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Title: Happiness is....
Post by: LongStick64 on January 18, 2011, 11:35:00 AM
Taking out my 75@28 Howard Hill Half Breed for a shooting session (after letting it sit on my bow rack for several months), and shooting it with solid form, sheesh I even paused at anchor...  :archer2:
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Post by: riverrat 2 on January 18, 2011, 11:58:00 AM
Seeing the buds on the hardwood tree's. that first robin,or the first smell of spring's skunk
in the air. "wintered out" in MI.
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Post by: lpcjon2 on January 18, 2011, 12:03:00 PM
Sadness is it's raining here and you got me motivated.
Happiness is watching my kids getting ready to go out and shoot, the excitement and proud independence of having their own gear shows as they seem to grow up to little men and women for the moment until the shooting is over than it's back to kids again.
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Post by: wapiti792 on January 18, 2011, 12:07:00 PM
a freezer full of elk and deer made possible by good shots, great longbows, and sharp broadheads  :)
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Post by: Covey on January 18, 2011, 12:11:00 PM
A quiver full of arrows, and a day spent in the woods with friends and family! Jason
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Post by: Manitoba Stickflinger on January 18, 2011, 12:12:00 PM
The expression on my childrens faces as they turn at look at me after popping a balloon with an arrow! They're beaming and so am I with pride!
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Post by: Wannabe1 on January 18, 2011, 12:18:00 PM
A road to brief solitude!
  (http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp233/TradNut/101_0111.jpg)
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Post by: bluegrassbowhunter on January 18, 2011, 12:18:00 PM
Seeing a crimson red 35/55 goldtip drove 6" into the ground & knowing the trail ahead aint gonna be hard to follow...
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Post by: Green on January 18, 2011, 12:21:00 PM
Returning to traditional shooting after a 10 year lay off.

Learning how to better my shooting from the wise folks here.

Planning future hunting excursions.

And last but not least......the sight of good arrow flight and the feel of a clean release.
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Post by: JPE on January 18, 2011, 12:26:00 PM
A full freezer and enough wood split to last the winter. Leaving time to sit in front of the fire and enjoy it with a loved one.
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Post by: TooManyHobbies on January 18, 2011, 01:14:00 PM
...a large gut pile.
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Post by: Littlejake on January 18, 2011, 01:26:00 PM
Anything outdoors...
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Post by: Pepper on January 18, 2011, 01:28:00 PM
Twin spotted fawns curled up with each other, being as still as can be, letting you look at them, because they know that you can't see them.
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Post by: Bowwild on January 18, 2011, 01:39:00 PM
Finding Felix that elusive Bear A Riser he's been looking for since Moses descended the Mount!
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Post by: Bowwild on January 18, 2011, 01:41:00 PM
A mannter of traveling rather than a destination.

I had that quote hanging on my dorm room wall at Purdue in the mid-70's.
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Post by: legends1 on January 18, 2011, 02:16:00 PM
Enterducing people to archery for the first time.
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Post by: FubarFred on January 18, 2011, 02:20:00 PM
Heading out to a bowshoot on my H-D with bow and quiver sitting in the sidecar and knowing the looks I get at the shoot will be all envy.
Fred...
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Post by: Duker on January 18, 2011, 02:30:00 PM
Watching a young fawn wagging its tail like a dog when seeing its mother  :)
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on January 18, 2011, 03:49:00 PM
Building an all wood bow that holds together.......nothing better archery wise for me.
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on January 18, 2011, 03:52:00 PM
...a choice...

...or a journey...

...influenced by luck-of-the-draw in pyschological make-up...

...not possible without having known unhappiness...

...best enjoyed...

...cultivated by kindness, helpfulness, service...

...cultivated through action / activity / endeavour / exercise...

I sure did enjoy Tolstoy's "War and Peace"; I strongly recommend it.
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Post by: stiknstringer on January 18, 2011, 03:58:00 PM
My home made longbow shooting my cedar arrows with perfect flight to the intended target.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: bornagainbowhunter on January 18, 2011, 04:42:00 PM
Happiness to me is realizing that God has blessed me with an absolutely, perfect for me life.  I am happy that my life is exactly as it is.

God Bless,
Nathan
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Post by: jsweka on January 18, 2011, 06:41:00 PM
Coming home from work tonight, stringing up the longbow I recently made, shooting well, putting it down and then sled riding with my kids.  Yep, it was a nice evening.
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Post by: Mudd on January 18, 2011, 06:47:00 PM
Knowing that I am the son of "The King" and my life is eternal.

That I can by His power do His will with my life and serve others.

God bless,Mudd
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Post by: Two Wolves on January 18, 2011, 07:09:00 PM
Helping my two year old grandson shoot his first arrow from a bow with arrows tipped with suction cups. The journey has begun!
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Post by: The Whittler on January 18, 2011, 08:50:00 PM
Being alive and enjoying it with family and friends.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on January 18, 2011, 08:58:00 PM
Just shoveled my driveway after a hard day at work   :bigsmyl:
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Post by: BlacktailBowhunter on January 18, 2011, 09:01:00 PM
Prozac
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Post by: limbolt on January 18, 2011, 09:30:00 PM
Sitting in your stand watching an October sunrise and knowing the man who created it personally.
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Post by: on January 18, 2011, 10:07:00 PM
having a good bud...a true friend that sticks closer than a brother.
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Post by: bobman on January 19, 2011, 09:45:00 AM
I missed the last two seasons due to a catastrophic leg/knee injury, for me happiness will be a return to good health and being able to walk normally.


Watching hunting season come and go and not being able to walk well enough to go hunting is miserable
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Post by: Killdeer on January 19, 2011, 05:53:00 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Memorial%20Day/2006/MemDay06HotTub.jpg)
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Post by: JEFF B on January 19, 2011, 06:05:00 PM
:laughing:    :laughing:  i like your style kathy
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Post by: JEFF B on January 19, 2011, 06:59:00 PM
to me it this  my Dog having fun in the creek where i like to go and get away from it all. (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/018.jpg)
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Post by: JEFF B on January 19, 2011, 07:21:00 PM
she loves this spot as much as i do  (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/030.jpg)
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Post by: lpcjon2 on January 19, 2011, 07:27:00 PM
Jeff, do they have Croc's in NZ
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Post by: JEFF B on January 19, 2011, 07:30:00 PM
yes in the Zoo thank God
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Post by: E.AllenIII on January 19, 2011, 07:44:00 PM
passing on my love of the outdoors to my daughters

the look in their eyes when they see something a beautiful animal like an osprey, heron or green head
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Post by: Coonbait on January 19, 2011, 07:49:00 PM
Waking up every morning next to my wife.
Glenn
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Post by: customcrester on January 19, 2011, 07:53:00 PM
I'm with Killdeer on this. There's nothing better than sitting in our hot tub with my beautiful wife with a good bottle of wine after a long day.
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Post by: mcgroundstalker on January 19, 2011, 08:11:00 PM
Utopia and Heaven are said to be one in the same. I'm not yet ready for the latter therefore I must make, find, steal the time to find happiness now. It's with my wife, home and traditional archery! In that order, save the queen!

* Where I work is "stress city". I gotta get back into the woods before I bust!

... mike ...   :D   ...
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Post by: Killdeer on January 19, 2011, 08:39:00 PM
Jeff, that creek looks like a whole lot more fun than a hot tub! Can you camp there?

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Sheba/YALLERDAWGCATFISHMAY99.jpg)
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Post by: LONGSTYKES on January 19, 2011, 09:04:00 PM
Jeff! Is that a springer spaniel in New Zealand .  Great looking Dog. I have a B & W Springer also. He loves to help me hunt anything, play or anything else. Makes me Happy.
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Post by: Killdeer on January 19, 2011, 09:11:00 PM
God love 'em!

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Hunting%20and%20Camp/2007%20November%20Hunt/2007Spirit.jpg)
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Post by: straitera on January 19, 2011, 09:29:00 PM
How huge that is Pete! I told you! Too bad you aren't closeby Hillbro. Sometimes I'd rather stumpshoot than fish.

Gonna get some ops when my new Tembo gets here! Is that not a kick in the short hairs? Stay tuned folks.
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Post by: JEFF B on January 21, 2011, 03:56:00 AM
kathy yes ya can camp there its a cool place to camp the creek wanders down to the sea through the forest
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Post by: Mudd on January 21, 2011, 10:03:00 AM
Jeff that's a beautiful place!

Thank you for sharing it. The picture gives me hope of warmer days without snow.

Killdeer, deary, you always find a way to "Do the right thing!" in the right place!

I am puzzling over that fish? The water looks like catfish heaven but the fish sort of reminds me of a trout with what appears to be something of a beak but that rounded tail looks more like a southern fish, the Grinnell.

Thanks to the both of you Kathy, as you and Jeff seem to be of kindred spirits.

God bless,Mudd