Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Gordon on May 22, 2012, 03:12:56 am
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Thank you Keenan and Dave for hosting another wildly successful Bowyer's Gathering. The weather was perfect. Attendance was up from last year and there were more families enjoying the event than ever. A special call out to Mike and Niki for providing much of the cooking for the potluck meals. I can't wait until next year's event.
Keenan, this is for you buddy: THE WEST RULES!
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Our little tipi village by the meadow.
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Show us how it's done Dave (PortlandFire)
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At least someone here knows how to make a bow. Right John (Blacktail)
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Hmm, I don't know that I can work on something this straight.
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Who needs wedges when you got John!
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Dave and his grand children - you can't start them out too young.
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LuLyn enjoying her favorite past time.
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If you're not breaking, you're not making!
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Show us how it's done Keenan.
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I bet Ronan isn't thinking about making bows. What do you think Weylin?
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Looks like a great time,looks like yall turned out a bunch of bows also. :)
Pappy
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wow look's like fun, i gotta try and make this next year, Bub
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Looks like it was great!
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great pics Gordon. we had 8 bows shooting over the weekend with only 2 breaking. we had the hardest working group this year no slacking what a great time.
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Looks like you all had a great time, I hope I can make your next one. It is fun to travel around and meet the different groups, kind of like cross polination.
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Gordon, Thank you. Great pictures and I can't thank you enough for all your hard work and support. This gathering really is a team effort and without you,Dave Cheney, Dave H. and others like John & Niki and so many others this would not be possible.
Gordon and Dave were absolutely bow building machines while bouncing from person to person helping newbies tiller their bows. It was quiet impressive to watch. Thanks again for all your support for this event. I'll try to get some of my pics up soon
PS> Gordon, Next year I'll use a shorter and lighter arrow to give you more of a run for the championship :o
Looks like you all had a great time, I hope I can make your next one. It is fun to travel around and meet the different groups, kind of like cross polination.
I Like it Steve, but I think it's more like an infesting then pollinating >:D
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Gordon, Next year I'll use a shorter and lighter arrow to give you more of a run for the championship
As long as you continue the practice of "warming up" your bow for 30 minutes prior to the shoot off I have no objection >:D
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It was a great time. It was such a great group of people, I wish I had spent more time visiting and less time scraping. Looking forward to next year!
Some more pics. (if I can get them inserted correctly this time).
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One day Im gonna hop a plane...............these pics show us what its REALLY all about, this pastime of ours.
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Carson, Those pictures move the heart,,,,,,,,,,,,Wade is still talking about how much he enjoyed Kee Kee! The picture of the your two kids walking down the road is priceless.
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looks like an awesome time.Would love to go sometime.
Thanks Leroy
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Great picture! Looks like a great time I was really upset to miss it again!!!! Life is really busy for me right now and being so close to this gathering I keep kicking my self for not saying the heck with everything and just going. Glad to see you all had a great time :D Hope to make it next year if im not still working 2 jobs 7 days a week ::)
Josh
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I attended for the first time this year and let me just say I will not miss any further gatherings. It was a great time. Working on bows the food and the beautiful setting were wonderful but for me what really set it off was the great group of people coming together socializing sharing stories an ideas. I really enjoyed meeting everyone, new friends and old. Thank you everyone.
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IT WAS A HOOT...josh i was hoping for a big suprise(you)but that is o.k. :(....maybe next year....the most fun i had was meeting new people....the pics on here are great....now i have been around keenan for awhile and i didnt know he had such big guns...john
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Looking good !!
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Wow, so many really great pictures and memories. I'm missing this already!
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I wore my camp-fire smelling wool-over today just to bring the memories back.
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looks like a great time was had by all.Keenan,i'll make it out your way one of these days.
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Thanks Keenan. Wade is a pretty neat young man. Keaton and Taylor sure enjoyed him.
Blacktail, I know what you mean....his guns are almost as big as his heart. ;)
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Wow, what an amazing time! It was great to see old friends and especially to meet all the new people. I'm constantly amazed at what a good group of people this pastime attracts. Everyone is so generous and fun, it's really awesome. A special thanks to Keenan for all the hard work he put into it and all the help he gave me on my bow while I was there. I'm still cleaning dirt off of my little boy, he sure had a fun time. He's still talking about it. I showed Ronan the pictures on here and he got REALLY excited. he was naming everyone he saw, "there's Gordon!, There's Dave! there's Keenan!, There's Carson!" There's the Bison on Gordon's tipi!" Next year we have to get more people in on the midnight glowstick flight shoot! :o
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Weylin, I was more then impressed with that trade bow that you finished. You are fast becoming a great bowyer. I remember seeing the glow stick arrows being launched as I was sitting by the fire. I will definitely be joining in on that one next year.
Steve, We would love to have you make it sometime. As well as all of our extended family across the states. What we put on is not near as big as the Classic but it dose have a very unique setting.
Art, it was great to meet you and looking forward to our next gathering already.
Buckeye, Elktracker and Stoker. We would love to see you all there next year!
Thank you all for the gratitude however Dave C. AKA Juniper Junky is a major part of helping set this up each year and always take care of much of the "behind the scenes" stuff like scheduling the potable johns and helping getting the flyer's out and so much more. This year he took several groups down to the creek to look at the paintings on the rocks from past tribes in the area and he also did several demos with arrows and Atlatl darts.
Dave Thank you. Couldn't do it without you!