Trad Gang
Topic Archives => Memorable Hunts => Topic started by: ArrowAtomik on September 15, 2007, 06:38:00 PM
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I didn't expect to be hunting already with a longbow this year when I picked one up at the Wheeling, WV show in February... but these things are so addictive I put in more than enough practice since then.
This morning everything fell into place and I dropped a suburban doe with it on opening antlerless in PA. Nearly a complete pass-through out of a 43lb Cari-bow... would have been cleanly if not for the off shoulder on the exit.
The gentle thump from a longbow... seems such a quiet and gracious way to harvest. I shudder to think of picking up the compound. No hunting success has been sweeter. Truly magical.
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x258/svrtiska/Trad/1st_Trad_deer_3.jpg)
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Congrats! Sweet feeling.
:clapper:
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Congrats that sounds like a great day to me. I was at the wheeling show to . It was great wasn't it. I also put in order in with Abe at cari-bow for a silver fox longbow. What kind of bow did you get from him? He makes some of the best bows out there. Beautiful deer. I hope I have those kind of results in 2 weeks when our season opens.
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By the way, beautiful shot!
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oh wow ony 43lb!!!
very very nice!!!
what head did you use??
how heavy was the arrow??
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SWEET Congrats and NICE shooting. Your smile says it all. :thumbsup:
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Well done. Congrats!
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Great job,,, I bet the addiction has just began!
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Very nice, 43#s is plenty with good arrow flight and greatr shot placement. Shawn
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Big congrats.
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I'm jealous ;) but more than happy for you :saywhat: :notworthy:
Hope my first deer or grouse are waiting for me in October.
Congrats
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good job,congrats!
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CONGRATS :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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WAY TO GO!! First is always the sweetest. Fine shot placment.
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Nice job man. Congrats.
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Grats AA!!
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Nice going Scott. Maybe time for a new avatar? Welcome home.
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Great shot. Congrats on a great doe too. 14 more days till the Texas opener.
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Welcome Home.. Congrats..No lookin back..
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Cool love the shot placement!
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Congrats!
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Congrats on a fine kill. Looks like some good eating there. :thumbsup:
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congrats, now you are gonna be spoiled!!
Well done.
BD :)
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AWESOME!!!!!
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Perfect shot! Hope to get my first longbow deer very soon.
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That is super. Congrats
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A guy always remembers his first :bigsmyl:
Congrats...big time :thumbsup:
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Oh Know, you are ruined now. There is no turning back.
Scott
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Congrats! :thumbsup:
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Bow is a Featherhorn.
I used 125 gr. Magnus Stingers+100 grain brass insert. CX Heritage 150's at 10 gpi. Slow 155 fps, but quiet and heavy weight with extreme FOC, single blade cut-on-contact packs a punch when it lands... maybe a single bevel could have got all the way through clean :) but this did the job.
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awesome! BIG CONGRATS!!
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congrats , well done :0)
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How sweet it is! Nice job and great shot placement. There is nothing like taking game with a longbow.
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Great shot! I like seeing a fellow new guy's success. I hope to post my "first" this season. Just one month to go.
Congrats!
Mark
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Congratulations and great shot!
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Great job, a deer's a deer no matter where you take it. Don't down play it in any way. Congrats.
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Lucky you living out there in the early doe zones. I've been going to NJ to get in the early season fun. Congrats.
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Congratulations! Haha, you're hooked for life now! Glad to a fellow PA-er score. Nice hit, too.
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Way to go! This will be my first year with traditional gear. I hope to take my first with my long bow. Shooting trad is a blast. :thumbsup:
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Congratulations and great shooting. :thumbsup:
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I love to hear of first time success with trad stuff. As you already know, keep your arrows landing right there and you will not have to look far for your deer.
It will be the best eating ven you have ever had.
I wish you many happy returns. :thumbsup:
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Nice Job! Looks like you made a good shot!
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Congrats Scott!
Tell us about the hunt! Were you in a ground blind? Treestand? What is the area you hunt, surbian deer in your neighborhood, or in a special "urban deer zone"?
Nice job brother, I live in Northern Kentucky and I have been out 4 times now, seeing deer, but no shot opportunities yet. It's been beautiful cool weather here lately though.
Again, Super job!
Harry.
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Awesome!!!!
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Great shot...I love the arrow placement. What a beautiful start.
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Good job.
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Its just one addiction after the other,first the fun shooting. Then actually using it in the field both such joys. :thumbsup: Great shooting and Congrats!
Brent
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I am lucky to live in a neighborhood with alot of deer outside Pittsburgh. PA requires 50 yard safety zone from buildings. I can get that in part of my yard... not by alot though. From my experience, if you are doing something common like mowing the lawn, the suburban deer could care less... but if you are sneaking around in camo... or up in a tree... anything that is strange for them... then suburban deer are still deer, and they can be as tough to fool as anything in North America.
This one popped out behind me and heard my climbing harness catch the seat as I stood up (I hate those early season/new equipment faux pas). She was on high alert but after 10 minutes finally managed to walk around me, stomping the whole way.
I was in a tree but the ground sloped such that she was probably only 6-8 feet lower in elevation.
She got broadside at about 16 yards, still slowly walking and stomping. No-sights lends itself well to taking a moving animal. I let her have it in slow mid-stride so she wouldn't jump the string.
From my visual, I thought I had hit very low with bad penetration and was trying to figure out how I could have made such a poor shot. But with the arrow snapped off at the fletch and the frothy paintbrush trail through the grass and the woods, I was quickly convinced that I must have been mistaken. I was so surprised to find a nice Stinger gash right on the dot behind the shoulder. I've shot many deer with a tricked out compound, but this trad shot was probably the bloodiest trail.
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Good shooting Scott, you are hooked now. :)
Jack
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That is awesome...I'm new this year also to traditonal. Picked up a Savannah in Feb and have shot it a ton all spring and summer.
Years past I would pick up my compound and start in late August or early September and be spot on.
With no sights it's a whole different ball game and one I'm totally in love with. I have shot every weeks (3-5) times a week since Feb and have gotten much better.
Can't wait going to be in the woods opening night with my best friend and will be using nothing but traditional this fall.
Congrats on a great deer and a good start.
Josh
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Congratulations! I am north of you only 1 1/2 hours and am so jealous of the early opportunities! I too am going for my first trad kill this year.
Good luck with the rest of the season!
Rick
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Now that's what I am talking about :thumbsup: !