This was my first real bow. 58" 35lb @28"

I have owned it for 30 years and as a young teenager it was my constant companion, I must have shot it for around 3 hours a day for several years. I have used it to introduce people into bows and hunting. It has been lent to people, shot by beginners, stored badly, and generally used and abused for most of its life.
Last week I got it out for a friend to shoot who had not used a bow since childhood, she had a great time, but to me the bow didn't seem to be punching out the arrows like it should. I left it strung overnight and in the morning this is what I found.
 





It is sad but at least it had a long and useful life.

I will miss it, no other bow felt quite as natural in my hand as this one.
Not sure what to do with it now as it would be wrong to throw it out, I may incorporate it into a bow rack so it stays with me.

Please accept my condolences for your loss!

I'm sure you thought that headline was clever...

Oooo.  That hurts just to look at.  I live in fear of that with a couple of mine but better they should die the Norse way (in battle or action) than live on "in that gray twilight that knows neither victory or defeat" (thank you Teddy R.)


(PS - I'm still hurting because I had to euthanize a good friend of 15 years last Tuesday and that topic header is a cold ploy).

Sorry Biggie, maybe a little over the top with the title. Didn't mean to alarm anyone.

Thanks GR.
Great quote there Stumpkiller! And I agree better to go being used than fade away.

I am glad it let go overnight not when it was being shot though, I would hate for someone to get hurt!

QuoteOriginally posted by Stumpkiller:

(PS - I'm still hurting because I had to euthanize a good friend of 15 years last Tuesday and that topic header is a cold ploy).

Sorry to hear that, I know how much that hurts.

Sorry to hear that too, but look on the bright side...at least it didn't break while you were shooting it.

Sorry for your loss,but I am sure you can still do something,try to ask Mike Micredy.

I was gonna say...

Them's the "Breaks".


But I think I'll just say...

Sorry.


The bow rack idea sounds like a good way to go.