Anybody know what happen to Jayhawk Archery of Goddard Kansas USA??

In 1969( in 9th. Grade) I made a nice crossbow with a kit from this company. I brought my wood and used their kit . I still have the direction .
The bow was 7178 T6 aluminum alloy,bowstring was 650 pound test galvanized steel cable. Tigger unknown . Funny I ended up
working for Alcoa Hard Alcoa . One of our alloy is 7178 . Thanks in Advance. (Mike) Bighead

Welcome to the forum, Mike. I'm also curious about what happened to this company- I did some searching a few years back and came up with nada. My first crossbow that I've had since I was a kid was built by my brother from one of these kits. I imagine, that like a lot of mom&pop outfits, it may have ceased to exist when mom&pop couldn't or didn't want to do it anymore.
The one I have still functions, though no longer with the original steel cable, and no longer anywhere near the original 80 or so pound pull- my aluminum prod got softer and took more set with use, instead of cracking and breaking and putting my eye out like many did, or so I hear.
Gnome

Geezer here, concerning Jayhawk Archery.  Years ago, when I started making medieval crossbows, I bought my aluminum prods from Jayhawk Archery, then located in Oklahoma.  After a few years of production, I got a notice from the mom and pop outfit that was Jayhawk that they were going out of business.  As I recall Pop died, and mom was doin' poorly, as the old folks would say.  (This would be @ 1983 or 84)  They were looking for somebody to buy their tools, sales lists, etc. I couldn't afford to buy them out, but I did buy the rest of their in-stock prods. Eventually, I heard from the new owners of Jayhawk, but in the interim I had started making my own aluminum prods.   Nowadays, I buy my aluminum prods (it's 7076-T6, in 190 thousandths of an inch, in case you wonder) from Darkwood Armoury in Mississippi. Their prods should drop right into you old Jayhawk kit-bow, though they're not made with a hole through the middle. You'll have to do that yourself.  Geezer.
ps: there was another company making a similar product in Petaluma California.  No doubt they're long-gone as well.  Geezer

You guys are the best . I know I will love this site with members like this.Bighead

Made my Jayhawk crossbow in Jr. High Wood Shop... aluminum bolts were unheard of then... handily shredded the cedar target arrows which were readily available....lol. Wish I still had it.