Here is my first longbow made for me by Ethan of Okeena Longbows in Newbern, TN. He made the matching hunting knife to go with it as well. Ethan and I met last fall when he was in Alaska for a blacktail deer hunt. We ended up going fishing together for a day down on the Kenai River in Soldotna for silver salmon and had a blast. He named the bow "Kenai Connection" to remember that day. At 53# draw weight I hope to hunt black bear with it this spring down around Seward. It is really a beautiful bow with osage orange and coco-bolo making up the handle and Northern Catalpa in the limbs. It shoots very smooth! The knife will be used to dress out whatever game I harvest with this bow for sure! Thanks again Ethan, you are a gentleman and a true craftsman, my hat is off to you! (He is on the left in our fishing pic)
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Thats an awfully neet bow you got there chuck.. Some nice coho as well!
Thanks Frank,
Congrats on your wrestling success!
shooting any bunnies lately??
not to many bunnies. But ive been an ice fishing machine!
Did you get to see my article in the newspaper about the upset win I pulled off?
no can you send it to me?
Where are you fishing?
Nice, I was juat admiring some catalpa trees and wondering about bow wood. Nice mess o fish too.
I'll be waiting on a black bear trophy pic this spring Chuck!! Hope you enjoy shooting it as much as I did making it. Take care.
Ethan
ethan, where you from in TN. When I retire I'm going back there near Adams or Springfield. I'm originally from R'ville KY
Roadkill small world my fathers side of the family is from Logan county.
I live in Dyer co. That's north west, in fact the western county line is the Mississippi, then Missouri. Where exactly is Springfield? And when you get here we have a brand new state trad assosiation. T.T.A.S. It looks to be off to a great start with some great folks. Looke me up when you get back.
Ethan