Here is the first Pope arrow:

The first Pope arrow I got off of noted author- T.M. Hamilton, who got it off of noted artist- Remington Schuyler, who was a friend of Saxton Pope's. I've had it for over 20 years now. I have the packaging that I got it in, from Mr. Hamilton, with his handwriting on it.

 

 

Very nice!

The second Saxton Pope arrow, I also got off of Gene Wensel. Gene did a story on an identical arrow that he used to take a doe, in Traditional Bowhunter magazine. It was actually one he took to Africa, in 1926, I believe it was offhand. but never used. It is a work of art!!! Fletching is Goose feathers tied with Cat gut. It comes with a Broadhead, in beautiful condition. The only flaws are a slight flake off of the nock and a little spot in the fletching that was like that when I got it. The nocks are BONE reinforced. Also has a Gold crest put on it by Mr. Pope. It also has a number written on it. Don't know if Mr. Pope or someone else put this on, but I'd assume it was Mr. Pope. It is a real BEAUTY!!!

 

 

 

 

Some real history in those last posts. It would be very cool to own something like those bows/arrows.

Good to be able to this these fine pieces of history. Very nice! Very nice, indeed!

thanks for sharing the pics of the bows and arrows, so awesome to see the connection with our hero's and lecacy of the way of life.

Thanks for sharing these photos and stories!!  Very cool!!!

Brad,
Unfortunately I don't have any hero pics to post yet this year. I have hunted with my HH on almost all of my hunts. I have had a lot of close encounters but I only had one shot opportunity so far that resulted in a miss when the doe ducked as I shot. She looked right at me as I was drawing. As you know it it gun season now but I am still hunting with my HH. I hope your season is going well.

First off great history there, thank you for posting those pics.  Secondly, Shawn got a new JD Berry Misty Dawn in and asked if I would post the pics in this thread so for you viewing pleasure I present the first String Follow JD Berry in about 20 years.

a few more.

Hey Brian,

What do you think about those limbs ... are they trapped like a Vixen?

Bob.

Greg,

Thank you for showing them here!

Brianlocal3,

That is a great looking bow!!!

Bob b the limbs will be trapped on these bows unless u didnt want em. James is pretty flexible. And this bow shoots great.  I have a vixen too.

This is not my bow ( I wish ) , it's shawns and unfortunately I don't have the ability to shoot it.
Bob I think Shawn answered about the trap

I really like that purple heart riser on that Misty Dawn string-follow Shawn!

How does your Misty Dawn compare to your Vixen?  Pat B. has reported some great results with his Vixen.

For comparison I have shot (am shooting) both the NM Classic and NM Shelton and find their performance to be very comparable.  I would guess that Misty Dawn and Vixen are similar unless there is a significant difference in draw weight or are there major differences in limb construction?

Enjoy!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

Nice bow Shawn!

Here's my latest; got it in a trade with Coaster 500. This one's a beaut; 64", 50@28, a limited edition 'Longbowman's Choice" with yew and carbon. After I adjusted the nock point to fit me, the bow shoots lasers with my wood arrows. A couple of pics:



These HH bows are truly addictive, but I don't consider that a bad thing.

Shinken : my vixen is over 10 #'s heavier so its hard to compare the misty dawn and vixen. However i do have a shelton about the same weight and the misty dawn seems smoother and softer on the release.  My vixen and my misty dawn are my two i shoot the best, if that says anything.

Hey guys, I recently called Dan Toelke to ask him a few questions about his D bow. He said he would just send me one in my specs to shoot for a while. Long story short, I sent him the money for it the other day after being unable to stop shooting it for the past 3 weeks. I believe I may be infected. Further symptoms include ordering a Northern Mist Shelton the other day. This thread is the reason for my initial interest which then led to my first exposure at the hands of Mr. Toelke. Guess I'm a goner for sure now!