Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Longspur77 on August 27, 2010, 10:10:00 AM
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Been practicing since February, Skinned Silvertip, Gold TIp Traditional front loaded with a Large Bonehead. Never killed whitetail, turkey, elk, bear or any big game with a recurve. Got addicted to trad in january, sold the wheelie last week. Hooked from here on out.
Not sure how i am going to handle myself when hopefully that bugling bull comes jaunting up to within 20 yards of me,dad or brother. Yes we all are carrying Recurves and we will all probably shoot the same time.Ha ha. The bull might either run off looking like a pin cushion or the mountain will be littered with arrows stuck up in the ground resembling pungy sticks.
Oh well, hopefully we will get into them and i can share some pictures of us with our trad garb on. This is a trip of a lifetime for me and my brother, dad has been going to Wyoming for 30 years and taken many with a bow from 5 to 50 yds. He is seasoned. We are not but have trained as best as we know how. Sorry for the long windedness, just anxious(hate planes, dad was in a crash in 88 in dallas) and just wish i could snap fingers and be there. TO all that inspire me and are heading out West , good luck and hope to see some pictures.
"if you are walking on thin ice, you might as well dance"
Life is too short for anything less.
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Good luck to you guys! Take lots of pictures. Stay within your comfort zone, and good things will happen! :thumbsup:
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Good luck on your trip! You are likely wrong about one thing though. When you set foot in the mountains there is a very good chance you will be hooked for life. So there is a very real danger that it won't be "the trip of a lifetime". Just the first of many wonderful trips to come ;)
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Good luck. Hope you get in 'em!
PS: LOVE your avatar!!
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Good luck on the hunt!!! I have to echo what Whip said ... once you try it there is no way this is going to be a one time deal for you and your brother! Make sure to give us a full report with pictures upon your return.
Dan
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Have fun...focus and pick a spot,and most of all have fun. :wavey: GOOD LUCK!!!!
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All the best and take some pics! :archer2:
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Enjoy! I am headed up this weekend for 3 or 4 days, next weekend for 4 or 5 days and then probably the last week of season. Here are a few pics to wet your appetite.
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/kadbow/IMG_1127.jpg)
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/kadbow/IMG_0653.jpg)
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/kadbow/IMG_0666.jpg)
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Good luck. Take care to open yourself to enjoy and be awed by what Mother Nature offers up. Kill or no kill, it is an adventure of epic proportion !
ChuckC
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Aw man am I dreaming now.. Great pics
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unbelievable pics, I agree with everyone here, it is not about the kill but the time spent in nature with 2 most favorite hunting partners, But it sure would be nice to say that i killed an elk with a recurve before i kill a whitetail. I like the pictures, send somemore
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:wavey: good luck! :archer:
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I am sitting here waiting for my little girl to get off the bus. Then take her to a friends house so I can head up to my camp. Once the mountains get ya, you'll be back. I wish you the best of luck on your trip. Enjoy every second of it.
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Good luck on you trip. Just make sure it's an elk coming in and not a fawn. This mornig I made a couple of cow chirps and a minute or two later I heard something big coming my way. My heart was racing quick but it was just a suicide fawn that about knocked me clean off my feet! I thought for sure it was this bull I had been watching but it wasn't lol... (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/SUNP0039.jpg)
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A couple of pictures of some more elk ground to whet your appetite.
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac67/peastes/P1020692_2.jpg)
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac67/peastes/IMG_0300.jpg)
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Oh well here's a few more :)
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/wapiti792/bowandhorns.jpg)
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/wapiti792/HuntPics014.jpg)
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have fun be safe good luck