Hello, Tradgang (Intro)

[ArrowPlane]

Hi all,

I've been lurking around these boards for a while and I figured it was time I posted some kind of introduction before I just started randomly popping up in threads.  Looks to be quite a tight-knit group, so it seems to be good manners.

My name is Dustin, and I hail from Dallas (or thereabouts).  I'm here because I picked up archery again after moving and coming across an old recurve that was sitting in the garage.  I remembered seeing it for $4 at a garage sale some ten years back, and although I was shooting compounds at the time, you can't really pass that up.  I got bored rather quickly with sights, mechanical releases, stabilizers, and all that mess, so the compound collected dust and this recurve along with it.  In the garage it sat, through a handful of Minnesota winters (where I was living at the time), followed by four Texas summers.  I figured surely a bow that was clearly somewhat aged, and having been through all that to be unshootable, but I couldn't find anything wrong with it.  I took it to a shop, and had them fit a string to it and check it out for me, and it was pronounced straight and true as the day it was made.  A little direction towards the local archery club, and here I am.  That was about five months ago.

For the sake of completeness, I discovered that the bow was a Herter's International Match Hunter, 62" and #45@28".  Not the prettiest girl at the dance, but she gets the job done.  I've since acquired a bunch more bows to try and figure out what I like, and that particular one isn't in my top 3 anymore, but I'll never part with her, since she's been with me an awful long time now, and it was the best $4 I've ever spent, since it led me to this amazing hobby that's got me on the way to not only being an archer, but a fletcher and a leatherworker as well.  I've met some phenomenal people along the way, and I hope to get to know even more around here.

Thanks for being such a great group of people, and for the wealth of knowledge each and every one of you contributes to this great sport.

[huntingarcher]

Welcome to the  

[KYArcher]

Welcome    KYArcher

[nineworlds9]

Welcome to the 'Gang Dustin!!

[Stump73]

Welcome!

[mwosborn]

Welcome Dustin!   Great place here!

[Iron Man2]

Welcome!
I fairly new also.
JL  

[sabas silva]

Welcome Dustin, I am nearby in Grand Prairie

[bornagainbowhunter]

Welcome Dustin.

[duffer1565]

Welcome Dustin  

[Richie]

Welcome  

[David Yukon]

Welcome to camp!!
Cheers
From the Yukon!!

[So-Mo Archer]

Welcome, Dustin! Hope you enjoy the gang as much as you do shooting. Lots of great folks on here, and tons of invaluable wisdom lurking about. Have fun, and shoot straight!

[lunchbucket]

Welcome Dustin!!

[Jerry Russell]

Welcome, Dustin

[Green]

Welcome, from the Hill Country.

[Rustic]

Hi Dustin...cool story and welcome to Trad Gang  

[jcar315]

Welcome!

[KentuckyTJ]

Welcome from Kentucky!

[ARCHER2]

Welcome Brother,
Great place to hang out.
Charlie