An old man, a longbow, and apple flavored tobacco

[gregg dudley]

Man that was cool!

[Wiley Coyote]

Great memories...........      

[elknutz]

[roundbal]

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing.

[Drewster]

Great story.  I hope I can leave a positive impact on someone like that.

[Butch Speer]

Really something to remember!

[KSshrewman]

What a great story.  I got a kick out of it...as I'm gettin old, shoot a longbow,...and chew apple flavored tobacco......: > )

[KSshrewman]

What a great story.  I got a kick out of it...as I'm gettin old, shoot a longbow,...and chew apple flavored tobacco......: > )

[JMR]

Great story!  I could see that bow bouncing along in my mind and my heart skipped a beat for you even though it happened 30 years ago.

[braveraven]

You have a good heart.  I suspect that one of these days you will be the Old man,with his longbow and you'll pass it on.  The circle will then be complete.

[braveraven]

You have a good heart.  I suspect one of these days you'll become the Old man and his longbow and you'll pass it on.  The circle will then be complete.

[Roy from Pa]

Very cool story.

[Thumper Dunker]

Thats too cool.  

[acolobowhunter]

Reminds me of an old man I met on a stream in Montana.  I was just learning to fly fish and I couldn't get the line through the small fly eyelet.  He tied my fly on as he smoked his pipe and told me if I needed glasses to not be vain and get some.  He sent me to the stream below us and I caught a nice rainbow.  I will never forget him.  We can all learn from our elders - now I am one.

[SELFBOW19953]

Cool story.  Imagine how awesome it would be if you got a response that said, "Yep, I remember that day, too, couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry."

[solobowhunter]

I absolutely love this kind of real life experience. Thanks for sharing!

[Roughrider]

Maybe we can all work a little at being that "ol' man".

[3Feathers]

Great story,thanks for sharing...............

[moleman]

Well said Roughrider! Whenever interest is shown, we should all be willing to share what we know.
As we get older and gain experience, the greatest gift that we have to share is knowledge,.....Pass it on.

[Roadkill]

Be that man to another, in this sports and/ or others.  It is how the tradition is handed down.   You have no idea how blessed that man felt -you made a memory for him, too.