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Title: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: archeryx on October 18, 2012, 06:58:00 PM
This is for all you WHC fans.  Just picked it up today to make 3 on my rack.  

58" Kestrel 47# @ 27".  Riser is cocobolo with beaver tail grip.  Limbs are curly koa (his first bow using the koa, I think) over bamboo cores.  Can't wait to get out and shoot it!!!!  

Thanks again to Mike for building a great bow.  He is truly a gentleman and craftsman.

........and now for what you've been waiting for:


 (http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h419/faston2/IMAG0533.jpg)
 (http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h419/faston2/IMAG0534.jpg)
 (http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h419/faston2/IMAG0535.jpg)
 (http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h419/faston2/IMAG0536.jpg)
 (http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h419/faston2/IMAG0529.jpg)
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Hermon on October 18, 2012, 07:01:00 PM
Very nice!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: wooddamon1 on October 18, 2012, 07:02:00 PM
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: mountain lion on October 18, 2012, 07:06:00 PM
Awesome bow, mike is a heck of a guy!!!  Just send it to me and I'll let you know how it shoots    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: DannyBows on October 18, 2012, 07:09:00 PM
Sweet bow--Congrats!    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: L82HUNT on October 18, 2012, 07:45:00 PM
His craftsmanship is so good.  Last year at the ubm 2 of us looked for over a hour at his 15 or so bows he had there and could not find even the smallest of flaw.  Awesome bow
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: archeryx on October 18, 2012, 07:48:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mountain lion:
Awesome bow, mike is a heck of a guy!!!  Just send it to me and I'll let you know how it shoots     :knothead:  

It shoots pretty good in the garage when the winds are 40+......

(http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h419/faston2/1.jpg)
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Longbow917 on October 18, 2012, 08:03:00 PM
SWEET!!!   :clapper:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Missouri Bowman on October 18, 2012, 11:21:00 PM
Mike does an awesome bow!!!
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Paul/KS on October 19, 2012, 12:32:00 AM
Take a run up Wellman Rd. and you can shoot it outdoors sometime...  :wavey:  
Nice looking bow, love the look of that koa wood.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: DGW on October 19, 2012, 10:48:00 AM
Great looking bow that will shoot great also!
Mike makes great bows, I might have to have one more.
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 19, 2012, 11:39:00 AM
I always liked the looks of his bows. I could tell I would get along with one very well.   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Stone Sheep on October 19, 2012, 06:49:00 PM
nice!!
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: KSshrewman on October 19, 2012, 07:24:00 PM
Mike "Dun" good......
He's a real craftsman.  Take care of her.    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Pokerdaddy on October 20, 2012, 08:00:00 PM
Brian, hope you don't mind if I piggyback your thread.  Just received my Wild Horse Creek Vision from Mike, 66" 52@28 mild R/D longbow.  Leopardwood riser, Tamo ash limbs with coffee stain.  Mike really went out of his way, both to get the perfect bow in my hands and to shape the grip to some specs we worked out from half a country away.  Here are a couple pics from her drizzly maiden voyage into the woods today.  Doesn't that coffee stained Tamo look like skins?

(http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g383/amzlongbow/006-1.jpg)

(http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g383/amzlongbow/007-1.jpg)

Almost immediately this Vision became my go-to hunting bow.  Smooth, thumps an arrow, and absolutely fits me like a glove.  It just feels "right" and shoots lights out!!  I normally eschew bow quivers on my longbows, but on this Vision a 4-arrow EFA quiver works wonderfully.

I can't say enough about how great it was to work with Mike.  Some of you may remember that earlier this summer I had ordered a 58" Kestrel from him, but by the time it got here I had developed a love affair with LONG mild R/D longbows.  Mike offered to replace the Kestrel with a custom Vision, and I was floored.  Mike went way above and beyond, and he's got a customer for life here in Michigan.
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Bryan pinick on October 20, 2012, 08:25:00 PM
Mike is a top notch bowyer!!!
EXTREME attention to detail.....
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Jake Fr on October 20, 2012, 08:29:00 PM
I love mine kestrel and my wife is hunting with her mariah asi type this great Bowyer
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: archeryx on October 21, 2012, 04:13:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Pokerdaddy:
Brian, hope you don't mind if I piggyback your thread.  Just received my Wild Horse Creek Vision from Mike, 66" 52@28 mild R/D longbow.  
Andrew,

Not at all.  I hope you don't mind but, I got a chance to hold yours before final sanding and clear.     :bigsmyl:  

Brian
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: jmrsyrs on October 21, 2012, 07:08:00 AM
Awesome looking bows! Does the bowyer have a website?
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Pokerdaddy on October 21, 2012, 09:17:00 AM
James, no website but his contact info is:

Mike Dunnaway
Perry, KS
785-597-2290
mkdsld@aol.com
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Jake Fr on October 21, 2012, 09:29:00 AM
I love mine kestrel and my wife is hunting with her mariah asi type this great Bowyer
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on October 21, 2012, 11:28:00 AM
Love my WHC bows.  See u in a few weeks Brian.  We will certainly make a trip to visit both Mikes....Horton and Dunaway.
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: jmrsyrs on October 21, 2012, 08:03:00 PM
Thanks for the information Pokerdaddy.
Title: Re: For All You Wild Horse Creek Fans!!!!
Post by: wat53 on October 23, 2012, 01:08:00 PM
This is my first season hunting with my Kestrel.  I love it.  Shoots better than any other bow I have shot.  Mike is the best.