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I was fascinated with archery ever since I was able to pull back the string on the small fiberglass bows my dad had bought for us kids to play with.When I got a little older I started building my own bows out of the serviceberry bushes that were plentifull around our house in NW Montana. \xa0None of them would last more then a few days of course because I was building them green and as soon as they would dry out they would stiffen up. Even so I got some kind of satisfaction out of it. When I was around 11yrs old my grandpa gave me an old Bear Grizzly, a bow he had bought for my dad and uncle to use when they were teenagers. \xa0I shot that for awhile then bought an older Martin compound to use for my first year bowhunting. \xa0I hunted that season but\xa0never got a shot with a bow. \xa0The recurve bug had started to bite when a good friend gave me a copy of Traditional Bowhunter Magazine. \xa0I read it cover to cover multiple times. \xa0One day I was showing my dad a picture of someone building a bow. \xa0He looked at it and said "that looks like something you would do". \xa0After talking about it some more and a bit of planning, the materials were ordered. \xa0Even though I was only 12yrs old my dad had let me work in his wood working shop on a\xa0number of projects ranging from nightstands to turkey calls. \xa0My first bow however was definitely a notch harder than what I was used to. \xa0Even so I was able to finish it and believe it or not it still shoots even though it's the ugliest\xa0bow I have ever seen. \xa0When I started building bows I had no intention of hunting with them I just wanted to build and shoot recurves for fun but hunt with a compound. \xa0It didn't take long to change my mind. The idea of killing a deer or elk with a bow I had built was just too good to pass up. \xa0So that year I decided to hunt with my recurve. \xa0It took a few years but I finally started having success, and as time went on the more success I was having. \xa0\u200bGetting into bow building full time was something I had wanted to do ever since I was 12 but I guess I never quite\xa0had the guts to make the jump till now. Having a job I enjoyed didn't help either. \xa0I was working in the mountains\xa0all summer and building/carving furniture and doors in\xa0the winter. \xa0But now my family and I are moving back to\xa0NW Montana\xa0where I grew up and I Figured it's now or never. \xa0\u200bM. Trent Wengerd\n\xa0\nMyron Trent WengerdWengerd Archerytrent@wengerdarchery.com(406) 529-0888168 ELK CREEK RD\u200bHERON, MT 59844