Trad Gang

have you ever saw, picked up or just knew THE bow that was for you??? well i believe i just did. last year Mike (Mcgroundstalker)came up to a hunt at my house and he had an older Shrew. i picked it up and LOVED it but did not really say much to Mike about it as it was his bow and it was not for sale at the time, would be rude in my book to ask. well somewher along the lines Jamie picked it up and though happy for him i would have LOVED to own that bow as i just had a feeling about it. i mentioned this to Mike and low and behold him and Jamie (Ishiwannbe)swung a deal to pit it in my hands!!! Chris (Bowspirit)picked it up and brought it to me today. when i picked it up i couldn't get over how light it was and i was a little scared as i don't shoot short bows as well. however there was the FEEL one gets when one KNOWS it is THE bow for them!!!! this bow has made it to me becouse it belongs here i truly believe. and yes i can shoot the bow pretty well. i have sworn to take my first deer with a special selfbow made by Joe Weed and look very forward to that honor but i feel and know what bow is THE one and this Shrew is it! at only 56 inches it is light as a feather and has great curves and lines however at somewhere around #60 plus pounds and packs a punch! i hope she earns a name in the field but to tell ya the truth She Man just sticks in my head! great curves and packs a WALLOP!!!!! i would never specficly pick out a bow with these spec's but i just KNEW this is the ONE!! sorry about the ramble but i'm in love dude!!!!!!!!

Well Bro, where's the pics?! You know the deal!!   :bigsmyl:

:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

well the girl is at a sleep over at Ron W's as he is cleaning her up a bit! will add picks this weekend. hoping to get a little info on her from a couple people.  i see dead things in the near future with She Man!

Good for you man! I had an older Shrew recurve once and, after some adjustments to my arrows, I shot it very, very well. I, too, was AMAZED at how light it was in the hand.

Go for it my friend! I hope this year is your year! And mine too hopefully.    :biglaugh:

I too love my Shrews.  I have "flirted" with others, but I keep coming back to the Shrew.  I am done flirting, unless you count my current foray into selfbow building.
Dan

She Man....perfect. I actually kept the tears from flowing as Chris drove away with it...tad too much wallop for me. I hope you two have a long, fun filled journey together my friend.

now i kinf of like She Beast!! thanks Ron!!!!!

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There you go Ken. Sorry they arent better pics, but it was pouring that day.

She Beast does have a great ring to it...

Glad it all worked out.

You want "She Beast" put on that old girl,it can be done?

yeah man, it fits and just sounds right!!! no need to doll her up like the little red dress ya put on the Martin!

She Beast is a great name for that bow. Glad to see it's staying in the family. I can't wait to see it after Ron gets done with it!

Wait A fargn minute............I know that Bow... Ken, You got a great bow and here is some better info on it.

original 54" Shrew made back in the 90'eds
I got her used and she had 54#@28" marked on her. At my 26" draw She fell in at 51#. She loves Heavy arrows 650 grn & up, B-50 string. She helped me take my first every traditional bow kill back in 2002. She Also took a nice 3 pointer buck which was my first buck with a trad bow.

The Bow was sold to mike since I made my own bow and felt it was time for her to give MoJo to someone else. She loves long hunts in the woods and every other year or so a nice cleaning/refinishing (sealer/finish) I used Tru-oil on her, Finger rubbed.

Her first kill with me.
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The Last Deer (3 pointer) She took with me back in 2007 ( the year in the pic is wrong.. I must have set it wrong, but the date is right)
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54#?! Man I need to do more pushups!

I thought that was the bow from your pic above Sal...just wasnt positive.

Great bow, Im sure Ken will introduce her to some nice Adirondack trails.

Congrats Ken on a fine bow, and sounds like she carrys lots of mojo!  Jim

I just got done cleaning the "She Beast" up and it came out pretty good. I put her on the scale and I got 66# plus @ 28". I can't even draw the darn thing. God bless you Adk- Ken. Youth is a wonderful thing ...to bad its wasted on the young...lol. Have fun fun with the "She Beast"!!!

QuoteOriginally posted by ishiwannabe:
54#?! Man I need to do more pushups!

I thought that was the bow from your pic above Sal...just wasnt positive.

Great bow, Im sure Ken will introduce her to some nice Adirondack trails.

I know, She felt heavier on the draw when I first got her, but I grew in to it. Others that tried her felt she was heavier too. I would say mark a arrow to your draw and find her/your weight.


Don't know the story of Her before me, But I can tell you She makes Meat.
10 Deer
20 Tree rats
2 Ground hogz
1 butterfly ( was shooting at a target as the butterfly flew in the way )

The real MoJo came when I was hunting in 2006 and had a bird land on the limb and sat there for 10 minutes.

QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:
I just got done cleaning the "She Beast" up and it came out pretty good. I put her on the scale and I got 66# plus @ 28". I can't even draw the darn thing. God bless you Adk- Ken. Youth is a wonderful thing ...to bad its wasted on the young...lol. Have fun fun with the "She Beast"!!!

She must have been marked wrong. I'll see if I still have the first pix of her that shows what was written. I did weigh her with a friends hand held scale and it came out to 51# at my draw..

Whew...I thought I turned into 190# weakling...LOL.

Can it really be the same bow?

going by who sold it to Ken and by the pix, I say yes... But if it was just weighed at 28" I guess that's the true weight. I don't know what to say. The only thing different in the bow is Someone re-added a leather grip on the handle, but that wouldn't add weight.

The owner before me could have wrote it on there wrong. I could've even read it wrong and it could've been 66#.... What ever the weight is, It's still a great little bow with a big Heart. She will do you good.

I don't know what was on this bow from the start, but I shoot 51-54# all the time..those are my go to bows. This old girl is stiff, I won't even try to go to full draw in fear of hurting myself..lol. I watched Ken shoot it last night and he was doing well with it, so more power to him!!!

Way to go Ken! New stuff is nice; but, to see someone truly appreciate character, lines, beauty, style, & grace may be nicer.

Sal has it right. I got this Shrew from him and loved it from the start. Was a bit heavy for me to shoot all day stumping or for 3D. Jamie was interested so... He got her... Was a bit heavy for him and now He Man Ken is in love. Great story with a happy ending. Glad to be a part of it.

Thanks Sal!
Thanks Jamie!
Thanks Chris!
Thanks Ron!
Best Of Luck With "She Beast" Ken!

Wonderful Family Circle Trade In Action!

... mike ...  :archer:  ...

all the best, Ken !

QuoteDon't know the story of Her before me, But I can tell you She makes Meat.
10 Deer
20 Tree rats
2 Ground hogz
1 butterfly ( was shooting at a target as the butterfly flew in the way )

There ya go Ken. With that record you're bound to get something!   :thumbsup:

Ken's man enough to handle it   :scared:

all the best, Ken !

when Chris handed me this bow i felt something stirring with in it. i felt a hunger, a need want to hunt and eat, a need to run through the mountains, a quiet yet undeniable yern to kill. this is what i felt, this is the only way i can explain it. i will do all i can to indulge her in these needs. i have not felt a bow talk to me like this, closest thing was a bamboo fly rod i had made for me. caught a brook trout on the FIRST cast, i kid you not!!! this bow speaks loud and its ringing in my ears, stirs the soul! talk about mojo holy cow huh!!!!!!
 I am not one in to the whole i NEED to shoot a high poundage bow crap. i feel no need for that, it chose me i firmly believe as did a Martin ML 10 that pulss 65@28. i have no problem with stout bows its just the way it is. as my dad told me you ain't to smart buit you can lift heavy objects, you will be ok son!
Sal,
     PLEASE email me with any and all storys you have of hunting with this bow as well as any pic's. i did take of the leather handle as the wood just felt right to me and the fit is awesome! i wanted to add wool string silencers but its shoots so well for me i'm not going to change the rubber ones. the case is still with it and looks AWESOME!!!! who made it? i eblieve in things like this and i believe she has been waiting to come home to the Adirondacks! i'll be taking MANY pictures of our adventures.

Very nice congrats and well done Jamie,Mike and Chris  :notworthy:    :clapper:

Ken, I got the case from Texas when I lived there and was hunting with smoke pole, It too has seen lots of meat. Sorry but since everything is packed for my move this coming Friday I don't have any other pix then the ones I posted.

I know what you mean when you say She talks to You. That is why I got her in the first place.

Ken, Mike did show you the fine print right   :readit:  You kill, You send some meat...  :thumbsup:  Also, when I'm able to get some hunting spots You & the Bow are more then welcome to come & hunt down in Tejas..

Hmmmmm! Ken buys bow, bow has history and talks to the soul. Bow gets cool name and prior owner says come too Tejas and hunt with me.

Dang! What am I doing Wrong?   :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:

I took my first wall mounter with an old Shrew Sabertooth. I really wish I still had it.    

If this bow has so much mojo, I hope my cleaning it up didn't take anything away. Maybe I should rub it on myself to change my luck...lol!! Well its done Ken so you can come and get it anytime!

Sal,
  i will definitly take you up on that offer in the next couple years. Harley and Colorodo next year, maybe the following year. we will make it there at some point! i will tell ya i an't scared of much but i do not like SNAKES and i KNOW ya got some in TX!!!!!
I plan to do a little stumping and frog hunting this weekend, time to feed SHE BEAST!
Wannabe,
       ya just know we gots ta do some hunting in the near future! sure we be nice to ride a bike out and meet ya!

QuoteOriginally posted by Wannabe1:
Hmmmmm! Ken buys bow, bow has history and talks to the soul. Bow gets cool name and prior owner says come too Tejas and hunt with me.

Dang! What am I doing Wrong?    :biglaugh:      :biglaugh:  

only way I can be able to get my hands on her again... J/K

The hunting offer is open to everyone. But please wait till I get some spots..

Ken, snakes make some nice backing...

Ron better be carefull she might just bite the rest of yer hair of yer noggin!!!!!!  :readit:

Good times, good times! If we had a    :campfire:  with all the good people on this site sitting around it, they'd be able too see it from space!

Ken: One day we'll put our knees in the breeze and share a fire over good memories. I can feel it.   :cool:

Hey Ken.... your the one who let her stay overnite.......

LOL!!!!!!!  :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:   guess that what i get leaving the ole girl with a bow stalker!

Im pretty sure I read in the  buyer/seller contract(stuffed in the bottom of the case)  :readit:   that previous owner(s) could use/fondle/shoot or otherwise engage in such actions at any time that both the bow and previous owner(s) were within proximity.

QuoteOriginally posted by ishiwannabe:
Im pretty sure I read in the  buyer/seller contract(stuffed in the bottom of the case)   :readit:    that previous owner(s) could use/fondle/shoot or otherwise engage in such actions at any time that both the bow and previous owner(s) were within proximity.

Yea...what He said  :archer:

Another shrew convert, welcome to the club.  I also had a shrew talk to me several years back.  I bought and sold a lot of different kind of bows looking for the right one and I look no more.  I took the leather off of mine when I put the snakeskins on.  I just got a new classic hunter that has leather grips but that doesn't seem to matter much.  Congrats on finding your bow.

Awrin,
      ya can't post a picture like that and not tell the story man!!!! NICE deer!
Thanks to all for the kind words. going to see if i can bloody her this weekend, she's hungry!

I don't know, Ken... based on the way you've talked about this bow, I think it is more likely that she's HONGRY!   :rolleyes:  

Happy "bloodying" to the both of you!

Daryl

iv got me an Old shrew Too, lil 54" curve
shoots great!

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glade you got your hands on a nice one Ken Best of luck with it, keep us posted

....'til the next one comes along.

QuoteOriginally posted by huntryx:
....'til the next one comes along.

Yepp, just what i thought, classic story of a She Beast tearing up one lover after the other...   :biglaugh:

good luck with it on the weekend

He's got to come and get it before he bloodies anything. I'm not sure I'll let him have it.Oh yea, I can't even draw it , I guess he can have it back...

QuoteOriginally posted by adkmountainken:
Awrin,
      ya can't post a picture like that and not tell the story man!!!! NICE deer!
Thanks to all for the kind words. going to see if i can bloody her this weekend, she's hungry!

Ok brother! Her ya go, this is my story that I wrote for a Michigan Bow Hunters article.

 October 20th was a windy one, so I picked a spot that would shield me from it a bit. I had a ridge behind me that would be hunters suicide because of rising thermals in the day, but I knew that the thermals would be heading down-hill in the evening, and I had my climber about 25 ft above the marsh I was overlooking at the bottom.

The ridge, combined with the marsh, made a sort of funnel that the deer had torn up running betweenthe two. There was a tiny stream on the edge of the marsh also, which was the icing on the cake for this spot. Did I tell you it was
WAY the heck out in B.F.E!!!! Quite a walk, but thats how I get away from the other hunters.

I set out two Q-tips soaked in doe pee. One on the ridge side, the other on a trail next to a stream. I climbed up into my tree and settled in by 2:45pm. I watched all sorts of wetland birds go crazy and squirrels chase each other.

I sporadicaly called, about once every 45 min with a doe call and a couple grunts. I didn't want to get crazy yet, so I kept the calling soft. About 5pm I looked over my left shoulder and saw what I thought to be a deer milling
around in the marsh. I could see antlers, but it didn't look like anything too big. I called and lightly rattled but nothing came of it.

At 6:30pm two raccoons were playing in the stream and I was wondering where the deer
were. 6:50 pm all was still, no wind, and I was thinking this was going to be a bust. The cresent moon, which is my favorite, appeared and I studied it, asking it where my deer are,LOL!
 
At the same time I saw a deer about 60 yds away in the marsh. It looked like a huge doe, so I softly gave a doe call. The deer headed my way slowly. At this point I still thought it was a doe, until he crossed the stream in front of me!

I seen his rack and felt myself start to fall apart as I usually do when a nice buck comes in. I kept in mind, just pretend it's a doe. It was nearly impossible to wait. I almost took a long shot, but forced myself to be patient and wait.

He made his way in front of me and gave me the most perfect broadside shot I could have ever asked for. I pulled back on my 50# Shrew Sabertooth, made sure to anchor, and let the string slip. I watched my arrow zip through his lungs and it came out his armpit on the opposite side. He took off bulldozing the ground.

I sat there shaking so bad I thought I was going to fall out of my tree! I listened to him run and then silence. I prayed please
Lord let him fall!!! I heard a crash and wanted to do a back flip on my stand! I waited for 1/2 hour and slowly got down. I took my time cause I didn't want anything to go wrong at this point.

I tracked through the marsh he took
off in, and then went into a small peninsula of trees, the last spot I seen him. I looked in with my flashlight and there he was. I was totaly speechless and instantly began to thank God for this awesome animal. It took me 2 hrs
to drag him back to the van, he was a pig!!!

I got home and ran into the house and got every one. I don't think they beleived my till I opened the back door. My daughter said, "Holy Crap!!!" We took pics and I was up till 2:30am getting him butchered.

 I have spent the last 10 years hunting heavily pressured public land. I've sat through some of the worst conditions for many hours, had hunts botched by all sorts of scenarios, or just plain missed on big bucks. Although he isn't a world record breaker, to me he may as well be. I've stuck with my traditional gear, even through gun season, because I wanted my first big one to be taken that way.
I can't tell you how many good ones had been in shotgun, or even compound range, but I have to get them within 22yds for my comfort zone. Ahhh, it's time to call the taxidermist!!!! I can finally take down the flowery picture that hangs where my buck should be!!!!

well sad as it is She Beast is on the move again, this time to Tradgang member Luv2bowhunt. it just got to be to much to shoot every day and a sad reminder that i am not a youngster anymore. i truly LOVE that bow but it is ment to hunt, i can feel it when i pick her up and hopefully she will get her chance again!

Hey Ken... When you get your new Kanati, thoughts of your past girlfriends will start to fade away...

... mike ... aka: "Been There, Done That."

adkmountainken,

Congrats!!

I didn't shoot it, but there was a t/d Shrew at Ron's booth in KZoo that did that to me.  It was supposed to be "the" bow.  I could feel it.

I should have just bought it and sold some bows to finance it, but I didn't...

Oh well...  Lesson learned.     :knothead:    :knothead:     todd

Good lookin Bow Ken, congrats.

Ken,

Your Kanati is just as good (I think)!

Your wife is the only real keeper you have after all she bought you a Harley   :readit:  

Seriously,  Letting her go to fulfill the adventures she was meant for was the right thing to do.  She was singing on the mountain last week but that Gypsy of a bow was meant to roam.  I only hope to hear about her adventures in the wind from time to time.  Good on you Ken for allowing her to be her!

  :campfire:

Well it looks like I got a little more than I bargained for  :)  I hope that I can live up to the gypsy bow... should work great for me as I like to wander a lot too!

Thanks again Ken for the bow, I am really looking forward to settling my hand in her grip and let her talk to me for a few minutes before we head out as one  :thumbsup:

I'll be sure to keep you updated on her adventures, hopefully she will enjoy the flat forest land and agriculture of MI as much as the rolling mountains of the Adirondacks... heck, I may just have to take her out west to the Rockies just to keep her happy by the sounds of it!

Boy, this is awesome... I just love bows with Mojo!!

Kevin.