Dave Mead is the founder of Mead Longbows, renowned bowyer, and author.  he started in archery and played iwht boy making as a child.  Being trained in Martial Arts, natural archery was an easy transition for him.  Later in life Dave set out to live a more self reliant, self sufficient life and be prepared for whatever comes.  So he decided to try his hand at making his own hunting/survival equipment and he rated with bows.   Dave quickly homed in on the overall efficiency of a simple designed high performance primitive bow.  Dave believes archery has so many benefits for all ages and tries to teach and share this with eveyrone