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Who was your inspiration?

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Zuma:
Awesome replies folks. Awesome

Dalton I got my first instruction from D C's book "The Art of Flint Knapping"
back in the mid eighties. At the Natches Mound Complex gift shop.
I was lucky enough to meet him a few years ago at Flint Ridge.
He is a real nice man. We talked more about Naval battles than rocks. lol
Zuma

Zuma:
Daton F. Statts,
My first mentor in the world of archeology. One dedicated, patient man.
Dayton was avocational but the pros always called on him.
Dayton is on the left.
And the pros were always ready to give Dayton a hand.
Below is Herbert Kraft my first professional idol giving Dayton a
 hand with a burial find in NJ.
Zuma
shoo, finally got the photos correct

Little John:
My Father for the first bows and support, my great grand father for just holding and looking at his hand made ELB, Quiver, and arrows from the early Howard Hill days, Boy scouting and our old local archery club, The old Fred Bear and Ben Pearson hunting videos, books by Howard Hill, Fred Bear, Glen St'Charles, Jay Massey, Fred Asbell, authors of the Traditional Bowyers Bibles and many more, Traditional Bowhunter Magazine, Primitive Archer Magazine, and many members of this forum. The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

Zuma:
Nice post Little John. Poetic
Scott Silsby is inspirational as a knapper, hardstone master and Naturalist.
Even though he thinks the Fort Ancient giants were a possibility.
Hope we remain friends after this post. lol
Zuma

JEB:
I will  have to say, two that I knew and one that I didn't.

My mother and father got me started in archery.  I have been shooting a bow for 60 years.

 My mother was disabled and had to use crutches from age 11 years until she died in my arms at 61 as I tried to save her.  Mom had won several state archery championships during her archery career, walking every course using her crutches, all while raising 6 kids in a two bedroom home.

Dad's credentials are too long to list on here.  He was nominated for a local sports Hall of Fame and we had to come up with hard facts to support the nomination.  Dad won or placed in 300 archery tournaments, shot for Root Archery and shot for Bear Archery for 3 years and was on Bear's advisory staff for 3 years.  Dad won the mid-west national championships in 57 and 58 that was held in Chicago.

Mom and dad owned and archery shop back in the 60's called Bear Archery shop.  He closed the doors in 1968 while I was overseas in the Marines.

No-one knew how many deer dad had killed with his recurve.   I have 109 arrows that he killed deer with but that wouldn't be the  accurate count as he didn't find all of his arrows and he never used the same arrow twice to kill with. He did kill two fox and 3 bear.

The third inspiration is unknown to me.  He was the maker of the first flint point I found while roaming the desert.  That got me started in flint knapping and self bow making.

Dad and mom could have written a book about their lives and adventures.

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