Trad Gang

Where are all my brothers and sisters of the stick bow ??????

I'm in Sitka, but only lurk and try to learn.

Welcome aboard. Im next door in Angoon.

Wasilla

Palmer here

Delta Junction

chugiak

Angoon? Is that in Southeast Asia?

Anchorage

I lived in North Pole for 15yrs does that count?  Last job I had was at the Eielson Power Plant.

Sure do miss it.   :(

I too lived in North Pole, AK for 20 years.  I was connected with the Air National Guard unit located at Eielson.  I'm with Badger Arrow, miss it more than I thought I would.

moe, I was also in the Air Guard.  Retired in 03.

One more base covered in SE Alaska. Welcome, Akstumpjumper!

Sitting right here in Fairbanks, waiting on spring.
Jeff

Mr. akstumpjumper,
We're here.
Best Wishes

Tok

Anchorage

Just bought a house in North Pole, but am sitting in sunny Iraq right now!!

Patiently waiting for R&R in June, gonna take the longbow out and try to kill a bear while home, after we get my step daughter her first though!!

Hey I'm just up the street, here in Juneau!

Excellent. Good to see my fellow Alaskans that are into trad archery and hunting. For the others that posted. Once an Alaskan always a Alaskan.(At least in spirit)

I used to live-if that's what ya call it-in Adak.  I loved those huge caribou and ptarmigan......

Excellent.Nice to meet you all. Glad to see alot of my fellow Alaskans into trad archery and hunting. For those who posted and are not in Alaska I have this to say. Once an Alaskan always an Alaskan.(At least in spirit).

Sorry about  my extra post everyone. Dial up internet is acting funny. Kinda got to go with it living in the village here.

Wasilla

I'll be there the weekend of September 26 if any of you want to help me get some moose. I'll be in the Wasilla area.

Elmendorf AFB.  I'd never leave if the AF would let me stay.

Mile 102 on the Glenn Highway

Question then to the other Alaskans, who all is making bows?  Sure would be nice to have some bow making seminars close by:)

Jack Harrison makes bows here in Wasilla.

Mr. aklongbow,
Am just getting started on making a couple of selfbows and arrows for us.
Best Wishes

Now what we need to do is get ourselfs organized and start a traditional bow organization here in Alaska.Unless someone knows there is already one here.

I think there is/was a Traditional Bowhunters club.  I'll ask around.  I think a bunch of guys in Eagle River shoot together.  Base it on some of my memory of the Rick Hinton discussions.

I went to a indoor 3d shoot at the Archers Den in Eagle River and I was suprised to see all the trad shooters. I think a lot of people are dropping the wheels in Alaska.

WindWalker
I am on my 6th selfbow, sure would like to meet with others to learn,  building by help from out of state TradGang members, books, internet and school of hard knocks.

I think they look and shoot good but not sure would like others to critique.

Juneau... I think I saw you shooting the other day Chuck were you the guy throwing 6 inch groups at 20 yards?

After 7 1/2 years in Juneau I just moved to DRY Moose Pass on the Kenai!

My wife and I are buying a house with a MONSTER shop about 3 miles south of the Sterling Highway junction on the Seward Highway.

I have a complete laminated bowbuilding shop.

steve, i lived in seward for a few years now im in kenai, i belive i know the place you are buying i helped a friend haul a big freezer from their a while back.  maybe when you get all set up me and a buddy can schedule a little field trip out your way.

I lived in Galena for three years after I got out of the Air Force......I miss it too.


David

Patrick,

I've tightened my groups up a bit since then! Was shooting in the league, but decided that shooting for score while others were shooting just for fun was not for me!

See you at the range.

Steve,

Sounds like a nice setup.

Wish I could move north. Still thinking about moving to the Wasilla area, but it looks like I'm stuck here for at least one more summer.

You sell your Juneau house yet?

This is good. Keep up the talk guys.....

Charlie

lets hear about you charlie, what do you shoot, how long have you been doing it, and do you know walter kookesh,

I have got back into trad archery after a four year lull. I came from Pennsylvania four years ago and from Fred Bear's old stomping grounds.My wifes maiden name is "Bear". Before I left I sold all my outfits to a friend. Big mistake. I got home from the Public Safety academy helping with the new recruits and the next day my wife woke me and was holding a Bear Grizzly 55#@28".Guess she got tired of me whinning about it and took it upon herself to get me re-started.As for Walter Kookesh I do not know him that well but I do know Sen. Kookesh very well.

P.S. forgot to answer this. Was shooting and hunting traditional five years before I came to Alaska.

QuoteOriginally posted by akbowbender:
Patrick,

I've tightened my groups up a bit since then! Was shooting in the league, but decided that shooting for score while others were shooting just for fun was not for me!

See you at the range.

Hopefully I'll build a bow that doesn't break before they kick me out of there  (yea I was that guy)   :thumbsup:

my brother just moved to fairbanks in december,why he waited till the dead of winter to go i'll never know

Born and raised outside of Palmer, just been shooting trad for about a year now.

John

They wouldn't do that, Patrick! I think everyone was facinated by your bow. Too bad it broke. I think you are the only one shooting who is ambitious enough to attempt making their own bow. Keep it up!

Muskoxman,
You part of the Muskox farm there in Palmer?
I use to live in Palmer.

Howdy, I'm also from Juneau.  Just moved here in June.  Been a long journey but glad to finally be here.

Hmm, Ben Pinney.  The name does SOUND familiar.  

But your post suggests you may live in some place called "Port Land".....

Welcome Ben,
Where was the long journey from?

Charlie

Well, as I've updated my profile, it seems to have updated my last post as well.  Now I can say I'm FROM Alaska!  Born and raised in Wisconsin through college.  Then spent four years in Portland attending dental school.  Was always working my way toward Alaska and it's now great to be here.  Good thing is I've now changed my user name and password to something that I can remember so now I'll be able to chime in a little more often and tease Steve a bit too!  Steve, does this sound familiar, " GET ME OUT!"

So Ben.What for killin' stick(s) do you use?

Nope, doesn't sound familiar Ben Pinney.

Hey Charlie,

We have our own private herd. My wife has a business selling the fiber and yarn
www.windyvalleymuskox.net (http://www.windyvalleymuskox.net)

John

Hey, wow, it says we can get a tour of the ox farm!  I think my wife would enjoy seeing the little guys that just popped out.

Akbowbender(Chuck),
Where did you get that nice blacktail at by the way. I'm might have to come hunt with you.  Past couple of heavy snows didn't help much here  with the population.

Found this thread searching the archives... Had to unearth it and chime in... I'm 21 years old, lived in Ketchikan the whole time. I'm a locksmith and I run a little archery shop on the side. I love to deer hunt, but I did draw an exceptional mt. goat tag for this fall. So, with a little luck I hope to introduce a nice late season billy to a 190 grizzly. I started shooting a cheapo longbow when I was about 5, and although I went to the wheelie bows for a few frustrating years, now I'm back shooting the longbow full time. I hope to get my act together soon and start building some more lam bows. I want to call them "Stika Blacktail Longbows". Ideally I will build them out of real Alaskan lumber, but I still have a LOT to learn.

I'm in Wrangell. I missed this thread on the first time around; glad you resurrected it.
I'm glad to hear about an archery shop in Ketchikan, especially if for traditional gear. Do you have a website? I get down there now and then, will have to look you up.
I would love to see some bows made from local wood. What woods do you plan to use?

I missed this one the first time around too.

 :wavey:

Sorry, no website. If you are ever in Ketchikan and you want to get together or you need something call up Ktn Lock & Key, that's me full time. Through the end of high school I had an archery shop with regular hours, but life gets complicated and I had to close the storefront. Hopefully things will settle down and I'll be able to open up a new shop with a focus on building and retailing longbows, as well as some of the other necessary evils. As for now people that need archery gear seem to be able to seek me out. There was a guy waiting for me to open the lock shop this morning so I could work on his bow, and the same when I came back from lunch. I'm almost always trying to fill orders for arrows or replace somebody's string.

As far as what wood I'm going to use, I am very open to and would like to hear some suggestions. Like I said I have a lot to learn, and I know there is a pretty steep learning curve to building quality archery equipment. My initial thought is that good red cedar would make a beautiful veneer. As far as core wood and riser material I really don't know yet, but learning is half the fun. I expect that it will take  a considerable amount of time before I get it figured out...

Anybody ever shoot Petersburg???

Eagle River.

I'd be up for a shoot meet and greet sometime.  

Paul closed down the Archer's Den just as I was getting back into shooting this summer.

I live in Seward now. Welcome to all.
Good luck and good hunting
Olin  :wavey:

Used to live in Wasilla. Just went back for a visit about 3 weeks ago. Had a blast!

I lived in Fairbanks for over 20 years.  I miss it more than I ever thought I would.

Really enjoy this post guys. I'm in the process of a lateral hire for the Alaskan State Patrol, hopefully I can officially chime in as a "resident" in a few months.

Fairbanks here, formally sitka chasing blacktails and Mt. Goats with my buddy Varden.

Hey, i might have a change, to get there in fairbanks for sixmonths tradestudent...and i would love to take my bow with me. Here in Finland, woods are the same, most of the animals are same species...but here, its legal to shoot small deer, and everything smaller(fox, birds, rabits etc..) its my lifetime dream to get hunting in Alaska! i hope everything goes right, and i make some connections here with fairbanks ppl  :)  and we can make thing work.!

Live north of Palmer, near Hatcher Pass.  New to the forum, so missed out first time around.  

--Larry

ttt

unfortunatly, hunting in alaska for a non resident alient (meaning not a resident of the united states) for big game isnt a go I dont believe.  And I dont know if you can hunt small game or not, will have to do some digging.

I was in the FBKS area 1979-1984 then spent a year in the bush off the Yukon June 1986-June 1987

I always miss it...  todd

Yeah, i know that, you cannot hunt in Finland eather, BUT you can if i own the land, and you buy some permissions...i was wondering, there are plenty of hunting trips where you pay for guide, hunting permission and animal that you wanna shoot...isnt that possible in Alaska.

I lived in Juneau for two years and really miss AK. I cant wait to get back!!

i hate Finnish politicks. We cannot hunt any big game here. Our Bowhunting organisation tries to make purposes for them but nothing happens. Thats why i would love to win in Lotto, and buy a hunting trip to Alaska   :D

nate c,

Any word on why Paul closed down?  The last few times I was in there he seemed to be getting it together pretty well.  Been over a year since I was there though.

Thanks,

I'm way out in Dutch Harbor.....with no big game to hunt!

I'm going to be changing my address to somewhere in the MatSu starting next month....can't wait!

QuoteOriginally posted by PM_Mining:
nate c,

Any word on why Paul closed down?  The last few times I was in there he seemed to be getting it together pretty well.  Been over a year since I was there though.

Thanks,

I think (but to be honest I'm only speculating) that the rent on that entire building went up after the Library moved out.

I saw Paul at the Grocery last weekend, he has been doing repairs and odds and ends from the back of his car - said he should have a new place open nearby within a couple of weeks.  I sure hope so, its getting cold shooting in my front yard.

Hey not to hijack the thread or anything... but do any of the AK guys in Anc, or the Valley want to meet up for bunnies or ptarmigan this weekend?  

Nate

Three years in Anchorage, 1972-75. My son Matt was born there. I would love to take him up there sometime and visit some old friends. I loved it, but my wife hated it. Something about having to wear a ski jacket on the Fourth of July as I recall.
Gary

I'm now in the no mans land between Palmer and Wasilla, and I'm loving it! We have a great view of the surrounding mountains, and have moose living in our back yard!

Saw lots of caribou sign along the highway leading into Tok and between Tok and Glennallen. Looking forward to hunting the critters!

Soon to be an Alaskan resident. Moving to Chugiak this summer. I'm glad to see there's a good group of people to shoot with. Hurry up summertime......

Kenai Peninsula

Soldotna.  Love it.

Tim

Anchorage and Kenai from '59-'77.  Miss the summer and fall a lot.

Just an update for the South central shooters.  Paul is open again.  Set up a shop with range in the Alaska Club building in Eagle River.  Just drive around to the back and look for the sign.  Nice 20 yd range.  See you all there.

Looks like we are covering the Kenai Peninsula pretty well now.  JUST back from a PWS deer hunt with a new homie I met on here.  

We might have to post a few pics on our "Chuming for Deer" hunting trip...

Kodiak Kid where are you?  Why is the screen swaying?

I didnt know KK was a stickbow guy..he's also a diehard fisherman lol.

Steve ya get your draw app in?  I almost forgot about it with the 12 hour shifts and all.

hey steve you wanna take another shot at getting some props in for the statewide BOF meeting?

wow, I didn't know Paul reopened in Eagle River!! Glad I read this thread. Does anyone have his phone#. If anyone is wanting to go out and do a little cold weather shooting send me a PM. I need a little cabin fever break- Steve

Here's a word of advice that Steve and I would like to share. Don't eat quiche with scallops in it right before you head out to the open sea. It's certainly a wast of a good meal and  doesn't taste as good coming up.  :eek:

I heard all about the ralphing KK LOL!

The screen is STILL swaying!

I'm still laughing..sorry man!

Hey I sent the email to your work.  Forgot my work schedule.  Might be easier just to scan the dang thing LOL!