It all started with a trade, imagine that!  I traded for a LH LOST CREEK LIFE ENDER longbow it is 60" and 51#@29", a little on the light side for me but hey it was a good trade!
Here are a few pics of it:

   

     


When I strung it up and shot it, I was completely in awe of its performance...It shot varied arrows at extremely high speeds and delivered them with a punch!  It shot exactly where I was looking even as I changed arrows and arrow weight!  This smooth drawing bow was exceptional in performance, not to mention it's looks..

Well my 13 year old son, Alex, was shooting with me that night and of course these words came out of his mouth,"Dad, I got to have one of those!"

It was about time for him to get a new bow, he is shooting 56" Javaman bow and he is now 5' 10" tall with long arms, so I searched google for Lost Creek bows and found Chad Francis' number.

I first made contact with Chad on Aug 6th, We agreed on bow woods, weight and price on August 9th and I sent him my deposit!  And now the wait begins

Well today on Sept 5th, my mail lady rang my door bell and guess what????

   

So I open that double boxed box up and look what was insided...

   

   

   

   


And I promised not to be the one who shoots the first arrow through it, Man I wish school would hurry up and get out!!!


As you can see, Chad did a fabulous job on Alex's new bow.  It is 60" 52#@28".  Chad really met our expectations and listened to what I wanted and delivered SPOT ON!  

One of the benefits of this whole experience has been working with Chad...Not only did I meet a new bowyer but I now have a new friend who happens to build quality bows(and shoots BIG IOWA whitetails)

I just really want to say thanks to Chad for a great and quick experience!  Lost Creek bows rock!

Sweet!  He will love it!

I have one of Chad's bows that I bought used on the classifieds. Beautiful work, a pleasure to shoot.

Good choice!

   

NICE!  You gotta tell us how your boy does with it!  I just picked up one from the classifieds as well, to give to my father for his birthday.  AMAZING quality and performance.

The 60" Life Ender is one heck of a bow, I'm sure he's gonna be happier than a pig in...well, you know.

--Kyo

     

very nice Barry!

I'll bet you have one happy young man around this weekend...  

Man Chad sure makes some nice bows! I can't believe I don't have one yet. Something must be wrong with me?

Sweet!    

Very Cool !!! Bet he is going to love it.


Bill

He is set to go now! Beautiful bow.

Congrats on 2 beautiful bows. Have fun.  

Is school out yet?..lol

I want to see pictures of the lad shooting his new bow.

Congratulations on your find and your son's new bow.

God bless,Mudd

Thanks guys and gals!!
He loves the bow, but unfortunately shooting has to wait til tomorrow morning...soon as he got home from football, it was time to shower and get dressed for the big high school football game against our bitter rival!  We are in TEXAS you know and Football is King in TEXAS!         Ill post pics tomorrow...

Welcome to the "I love my Lost Creek bow club" Chad is a great Guy & a great bowyer. I love my 3 Lost Creeks & will be in the woods next Saturday here in NY hunting black bears with my NAT. It has taken Turkey, bear & deer. Enjoy those bows.

Congratulations. Chad is a great guy and his bows shoot terrific. Very forgiving of spine and quick.

I have one of Chads bows.His "Envy" model.The bow is one of my favorite.I will never trade or sell it.Would like to get another one day.Hope you enjoy your as much as I do mine.

Well Alex finally got up, had his breakfast and said those magic words..

"Dad, can we shoot?"  I said, "Heck yes!" So we grabbed our bows and his new arrows I had built just for this occasion and headed to our backyard 17 yard range...

I had set the nock point the night before and was hoping it was dead on.  (I had promised Alex he would get the first arrow out of this bow!)

Well the moment of truth was at hand...
He is stepping up quite a bit in weight, so I was a little nervous for him, but as usual he draws his new bow back with full confidence...

 

Alex let the first arrow loose..

 

and he likes the results!!!

   

and the second arrow!!!

   

He turned to me and said with a big smile on his face..."I think I'll call it "The Assassin"! It is so quiet and deadly."

I think he loves his new bow, I pray God blesses us with many more days shooting and hunting together with our Lost Creek Bows...

Barry, I'm glad you and Alex, can enjoy the great sport of archery together. It's been very fun and enjoyable to build you guys a bow you enjoy to shoot. Chad I'm working on Andy's today hope to finish over the weekend.

Wohoo!

Barry it looks like he's been shooting it for months already based on those two shots.

Alex's form looks good and it paid off in his shooting accuracy.

Good on him and good on you too dad!!

Thanks for sharing!

Now, both of you....go assassinate something!!

God bless,Mudd