I ordered a new JD Berry Renaissance for my wife last September hoping to get her into trad archery. When the bow arrived the weekend before Valentine's Day, I said to her, "Happy Valentine's Day!", with the bow as the gift. She said "Yah, right!" and did not want to have anything to do with it. Instead she told me I could have it if I am not selling it. James Berry told me the bow was her weight at her length, but it is also my weight at my length. I kept the new bow and liked it very much.
Weeks later on a late Sunday afternoon I asked my wife to have a walk with me at the archery park since the snow are all gone. We went there with the 2 Berry bows (my Appollo and the new Renaissance). Since we had 2 bows, she thought why not try shooting some. She did very well on 10 and 15 yards although she had only shot like 30 arrows before that day. The groups were better than when I first started archery.
Few days later she called me wanted to meet at the archery park after work. We walked the 3D course. She shot several bull's eye and was so excited. So she turned to me and said, "This is fun. We should do this more often. I change my mind. I am not gonna let you have this bow."
So I called James Berry to tell him what happened. He laughed and said he never heard things like this in his 30 years of making bow. But I think this is a good way to lose a bow because she starts to shoot trad archery now. (I did ordered another Renaissance from JD Berry to replace the one I lost. I don't mind waiting for long this time.)
I think thats a pretty acceptable reason to lose a bow!
Wait did you get her a substitute gift for Valentines day? did she give that back? It is a women's rite to change her mind,so Ive heard
We married 21 years and never gave gifts to each other for Valentines before this. I thought about doing something practical this year :D
Did not give my wife another gift as replacement. Glad she wants the bow.
We married 21 years and never gave gifts to each other for Valentines before this. I thought about doing something practical this year :D
Did not give my wife another gift as replacement. Glad she wants the bow.
Yeah Merciless,
That is wonderful. It's so great when you can find things in common like that...even after 21 years!
My wife and I were just talking about her starting to shoot my target bow.
This opens up a whole new area of gift giving for the holidays this year!
Happy shooting,
Joe
I've been trying to get my wife interested in shooting about as long as I can remember. Been married 25 years this November. Can't seem to get a bow in her hands for nothing, She tells me we use to shoot together when we first were dating, to be honest I don't remember that ever happening.(We only dated 8 months before getting married. You would think I could remember if she ever did shoot with me!)
I say more power to you if your wife has caught the bug! Enjoy it, I'm still trying to infect mine!
Perhaps now that the kids have all left the nest she will see the light! (Soon!)
Sweet! The wife and I buy each other bows as anniversary gift for each other every year. Sooner or later we will have 40 bows each.
QuoteSweet! The wife and I buy each other bows as anniversary gift for each other every year. Sooner or later we will have 40 bows each.
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I am happy for you and your wife. Sounds like it could become a cost adventure though once she figures out a bunch of different bows are fun to shoot also.
There was a 1st at my house this past week. My wife held a bow in her hand and pull a couple of inches on the string. That effort on her part took me 26 years to get to happen. I still have a ways to go as far as getting an arrow on the string when she tugs on it.
HAPPY EASTER ALL!
God bless,Mudd
Loosing a bow beats loosing a beau.
Congrats and enjoy..
Hi, you must be Happy, it's a greath way to lose a bow.
If I make one bow like a gift for S.Valentine day to my wife .... she propabily broken it onto my head....
Good Easter friend.....
Carlo from Italy