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Good grief what a bunch of squirrels ....Van
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I am 54 and can still shoot 72#+, but I choose to shoot 58/60#.
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John Will be 55 in one month always shot a bow in the mid 50's plus or minus couple lbs. my go to bow now is 57. I wish I could post some of my old pictures not nearly as impressive as some on here but I will try to get my son-in-law to scan some. Kip
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Charlie, Is that a HH Longbow you are shooting in the ground squirrel pic? I cant believe after that many shots with a Hill straight limbed bow you have any connective tissue left in your shoulder.
John Nail, What Charlie doesn't say when he says he shoots 63-68# bows is the he is BIG. Charlie is about as big as a Semi Truck. 63# shouldn't be too much problem at his size. CK
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Curtis... yep, that's a Howard Hill Big Five that was made when John Shulz was the bowyer for them. It is 82# at my draw, was a new bow to me at the time of the hunt and left scars on my fragile little body. I was real sore after that hunt!!!
Just posted a story I wrote about this hunt on Articles and Stories forum for those interested. Here's the link... Great Squirrel Massacree
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Good to see you weren't under-bowing yourself for those blood-thirsty ground squirrels. How was bowfishing today? Lets see some pics. CK
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Here's one of my first bear solo. Larry is on the left and Russ on the right. I left the bear overnight and they came back with me early the next morning to pack it out. They took the body parts on their frames and left me honored to pack the head and hide. Coming down the trail I had a light pack and a light heart.
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Charlie, I miss the days when you could take a drink out most any stream. I used to do it all the time, back then. It's a shame what has happened to all the streams, and lakes. Better to be safe then sorry now days.
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John... I miss it too. Here in Missouri, it's hard tellin what kind of pollutents are in the water. Even pristine streams out west can have Giardia and that's a bad one for sure. Got a dose of it elk huntin once... about 5 miles from the trailhead. It was a very unpleasant time!
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This is the only antelope picture I have that's not on a slide... no way to copy those! I killed a number of bucks, but always made sure I shot some does each year for freezer goodies. (multiple tags)
It was often very cold in the late antelope season and contrary to what's commonly associated with antelope hunting...weatherwise. I hunted them in the snow. That's kinda cool!
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You mean you have more pics on slides, and we will never see them? I scan slides on my flatbed scanner, and I hereby formally announce that I will start with a ten buck donation to get you a scanner too!
Or, we can get Curtis to make you one.
Killdeer
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