One Month on the Wagon!

San Juan Slim · May 24, 2008, 10:52:00 PM

Today marks one month since I viewed my last classified here on Trad Gang. I had to swear off the classifieds because too many packages were showing up in my PO Box. Longbows hanging in my garage/shop seemed to be multiplying with new ones showing up every few months--not to mention a bin that seemed to be sprouting wood shafts.

Maybe next week I'll try bidding on some St. Judes auction items. I hope it doesn't cause me to fall off.

Mike

4-fletch · May 25, 2008, 02:34:00 AM

MIKE IF THINGS GET TO BAD YOU CAN SEND IT TO MY HOUSE.L O L.THERE IS TEMPTATION EVERYDAY ON THE CLASSIFIEDS.GOOD LUCK. JAMES

Ray · May 25, 2008, 07:11:00 AM

Hang in there,you can kick that nasty habbit(LOL).

swp · May 25, 2008, 10:35:00 AM

"He who dies with the most stuff wins!"

Good luck on beating your addiction Mike the next week or so will be a good test for you.

BowHuntingFool · May 25, 2008, 07:20:00 PM

You know they say when you fall off the wagon, you fall off hard!

SOS · May 25, 2008, 08:32:00 PM

Slim,

The best way to keep from buying bows, is to.....

wait for it.....

start building them! Once you've built your own bow that's a shooter, hard to want to plunk down money for someone else's handiwork.

Of course the packages start rolling in from Binghams then....LOL!

Snakeeater · May 25, 2008, 09:58:00 PM

Or, he could donate some of them to the St. Jude's Auction!!! You'll be doing good and making your wife happy.

Sorry Mike, I just had to go for it.

Toklat1 · May 26, 2008, 12:02:00 AM

"Get all you can, can all you get, and then, sit on the can!" :D

JL · May 26, 2008, 12:07:00 AM

Dude, if you could put that resistance in the form of a patch...you would be a rich man.

Just think, then you could hang there day and night...

JL

San Juan Slim · May 26, 2008, 10:32:00 AM

SOS--I tried returning your PM but your mailbox is full!

Larry--I went to Buddy's when I was in Annapolis a few year's back. Is it still there? Eating is another of my vises. That's why elk season can't get here soon enough so I can lose a few pounds.

Here's a couple of pix of some things I picked up on the classifieds before I gave it up:

This is a 15 Anniversary Big Horn Ram Hunter Longbow--62" and 62#@28". It shoots very nice.

And here are some tapered cedar shafts I got from the TG classifieds. They are nock and point tapered with a Wood Chuck I got here and the feathers were burned with a Young Burner that was also purchased here. They will be carried this fall in a Cat Quiver IV that I got from the classifieds. And I will pull the string back with a buffalo Big Shot glove I got here as well--not to mention the custom armguard I bought here too. Oh, and I'll be wearing a Day One fleece pullover purchased in the clothing section. The arrows will be tipped with one of the many 160 grain Grizzly heads I purchsed last year from the TG classifieds.

Am I hooked or what? It's a wonder I was ever able to shoot my longbow or hunt at all before I discovered the classifieds. I actually have been shooting and hunting with trad equipment for more than 20 years--even making arrows and strings. I just didn't know I needed all this extra stuff until I discovered Trad Gang.

Mike