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Offline ballista

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gettin the next generation going (pics)
« on: July 14, 2011, 04:43:30 am »
 im 17 so maybe im a little young to be sayin that haha, but hey cant start too young. Heres me teaching y cousin how to shoot a longbow i made a while back out of hickory, #40 @28 so a little heavy for the kid but i made him one and sent him back home with it so he can practice with his dad (my uncle)
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2011, 04:51:03 am »
Ah i cant post any pictures it says there all too big, can some help me figure out how to change file size plz? thanks -jimmy
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Offline aznboi3644

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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2011, 05:02:28 am »
I got my little cousin hooked on shootin bows.  And my lil sister is getting pretty decent form. 

I just like to pay it forward

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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2011, 07:23:32 am »
Jimmy, go to photobucket, you can load your pics there, it's free, and it resizes them for ya, Bub
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Re: gettin the next generation going
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2011, 01:34:46 pm »
 thanks bubby, i have been using photobucket but its not resizing my pictures, is there a way to change the dimentions? i tried cropping but no luck  >:(
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2011, 03:46:03 pm »
Im bout your age and my dad taught me consistency even though he has never shot a bow, he taught rifle shooting in the military.  :)
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2011, 04:15:36 pm »
You can also upload them to photo bucked and below where it says share you can copy a direct link and past the link on here. Hope that helps and nice job passing it on.

Josh
my friends think my shops a mess, my wife thinks I have too much bow wood, my neighbors think im redneck white trash and they may all be right on the money!!

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Re: gettin the next generation going
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 05:28:25 pm »
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 05:32:19 pm »

 finally! well heres my little cousin with a bow a little too heavy for him, he snapshoots so its hard to get a full draw pic haha.
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Re: gettin the next generation going (pics)
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2011, 05:37:42 pm »
very cool ,hope you guys don't have any cats or dogs ;D jk
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Re: gettin the next generation going (pics)
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 02:01:27 pm »
 hes aiming at the neighbors cat  >:D haha jk
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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2011, 02:54:29 pm »
Very cool.  :)
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Re: gettin the next generation going (pics)
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2011, 02:00:35 am »
thats nice to see you both are interested in archery, wish more kids your age would get involved. great thing you did there...