Long story short the riser on my Ben Pearson hunter cracked while I was drawing it back today. What can be done with the old thing?

Contact the bow hospital.  he is selling the business right now but will refer you to the new owner.

There are some great glues available.  Loctite makes some of the very best.  

With good glue and some clamps I think you could fix it.  You also can use about 10 feet of 1/4" bunji cord.  Wrap it as tight as possible as you go.  It may not seem like much, but the combined wraps, along with a clamp, should get it closed.

you would be suprised as to what you could fix.with glues these days.

Dont know how bad it cracked but this is what I did when this bow went up in smoke while drawing . No sense in getting hurt.

A little more information and some pics would help. I would not draw the bow but you can string it up and see if the crack opens or closes. I had one that the crack opened when strung so I filled it with locktite super glue and unstrung it, after a few days I restrung the bow and the crack was gone. Refinished the bow and it is still shooting. Hope this helps

James

I know a bowyer who took a recurve that suffered a limb delamination and cut out the riser block.  He reshaped the riser block into a smaller longbow riser and put it in his longbow form with new limbs.  It took a bow with sentimental value and recycled it into something new.

If that isn't a possibility, the riser could perhaps yield knife scales.  Many of the knifemakers on the knife forum could help with a project that would allow you to keep a bit of your bow alive as a knife instead.

Andrew

Burn it and inhale the smoke.

Make it into a walking stick. Just cut it off above the grip

First you cry then have a funeral service with a luncheon after. But on a lighter note, I thought there were some photos around here of some SUPER cool creative things to do with limbs & broken bows. I just don't know where to start looking for them.

Sorry about your loss.