New Rick Welch Dakota

[TexasTrad]

My new Rick Welch Dakota Pro Hunter Recurve showed up yesterday.  I placed the order in May 2013 - it was a long wait but well worth it.  I am a big fan of Rick's bows and I have several others.  They are easy to shoot, smooth, and fast.  However, in most cases, they are not the best looking bows out there.  That is not the case with this new bow.   Rick made some improvements to his design including a revised grip which really fits my hand and a new shelf which has some radius and a groove for feather clearance.  The fit and finish is top notch and the Bacote is outstanding.  The bow is 58" and 50# at 28".  I draw the bow 29" so I think the weight at my draw should be around 52# or 53#.  I am planning to shoot Full Metal Jackets with a muzzy Phantom four blade.

[PastorSteveHill]

Very nice!!!!

Nice, Paul!!! New bows sure are fun to get! I just got a new Sarrels last Friday. We really need to find a hunt to go on to test these new sticks out!

Bisch

[RLA]

Congrats on your new bow, that's some great looking bocote!

[GANDGOLF]

Good Stuff Paul !!       Dano  

[GRAYBEARD]

Just my specs! If it doesn't fit I think it might find a home in PA!
Best of Luck, enjoy your new bow, it is the best looking Dakota I have ever seen. Killer bacote.

[Wannabe1]

Ooooooh, now that's a purdy 'un!  

[cyred4d]

That is a very nice looking bow. How does it shoot?

[TexasTrad]

Originally posted by cyred4d:
That is a very nice looking bow. How does it shoot?

It shoots great.  I haven't had a 58" bow in a while and I was a little nervous that it would stack but no problem.   It is smooth and very quiet.

[Green]

Congratulations Paul.....some pretty wood in that one!  Best of luck to you this season!

[Kyle Lancaster]

Love Bocote. Have fun.

[Steve Jr]

That's a nice looking bow    

[Gen273]

That is some killer looking bocote! Congrats on the new bow.

[Big Ed]

Very nice!

[2bird]

Nice looking bow Sir.... What do you have for nocking points? the yellow just caught my eye...

[TexasTrad]

Originally posted by 2bird:
Nice looking bow Sir.... What do you have for nocking points? the yellow just caught my eye...

It is yellow serving thread I use to tie on the nocks

[LEWIS VADEN]

That's pretty

[Keith Langford]

Very nice, cant wait to get mine, it is also all bocote, hope it looks as good as yours

[curlis]

Sweet

[Arctic Hunter]

Beautiful bow. I can't wait to get the one I ordered back in December!