Well yes we did!
Henry needed a new bow and one that could grow with him.
This 3 piece TD recurve is available in three limb length making a 44, 46 or 48 inch bow. Limbs are normally about 15 @ 20.
Henry's has special white limbs that he picked out and composite core. The norm will be actionwood core with black glass.
Here are some pics of him shooting his new bow.
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And here is what he did when daddy said shoot lower.
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Here is a pic of Henry's face after only one day in the Colorado Mountains. One dirty little guy.
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He's all boy, 200 mph with his hair on fire and covered in dirt. Had a ball and shot great.
In the first round of the water balloon shoot he matched against a 10 yr old with a longbow. Henry nailed his balloon on the second shot and got the very surprised kid wet. LOL
Mike
Neat! Wish my form was as good as his-Hap
Sweet!!!
Great pictures and nice looking bow Mike. Your Phoenix Lite's are great bows for kids too (OK, yes I've shot it too using the girls arrows so I didn't overdraw it). Great shooting little bows and extremely quiet. Here's Morgan after an evening hunt with her Dryad Phoenix Lite:
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Congratulations on adding another fine looking bow to the young archers line-up.
What Mike hasn't posted is a video of this bow. I watched Henry walk up to the water balloon shoot. He drew his Gryphon back and let loose. I said "holy smoke does that thing shoot". Beautiful flat cast and quick. If only I were 35 years younger. Quite a nice bow.
homebru
Yep the speed surprised a lot of folks. He did very well for a four year old under the pressure of everyone watching. On Saturday with fewer people he did even better.
Tom at RMS said that handling the bow in his shop is a no brainer so we need to get some built to ship to Denver.
Mike
A special offering more many.
Thank you!
WE'll have some pics up on the website next week of the new bow.
Mike