{"id":103,"date":"2013-05-06T17:46:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T17:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2013-05-16T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T14:19:20","slug":"milestone-moments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/photo-gallery\/milestone-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><div id=\"attachment_104\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" src=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_022-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A common interest in bowhunting and a lasting friendship formed in Fort Wayne, Indiana,  led to the founding of Bowhunter Magazine. That&#039;s Bob Schisler, me, and lefty Don Clark shooting our bows about the time our magazine debuted in 1971.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_022-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_022-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A common interest in bowhunting and a lasting friendship formed in Fort Wayne, Indiana,  led to the founding of Bowhunter Magazine. That&#8217;s Bob Schisler, me, and lefty Don Clark shooting our bows about the time our magazine debuted in 1971.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><div id=\"attachment_105\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" src=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_127-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"I&#039;ve always enjoyed shooting bows and arrows. This early 1960s-era photo was snapped during a National Field Archery Association tourney. Target archery was fun but bowhunting was always my primary interest.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_127-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_127-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Mostly_MRJ_Grip_and_Grin_Pics_127-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ve always enjoyed shooting bows and arrows. This early 1960s-era photo was snapped during a National Field Archery Association tourney. Target archery was fun but bowhunting was always my primary interest.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><div id=\"attachment_106\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" src=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-6-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Archery Magazine Editor Roy Hoff bought my first bowhunting features in the mid-1960s and encouraged me to write and share more adventures. This 1978 photo was taken after Roy&#039;s induction into the Archery Hall of Fame at Oxford, Ohio.\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-6-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-6-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-6-624x412.jpg 624w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-6.jpg 1678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archery Magazine Editor Roy Hoff bought my first bowhunting features in the mid-1960s and encouraged me to write and share more adventures. This 1978 photo was taken after Roy&#8217;s induction into the Archery Hall of Fame at Oxford, Ohio.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><div id=\"attachment_107\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_6-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" src=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_6-7-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"I first met archery legend Fred Bear in 1972 at the Pope and Young Club gathering in Denver, Colorado. That&#039;s future astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander Joe Engle (left) and Bowhunter columnist Tink Nathan standing between me and Papa Bear. I worked with Fred and other P&amp;Y officers to produce the Club&#039;s first record book in 1975. We remained friends until his death in 1988.\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_6-7-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_6-7-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_6-7-624x349.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I first met archery legend Fred Bear in 1972 at the Pope and Young Club gathering in Denver, Colorado. That&#8217;s future astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander Joe Engle (left) and Bowhunter columnist Tink Nathan standing between me and Papa Bear. I worked with Fred and other P&#038;Y officers to produce the Club&#8217;s first record book in 1975. We remained friends until his death in 1988.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><div id=\"attachment_108\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" src=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/004-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"This 1972 photo shows me with Pope and Young Club founder Glenn St. Charles and Bowhunter magazine Hunting Editor, Dr. Larry Bamford. Larry had just replaced Glenn as P&amp;Y President. Thirty years later I was elected Pope and Young Club President with the blessing and endorsement of Glenn St. Charles, my longtime friend and mentor.\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/004-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/004-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/004-624x428.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This 1972 photo shows me with Pope and Young Club founder Glenn St. Charles and Bowhunter magazine Hunting Editor, Dr. Larry Bamford. Larry had just replaced Glenn as P&#038;Y President. Thirty years later I was elected Pope and Young Club President with the blessing and endorsement of Glenn St. Charles, my longtime friend and mentor.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><div id=\"attachment_147\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" src=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-3-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Asbell and I have been good friends for more than 40 years. Proud members of the Archery Hall of Fame, I was inducted in 2003 and Fred in 2011.\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-3-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-3-1024x844.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-3-624x514.jpg 624w, https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IN_7-3.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Asbell and I have been good friends for more than 40 years. Proud members of the Archery Hall of Fame, I was inducted in 2003 and Fred in 2011.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrjamesbowhunter.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}