I meet Killdeer

Yellow Dog · January 30, 2012, 07:25:00 PM

As I've done for the last three years I took a 1/2 days vacation and headed from work for the three hour drive to Kalamazoo. I've been attending this gathering almost yearly since it started in Hastings in the early 90's. I had a mental checklist of what I wanted to do Friday before I had to make the return trip back home around 7:00pm. The note on the door said "Please no back quivers". No problem, I left it and my arrows in the truck, by design I brought limited funds so I could shoot some bows but not purchase. I'm an admitted "bowaholic", I'm like a junkie in a crackhouse in a place like this! On my drive down my wife called me and asked "what's that long tube on the front porch?" I told her not to worry about it. It's just "another Griffin". My checklist.

Take lot's of pictures, hard to do when I left my camera at home :(

Stop at Chad Holmes booth and pick up one of Scott Teaschner's leather "works of art" in a armgaurd, Snakeskin on Chestnut

adkmountainken · January 30, 2012, 07:29:00 PM

she's ok i guess for a girl...

David Bartholomew · January 30, 2012, 07:48:00 PM

With all these compliments, I wonder if she'll ever be the same at the BBTC campfire.

Also, if I understand correctly from Silver_Wolf, Killy took possession of three(3) more bows.

But, being the good guy that I am... I willing to assist her by offering her a storage area (for the bows) at an undisclosed location of my choice.

Killdeer · January 30, 2012, 08:13:00 PM

Thanks, Dave.

Thankfully, he didn't recognize who everybody was talking about.
Killdeer

ber643 · January 30, 2012, 08:20:00 PM

Are you guys really sure that was our Killy you met and are talking about???

(Duck - Incoming)

Just kidding, she is everything y'all said, and much, much more. As is well known on here she and I have enjoyed a goodly number of shoots together (not near enough, never enough), and hope to enjoy more. So glad she got to go to K'zoo, know it is something she has wanted to do. I will definitely save that pic of her and Ron - know it was as big for her as it was for him.

By the way, here's a tip for future reference, if you see someone and you think it's Killie, if she's trying out a lot of bows, buying wood arrows or knives, or shooting the ranges, and is shorter than you thought she'd be

- it's a good chance it's her, bless her heart. Say, "Hey," to her, you won't regret it (as long as you don't "rudely" interrupt her - LOL)

Wish I could have been there too.

(Thanks for the heads-up on this thread, Don ,batman, wouldn't have wanted to miss it.)

owlbait · January 30, 2012, 08:23:00 PM

Bernie, 2 icons like you and Killy at Kazoo at one time? I think the snow would've melted and the sky would fill with rainbows!

njloco · January 30, 2012, 08:33:00 PM

She's great!, not to out do anyone, but I not only got to shoot with her, I got to shoot her new bow, and a real beauty at that, the bow and the gal.

ber643 · January 30, 2012, 08:37:00 PM

What a kind thing to say, owlbait. (Ithink -

-LOL)

Whip · January 30, 2012, 08:38:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Ron LaClair:
She was a real hoot and one of those kind of people that when you first meet them it seems like you've know them all of your life.

As we were driving home yesterday those were my words exactly.

Sometimes we form images in our minds about what someone is like without ever having met them based soley on impressions formed here. Then when you finally met in person they end up being something completely different. Not so with Killdeer. She is exactly what I had expected, (Well, maybe not quite as tall

) and the words that flow from her mouth are often as profound as the ones that she writes.

It was one of the highlights of a great weekend, and I look forward to the next time we meet.

bentpole · January 30, 2012, 08:41:00 PM

David Bartholomew · January 30, 2012, 08:44:00 PM

See Kath, I knew I could help!

lpcjon2 · January 30, 2012, 08:48:00 PM

Killie, they make you sound like the Raquel Welsh of Trad Gang....Whooo Hoooo!!!

larry · January 30, 2012, 08:51:00 PM

yeah, she's a good gal, but I would advise against letting her shoot your bow

frank bullitt · January 30, 2012, 09:01:00 PM

"she was a real hoot"....

Yeah, she's a "wise" o... owl, for sure!

Irish · January 30, 2012, 09:06:00 PM

Always wanted to meet her, got my chance this weekend!!! I think it was the highlight of my trip!!! (I am serious) Well, along with the new Zipper that I found in the trunk of the car when I got home. :D

BOWMARKS · January 30, 2012, 09:08:00 PM

Talked with her also a great young lady!!!!

MikeW · January 30, 2012, 09:45:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Ron LaClair:
I met Kathy on Friday and I didn't know whether to shake her hand or give her a hug..

"Just relax until you and the Cognac become as one" (Killdeer)

Don't ya just love it when you meet someone like that? But then you have to say good bye, and I prefer "see you later" or "until the next time"

Fletcher · January 30, 2012, 10:50:00 PM

Meeting Killdeer was one of the many privileges and pleasures of K'zoo this year. I was shooting a GN Lil Creep and turned around to see Killie waiting her turn with a Black Widow in her hand.

Saturday dinner at Fat Tony's with Whip, Smoke1953, Killdeer, Smiley, my wife Madeline and myself

Killdeer, Whip and Daryl Harding at the Fairfield lobby after hours.

Ron LaClair · January 30, 2012, 11:08:00 PM

QuoteKilldeer, Whip and Daryl Harding at the Fairfield lobby after hours.

So you were the rowdy's that woke me up...

..

.. I was right above you on the 2nd floor...

Whip · January 30, 2012, 11:52:00 PM

No, it wasn't the three of us Ron. But if you need names I think I could help you out