wow I just was at his site and read all the stories of him and the people who wrote them. I am almost sad I didnt know of him until now. he was truly a great bowyer,hunter,dad and freind. I have known of his bows but not him. if anyone doesnt no his story you should really check it out. and I am glad a true freind of his has the company instead of someone just using his name to sell bows.
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a man i would have loved to of had the pleasure to have met. i have read most all of the stories about him that i could find when i first got into trad archery many years ago. he was a true sportsman and friend to all who knew him.
One of the greatest (if not the greatest)Bowhunters to ever stretch a string.
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An absolute Legend in Traditional Archery...he would be proud of how Dave and Beth Windauer have carried on his legacy...Best recurve on the market IMHO.....
Not another bowhunter even close to him walking today !!. The stories of him are incredible.
What did Paul do that makes him stand out and be called one of the greatest hunters of all time.
I would like to learn more about him, have there been any books written about him or did he write any books.
Joevan,
Check out Charlie's post above and also you might do a search for past threads on Paul Schafer.
PM Tim Zeigler. He scaned some Schafer articles and would email them to you. Great read!
John III
Thanks guys i love to read anything and everything that involves trad bows or trad hunters.
i read about him before i even got into trad archery, what an amazing person, and from what i have read , one of the best if not the best ever with a stick and string, would have loved to have met him and hope to one day have one of his bows
Here is a Pic of Paul and I checking out a Silvertip he had just completed for his Dad's Birthday . I still miss him. (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x132/recurvehunter_2007/Untitled-Scanned-12.jpg) by the way Dave has continued to carry on with Paul's bow building legacy !!! :thumbsup:
From what I've read about Mr. Schafer he would have be Embarrassed to read this about himself. A true sportsman
QuoteNot another bowhunter even close to him walking today
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Would have liked to meet him. I believe I would have benefited with a rare insight into our world of bowhunting, and life in general.
Ironic I should see this today!; I just read a 1985 Bowhunter magazine last night, Sept., and read Wensel's story/interview with Mr. Schafer. He was one tough hunter, and in incredible shape. According to the article, Schafer chased a wounded Pronghorn for 40 miles (on foot!), over 3 days and put an arrow through it's lungs, ending the chase.
I was a wrestler when I was young, and that was the "legend" I best remember Paul for. Paul was three years older than me, so he was one of the wrestlers I looked up to, along the other greats like Wayne Wells, Dan Gable, and the Peterson brothers, all of whom (besides Paul) I got to wrestle, among others, at various wrestling clinics while I was in high school. Paul was definitely a multi-talented person and a great natural athlete. It is still sad to think that he was lost at such a young age.
Jim Brackenbury is another outstanding bowyer, archer, and human being who died in his prime while doing what he loved in the outdoors. Guys like Paul and Jim remind us that even the best among us are mortals and can be lost in the blink of an eye when things go terribly wrong like they did for Paul on the ski slopes and for Jim in the river.
I had a bad accident while skiing, like Paul did, but slowed to a much lesser speed before running head first into the hard plastic cover surrounding a snow making nozzle. I had a four inch gash in my head, two compressed discs in my neck, six broken ribs from the compression of my chest, a badly strained back, and two dislocated shoulders, but I still had far less severe injuries than Paul -- obviously. I wish he were still with us. He had a lot more to offer.
Allan
Glad you are here Allan,scary story,I am a skier myself and i know how much respect we have to give to the mountain.When Paul had his accident I was very touched and still in my memory there is the pic of him with his boy on his shoulders,calling elk with the grount tube .