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Thursday, April 29, 2010

(P) Robin of the Hood!!

My Dad has been shooting his original Winners Choice bowstring on his current bow for three seasons and I knew it was time for a new one. When I checked his old string I was shocked to see it almost cut in half. Apparently at the end of last deer season, Dad had his bow in the ATV bow holder, which is mounted on the front of his Polaris Sportsman. Somehow the bow rattled loose and the string came in contact with the machine fraying it. The bowstring looked pretty bad so I asked Dad not to shoot his bow until we could get him a new one.

A few weeks later was Dad's birthday, so I ordered him a new Winner's Choice string and cable. Now if you know my family, you know we are HUGE Green Bay Packer fans (especially Dad). I decided to custom order his string and cable to be the colors of the Packers. I knew Dad would think that was cool and make his bow unique.

The other day Dad finally found some free time to have his new string and cable installed on his bow. The archery technician was very helpful and did a good job setting up his bow. Once everything was set up it was time to shoot a few arrows and make sure the peep was in the correct place. Dad shot his first arrow which ended up hitting the bullseye of the target. Dad shot a second arrow that almost grazed the shaft of the first one, still in the bullseye. The technician said, "One more shot like that and you are good to go!" Dad shot a third arrow and placed it right down the center of the shaft of his first arrow. He had his first Robin Hood!

Another archery technician, located in another room, heard the shot and came running in the room. As he approached he kept asking if Dad had Robin Hooded his first arrow. He said it sounded like a Robin Hood shot in the other room. Dad was pretty excited and so were the archery technicians. Dad was probably more excited about the Robin Hood shot than he was about his Packer green and yellow bowstring. Can you believe that? Good shooting Dad!!!!
Notice how the field point pushed the nock inside of the shaft. Wow, that is cool!

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