Casa de MUDD ....... after all these years.

April 02, 2015, 04:13:00 PM

Here is a pic of Mudd's wife Janet with Kai.

Janet is a sweetie! Mudd you lucky dog!

April 02, 2015, 04:36:00 PM

As KaiYi and Mudd were galavanting around the expo with the camera on Saturday, I did not have an opportunity to take pics of Mudds best buddies.

Butch Speer aka "Yard Gnome" and Kenny Jackson aka "Cob Web"...Great guys Indeed!!

I hope to see you guys again.

Mudd · April 02, 2015, 05:24:00 PM

It was a privilege to meet Byron Ferguson.

He put on a good show, very entertaining and educational.

Kai gave aerial targets a try a couple of different times and he did very well for a young man who had only fired one arrow before doing this.

Watching Byron shoot was all the inspiration I needed to try a few new things once we got home.

Here is a very poor quality video of something I tried after watching Byron do it.

Mudd · April 02, 2015, 05:36:00 PM

I really wish I could get to the photos from my laptop.

There are some cool pictures of Kai and Janet on it that I would love to share.

Overall it was a great visit. Janet and I both enjoyed having Tony and Kai here.

Arrows flew!!!!!

I was happy that Tony's shoulder didn't act up any more than it did. I was worried that the way it was hurting him Sat evening that shooting might not be possible after church Sunday afternoon.

I think we were both pleasantly surprised that all the soreness was gone the next day so we used that time wisely and...once again arrows flew.

We took a short break for dinner but after dark we went back out for some night time shooting.

Fun was had by all.

God bless,Mudd

Cyclic-Rivers · April 02, 2015, 07:12:00 PM

Great Photos, Looks like a blast had by all.

April 02, 2015, 07:15:00 PM

....and arrows flew!

Yeah Mudd, my shoulder was complaining a bit but not enough to matter.

After dinner we shot a bit and the darkness set in. I thought it was time to retire but Mudd had different plans... the "Duel" I spoke about in the first post.

Mudd's famous "pull tab" shoot is a tough one for sure. I got one all weekend. Can't say exactly what Mudd accomplished but you can imagine he kicked my butt there.

Now comes the eye-opener...pitch black and the Muddster tells me to get ready for the "candle".

I remember reading and/or hearing about that over the past few years but never gave it much thought...until now.

We each grabbed three arrows and walked out to the range where Roy lit a candle on a stand that centered the flame about center to the bales.

Back to 15 yards I stood next to my buddy and waited for a moment. He said "snuff the flame" and you win....hit the candle or miss altogether you lose. Easy enough.

Mudd had the little Alaskan I gave him on Friday. He went first. Shot once and the flame was still lit.

Oh...this will be easy...so I stepped up knocked an arrow and tried to focus on that tiny flicker before letting loose....I missed by a mile but that did not matter...nobody could see until we got to the target to pull arrows.

Next round...Mudd steps up, comes to full draw slowly and lets loose. To my surprise I see a tiny spark and the flame disappears! :eek:

He hit the wick and not the candle! I congratulate him for his "luck" to which he responded: "that was left hand Tony" ...sure enough.

He then switches to right hand and, with one shot, kills the flame again!

I never did put the lights out but did manage to kiss the candlestick once.

Mr. Mudd took me to school that evening. LOL!
What a blast.

Mudd · April 02, 2015, 07:36:00 PM

Hahaha!! I see we have different memories.

1st arrow...snuff

2nd arrow...snuff

3rd arrow...snuff

Grand total of snuffs before the wind came up..."7"...lol

Then I started missing a few...

That little Bear "Alaskan" was shooting amazingly both right and left handed.

I can't thank you enough for such a sweet shooting piece of history.

God bless,Mudd

PS: Please forgive me for the blatant "horn tooting".

Thumper Dunker · April 02, 2015, 07:41:00 PM

Super cool.

Sam McMichael · April 03, 2015, 10:54:00 AM

What a fantastic gathering. Isn't funny that some of the more simple events create the most treasured memories?

Duker · April 03, 2015, 01:27:00 PM

Enjoyed the post

THANKS for sharing

Steve Jr · April 03, 2015, 01:48:00 PM

Sounds like you guys had a great visit. Thanks for sharing .

Mudd · April 03, 2015, 02:21:00 PM

Kai proved to be invaluable with his photography skills.

He also proved to have some natural shooting skills as well.

Warden609 · April 03, 2015, 04:30:00 PM

Great story!

Clint B. · April 09, 2015, 11:59:00 AM

Enjoyed reading this thread. I also attended the St. Clair TATO event and watched one of Byron Ferguson's shooting demonstrations. Byron was busy with meeting folks at his booth, so I visited with his 13th wife, Wanda. Their son, Zachary, recently made a fantastic Z-64 longbow for me, so I promised I would brag about it to his folks.