Nice write up, waiting on the rest.
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The Travels Of The Bow Sacagawea
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Saca has arrived in Haughton, LA. I didn't have enough time to really test and tune, but I did put a handful of arrows thru her. I have a bamboo arrow that shoots sweet out of her. I need to get a couple more finished so I can take her to a 3D shoot at Barksdale AFB on April 21. I'll keep y'all posted and put up a bio soon.
~Eric
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My name is Eric Wortham, and I'm easing up on the big Four-O this year. I have lived in some part of Texas for 39 years and now my family and I live in Haughton, LA. I have a great wife, Rachel, who doesn't give me too much grief when I devote too much time and money to this sport I love so much! I have two daughters, Stefanie & Morgan, and two awesome grandchildren, Blaine and Broox. I am an Operator for Calumet in Princeton, LA where we refine hydrocarbons to produce premium naphthenic oils.
I picked up traditional archery sometime in 2007 when my mom and dad gave me a Martin X-200. While it is a great bow...I think it was a little too much weight to start with. At the time, I knew very little about proper form or tuning and I didn't have any instruction so the learning curve was tremendous. It was at least two years before I felt confident enough to hunt.
Somewhere along the way I stumbled into a 3D shoot and I was instantly hooked on this newfound game! I am grateful for all the friendships I have made in the traditional community and I am most thankful that my Dad and I have spent so much time together at the shoots.
I've gone through a number of bows over the years and I still have a bunch. My favorites are a Bob Lee takedown recurve, a Bob Lee one piece longbow and an Osage selfbow that I will be devoting a lot more time to shooting this year.
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I didn't get to spend a whole lot of time shooting Saca and I didn't get to make it to the Barksdale shoot that I thought I would. I did get to bring her down south to the Louisiana Traditional Bowmen shoot today in St. Landry. I didn't do her any justice though. It was a great time though! I was fortunate enough to shoot my round with some of the best people, and archers, I know...Bisch, Rusty Horn, and Kim Summerall.
Bisch tried shooting Saca left-handed...and did well!
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Originally posted by Bisch View PostIt was great seeing you today, Eric! I'm glad I got to fling a few arrows through Sacajawea too. I am confident that when it comes to my turn with her, I can kill something with her, if given the chance.
I am also confident (as it shows in the pic) that my form sux left handed!
Bisch
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Ok.... I recieved the little bow today.
My goal as you would expect is to kill something with it.
My normal 1-7/8" cut heads are a bit much for the poundage so I started digging around and remembered I had several of the 300 grain Tuff Broad heads left from the other hunt.
Dug through my bucket of assorted arrows looking for something that would shoot well with a 300 grain tip.
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