Greatest archer?
#21
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gleason, TN
Posts: 1,327
RE: Greatest archer?
You know alot of people didn't know that Tell used a crossbow? His didn't have sights on it.
Chet Stevenson, what was he known for? I've read a few stories about him hunting blacktail with a longbow but not much else.
"Hey ya'll, watch this"
Chet Stevenson, what was he known for? I've read a few stories about him hunting blacktail with a longbow but not much else.
"Hey ya'll, watch this"
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: westport in USA
Posts: 282
RE: Greatest archer?
kodiakhuntmaster>
Read "From the Den of the Old Bowhunter" Excellent book. Chet Stevenson was an explorer in the truest sense of the word. He would take off into the Cascades and roam. Made a whole bunch of bows and Arrows and Killed a lot of Game with them. I'm not sure, but I think he shot a grizzly, too.
Your life is made of time, not money.
Read "From the Den of the Old Bowhunter" Excellent book. Chet Stevenson was an explorer in the truest sense of the word. He would take off into the Cascades and roam. Made a whole bunch of bows and Arrows and Killed a lot of Game with them. I'm not sure, but I think he shot a grizzly, too.
Your life is made of time, not money.
#23
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Apple Valley CA USA
Posts: 128
RE: Greatest archer?
I am voting for both Fred Bear and Gail Martin (my "write-in" choice). All of those previously mentioned are likewise worthy of the moniker, but Fred's unselfish attitude toward promoting the sport (i.e., not enforcing patents, etc) demonstrates the heart of the archer.
Gail Martin kept traditional archery going when traditional wasn't "cool". He, like Fred Bear, was more interested in what was good for archery as a whole, rather than what was simply profitable.
And so I offer my two pennies for your consideration
YBIC,
Dave ><>
Matt 6:33,34/Rev 3:20
Gail Martin kept traditional archery going when traditional wasn't "cool". He, like Fred Bear, was more interested in what was good for archery as a whole, rather than what was simply profitable.
And so I offer my two pennies for your consideration
YBIC,
Dave ><>
Matt 6:33,34/Rev 3:20