When I got home from work today, my wife was out in town and this is what I found lying against the wall.......
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She had called me this morning and told me my package had arrived.
Man, did this day ever drag by s.l.o.w.l.y!
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Tap...tap...tap...tap....
OK...OK...OK....
The budda on my popcorn is startin' to cool off!
Shoot straight, Shinken
Ok already - wuz in it maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
Jer Bear
C'mon man.....lemme see..!
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Do you want me to unwrap the bubble wrap????????
the suspense is killing me. OPEN IT!
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Still going pretty cotton-pickin s l o w.
That's a very *nice* CRKT knife right there...
Oh YEA, and that RISER is simply AWESOME!!!!!
(I got distracted for a moment....)
:~)
Let's see those LIMBS....
Shoot straight, Shinken
NICE LIMBS!
Let's assemble and string it up!
Pronto now!
Shoot straight, Shinken
I thought someone would identify the CRKT knife. I really like that knife.
Anyway, I saw this bow in the classifieds the other night and I couldn't resist it. So......I bought it!
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sweet. really like the looks of those
That is a fine lookin' PREDATOR 'curve right there!
What are the spec's?
Shoot straight, Shinken
The riser is osage(of course) and gray impregnated maple with a purple heart stripe between the two and purple heart limb tips.
Copperhead snake skins on the back of the limbs.
60" AMO and 52#@28". Perfect!
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That *is* a nice bow Doug!
Thanks for sharin'!
Shoot straight, Shinken
Nice,very nice,Congrat's.
Thanks for the compliments, David. And everyone else, too.
One more picture of her as she hangs on the wall above my computer where I'm sitting right now.
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:bigsmyl:
Sweet looking bow, love the skins.
AND I like that fletchin' on those arras!
That is gonna be a meat-makin' combination right there!
Have a great 2010 hunting season!
Shoot straight, Shinken
Doug,that's one pretty bow & I know how good you shoot them predators...you coming to the next shoot so I can see it in person..
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The riser was made on my birthday in 2007(Oct.10). I turned 43 years old on the day the handle was born. COOL.
I hope I get a chance to shoot her tomorrow.
Thanks Mark. Yeah, I hope to get to go to one of the shoots soon.
I'll probably have to build the strike plate out some on this bow so I can shoot my Beman MFX Classic 500s. I suspect they'll be a tad too weak with all the weight they have up front. Shouldn't be much trouble doing that though. I had to do it on my last Predator too and it worked great with the weak arrows I was shooting then.
Very nice. I was thinking about getting a Zona bow, I've seen some beautiful bows that that guy builds. Maybe next year.
Ron sure does make a nice bow. You got a beauty there.
Good lookin bow man. Shoot her good.
Thanks again for the kind words everyone.
Yes, Randy, he makes great bows. I have always loved the Predators, ever since I saw my first one back in the mid '90s.
Never thought I'd have one like this though.