Wow! I just read through all 42 pages while listening to some old forgotten Johnny Cash. That was cool. Keep it coming guys.

I thought that was you on that Kustom King catalog cover, only bc of being a lefty though.

Thanks to JDS3 for bumping this thread. I just spent a long while going through the pages. Thanks to all who added pics. Ron and Charlie, I hope one day I can have even a fraction of the  memories and pictures that you guys have. Thanks for sharing, it made my day looking through those pictures. And by all means, if you have any more, please share.

Ron, were you still using suction cup arrows?  :confused:  
Killdeer  

Troy, What year was the Hill photo?

Ron,

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"

Bob Dillon

Quote"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"

Big E, My favorite lyrics.  

Killy, I was using HTM blunts....cheaters for bustin aspirins.    :rolleyes:

This one doesn't seem that long ago...it was 1990 on the Bloody Grand River. My friend that was with me that day in my Birch Bark canoe has gone on to the the big river in the sky. We were both wearing "Breech Clouts" (Loin cloths) and Our primitive bows were in the canoe between us.

 

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I could spend all day on this thread. Thanks for sharing, everyone.

I've just spent all day on this thread!!! HUGE HISTORY LESSON FOR MANY OF US.

The truth be told of the "old timers" too many of the stories are not written down, and too few get passed on.

Thanks to all of you for making your print on the pages of history.

Interesting thread, enjoyed the pics and stories. I don't have quite the history as Ron and Charlie but will try to post some old pics later.

TTT.... not ready to let this one fade away.  Can't believe the old memories that have been stirred with this thread.  God how I would like to go back and do it all again.  Thanks to all that have shared their past in this great thread!

Ron, if ya got anymore old pics, please post them. This is a great thread. Most of us only read about this stuff, you have done it ! Love that pic of the birch bark canoe and also the shot of the snow, buck and canoe. Awesome sight of the snow, the buck being brought home in a canoe.    

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Ron
You take the best photos! Thanks for sharing!
 

Ron,

Thats a cool pic of "Kirk Douglas" shooting a longbow a few posts back  :D

Back to the top for awhile, I just can't get enough of this one!

Ive looked through all 42 pages of this thread three times.
My all time favorite

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Just finished every page, AWESOME!!!

I was just finishing my work day and was checking in before heading out to cast some arrows when I found this thread - thanks to those who bumped it up.  Now, 2 and a half hours later it's too dark to shoot but I can't think of a better excuse for missing practice than this.

The year after I got my first bow I got my first copy of The Archer's Bible.  I was 6.  I remember how enthralled I was by that book and how I would have dreams about hunting and shooting.  Sometimes I would just look at the pictures and imagine great adventures.  Me, the mighty hunter providing food and protection for the town with nothing more than my yellow glass bow, cedar arrows and Barlow pocket knife.  Indeed.

This has been the most nostalgic and inspirational thing I have seen in a long time.

Thank you guys for this.  It's better than the book.