Annual Give Away Prize Pot

[sleek]

Up for grabs at the winners choice will be:

A bow built by myself for the winner

A bow built and donated by Eric Krewson

[Pat B]

I have a bow I will offer that has a lot of PA history. I made a copy of Jay Massey's Medicine Bow, a 60" sinew backed hickory bow with rawhide covering. Jay has always been one of my archery heroes. This bow is 60" t/t, 58#@26" and I built it in 2005. The interesting and historic thing about this bow is every part of it came from someone else, most PA members, all I did was put it all together. The hickory came from Steve Parker(Hillbilly), deer sinew from Glenn Doane(my inspiration for making this Jay Massey copy), emu sinew from David Knight, deer rawhide from James Nguyen c/o Eddie Parker(mullet), brain tanned handle wraps from Jamie Leffler, cow horn strike plate from Alan Brown, String silencers from Art Butner(artcher1),paint from Marcia Brennan(my wife), and hide glue from Vinson Minor.
 I offered this bow to any of the contributes to use in a hunt. Jamie Leffler killed a doe in Connecticut Oct/06 with a horseweed arrow and stone head and Eddie Parker(mullet) an Osceola turkey in Oct/07. I believe I made the B-50 string. I have all of this info documented on the bow.
 I'll take some pics later today and add them here.

[Pappy]

Great, I will be glad to offer up a bow or maybe a knife if I can ever get back home. Sounds like some great giveaways. I will be in touch Sleek. Pappy

[JW_Halverson]

Wow, Pat! I have heard of this legendary bow! It's simply dripping with mojo. Wow!

[Pat B]

Yeah, John, it was a fun project and the community effort was amazing. It's time to pass it on. 

[Pappy]

Beautiful bow Pat, that was just before my time but remember seeing it. Jays book was one of my first books. Pappy

[Pat B]

Pappy, I have 2 of Jay's books he signed to me; the Bowyers Craft(1987) and the Book of Primitive Archery(1990). Prized in my collection of archery books.

[Pappy]

Ya mine was bowyer craft signed  , lent it to someone to read and never got it back and can’t remember who it was, that ended my days of lending books. 🤔😒 Pappy

[sleek]

I have a bow I will offer that has a lot of PA history. I made a copy of Jay Massey's Medicine Bow, a 60" sinew backed hickory bow with rawhide covering. Jay has always been one of my archery heroes. This bow is 60" t/t, 58#@26" and I built it in 2005. The interesting and historic thing about this bow is every part of it came from someone else, most PA members, all I did was put it all together. The hickory came from Steve Parker(Hillbilly), deer sinew from Glenn Doane(my inspiration for making this Jay Massey copy), emu sinew from David Knight, deer rawhide from James Nguyen c/o Eddie Parker(mullet), brain tanned handle wraps from Jamie Leffler, cow horn strike plate from Alan Brown, String silencers from Art Butner(artcher1),paint from Marcia Brennan(my wife), and hide glue from Vinson Minor.
 I offered this bow to any of the contributes to use in a hunt. Jamie Leffler killed a doe in Connecticut Oct/06 with a horseweed arrow and stone head and Eddie Parker(mullet) an Osceola turkey in Oct/07. I believe I made the B-50 string. I have all of this info documented on the bow.
 I'll take some pics later today and add them here.

I had heard of and read about this storied bow. I could never part with that bow, and you offering it up is something very special. Thank you so much! Whoever chooses this bow out the pot will certainly be getting a very valuable piece of this community.

[Pat B]

Kevin, I have a few other bows, maybe not as storied as this one but it makes my wife happy to see some of them disappear. 
 My next offer will be from a stave I got from the guy that started BOM, Don Berg. Good story there too.