{"id":87,"date":"2013-08-11T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T19:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/test\/?page_id=520"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:41:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/simple-corporate\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-130292635\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-3\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n                                    <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1438013953\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y80 md-y80 lg-y80 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<h1 class=\"lead\">About Us<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">You know all about your bows, and now you can know all about your Bowyer.<\/p>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1438013953 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-1438013953 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-130292635 {\n  padding-top: 507px;\n  background-color: rgb(122, 156, 89);\n}\n#banner-130292635 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1011431605\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-383920377\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7973 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-300x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-300x400.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-45x60.jpeg 45w, https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853-68x90.jpeg 68w, https:\/\/kzoobowworks.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_8853.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Bowyer<\/p>\n<p>What drives people, especially in the arts to pursue a passion?<\/p>\n<p>From the time my parents put a Tim Meigs Mighty Stick in my hands at age 3 and gave me arrows to launch from its string drove my passion. Growing up with a dad and eventually, a mom who both shot traditional bows was the catalyst to this dream. But growing up with some of the legends of traditional bowhunting really helped forge the passion that runs deep within me.<\/p>\n<p>My heroes are Glenn St. Charles, Fred Bear and Pope &amp; Young. I even got to shake Fred&#8217;s hand before he passed, and I spent a couple of days with Glenn and Margaret St. Charles at their home &amp; the Pope and Young Museum in Sea-Tac back in &#8217;94. They certainly were a huge influence, but the guys who pushed me and encouraged me, they&#8217;re my real heroes, my mentors and influences. T.J. Conrads who is truly like another dad to me. Larry Fischer was another driver for me prior to his passing.\u00a0 Gene and Barry Wensel were there as well and they have watched me grow up from a little kid to who I am today. I probably wouldn&#8217;t be able to pick my nose correctly without the expert mentoring of Gene.<\/p>\n<p>Bowyers, there were three who really spent time with me as I was growing up and influenced me a lot, they were Dick Robertson, Bob Morrison, and last but certainly not least Jerry Brumm. If you don&#8217;t know who these three guys are, as Uncle Barry would say, you don&#8217;t get out much.<\/p>\n<p>Add to the influence of the Professional Bowhunters Society and later on Compton, well it would have been hard for me to not be the person I am today in bowhunting and in life. \u00a0The friends of my father and those I have made myself have provided more bowhunting opportunities and friendships than I can begin to count, nor begin to repay.<\/p>\n<p>I am married to the love of my life Katy, she and I have six children, four girls, and two boys. My shop is in the woods North of Kalamazoo near where I grew up. I hung up my stethoscope and retired from paramedicine 4 years ago now and am currently working part time as a carpenter. I&#8217;m bowyering 5-7 days a week and hopefully in the near future KBW will become my full-time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy my bows, my customer service, and my candor. There is much more to come in the future, the current five designs are proving to be fast, stable and accurate. I look forward to unveiling some new ideas and designs coming out of my skunkworks in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for visiting my web page.<\/p>\n<p>David H. 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