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Title: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 13, 2008, 09:25:00 AM
We're a month away and I would like to extend a personal invitation to the entire tradgang family to come join the fun at ATAR 2008 and have a chance to see, handle and even shoot the new Hope & Faith bows. That's right 'EVERYBODY' from the newest member to the largest sponser along with their family and friends are invited. ATAR 2008 is July 11, 12 & 13.

thanks & see ya'll there

     :archer:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: VA Bowbender on June 13, 2008, 01:02:00 PM
Where is it held?  I need directions.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: James Wrenn on June 13, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
Well thanks for the invite.I think I will come.  :D
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 13, 2008, 01:53:00 PM
hey VA Bowbender!   directions can be found on our website at:   www.TBSWV.com (http://www.TBSWV.com)   or feel free to give me a call, my contact info is also on the website.

glad you're gonna make it James. wouldn't be the same without you.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: BMN on June 13, 2008, 02:02:00 PM
Make sure you take good care of Faith. It's going to be 10 months before I get my hands on her. Have fun and start loading those bows up with some good mojo.

Bill
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 13, 2008, 04:26:00 PM
hey Bill!   we will treat'em nice and when the ladies leave the beautiful hills of Wild Wonderful Southern West Virginia there will be mojo on them that nobody could ever imagine.

   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 13, 2008, 05:36:00 PM
Hey, Does the invite extend even to ol' Dinosaur Wranglers too???   ;)    :goldtooth:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 13, 2008, 06:04:00 PM
hey Bernie!    ATAR without you or the dinosaurs just wouldn't seem right. You are the ATAR kid's best buddy.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 13, 2008, 09:25:00 PM
Ooh! I wanna touch! I wanna touch!
AND shoot one!  :campfire:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 13, 2008, 10:04:00 PM
Thank you so much, Danny.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: VA Robinhood on June 13, 2008, 10:05:00 PM
Danny, I will be there with my BW & my new Mojo Whisperstik.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 13, 2008, 11:20:00 PM
looking forward to shooting with you again Jim!  you can just leave that 'ol BW here with me now that you have a new bow.  LOL
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: hunterbob on June 14, 2008, 02:31:00 AM
I will be there again this year.cant wait to try the new bow out.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Brent Rudolph on June 14, 2008, 03:22:00 AM
Don't remember nothin in the contract about them bows goin all the way out to West "By Gosh" Virginia. Sounds like a hoot. Wish I was there.

Killee, sure appreciate it if while you was touchin them bows, tell Faith I miss her bad.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 14, 2008, 05:00:00 AM
Hope is thinking evil thoughts, Brent. She always knew that you liked Faith best. I'm afraid this is gonna take a lot of talking through. My rates for this kind of therapy are a bit steep, but well worth it.

Killdeer   :archer:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: houseman on June 14, 2008, 06:08:00 AM
Wish I could be there.  Can't ask for more pretty country good luck to you all.  Oh and thanks danny.  Jeff
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Tom on June 14, 2008, 07:15:00 AM
Danny, will be there as well-wouldn't miss it!!!
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 14, 2008, 07:46:00 AM
Oh no-oooooooooooooooooooo! Shades of " Dr." Lucy, a la Killdeer   :archer:  I can see the little booth set up in the campgrond, now.   :p
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: 2fletch on June 14, 2008, 09:25:00 AM
We are looking forward to being there. Can I shoot one of them in the wingshooting competition? What are the draw weights of these bows?

We (EFA) have several new products to show at ATAR. We have been working on these for awhile. One of them is ready and will be shown on Tradgang in the next day or so. The other one (which we have been developing for more than 6 months) has been tested and will be ready for market in the the next couple of weeks. Both of these fit in the under 6 ounce (ultra lightweight) limit and are very secure on the bow.  

ATAR is one of our favorite events. Great folks, great location, and they put on a great event. Thanks Lonnie, Gene, Bill, and the rest of you guys that do all the hard work.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Brent Rudolph on June 14, 2008, 11:02:00 AM
Don, the bows are in the low 50's. Wing shooting? No one said there was going to be wingshooting. How far is it from here anyway? Pete Ward did a review on the Sheepeater and loves his for shooting aerial targets. Short, light, gets on target fast.

Killee, you kinda left me hangin here......hourly rate of???????? I aint too worried about Hope. She's a tough 'ol gal, but one can never be too safe. Go ahead and do your magic and bill me I guess.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: VA Robinhood on June 14, 2008, 11:35:00 AM
Well I am not so sure that new bow will out do my BW yet, but I should find out next week when my new one arrives.  It maybe hard, I can't put my BW down long enough to shot any other bow.  My compound is collecting nothing but dust.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 14, 2008, 11:42:00 AM
hey Brent!  you are in trouble now.  ya know why??? you just told Killdeer "bill me". you have any idea where she's gonna be performing her magic?? ATAR of all places. to a traditional person that's like being a kid in a candy store. now everytime she sees something new 'UP GOES THE BILL'. LOL

wouldn't it be just awesome if someone won the West Virginia State Wingshooting Championship shooting one of the ladies?
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Brent Rudolph on June 14, 2008, 01:01:00 PM
That would be cool. Drive up the price for the St. Jude's 2009 auction. More money for the kids.

VA Robinhood, you are asking a lot to out do a Widow. Top notch bows, great company with a wonderful history. You got yourself a fine bow there my friend. I personally never try to "go up against" other companies. I just enjoy what I do, enjoy building bows for hunters and sportsman. That is the reason there are so many fine bows from so many great bowyers. There are so many different in taste, shooting forms, hunting conditions and situations. I am a static recurve guy, that is my thing. It has a place in the industry. There are others that are building great statics. RER, Sovereign, 'Ol Bears.....the list goes on. I got my favorites too, but I think you ought to get a few or so in your hands and experience the wonderful differences each bow and bowyer have to offer. I shoot a ton of other bows every chance I get.

Yeah I might have screwed myself on the "bill me" thing with Killee. But you know, I couldn't help myself. I just love to read her posts. I aint smart enough to know what she says most of the time, but it sure sounds pretty.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: 2fletch on June 14, 2008, 02:04:00 PM
Ah Brent, there's gotta be some aerial competition. I couldn't stand not getting another crack at it. The law of averages says that it's time for me to be in the thick of it again. As a vendor, it's one of the things I could do with out being away to long.

For moving targets I like a bow that is lightweight and preferably a few pounds heavier then my target bow. A good strong self bow works well. Wouldn't it be wonderful Danny if someone won the aerial shoot with one of the ladies?
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 14, 2008, 03:40:00 PM
Killdeer Mitty, hair floating in the soft July breeze, steps to the line. A hush falls over the crowd and her hapless competitor blanches. The first disk is launched. Languidly nocking a flu-flu, Killy sweeps the bow skyward while drawing the fletch to the corner of her determined mouth. Her fingers leave the string in their travel rearward, and the perfectly launched arrow streaks to the very center of the whirling disk.
POK!
The wounded target tumbles to the greensward like a stricken dove, the falconlike arrow sticking tight in their mingled descent. Disk after disk sails into the deep blue skies above the awestruck throng. Their astonished praises cannot be held back, but they are respectfully hushed. "She's a machine!" they gasp. But to watch the fluidity of her movements, the grace, the style, one could only conclude that this is a divine dance, and no machine could reproduce the nuances displayed here.

Poketapocketapocketa....the disks fall like beads from a Mardi Gras float.

The Sheepeater rests easily in her hand, her quiver is emptied with never a miss. A smile escapes through her eyes and plays reservedly about her lips, and the bowyer will be paying and paying and paying...

Doctor Killdeer    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 14, 2008, 04:32:00 PM
... nd Walter Mitty's direct desendant, no less. Will the miracle revelations of my dear friend, mild mannered (Super) Killie never cease?

Not as long as there are those among us that need mental and pysical (i.e. shooting) healing by proxy.

  :notworthy:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Brent Rudolph on June 14, 2008, 07:51:00 PM
DANG!!!!! Didn't I tell you. Pretty! Still don't have a clue what she just said.


Killee.........worth every penny.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 14, 2008, 09:09:00 PM
(Permit me for younger members, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" - an old Danny Kaye movie in which he played the master Daydreamer and in every daydream the, "Kapockatapockata...," sound kicked them off and ended them.) Killie has a memory like a "Ef-a-lant", and a knack for turning her memories into delicious, relevant tales.) Is it any wonder I enjoy conversing with her so much?
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 15, 2008, 09:22:00 AM
Maybe one of the many vendors there will be selling James Thurber books.  :D  
Bless you Bernie for getting my jokes! You talk like a cowboy sometimes, but are delightfully culturally literate!

Reckon I'll be moseying off now...
Killdeer  :archer:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 15, 2008, 05:58:00 PM
hey Don!   Hope or Faith winning the wing shooting would be great. the way that bunch from NC shoot I'm sure one of ya'll could pull off a win using one of the ladies.

maybe we can talk Bernie and/or Killdeer into taking a bunch of pictures of the ladies while they're here. they are both pretty handy with a camera.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 15, 2008, 05:59:00 PM
LOL

(Singing, badly, he rides off into the sunset, "My heros have always been cowboys, and still are it seems .......")

No problems on the pics with either Killie or I, I'm sure, Danny - she's good, I'm lucky - sometimes -   :rolleyes:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 16, 2008, 10:14:00 AM
thanks Bernie!  I know ya'll do a waaay better job than me with the camera.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 17, 2008, 06:30:00 PM
hey ya'll (Killdeer & Bernie)! I'd be glad to get a shot of the two of you holding the ladies at full draw but, one of you will have to be lefthanded for a minute.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 17, 2008, 06:50:00 PM
Bernie, are YOU a switch hitter?  :saywhat:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Talondale on June 18, 2008, 10:02:00 AM
I love Walter Mitty!  I love Danny Kaye!  I'll be at ATAR, God willing.  Got my campsite reserved and camp gear catalogued.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 18, 2008, 11:26:00 AM
Be a pleasure to meet you, Talondale (Uh-oh, I hope I haven't already met you - geeze, that get's soooo embarrassing!)

Killie, I can  hold  a left handed Bow - I can even draw one (about half way) if it ain't over 45# or so, and somebody reminds which is my right ... left ... whichever hand. Not a real switch-hitter though (you snarky little, thing you -    ;)  )
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 18, 2008, 11:40:00 AM
I may be able to pull it once or twice. Just stills, now, no shaky videos!

Chuck missed ATAR las year, wanted ta polish apples or get ejamakated or some such tripe. What site do ya have, Chuckster?

Killdeer  :campfire:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Jack Denbow on June 18, 2008, 11:46:00 AM
I sure wish I could attend again this year but my wife is dragging me, kicking and screaming, to a high faluten wedding. I sure had fun last year, I will miss seeing everyone.
Jack
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 18, 2008, 11:52:00 AM
Who the heck gets married THIS time of year?
I should save this to cut and paste into threads in the fall, too.

Killdeer  "[dntthnk]"
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: DeerSpotter on June 18, 2008, 11:56:00 AM
13,860 weddings per yr in the twin cities area, thats who !


Carl
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 18, 2008, 11:58:00 AM
Wot, all in July?
  :confused:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 18, 2008, 11:59:00 AM
hey Jack!  maybe you can talk'em into getting hitched at the lake.
it's really beautiful there that time of year.  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Jack Denbow on June 18, 2008, 04:12:00 PM
Danny, I sure wish I could.

Killy, better now than in the fall. I have seen "bowhunters" get married on the first day of the season. I had to go to a wedding early last Nov. I shot a nice 8 pointer in the morning, hurried home hung him up and cleaned up and left for the wedding.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 18, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
Heehee!
Bet the groom was jealous!

Killdeer  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Talondale on June 18, 2008, 04:22:00 PM
Killy,
   I'm at #12 so it sounds like Mr. Bernsie and I will be neighborly like.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 18, 2008, 04:37:00 PM
Make sure he doesn't stay up too late partying...makes him cranky in the morning. I'll be about seven sites down the road.

Killdeer
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 18, 2008, 04:44:00 PM
Sounds, Good, Talondale. Hope the "Dancing Girls" won't bother you. (They always seem to flock to my tent)   "[dntthnk]"    :rolleyes:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Talondale on June 18, 2008, 05:08:00 PM
I hope my twins don't keep you up either.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 18, 2008, 09:26:00 PM
You know, it's funny. Generally speaking, if it's about danger I seem to be a light sleeper. However, when it is just "regular" noise, when I get ready to go to sleep , I go to sleep - LOL
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 18, 2008, 09:42:00 PM
Eminently practical and sensible, as always.
I'll bring my hearing protection.
Chief of Security will wake me if the tent is burning or the skunks are getting bold.

Killdeer  :campfire:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 19, 2008, 11:14:00 AM
"wake me if the tent is burning or the skunks are getting bold"  that's the least of your worries Killdeer.
consider where you're gonna be at and just beware of the banjo music.
  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 19, 2008, 02:19:00 PM
You forget where I hunt for three weeks every fall. They don't bother somebody they think is "tetched". Lemme comb a few spiders out of my hair, make myself presentable, then I'll brew you up some tea!

Killdeer   :D
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 19, 2008, 09:10:00 PM
hey!  I like tea but, you can give the spiders for Bernie.   :)
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 19, 2008, 10:24:00 PM
Just so's there hain't no Brown Recluses - Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr   :scared:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on June 26, 2008, 10:31:00 PM
ttt
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 27, 2008, 07:37:00 AM
My, my, my but it's getting close!
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: James Wrenn on June 27, 2008, 10:24:00 AM
Well finally started seeing some daylight in my work load.Made my reservations this morning for ATAR so I will be there hell or high water.  :D
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on June 27, 2008, 12:35:00 PM
That's good news, James. When I go to a shoot where you are not (like Baltimore), I actually find myself looking around for you and wondering why I haven't seen you yet, until I remember you aren't there.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 27, 2008, 03:36:00 PM
Good grief, I thought you were looking for the facilities!

I need to get at it! I gotta make a new tab, and some more arras, and maybe a new string, and redo the nocks so they fit just right, and glue down that rug rest and andandandand...

Killdeer~getting antsy!   :jumper:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: eaglefeather on June 27, 2008, 10:42:00 PM
sounds like someone in need of a hobby.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on June 28, 2008, 05:35:00 AM
Any more hobbies and I will have to run away from home!  :readit:  

Killdeer  :saywhat:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: bgram on July 01, 2008, 11:49:00 PM
TTT - Time's a tickin'.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Tom on July 02, 2008, 05:55:00 AM
SOON-very soon!!!!
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on July 02, 2008, 09:40:00 PM
well ya'll!   both Hope and Faith are resting here with me getting ready for ATAR. I'm gonna try REALLY hard to get me a groundhog with Hope in the next few days. make for some good stew meat.  yummmy
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on July 02, 2008, 09:48:00 PM
Watch 'em, Danny - they like to run down the hole with your arrow!
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on July 03, 2008, 03:38:00 PM
Don't make a mess.  :campfire:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on July 03, 2008, 10:37:00 PM
I think that groundhog knew what was coming because I haven't seen him since Miss Hope arrived. But I'll not give up. Been a while since I had groundhog stew.  yummmy
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on July 06, 2008, 08:16:00 PM
well gang' ATAR 2008 is almost here. hope to see LOT'S of you there.

travel safe
Danny
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: 4runr on July 06, 2008, 08:37:00 PM
I'm afraid I'm going to miss you all this year. Just a little too much time spent doing important things away from my side jobs and my home jobs. I'll need to get caught up before I can play again.

Danny, I'll see Hope in November, save a little MOJO for me!
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on July 06, 2008, 09:11:00 PM
I am saddened by that, Kenny, I was looking forward to seeing you again. Family comes first, and you are doing the honorable thing, but I am going to quietly retire from the keyboard for a moment and throw a hissy fit.

Killdeer~looking for the 'jumping up and down and cussing' icon.
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: 4runr on July 06, 2008, 10:08:00 PM
I heard that.

Connie was looking forward to meeting you, and I was looking forward to shooting a course or two with you. This episode with Adam and the hospital the last week has put a damper on things a bit. I'm still going to ETAR, but that's only because I've got riders to share the gas, and it's a week later so I can meet a deadline I promised. DANG WORK ANYHOW!  :banghead:    :banghead:    :banghead:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: sswv on July 06, 2008, 10:44:00 PM
sorry you can't make it Kenny!  we'll put some good 'ol southern WV mojo on Miss Hope for you.

Killdeer! I sure hope you get over that hissy fit before Friday.   :archer:
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: ber643 on July 07, 2008, 07:59:00 AM
That won't matter, Danny - Killie can conjur one of those up in a heartbeat, just any ol' time - if pushed -   :eek:    :D  

Man I am so ready (well, I don't mean my "stuff" is ready  - but I am). Sorry you and the family won't be making it, Kenny. Hope Adam doesn't have any set backs and that you get to see light soon. Take care.

Looking forward to seeing all the rest of you, once again. Gotta go get my big box packed - now where the heck did I put that - it's not that small! Oh yeah, I remember it's what I put Killie's field points in - wait that doesn't help with where it is ..............   :knothead:  Maybe it's under the latest pile of shavings ........ I'll find it -   :banghead:    ;)
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: Killdeer on July 07, 2008, 02:43:00 PM
I'll be there Thursday, and if I am still hissing a fit, I guarantee there won't be a bear within twenty miles of the park. Bears are smart.

Bernie, better find those points, or no trade. I know where all the stuff I'm bringing YOU is.  :rolleyes:  

I gotta pack!
Killdeer
Title: Re: a personal invitation to attend ATAR and meet Hope & Faith
Post by: 4runr on July 08, 2008, 06:20:00 AM
It seems I'll be doing more good not being there than I would have had I come.


Kenny........In charge of Critter Control by sending Kathy into a hissy  :bigsmyl: