Congrats  

Lots of Mojo in that story. Way to go   .
Terry

not sure how i missed this one.    
Great story, and a beautiful beast! Congratulations Sir!  

Stone points... Fantastic!

Hey, I spoke of the head a bit, but should give a little shout for the bowyer as well.  Scott Nicholson (Jumper) from North Pole, AK made it for me.  It is  shooter too!  He has taken many measures to get above average performance out of a very forgiving bow that is good in the hand and little if any hand shock.

The bow is bamboo core limbs with cocobolo veneers, quilted maple riser and moose antler tip and riser overlays.  Looks as good as it shoots.

To practice I had one shaft out of the same dozen I hafted the stone point to and mounted a field tip on it.  I figured after the glue and sinew were added through the hafting process this head weighed about 125 grains.  I had little time to practice and limited my shots to less than ten yards.  I felt good at fifteen, but ten and under were no worries.  I punched the target nearly everyday for a few weeks before the shot came and this process worked out in the long run.

I called Scott from the woods to let him know and caught him walking out of the grocery store with his wife.  She was excited when he told her the news, but insisted at -42F the rest of the story could wait until the groceries were loaded and they were in the car!

I did not realize it, but this was the first blood drawn with one of his bows.  It just kept getting sweeter as this one unfolded.  Another reason shared by manny of you that keeps us drawn to the Traditional way of the hunting experience.

To stay brief I will hit the enter button and add a few more ingredients to the pot later.

Thanks again for the Congrats folks!

Congrats again buddy, that's awesome!!

Hey Charles where were this weekend? We missed ya at the Indiana bunny hunt in atterbury

I was cutting wood.  We had a large Maple die that was about fifteen feet from the NW corner of our house.  The power company cut it down while I was at the ATA and this weekend was time to put it in the garage to feed the woodstove.  

Trust me...if I could have been there I would have.  I have been reading here a time or two through the weekend between loads keeping up on the good time you all had.

Thanks for thinkning of me!