Thursday, November 23, 2006
Family & Friends: Two Important Things Today
Family and friends are two important things to my wife, Ruth, and I on Thanksgiving, and we enjoy sharing this time together. It doesn’t matter which day of the month it is to me, all of my family and friends know I live to hunt deer..
Deer season is open so I will hunt deer daily during the season, holiday or not. It appears as if Sunday will be nasty, or so the forecast goes, and perhaps the rain turning to snow will cause deer to move. The deer are starting to move more now during the dark of the moon, and it should keep increasing as time goes on.
This is a day when I give personal thanks to all those who have helped me in one way or another over long periods of time. Some have given of their time, others have given mightily of their time and talents, and others have just been there to help however they can.
A few of my friends have been around for 30 years, back to the day when I owned a machine shop in Marion and was hunting open land behind my home. Those folks have helped me develop Oneida bows for the original company, develop the red-dot sight industry, and was there when I bought Oneida several years ago.
They’ve been through the evolution of my forming C.P. Oneida Eagle Bows, developing the Black Eagle, the Extreme and other bows, and have helped in so many other ways.
To these people, who have been there during the formative periods and up to the present, I offer my deepest gratitude. They’ve offered words of encouragement, never gave up on me, and have given of themselves to help me and my businesses succeed.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to have a chance to build bows, and do it my way. Look at one of my C.P. Oneida Eagle bows, and it will quickly become apparent that these bows look unlike any other compound bow on the market. There is a look of originality to my bows, a look that makes them stand out from all the others.
This is not by accident. It is a matter of design, and the design changes these bows go through from one year to the next may not be easily seen but they can be felt when drawing and shooting the bow.
My bows look different because they are different. This design, I feel, offers a much smoother draw curve while delivering faster arrow speed and flatter arrow flight. I never knock someone else’s bows; I just want mine to look different and shoot different. Based on sales, many bow hunters agree with my philosophies on bow development.
So, my family and friends are very important to me. Some make subtle design change recommendations, others help generate publicity and give readers a new look at what we have done to make our bows smoother, and some supply a strong back to help when needed.
None of these friends rate higher marks than others, and on this Thanksgiving Day, I give thanks for all of those who have stood by me over many years. All have my best interests in mind, and each of them know who they are and why I appreciate their efforts.
Claude Pollington and C.P. Oneida Eagle bows, Buck Pole Archery Shop and the Buck Pole Deer Ranch wouldn’t have been possible without the caring and efforts of many people. To one and all, including my many customers, I deeply thank you.—The Whitetail Wizard