My bow just shipped!!! In a few days my very first recurve will be home! Im so stoked! i felt like sharing the news with all the nice people on this forum because im sure someone out there is just as excited or likes to live vicariously through others.
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Soon i'll be shooting! :archer2: Like the rest of you guys!
HAHA!!!! Nothing like that feeling! Good luck sleeping!!
I understand completely!! I'm not sure I should let this cat out of the bag but that feeling doesn't change to any extent whether it's your 1st bow or your 500th or at least it hasn't for me and based on the level of excitement garnered from reading other prospective new owners threads and posts on here I'd venture a guess it still holds true for them also.
You're in with some real good company Lady!!
BTW there's a new-to-me Cari-bow Featherhorn Diamond Series, 66" and 50# @ 28",horn overlays on riser and limb tips in the mail system headed my way that I'm pretty stoked about myself....lol
Thank you for allowing us to share in your love for archery.
God bless,Mudd
The day a bow is to arrive is hard to beat! I even meet the UPS or Fed Ex. guy half way across the yard!
By the way, what do you have coming Irene?????
All smiles for you!
hahaha! I'll probably be at work when it arrives. But my USPS lady knows me (i order alot of things online.) and she'll leave it in a safe place.
I have a vintage Wing Slimline Corsair comeing my way. Its a really light weight bow, cause my bow whose type shall not be named, is set at 30#'s... so i went smaller to 20# to get a feel for thing. or so it was recommended to me.
Either way, im excited... even if it needs strings and i need arrows still. :( plus i have no where to shoot still cause my yard has a tendency to swallow my arrows.
maybe i can head to the range and try it out if someone has arrows or something that are similar for it.
It will need a little TLC anyways so it will be nice to be able to give it a good cleaning, and maybe refurb the coating the wood has. :)
I'm waiting on one too that shipped earlier this week I really hope it will come tomorrow :pray:
Make sure you post you new recurve pics on here!
I completely understand. I have a new to me Thunderstick Mag on the way and I can't wait. I am looking at the Big Jim Bows as well. Those are a sweet looking bow.
i will! i mean i have some of the sellers pics that i can post. :p but their not that great. but i guess taking pics of a "stick" is kind of hard to do and make it look good. Hahaha!
I know the feeling, I stopped at the local hardwoods store and picked up a maple piece for bow laminations and I cant wait..... Ya Hoooooo.
Lam grinding and epoxy here I come..... and this aint the first.....
See Mudd!!! you let the cat outta the bag! both of ya ! show us the pics!
Alrighty... i'll post the sellers pics and then i'll post my own when it arrives. :) i enjoy taking artsy fartsy pics. its one of my many hobbies.
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It's pre-loved but it has history too. hopefully i can make it beautiful again! even though its not too bad looking at the moment. :D
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Is there a rule about posting pics i should know about?
Siloutemirage, the last new bow I got was in 2004. It was a PSAX Black Widow Kingwood. I still remember the anticipation. Wheather it's a bow or activity there's always something to look foreward to. :)
i hope its as light as the one i played with at bass pro. i was in love when i felt how light it was. <3
Here's crossing my fingers that it will be at home waiting for me when I get off of work. :)
No rule other than size, and yours are below the 640 allowed. Ya done good - LOL
New bows are just like hunting - if ya don't get the extreme thrill anymore - it's time to quit - buying/hunting - ;)
Hahaha! Yeah. I'm. Bit of a shop o holic sometimes. I like the thrill of waiting! :) it's bad for my wallet. Hahaha!
Good for you. I feel your excitement. Pix asap.
sure will! gotta make it through the work day!
i always get excited when a new bow is on the way.i have an osage snakey selfbow being made right now.i can't wait to get it.here latly i have went primitive.selfbows,cane arrows,bamboo arrows and obsidian knapped arrowheads.you should try it.it is so much fun to do the research and make primitive archery equiptment.good luck on you new bow.it looks beutiful,steve
Thanks Steve. No now today sadly. Maybe since it's Monday the tracking finally updated. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Just heightens the anticipation (durn it - LOL)
darn weekend mail people and being to lazy to update my tracking. I know it cant possiably still be in the same state. Im antsy for my bow. i have so many plans for it. I want to clean it and see if i have any fabric big enough to make a soft case for it and stuff like that! but i need it to measure it!
*pouts* oh well. patience is a virtue right?
Crossing my fingers for today. I'm having serious wanderlust right now. I want to be somewhere pretty and full of nature. Not in a store room filled with boxes and text books and me doing all the heavy lifting. :(
I shouldn't complain. At least I still have this job. Don't know for how long though.
Boy it's dreary out but I bet it would be nice for some target shooting. Not sunny.
Rainiing like crazy up in North Fort Myers. Has been since noonish...
Hope your bow shows up today!!
Rainiing like crazy up in North Fort Myers. Has been since noonish...
Hope your bow shows up today!!
i know im sad! i think im going to get rained out again!!!! :( me and my boy really want to go on thursday. i wish the bass pro had an actual range and not just a place to sight bows.... wonder how much it would cost to run an indoor range?
Think insurance would be a killer.... Google archery shops naples fl and see what you find. Split oak might have a range.
Or just see how far you can shoot in your house! Then read the thread about what have you shot accidently! :p
Split oak no longer has a range. Gues Naples is opposed to "fire arms" because there are no gun ranges in Naples either. They seem to shut everything down. If it's not pristine and chic they don't want it. I'm sure we have tourists that like to shoot just as much as the locals!
I wonder if it was pitched from an Olympic sport side of things if it would be favored more. Hmmm... We have lots of tennis and golf championships here, why not archery?
argh! USPS is being unusually slow this week. still no bow... if its not in by tomorrow im gonna start worrying! i want my bow home darn it!
arrgh is right! Always tommorow!
i feel for you girl.the waiting is the hardest part.when my first custom black widow came in the mail,i was at work with a long day ahead of me.she called me and told me it had arrived.i had to stay at work the rest of the day knowing it was at my house.i had already waited 7 weeks for it to be made.talk about a long day at work.i hope yours gets there soon,steve
it makes me want to cry! (not really but it seriously bummed me) out to come home to no tube no nothing. i want to try and make some things for it, but i need "it" to do it. im not sure how well i trust the measurements i find online for a recurve bag... and whether my wheelie arrows are a good base to use for a home made quiver. im frustrated. i feel like ive wasted good time.
Hang tough lady!!
I know what it's like and I feel for you.
The good news is you won't even remember this the second you lay your hands on the bow.
God bless,Mudd
that is very true mudd. isnt that a wonderful thing! i just hope the giddyness comes back to me. :p im sure it will :D