Hi all,
In 2007, at an archery festival in my home state of Maryland, I picked up a 51 pound at 28 inch draw reflex deflex longbow made by Glen Parker for $275 (actually came to $200 since I traded in my featherweight recurve for it).
It is my mainstay and favorite bow till this day.
I know Glen Parker contributed to the Traditional Bowyer's Bible but other than that I can't seem to find much else about the man or his bows. I was wondering if anyone out there could tell me more about Mr. Parker and his bows? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hello MJ
No info on Mr. Parker but where are you in Md.
I'm about 20 miles NE of Baltimore.
Welcome to the site.
Hi D.,
I'm about 7 miles south of you in NE Balto. county. Always great to hear from a fellow Maryland traditional archer. Let me know if you, or any of your archer buddies know anything about Parker bows.
I don't know about the bows, But they have a Glen Parker Memorial shoot down in texas, don't know if he is still alive or not, will call my brother tomorrow, he goes to the shoot every year, so i may have some thing tomorrow. Harold :campfire: :archer2:
Glen was broadhead collector...I didn't know he made bowS!!! Would sure like to get my hands on one! We have big shoot each year..May 14-15 in Chester, Tx Had about 450 shooters last year. Look up and drop BillD a PM. He knows than anyone about Glen.
Thanks Rick and Harold for all the good info! Yup Glen made some really nice bows in my humble opinion. I found out from poking around online that the Gray Wolf recurve he made was particularly popular. I have the Stalker longbow.
Went on www.Texasbowhunter.com (http://www.texasbowhunter.com) and found out that he unfortunately passed away from cancer back in 1993. See: http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9114
It sounded like he was quite the toxophilite and participated in nearly every aspect of the sport. I think its a shame though there is no tribute site or even an archive site showing some of his bows and broadheads. I think it would be a great tribute to Glen to start something like that. I know I'd like to see more of the bows he made. The site may even be a good idea for people who knew him and like to reminisce.