STRIKER
BOWS
Harry
Truman
My name is Harry J. Truman
My story starts about 1953. For my birthday, my uncle gave me a lemonwood longbow,
as it was, an archery club's property adjoined his property. Is seems that every
time he would mow his lawn, he found arrows. The arrows went in a box for me.
This was the start of a lifetime of Traditional
Archery.
Sometime in 1957 the old lemonwood fell
to a house fire. After a great loss, I started making my own bows out of just
about anything that I could find. I had no idea how to make a bow but I did
my best. Many a frog fell to the powers of the wood bows.
In 1962 my shooting was halted by two trips
to RVN and seven years in the USMC. Upon my return, I was looking for new equipment
and someone to shoot with. Luck fell in my lap when I met a real Olympic archer,
Rick McKinny. I learned a lot from this nice young man. It took a while to buy
everything that I needed to shoot Olympic style archery. The fire had been lit
years ago so I gave it my all.
I shot Olympic style and hunted for about
three years I shot in my yard and hunted where and when I could. Having a job
and family I could not keep up with the Olympic schedule. I had to give up that
style and just started shooting in the yard and stump shooting.
In the year 2000, I won the state bow hunter
championship. Still on a high, I went to a 3D the next week when I met a man
selling longbows as a vender. My love of shooting bows lead me to his table.
We had a long talk about archery when he talked me into shooting his bows. The
man was Rick Ellis and the bows were Striker. I found it hard to shoot his bows
after winning the state with my old bow. I shot it and I bought that bow and
have been shooting Striker after that day.
Rick and I have become great friends we
now hunt as a team and visit often. It is an hour and a half drive, but that
means little to a good friend. If you like to shoot and talk shooting and bows,
you have found the right place. Give it a try. Have a fruitful and safe time
in the wild and remember to pass it on.
Harry
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