1.) crookedeye - 01/11/2015

who thinks bowling is a sport?? remember roth ..marshall Holman are whatever his name was... my best game was a 257 and I was drinking...

2.) Deerminator - 01/12/2015

A Game,
------------high score 157:re:

3.) bluecat - 01/12/2015

If you can wear a watch during competition, is it really a sport?

4.) Alex - 01/12/2015

lol.. why wouldnt bowling be a sport? Nascar anyone hahah.

And everyone can hit the bullseye once in a while CE. When you're average is over 200 then feel free to talk smack. :hb:

5.) Deerminator - 01/12/2015

SNAP!

6.) Triton Rich - 01/12/2015

[B]Just the mention of bowling makes my shoulder and elbow start aching! I'm with you D, I think my best ever was around 157 :td:[/B]

7.) Ohbuckhunter - 01/13/2015

58 300s
14 800s
so far in my life
And average 237,235,239 in the 3 leagues in 3 different houses this year

8.) billy b - 01/13/2015

[QUOTE=Ohbuckhunter;28545]58 300s
14 800s
so far in my life
And average 237,235,239 in the 3 leagues in 3 different houses this year[/QUOTE]

Dave, have you ever heard of Rick Benoit or his brother Bob?

9.) Alex - 01/13/2015

[QUOTE=Ohbuckhunter;28545]58 300s
14 800s
so far in my life
And average 237,235,239 in the 3 leagues in 3 different houses this year[/QUOTE]
If you aint lyin then that's impressive.
I'm still 190's average. But i bowl sporadically. No league.

Still getting used to the new Motive i bought. Love that thing but damn she likes to hook. :hb:

10.) Ohbuckhunter - 01/13/2015

Switched to Brunswick last year and scores have gone way up. Haven't shot anything less than 688 this year. With a high set of 837. Last year fresh drill on my mastermind went back to back 300s than choked last game with 258. Before I got into shooting 3d and kids i lived in a bowling ale. Bowling 5-6 nights a week and worked with a few different ball company's. I gave bowling up for 3 years than came back last year to get out the house a few times a week. I seen on fb you been bowling its like golf. Patients and right couch/ people around u can change the game for anyone.

11.) crookedeye - 01/13/2015

I picked me up a goodyear Earl Anthony 2000 for my spare ball...

12.) Alex - 01/13/2015

Yeah... I had been using a 30yr old hammer. No tech. Just a round rock. Was busting ass to get any hook. 3 games felt like I had been pounding fence posts all day.

So I figured it was time for some tech. After researching like crazy I was looking at the Motive Sigma Tour ball... but as luck would have it, one night in November while taking the girls cosmic bowling, the guy next to us rolls up with 1/2 dozen motives in his bag. Turns out his grip was nearly the same as mine.

After throwing the frenzy, venom and the sting, I bought a Sting the next day (pin up).
[url]http://www.ballreviews.com/motiv/sigma-sting-t298832.0.html[/url]

Whole world of difference from 30yd old no tech. Can bowl 6-7 games now with zero fatigue. Has taken me a few weeks (bowling once a week or so) to get used to this ball and finding my a new grip, new position, and adjusting for lanes. Its my spare ball as well, so I have been challenged with backing the flare off for 10pin pickups.. god I hate that freaking 10p lol...

but it's working out pretty good. Average is up a solid 40 pins in about 15 evenings.
I may see about getting a second spare ball. I am pretty consistent with the right side pickup now, but it would be nice not to have to muscle out the hook on those. Bit rough on the neck if I have too many of those back to back.

13.) billy b - 01/13/2015

[QUOTE=Ohbuckhunter;28545]58 300s
14 800s
so far in my life
And average 237,235,239 in the 3 leagues in 3 different houses this year[/QUOTE]

OHBH, answer my question on post 8:wink

14.) Ohbuckhunter - 01/14/2015

[QUOTE=billy b;28547]Dave, have you ever heard of Rick Benoit or his brother Bob?[/QUOTE]

Rick i beleave i know him from Vegas. But i could be mistaking.

Hows life in the big state.

15.) billy b - 01/14/2015

It's been cold for a few weeks now, but I did get a deer a couple of weeks ago. Rick is the president of Bowl U, he goes all over the world teaching, his brother Bob back about 20 or 25 years ago bowled a perfect game in the finals of the Quaker State open in Dallas, that was when balls were made of rubber, I used to play baseball with both of them for a few years & Rick worked for me at the Chev. dealership. Both were good friends & great athletes.

16.) Ohbuckhunter - 01/14/2015

Congrats brother on the deer. You Roy and Jerry need to come up to ohio n let me show you what small deer look like. ;).

Rick i be leave bowl the open champion ship against me in the second round. I could be totally thinking of a different person though. I'm sure I've seen bob on live steam when I get w chance to watch it. A local guy I bowl with just won the Bradley in KY. $10,000 pay day.

17.) Deerminator - 01/14/2015

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18.) Deerminator - 01/14/2015

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19.) bluecat - 01/14/2015

Are leagues really forming now?

20.) Wild Bob - 01/14/2015

OOOO, can I be on the 10,000 League??? :wink

21.) toxophilite - 01/15/2015

if you play it its a game, just like baseball, football, soccer and all the other so called sports, the only true sports involve the use of a weapon :tap:

22.) crookedeye - 01/17/2015

I used to get gutter balls..i'd get so mad I was like one of those monkeys throwing grass up in the air..i mean I was mad..

23.) Wester - 01/20/2015

My Dad is a pretty big bowler. He bowls a few leagues. He only uses storm bowling balls though. As for me, i'm lucky to even hit a pin within a few games.

24.) Deerminator - 01/20/2015

FOR THE BOWLERS:grin :

25.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

weber is bowling on espn right now!

26.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

according to OBH's stats weber wouldn't stand a chance against him....lol...

27.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

58 300 games?? I cant even lie that good,..

28.) Swamp Fox - 02/08/2015

How deep is the snow out there that you're not at the bowling alley right now? :p

BTW, I'm in a T-shirt working outside today...I'm building some covered cat feeders. :grin:

29.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

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30.) Swamp Fox - 02/08/2015

'Yeah, there was pressure...I didn't want to get beat by a guy with a hook..."


LOL

31.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

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sorry about the language ..but where all adults here..lol

32.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

isn't 58 300 games like in the guiness books?

33.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

it ranks right up there with the women with the longest beard..

34.) crookedeye - 02/08/2015

I don't think I even bowled 58 times in my life...matter of fact I know I didn't bowl 58 times in my life..lol

35.) crookedeye - 02/09/2015

didn't the greastest bowler of all time..mark roth have like 5 300 games in his life??

compared to obh's 58....

36.) crookedeye - 02/09/2015

you know if I was going to say I did this or that. I would at least keep it in the ballpark...I would say maybe 3 300 games...not 58....lol I mean 58 300 games I don't think I could bowl that much...

37.) crookedeye - 02/09/2015

mark roth was the first bowler in the history to average 220...compared to obh's 249...lmao....

38.) crookedeye - 02/09/2015

i'm not saying obh cant beat him...but I can crap gold nuggets out of my azz also..

39.) Swamp Fox - 02/09/2015

LOL...


"This isn't 'Nam, it's bowling..."



:pop:

40.) Alex - 02/09/2015

300 games arent what they used to be.. and a pro bowler that is bowling thousands of games a year could and would likely pull 58 or more out...

Dont be a hater.


[QUOTE]High-tech balls and synthetic lanes have replaced the plastic and wood of Allison’s era. Higher scores and dwindling memberships are dividing purists and recreational bowlers over the sport’s priorities. Even the once-sacred 900 series and the 300 game have become so common that bowling parties have upstaged late-night leagues.

In the last 10 years, 12 sanctioned 900 series have been bowled, including two by Robert Mushtare, an 18-year-old from Carthage, N.Y., who also rolled a third that was disallowed by the United States Bowling Congress. But the most startling statistic is the number of 300 games: 51,162 in 2004-5 and 56,212 in 2005-6. In 1981-82, the total (which did not include the few 300 games by women and children) was 5,949.[/QUOTE]

[URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/sports/othersports/01bowling.html?fta=y[/URL]


and these stats are almost 10 yrs old.
I have personally seen 2 by the same guy that runs my lanes here in the past 3 months. Still an elusive target for me though.

41.) Deerminator - 02/09/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;28653]I used to get gutter balls..i'd get so mad I was like one of those monkeys throwing grass up in the air..i mean I was mad..[/QUOTE]

Have you seen a doctor about that:-)

42.) Swamp Fox - 02/09/2015

[QUOTE=Alex;29430]...

Dont be a hater.

[/QUOTE]



You tell 'em, Chief!


LOL

43.) bluecat - 02/09/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;28653]I used to get gutter balls..i'd get so mad I was like one of those monkeys throwing grass up in the air..i mean I was mad..[/QUOTE]



[QUOTE=Deerminator;29432]Have you seen a doctor about that:-)[/QUOTE]

:applause:

44.) Swamp Fox - 02/09/2015

[QUOTE=Deerminator;29432]Have you seen a doctor about that:-)[/QUOTE]



He's tried the powders...Not sure we want him messing with the creams.


:shocked: :shh:

45.) Deerminator - 02/09/2015

a little flea and tick powder goes a loooooong way

46.) crookedeye - 02/10/2015

mark roth was the best bowler to lace up a pair of bowling shoes ever! lol..

47.) billy b - 02/10/2015

What about Don Carter?

48.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

billy that's to far for me to remember back.

back when I was hunter oranges age I was so into bowling I would look in the sunday paper to see who was in the lead and the finalist to bowl on tv..marshall Holman.. when he was near the top, it was almost like watching a football game at the crookedeye residents..

49.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

when marshall Holman bowled on tv it was 4th and 1..you couldn't hear a pin drop..

50.) billy b - 02/15/2015

What about Bob Benoit???? google him.

51.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

he's not French is he??

52.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

bowling was like..march madness..nfl playoffs.. to own youre bowling ball back in the day was like you were someone... plus if you had youre own bowling shoes!!!
bowling shoes..if you had bowling shoes you new the alleys and you where respected...

53.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

bowling starts in like two minutes!! deerminator do you have youre shoes ready??

54.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

my ball weighs 15 lbs...

55.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

now I no why obh's arms are so big...

56.) Deerminator - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;29749]my ball weighs 15 lbs...[/QUOTE]

You should see a doctor about that.

57.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

we should have a bowling contest...me and Floyd vs alex and obh...

58.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=Deerminator;29751]You should see a doctor about that.[/QUOTE]

I know I should see a doctor..

59.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

if I lose I will start fighting...

60.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I will call you names..

61.) Deerminator - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;29748]bowling starts in like two minutes!! deerminator do you have youre shoes ready??[/QUOTE]

SHOES:cf: don't neeed no stink'n shoes

62.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

my bowling shoes I wore to a dance one time..

63.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

its a specialized shoe...bowling shoes..

64.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

Good thing for you bowling shoes can pass for clown shoes...Are those balloon animal classes paying off?

:pop:

65.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

i'm starting to learn more and more about alex... a freakin bowler... looks like we have more athletes on this forum than hunters..

not only does alex have a big pig.. but he bowls..

66.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

do bowling shoe's really matter??

67.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

They do if you don't return them and you gave your driver's license or your credit card, I'll bet.

68.) Deerminator - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;29761]looks like we have more athletes on this forum than hunters..

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since when are bowlers considered athletes???????

69.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

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