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09-10-2009, 11:57 AM
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New old bow coming home today or tomorrow
I was in the archery shop (what there is of one nowdays) in the town were I work yesterday and the British Bowyer they have on staff (in East Texas) and I got to BSing about bows. I told him about me preferring to finger shoot and he says (in that cheeky British accent) "ah well I have just the thing for you if you are a finger shooter". He pulls out an older split limb hoyt with a axle to axle of 44 (or maybe he said 48 I cant remember I was in dreamy land at the time) that has been well used. They got it for next to nothing on a trade-in because the plastic bits between the riser and the limbs had cracked in two places. They contacted Hoyt who said "well that shouldn't have happened" and sent them the replacement bits for free despite it being an older bow. The bow has been fully inspected and other than needing a new string and the bits replaced it is in GREAT shape. I asked him what they were going to ask for it and I was told between $100-$125 dollars US. I am first on the list for it, and he thinks he will have it finished by this afternoon. As long as the price stays in that range she is coming home with me! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
I figured my wife was going to kill me when I called and told her but she just sighed and said that if I didn't have enough cash on me to pick it up today she would pull some out this afternoon and I could pick it up tomorrow. I love that woman, I really REALLY do. GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004 
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09-10-2009, 01:52 PM
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Congratulations on a Hoyt
Well, well my Son, glad you got the new (old) bow coming home.
Even an old Hoyt is a very good bow. I know now that I finally got my old Hoyt. Hope it shoots straight for you, can't wait to see it. Keep me posted as to how it slings them shafts. Talk to later tonight.
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09-11-2009, 01:55 PM
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wellllll crud they have not gotten to it yet, so it will be monday. Thats my luck.
GoodOlBoy
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09-11-2009, 04:30 PM
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Gonna make for a lllooooonnnnnggggg weekend! Congrats on the bow!
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09-11-2009, 05:30 PM
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Thanks, I will feel more comfortable once it is actually in my grubby little hands. . . .
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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09-15-2009, 02:23 PM
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Are your Grubby Little Hands more comfortable now?
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Bulletpusher Archer's do it Standing Up! God's Not Dead! The Republic of Texas In life, you won't go far unless you know where the gopher holes are. "From the Sayings of Wisdom from the Clan Varley" Lo do they call to me. They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever. "My greatest fear is that my sins will come back to haunt me", Mel Gibson from the Patriot.
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09-15-2009, 05:41 PM
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Yep got her at lunch today. Draw was set at a mild 53 inches and 68 pounds so I had the bowyer reduce it to 29.5 inches and 58.5 pounds. BTW I am not exaggerating by much on the draw I had the string pulled back behind my head was drawn as far as I could and hadn't hit the breakover yet. . . . . SHEESH who traded this thing in a member of the national Sasquatch bow shooters society??????
Anyway it is an older Hoyt Protec with a 45"+ axle to axle. A little faded, but we will see how she shoots. GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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09-15-2009, 07:16 PM
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As they say in the old country Good O. Now all we have to do is find Hoyt's for your two brothers and we will all have one. Man what a life.
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Bulletpusher Archer's do it Standing Up! God's Not Dead! The Republic of Texas In life, you won't go far unless you know where the gopher holes are. "From the Sayings of Wisdom from the Clan Varley" Lo do they call to me. They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever. "My greatest fear is that my sins will come back to haunt me", Mel Gibson from the Patriot.
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09-21-2009, 12:10 PM
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definitely need a arrow rest, and need to get a better bowyer to look at it. While I was shooting it this weekend the draw opened back up on its own. Now a great sign I would say.
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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