Howard hill cheeta --Howy when i am shooting good--sob when I'm not.

"RATIRONTAK" Mohawk word for "people who eat bark" or Adirondacks. If I don't shoot my first deer soon, I might have to eat bark soon with this economy!

Not real entertaining, but my Kanati's knicknamed "Thud" - becuase that's all I hear when the arrow smacks home.

I'm in hopes to name my new kajika stik from JD Lund  old smokey for the recurve and old smokey II for the longbow limbs as this is an action grey bow(smoke color) and I quit smoking to buy this bow! My wife came up with it on one of our hikes!!

Two of Chad Francis' Lost Creek longbows...

Hey Spence, I remember that stave. I hope she still shoots for you.    

I have only named one bow. John Scifres made a selfbow for an elk hunt we went on in '02. I eventually called it Ittai after one of King David's "mighty men" chronicled in 2 Samuel, 15:18-22. Ittai's devotion to David also describes my friendship and brotherhood with John.

My wife named my Widow "Angelina" because I said it was sexy.

Currently shooting a zipper standard riser  (aka widow maker).

my t/d hill is call "Gut Pile" because if i do my part the bow does his part there will be a gut pile.

I call my GN fireball, Invictus.  The poem with the same name became my platoons battle cry in Iraq. It means unconquerable ,or invincible in latin and since every time I think I've got my shooting figured out, I find something to improve, I figured it fit.

1. Beautiful 68" Big 5 is my favorite at 82# I call "SSWya" for Smokin Skunk Whistle.

I named mine O'snapp

"Twilight and Mist"   From the song title, plus it's when and where I do most of my hunting in these eastern VA swamps...

Widow Osage Longbow name.

THE QUICK AN THE DEAD

 

DH Mamba named "The Teacher"

Someone once told me that a bow has to earn its name. The ones I have right now, currently have no names.

However, I am having one built that will be marked "Wood Runner" on the limbs because, it will be the bow that I do most of my running around in the woods with when I receive it. The others will just have to bide there time and find there personality.

Heres Running Dog my old AMF wing 58" 60@28"

And heres thumper dunker my old howitt 58"55@28"

Thumpers my to go bow. Nothing fancy.

I have a 60" Pronghorn that's been owned by at least two folks before me.
The name on the bow is "Jim Johns", so that's what I call him.

The Black Widow that has killed 2 deer for me is 'Widow Claw'
Hummingbird Longbow with spalted Maple limbs that have Ambrosia Beetle holes in wood is 'Wormwood'
Roy