PBS Banquet Donations

[Kevin Bahr]

Wow!  Amazing!  Awesome!  
These are just a few words that describe some of the very generous donations for the upcoming PBS Banquet thus far.  We can still use more, if you are so inclined.  
I just learned of a special "PBS 2008" knife donated by M.S. Jay Hendrickson.  Words cannot do it justice but for starters it has a Curly & Bird's Eye mixed maple handle, it is a clip point hunter and has fine silver inlays of PBS on one side of handle and 2008 on the other side.  It is a beauty!  
For more information on the PBS Banquet, email me at bahrnone@insightbb.com or visit our website.  Information can be viewed on the "Traditional Events" section of Tradgang. Or you can email the PBS Office at: probohunters@adelphia.net  or probowhunters@roadrunner.net  
Thank you very much to Terry Green for allowing PBS to use the Tradgang forum to generate some more interest in PBS and the Banquet.

[Kevin Bahr]

Several donated hunts so far:  Dries Visser Safaris has once again made a very generous donation.

[Greg Szalewski]

Kevin, I just finished sanding the riser on the 48 inch youth take down recurve I am making. I just got on the site because I am waiting for the glue on the tip overlays to harden, so I have a good start. Be sure to look for it, some youngster is going to get a sharp little bow. I pretty much copied the one I had made for my kids, but made the grip smaller. Boy they got a lot of use out of that bow.
Karen is making a cross stitch picture called Wild Wonders for the ladies luncheon. Greg

[Greg in Delton MI]

We have over 20 custom bows coming is so far and several still to confirm... Lots of eye-candy for the discriminating Trad-ganger!

[Kevin Bahr]

Just got an email from John Havard.  He and his partner Larry Hanify have donated one of their ACS longbows for the PBS Sat. nite auction.  Awesome!

[Kevin Bahr]

A bowhunt in Namibia from Gert Coetzee at UIB Namibia...

[8th Dwarf]

Sounds like it is going to be another great convention!

Too Short

[Kevin Bahr]

Yep, it sure does, Paul.  Hope you can make it!  Maybe you can bid on the New Zealand tahr hunt arranged and donated through Councilman Jim Akenson...

[inrut]

Kevin,
I just sent the info to Greg Darling about the Take Down Recurve that I'm building for the banquet. Hope to see you there.
Monte Dunaway

[Doug Campbell]

Well even if Karen and I can't make it I'll be sending another damascus knife. The handle scales will be ibex horn courtesy of one Mr Steve Hohensee.

[Kevin Bahr]

AWESOME, Doug!  Looks like this banquet is going to cost me some money, again...better start working some OT I guess.  

Monte, that's great!  Looking forward to seeing you there!  I just hunted over the past weekend with my younger brother that has one of your take-downs.

[8th Dwarf]

I donated a self bow, too.  It shoots really well, so I hope it finds a good home.  PBS is really something special.

Too Short

[Rick McGowan]

I hope some appreciates that Mongolian Ibex horn, it looked like Stevo and I might be doing time in a Mongolian prison for that! Also I think it ended up costing Steve about $20 a pound to get it back!

[Doug Campbell]

I wasn't going to mention that part Rick    Course when your a wildman like Steve that's the risk you take traveling to parts unknown  

[Rick McGowan]

Doug, Its not just being Steve thats risky, being in near proximity is all it takes!

[Greg in Delton MI]

There will be a Mission flag in display case with a certificate flown in Afganistan.

Donated by Associate member David Darling who has been over there with the 110th Fighter Squadron at Bagram AFB near Kabul loading bombs and ammo on A-10 Warthogs and giving Al-Queda and the Taliban hell with 30mm and 500 pound laser guided munitions.

He will be home to us on the 15th of this month!!!! He has a new little girl named Annie and she is a pure blood 8 week old Plott Hound!!

[Kevin Bahr]

AWESOME, Greg!  I think of David often.  I'm glad he is getting to come home.  Hope to see him in K'zoo.

[Kevin Bahr]

We will also have a Schafer Silvertip for auction, donated by Beth and Dave Windauer...

[Kevin Bahr]

A framed print of Gene Wensel's deer affectionately known as "Woody"...

[Greg in Delton MI]

A Black Swan T/D bow, now by Norb Mullany's bow testing report the fastest most efficient trad bows ever