The Travels Of The Bow Sacagawea

[Chunky]

Okay everyone,

Our bow is fixed and should be on it's way or will be soon back to Phillip. Phillip make sure Bob has your address if you have not done that already.

The repairs were unfortuately expensive, actually the repair cost about the same as the original price. Anyway, I love this concept and it has been my baby from the start. I have sent a check to Bob for the full cost of the repairs.

The new limbs are 47 lbs and we are back in business.

I am not asking you guys for funds. I don't want the people on the second list, or anyone else for that matter to feel obligated. That being said...a few of you have contacted me and wanted to help with the cost. That will be fine, and I appreciate it, but it not a requirement. LIke I stated above, it has been covered, but if you want to send a few bucks.

My snail mail is

Mark Johnson
28397 May Rd
Splendora, TX 77372

I have a paypal account as well, I think you can find me by my e-mail

marknjohnson_77@yahoo.com

May the adventure continue.

Mark

[Phillip Fields]

Mark, I've been in touch with Bob. I sent some funds to you via Paypal.

[Bowtech Lefty]

I'm glad to see Sacagawea back on her journey! I will paypal you a donation this evening when I get home. Thanks Chunky!

[ChadMR82]

I may of missed it, but what are the pre-requistes to get on the list. I am interested in being on the list but I have not been a member for as long as everyone else. I am willing to pay toward the repair or do whatever I need to go to get on the list.

[Bisch]

I may of missed it, but what are the pre-requistes to get on the list. I am interested in being on the list but I have not been a member for as long as everyone else. I am willing to pay toward the repair or do whatever I need to go to get on the list.

The current list is set and we are on #3 out of 20. When this list is nearing the end Mark will start another if there is still interest in keeping this bow travelling. You just have to keep checking in on the Sacajawea thread and watch for updates.

Bisch

[bassmatt72]

Snail mail to Chunky.
Thanks!!

[Bowyer]

Thanks Mark for allowing us to pitch in and help.
Charlie

[Loreva13]

Awesome, will paypal you by the end of the week Chunky!

[Chunky]

Thanks guys, I have a couple of paypals already, you guys were to generous. Again, thanks.

[SwampGhost]

Glad she was repairable. Sorry it cost so much. You've got mail...

[Bowtech Lefty]

Thanks guys, I have a couple of paypals already, you guys were to generous. Again, thanks.

Pm sent.

[Phillip Fields]

I received Saca back in my hands today. She looks great and I can't wait to shoot her, it may be tomorrow before I get a chance and we're going down to NC tomorrow. I'm almost gunshy over shooting her.

[Phillip Fields]

Ok, I strung her up and took her outside for a few shots. She shots sweet but I think my arrows are a bit too stiff. The lightest arrows I have are some Grizzlystick Sitkas I set up for a 49 lb A&H ACS. They have 125 grain field points. I think I've got some heavier field points in my archery box that I'll give a try.

[Loreva13]

Mark, sent you something via paypal and a pm.

[Phillip Fields]

Even though I didn’t get to hunt with Saca, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with her and can see a Sarrels bow in my future. I just need to visit Bob’s shop and shoot some more of his bows so I will know which one I need.

About me:

I was born near the small town of liberty, NC in 1946. I did not come from a hunting family but spent my childhood roaming the woods on our farm and the neighboring farms. I made bows out of hickory and played with them. At about 13 I got my first store-bought bow, a fiberglass Shakespeare long bow with which I took my first kill, a cottontail. My next bow was a Bear Kodiak Magnum I bought new in 1971. I still have both of these bows. I bought a compound bow about 1987 and shot compounds until about 1995 when I went back to Traditional equipment.

I have been making annual trips to Texas to hunt pigs and javvies since about 1999 when Jeff Massie talked me into coming down. For the last 10 years or so my lovely wife Nancy has been accompanying me. Most years I have friends and/or relatives join us.

I have been fortunate in being able to hunt in many locations. I have been to Africa twice. I have also done a couple of drop camp hunts in Alaska. I have also hunted in Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas , and North Dakota.

Among the animals I have taken with Trad equipment are: various small game, Whitetail, Bison, Pronghorn, Bobcat, pigs, javelina, Red Hartebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Black Wildebeest, Kudu, Gemsbok, Impala, Blesbok, Bushbuck, Warthog, Waterbuck, and Vervet Monkey.

I graduated from High School in 1965 and joined the USAF. I came home from Vietnam in December 1967 and was stationed in Florida. In April of 1968 I had a motorcycle accident and lost my right leg below the knee and was medically retired from the Air Force. I started college and between college and working graduated from North Carolina State University in 1976 with a degree in Business Management.

I married Nancy in February 1970 after having known her only 6 months. I guess it will last since we just celebrated 44 years together. We have a son and a daughter, 3 grandsons and a granddaughter.

In 1983 Nancy and I took the 2 kids, then aged 6 and 10, to Alaska. We took 2 months and drove up. We camped along the way, and on the 60+ day trip only spent 8 nights in a motel. We saw lots of country along the way and caught fish in British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska.

I spent most of my working career working for the federal government. I have worked as a Wage and Hour Compliance Officer for the Department of Labor, an Investigator for the Office of Personnel Management, and a Special Agent for the Motor Carrier Safety Division for the Department of Transportation. The last 25 years of my career was spent as a Contracts Officer and Small Business Specialist with the US Navy, in Virginia, where I negotiated contracts for navy ship repair. I retired in May 2010.

I am in the process of getting things ready so I can move back to the Liberty NC area.