History has been made! Congratulations Alan Case!

[JW_Halverson]

here is an interesting article about his efforts

Where?

[bjrogg]

I don’t see it either.

Bjrogg

[willie]

article

the word "article" above in blue and underlined is a link. just click on it

[WhistlingBadger]

That was an interesting read, Willie.  Thanks.

[loefflerchuck]

By the way, he found an arrow from a past year that was further than his official record of about 1.18 miles? The lost arrow shot was almost 1.25 miles. Alan is the only person I have met who has a specific form of synesthesia where he can tap an arrow and listen to the tone it makes to tell if it is tuned properly for optimal flight with a specific weight bow. I’ve also seen him tap a bow to tell the draw weight by the tone it makes.

[sleek]

I guarantee he has shot further. He has broken the record likely for several years, just he was never able to find those arrows. Dedicating time to find them is the hard part.

I heard he can flick the bow string and tell you how far it will shoot. The man is a genius.

[Selfbowman]

He impresses me all the time but tapping the string to tell how far it will go ? Well I’m going to have to hear that from him with a straight face. 🤠🤠🤠

[avcase]

I am slow getting in this thread.  Thank you all so much even though the equipment was not all made with organic materials.  It means a lot to me!

Alan

[JW_Halverson]

I am slow getting in this thread.  Thank you all so much even though the equipment was not all made with organic materials.  It means a lot to me!

Alan

By my count, that takes nothing from the shining glory that surrounds your new record.

[Selfbowman]

Well it’s official now. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for someone to brake this new record. I probably. Won’t live to see it.

[Badger]

 Technologically, the record could be broken in a relatively short period of time because Allen has been fairly open about his journey. I doubt many will have the fortitude to endure lost arrows and broken equipment the way Allen has. It may never be broken. The sacrifice and dedication here are worthy of a movie! I would have Nickolas Cage play Allen.

[Pappy]

Wow that is awesome, loved the story also. I get blown away hearing of people taking that kind of shot with a rifle, but with a bow just amazing. Congrats 😊😊Pappy

[WhistlingBadger]

Technologically, the record could be broken in a relatively short period of time because Allen has been fairly open about his journey. I doubt many will have the fortitude to endure lost arrows and broken equipment the way Allen has. It may never be broken. The sacrifice and dedication here are worthy of a movie! I would have Nickolas Cage play Allen.

Yeah, I'd watch that.  It seems unlikely, but hey, if they can make a movie about Eddie the Eagle, why the heck not?

[avcase]

Carbon fiber arrows about 60 grains. Best I remember.

Hello Arvin, You are close-ish!  Hahaha!  I weighed the arrow and it is 120 grains, so a bit on the heavy side.

[avcase]

Any info on equipment used to accompli such a feat?

The design is a relatively mild-ish static take-down recurve. Strung, the length is a little over 40” Nock-to-nock. Unstrung, the tips are reflexed about 1.5”. The bending area is concentrated over a relatively short 4”-5” portion of the bow limb and the outer limb is very stiff. The maximum draw length is about the equivalent of a 24” draw on a “normal” bow, and maximum draw weight close to 300 pounds, although I never quite got it to this point. I was slowly working my way up to full draw, but ran out of time while dealing with my own nerves, mechanical failures, and having to wait out a constant series of thunderstorms.