My assistant Rob could do wide variety of animal noises and so Joe Johnston has him do his cricket imitation in the middle of the restaurant. The wait staff dressed up and wore white gloves and brought you a chilled fork, etc. At that time the Angus Barn was very proper and high class.
We had Jim Wynne, my assistant Rob Parog, and Joe Johnston, President of Hoyt, Jim and Sherry Crumley, President of Treebark, Ben Southard, President of Loc On Treestands, Bill Robinson, President of Robinson Labs/Scent Shield, and I believe Bill Bynum was there too. It was what I dubbed “the President’s dinner”. We shared a great meal at the Angus Barn in Raleigh during that Dixie Deer appearance.
At an event with Jim Wynne and Rob Parog around 1986. So he insisted that he’d sent me enough arrows so that I never had to pull one during the show, “Just keep shooting” Joe would say. He didn’t like me taking time between shots to retrieve my arrows from the foam targets. Here I am a young exhibition shooter sharing the stage with the President of the company! Joe stood beside the stage and watched many of my shows.
#HOYT CROSSBOW SERIES#
We did a series of shows in Virginia schools, some in store promotions, and also made an appearance at the Dixie Deer Classic. I remember he traveled with me and Hoyt sales rep Jim Wynne in the mid 1980’s. Joe was a natural at the job and loved what he did. The Joe Johnston era is when I first came on board with Hoyt. There was never a dull moment when Joe was in the house. Frank and his assistant Rob Parog with the late Joe Johnston. Earl and Ann still attended many of the shows so we kept up with them and shared some good meals with them over the years. He had a knack for PR/Marketing and really put Hoyt on the map in the archery industry. Joe was a real hoot, his grin and laugh were contagious. Once the Hoyt’s sold the company to Easton, a vibrant and energetic Joe Johnston assumed the presidency. Earl and my father would usually go booth to booth and critique that year’s new bows. Anyway, I have many memories of those early days when I’d visit with Earl and Ann at shows and events. I guess once you are an instinctive shooter you really never outgrow it. I found myself bored to death with field shooting and the sights got in my way when trying to shoot instinctive. Look up some vintage photos of her in her competition days and you'll see why.Īnn Clark had wanted me to go down the JOAD trail and get into target and FITA archery. Frank always told Ann she had the best legs in archery. I have some cool photos of Fred and Earl sitting and chatting, just some candid snapshots of two legends sharing bow talk. Earl was the deign man, seems he was always tinkering. I also have signed arrows from both Earl and Ann that are now priceless. In those days Ann took care of packing and shipping the bows. Getting photos, notes and such was the norm when Ann and Earl ran the company. One year my father ordered a Hoyt recurve for me for my birthday and Ann Hoyt put a copy of a snapshot of she and I in the box with the bow. I actually had Hoyt bows before being on their “official” staff. If you haven’t tried one of these new Hoyt recurves, you should.įrank with Earl Hoyt, who he considers one of archery's gentle giants and perhaps best bowyers ever. I am impressed with the way these bows perform. It’s been coast to coast many times! My 2011 Hoyt Formula RX bows are state of the art, as is the new Buffalo hunting recurve. I have some newer nets, but the Bjorn is the one I use most. About the only thing that’s the same is my green Bjorn net, which has been with me the entire time. The materials that make up the bows, arrows and accessories has changed, my show has evolved, and I now do my entire show shooting behind the back. I have been on stage a total of 26 years and 21 of those have now been with a Hoyt in my hand. As I enter my 21st year on their prostaff I am thankful for a career that’s been so good to me. Jmarks 21 years of me having a Hoyt bow in my hand and on stage.
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