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Title: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 22, 2009, 07:41:00 PM

I was truly blessed this year, the first season of traditional archery hunting.
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Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Stykbow62 on December 22, 2009, 11:43:00 PM

Great buck and I really like the split brow tine.
You had a incredible season, first one or not.
Congratulations !!!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: rugrat on December 23, 2009, 09:11:00 AM

Wow...first season?  Awesome, and good shooting.

MD

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: kasey on December 23, 2009, 01:16:00 PM

thats great

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: LoweBow on December 23, 2009, 01:30:00 PM

Blessed indeed!  Congrats!  Some fine shootin right there!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Jesse Minish on December 23, 2009, 03:05:00 PM

Great season!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: dragonheart on December 23, 2009, 04:41:00 PM

Wow what a buck.  Congrats on those trophies!!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Gerardo on December 23, 2009, 04:56:00 PM

WOW what a buck and what a season , you are now ultimately hooked!!!!!!!
   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: whitebuffalo on December 23, 2009, 05:01:00 PM

:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 23, 2009, 05:14:00 PM

Thanks guys! Gerardo, you are absolutely right. I've been trad hunting for two years, but it finally came together this year. No more wheely bows for me!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: on December 23, 2009, 11:33:00 PM

Congrats on a great first trad year in the woods!

Bisch

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Boone the Hunter on December 24, 2009, 12:26:00 AM

big congrats! I switched last year and can say you will never look back, sweet buck, what a brute!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Big Ed on December 24, 2009, 06:33:00 AM

Congrats on a really good start!!!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: macclare on December 24, 2009, 07:46:00 AM

Great start and the start to a lifetime passion.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 24, 2009, 07:01:00 PM

Thanks all. I have had more fun shooting a traditional bow. It's like discovering bow hunting all over again, only better.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: bowhawk archer on December 25, 2009, 10:11:00 AM

Congrats on a awesome season!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Pinecone on December 25, 2009, 01:25:00 PM

What a wonderful and blessed first season!  I hope you have many more that are equally memorable!

Claudia

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: charles suttles on December 25, 2009, 02:17:00 PM

I'll bet that bow is a keeper too. Wish you many more.


 charles

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Gatekeeper on December 25, 2009, 09:22:00 PM

:eek:  DUDE...WOW!   :bigsmyl:  Only kidding.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 26, 2009, 07:58:00 AM

I posted the full story initially on the Pow Wow, but I will summarize it. I shot him Nov.10 @ 1:30 p.m.,at 8 yards from a tree stand, which was the first time I had hunted this stand all year. Before I shot him, I shot at a big doe and buried my arrow into a sapling behind her shoulder. She ran off and trailing her was a huge P&Y 10 pt. I couldn't get an arrow out of my cat quiver, so the 10 pt. walked right past my stand without a shot. I began grunting and turned around in the stand. To my surprise, this 12 pt. buck was standing 100 yards north of me. He heard my grunts and began walking toward my stand, eventually picking up the same trail the doe ran down moments earlier.I made a good shot on him as he paused ( due to a mouth bleat ) where the doe had been standing moments earlier. It was a perfect broadside shot, burying the Montec G5 into his ribcage almost to the fletchings.

As you can tell, there was a lot of luck involved in the taking of this buck!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Gatekeeper on December 26, 2009, 10:01:00 AM

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=080567;p=4

Great story! Thanks for sharing. He sure is a great looking buck.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 27, 2009, 05:35:00 PM

Thanks for linking the Pow Wow story on this page. Happy New Year to all.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: thunder1 on December 28, 2009, 06:36:00 PM

That's a great start.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on December 29, 2009, 02:23:00 AM

Well-done!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 29, 2009, 07:25:00 AM

Thanks, David & Ben.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Goke on December 29, 2009, 08:45:00 AM

Congrats on a fine season. Your welcome to come hunt with me in MT anytime so long as you bring some of that stickbow mojo with you. Great Job!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: Firstarrow on December 29, 2009, 08:56:00 AM

Nice buck! Congrats on the Turkey as well.

Any time it comes together, buck, doe, fins, feathers, foliage, or any fur it is good!

Goke - Montana is magic!!

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: BigStriper on December 29, 2009, 09:07:00 AM

Wow what a Great Buck,and Turkeys to,I also got a nice Buck last year which was my First year with a Traditional Bow,But it wasn't Near as Big as Yours.It sounds like you have a Great place to Hunt with all those Big Bucks running around,Thanks for the Story and Good Luck in the Future,

Kurt

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 29, 2009, 07:57:00 PM

Thanks guys. Goke, I hunted elk once in Montana. That was an incredible experience. Though I didn't shoot an elk, I had a great time chasing those critters up the mountains. I would love to hunt MT again sometime. As far as Stickbow Mojo goes...I wish I had some to bring with me. I have been hunting long enough to know that I had a lot of luck going for me on the day I killed that buck. I'll be hunting for a lot of years before I get a crack at another buck like that one.

Title: Re: First season of traditional hunting-pics
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on December 29, 2009, 08:04:00 PM

Kurt,

Congrats on your season last year. Any deer with trad gear is a trophy to me, no matter the size.

This buck was actually shot on a 40 acre piece of property, of which I have permission to hunt on 20 acres. I have only killed one other buck on this property in over 10 years, so it was a total surprise when this guy came by. The magic of the rut!

Best of luck in the future.