From Little Boy to Grown Man
Meet Clint my grandson, he's the owner of "SILENT FLIGHT ARCHERY ARIZONA
I was blessed with getting to help raise Clint because both parents had jobs that lasted many hours a day. So it was just me and this tiny little boy and I do mean tiny (except his hands) and I always thought to myself if he grows into those hands he's going to be big, really big.
I nicknamed him Boone because he loved everything about the outdoors and would have been perfectly comfortable if he lived back in Daniel Boon's time. His favorite TV program was the "Crocodile Hunter" which was Steve Irwin's nickname; Clint learned so much from Steve's TV show that he was almost an expert on amphibians, wild animals and insects.
Clint was the little inventor in our family, he always had a project that he was working on and of course I was the go to person when he needed encouragement and a live audience to observe his new inventions.
One thing that he perfected which actually took days, months and about a year was a boomerang that would come back to him. I thought this was a lost cause, but one day while I was watching him throw his boomerang to my surprise it came right back to him. I threw it and it came right back to me too!
After watching the movie, Crocodile Dundee, he decided that he had to perfect the art of playing a "Didgeridoo." This is a hollow piece of wood which is a wind instrument that is still used in Northern Australia.
This took hours of practice and sometimes I wished I had ear plugs because the sounds that he made with his Didgeridoo were anything but pleasant to one'sears. He never gave up and eventually he mastered the art of playing a "Didgeridoo."
This took hours of practice and sometimes I wished I had ear plugs because the sounds that he made with his Didgeridoo were anything but pleasant to one'sears. He never gave up and eventually he mastered the art of playing a "Didgeridoo."
Funny ending to the Didgeridoo story, I took Clint back to Louisville Ky, one year to visit his great grandmother. I discovered an outback zoo and took Clint to see this zoo. There was a special show going on and I wanted Clint to meet a real Australian.
Clint and I sat quietly listening to this man talk about Australia. All at once he walked over and picked up a Didgeridoo. He invited adults and children up to see if they could play this instrument and no one could.
Clint and I sat quietly listening to this man talk about Australia. All at once he walked over and picked up a Didgeridoo. He invited adults and children up to see if they could play this instrument and no one could.
Sitting in the audience I kept pointing to Clint and the man finally asked Clint if he'd like to try it. Clint was very bashful but with my encouragement he walked up to the stage and immediately played the "Didgeridoo," the audience went wild and the man putting the show on just stood there shaking his head. He said that was the first time he'd ever had anyone who could play this wind instrument.
So fast track to the present, this scrawny little kid is 6'3" and weighs 145 pounds. His most recent invention is bow silencers. Clint created 3 different size jigs (Which he patented) so an archer could have his or her choice of small medium and large bow silencers.
He searched the United States over and found the absolute best place to purchase quality yarn which is on his website too. You have a choice, buy his silencers already made or make your own.
He searched the United States over and found the absolute best place to purchase quality yarn which is on his website too. You have a choice, buy his silencers already made or make your own.
So bottom line, go to Silent Flight Archery Arizona and check out Clint's website. It's just in it's very early stages and there is so much more coming, but I thought you'd enjoy getting to meet a real live person. https://silentflightarchery.com/
From Clint's Grandmother
