Hi all,
I've been lurking around these boards for a while and I figured it was time I posted some kind of introduction before I just started randomly popping up in threads. Looks to be quite a tight-knit group, so it seems to be good manners.
My name is Dustin, and I hail from Dallas (or thereabouts). I'm here because I picked up archery again after moving and coming across an old recurve that was sitting in the garage. I remembered seeing it for $4 at a garage sale some ten years back, and although I was shooting compounds at the time, you can't really pass that up. I got bored rather quickly with sights, mechanical releases, stabilizers, and all that mess, so the compound collected dust and this recurve along with it. In the garage it sat, through a handful of Minnesota winters (where I was living at the time), followed by four Texas summers. I figured surely a bow that was clearly somewhat aged, and having been through all that to be unshootable, but I couldn't find anything wrong with it. I took it to a shop, and had them fit a string to it and check it out for me, and it was pronounced straight and true as the day it was made. A little direction towards the local archery club, and here I am. That was about five months ago.
For the sake of completeness, I discovered that the bow was a Herter's International Match Hunter, 62" and #45@28". Not the prettiest girl at the dance, but she gets the job done. I've since acquired a bunch more bows to try and figure out what I like, and that particular one isn't in my top 3 anymore, but I'll never part with her, since she's been with me an awful long time now, and it was the best $4 I've ever spent, since it led me to this amazing hobby that's got me on the way to not only being an archer, but a fletcher and a leatherworker as well. I've met some phenomenal people along the way, and I hope to get to know even more around here.
Thanks for being such a great group of people, and for the wealth of knowledge each and every one of you contributes to this great sport.
Welcome to the :campfire:
Welcome :wavey: KYArcher
Welcome to the 'Gang Dustin!!
Welcome!
Welcome Dustin! Great place here!
Welcome!
I fairly new also.
JL :archer2:
Welcome Dustin, I am nearby in Grand Prairie
Welcome Dustin.
Welcome Dustin :wavey:
Welcome :campfire:
Welcome to camp!!
Cheers
From the Yukon!!
Welcome, Dustin! Hope you enjoy the gang as much as you do shooting. Lots of great folks on here, and tons of invaluable wisdom lurking about. Have fun, and shoot straight!
Welcome Dustin!!
Welcome, Dustin
Welcome, from the Hill Country.
Hi Dustin...cool story and welcome to Trad Gang :thumbsup:
Welcome!
Welcome from Kentucky!
Welcome Brother,
Great place to hang out.
Charlie
Welcome!!
Welcome Dustin :wavey: from N.C. :campfire:
welcome :wavey:
Welcome :campfire:
Thanks for the warm welcome. You guys are top notch!
welcome Dustin :campfire: its a good place to be
Good to meet ya Dustin. Great site here, welcome!
Eric
welcome from Arkansas! :archer2:
Welcome.