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Title: Newbie in Va
Post by: Erick S on September 11, 2010, 05:17:00 PM
Marty from Apex just finished my bow and has it in the mail. I am not new to archery but this is my first Traditional. Marty is a good friend but living 400 miles to far, he has me hooked on this site for tons of great info. I was hoping to find someone in the Tidewater area that would be willing to help out a newbie to help keep me from picking up to many bad habits.

Thanks for your time, Erick
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: paradocs on September 11, 2010, 05:27:00 PM
Dixie Bowmen has a trad shoot next Saturday; maybe an hour or so from you.  Come shoot with us.

http://dixiebowmen.org/index.html
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Kevin L. on September 11, 2010, 05:42:00 PM
Welcome to the    :campfire:

I'm a ways away from the Tidewater, but give me a yell if you ever come over the Blue Ridge.

Kevin
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Erick S on September 11, 2010, 05:58:00 PM
Paradocs I would love to come out and check you guys out, I will be out of town this weekend but I will keep checking your site for more info.

Erick
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Erick S on September 11, 2010, 06:01:00 PM
Kevin, I am from Clifton Forge, I make a few trip back that way a year so I hope to take you up on the offer. I do most of my hunting in Bath Co. Not sure I will be ready for early season but I am going to try to be ready for late season.

Erick
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Mudd on September 11, 2010, 06:03:00 PM
Welcome to Tradgang!

You are near some of my old stomping grounds.

So is Killdeer, I used to live in DC, Rockville and Silver Springs MD. I did a lot of traveling up and down the east coast.

Enjoy the journey with the rest of us.

God bless,Mudd
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: paradocs on September 11, 2010, 06:36:00 PM
Erick,the September shoot is the last one of the year; we'll start back up in January.  There's quite a few folks that come from the Tidewater area, so there's gotta be somebody close to you.  I think Dave Bartholomew is down that way; maybe he'll see this thread.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: dave19113 on September 11, 2010, 06:42:00 PM
Im not sure where that is, but im in alexandria... ill be moving to stafford by november... if thats close to you ...PM me... Id go show ya some places....
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Erick S on September 11, 2010, 07:08:00 PM
Dave,
Chesapeake area, a little bit of a drive about 4 hours.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Eugene Slagle on September 11, 2010, 07:51:00 PM
Dave;
You're moving closer to my neck of the woods.

Erick;
There are quite a few of us in Virginia & welcome, I plan to make the trip to Dixie next weekend & my club is not too far from Fredericksburg, Va. Hope to see ya around & I'll do my best to help ya out as well.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: DannyBows on September 11, 2010, 08:45:00 PM
Make sure to post pics of your bow when it arrives.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Erick S on September 11, 2010, 09:34:00 PM
Thanks guys, I am looking forward to meet you guys and pick your 3.5 lbs universe. As for pics of the bow here is Apex's link in the Bowers Bench section.  http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=004111  

Erick
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Killdeer on September 11, 2010, 10:04:00 PM
I know that there are some Gangers down in Chesapeake. Used to be my old stomping grounds. I am up near DC, so we might meet at ATAR or some such shoot.  The drive used to be three hours from here, but it may have gotten longer over the years.  :rolleyes:

Check out the Virginia section in the Trad Clubs forum here, see what shows up for you.

Killdeer
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Jon Swanson on September 11, 2010, 11:13:00 PM
Welcome aboard!  Enjoy the ride on the traditional train!
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: nc recurveman on September 11, 2010, 11:57:00 PM
Eric I'm in chowan county just across the state line from suffolk. You find yourself needn anything just lemme know, I'll do what I can.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: David Bartholomew on September 12, 2010, 12:30:00 PM
It's a pretty fair drive, but I'm up here in Middlesex County.  I think Vic Posey and Chad Tomlin are closer... in Suffolk.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: Kevin L. on September 12, 2010, 08:17:00 PM
Erick, we're right on your way home and hunt out of a camp over in Bath Co. Looks to be a good year this year, lots of sign in the usual areas.
Title: Re: Newbie in Va
Post by: chadt1 on September 12, 2010, 10:25:00 PM
shoot me a email we can help you out or just shoot for fun always nice to see new faces. we live about 20-30 min. from you.

chad tomlin