm »
I love shooting bows, but I think I like building them more.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2016, 03:56:56 pm »
Quote from: Knoll on April 16, 2016, 10:32:16 pm
Quote from: H Rhodes on April 16, 2016, 06:02:50 pm
I would ask the genie to make me a good shot - I have a rack full of bows that shoot straighter than I can. :D

yep.

Liar. You haven't met a bow good enough to shoot to your standards. You forget I walked around the course a few times with you last spring, Mike. 
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2016, 04:27:56 pm »
I'd settle for average bowyer as long as I could make one that made me happy. Like to shoot better but I really just like shooting a bow I made and arrows I made. I'm improving
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2016, 05:12:11 pm »
I'd have to pick the archer.  I have friends who can build amazing bows if I needed one.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2016, 07:23:20 pm »
I would ask for something else. I enjoy learning my craft and I don't give a rodents rotating rectum about shooting the dang things!
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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2016, 07:55:49 pm »
Archer, makes it easier to eat meat then saw dust.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Bowyering or Archery
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2016, 08:25:02 pm »
Quote from: mullet on April 18, 2016, 07:55:49 pm
Archer, makes it easier to eat meat then saw dust.

Ha!
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