There has been some confusion about posting links here on the message board. This post is to clarify this rule. External links to PA advertisers may be posted. This includes posting active links,
http://www.primitivearcher.com that may be clicked on and take you to the site, and inactive links primitivearcher.com that can be copied and pasted into the browser to take someone to the site. Posting the website of a non-advertising business is against the rules.
Please think of it this way; How would you feel if I offered a premium snakey osage stave to everyone on the forum for FREE, but told you to pay $400 for your stave. We are asking advertisers to pay for their ad, so we cannot give a free one to everyone else.
Informational only sites like George's
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/archer.html and others like it, THAT DO NOT HAVE ITEMS FOR SALE can be posted without violating this rule. You can also send the link to a moderator or administrator who will ad them to the list of educational sites under the library section.
The advertisers are facing a hard economy and are pulling their ads to try to save money. Please support them when you need to purchase something, and please tell them you appreciate them supporting Primitive Archer magazine because their advertising dollars are helping to keep this forum so we can keep making great new friends and keep in touch with old ones. I know I wouldn't enjoy bow building near as much without my friends here on the message boards.
A list of advertisers can be found here.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/board,35.0.htmlIf you have any questions please ask, or feel free to PM me and I will try to answer them.