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Title: Back from hunting camp + Primitive success!
Post by: BEN on November 13, 2011, 08:15:00 PM
Spent a week out hunting private property with a friend of mine. LOTS of wind this week which made for some crazy times in tree-stands and some major racket from flapping canvas.....Here's some pics of our camp:
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/100_7318.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/100_7319.jpg)

As a self professed "meat-hunter", I was being a bit too selective, since the buck sign was heavy and I decided to try and focus on getting a bigger buck than my normal.... I even passed on a couple does, but my freezer isn't empty, so I figured I could spend some time trophy hunting....

The neighboring crops didnt' get harvested untill late last week, so I think that really hampered our hunting, as neither of us had much in the way of close-up encounters with deer untill about Thursday afternoon. Things picked up fast after that, but unfortunately for me, my vacation time has come and gone....We both had some great times in the woods and time spent with normal camp stories, reminiscing, etc...

Saturday mornging, however, the tide was turned! my friend, Jim West was hunting as primitve as he could this year. He has hunted with his own self-bows for many years, but this year decided to turn things up a notch. He spent this summer crafting and testing some primitve arrows: river cane, flint, and 2 fletch tied on with sinew, using bees-wax to waterproof the wrappings.....

He missed  as small buck Fri. night while hunting from the ground in the heavy wind. His bottom limb hit the ground and sent his arrow crazily off track. He was going to put them away, his confidence in his primitve arrows shaken. I told him that the arrow wasn't at fault, what happened would have sent ANY arrow off track. I told him: "Take that arrow out tomorrow and just go and kill something with it" ...and I guess he DID listen to me:
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/100_7316.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/bgeckle/100_7317.jpg)

I got a couple more days to hunt yet, before gun season stirs things up......Don't think I'll match his though for pure primitive success!!


However
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Post by: Big Ed on November 13, 2011, 08:18:00 PM
That is quite the accomplishment!   :thumbsup:
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Post by: waknstak IL on November 13, 2011, 08:20:00 PM
That is a great story !!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on November 13, 2011, 08:21:00 PM
Wow,

what a trophy!
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Post by: GRS on November 13, 2011, 08:21:00 PM
Very impressive!  :thumbsup:  Thanks for the story and pics.
Gerald
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Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on November 13, 2011, 08:24:00 PM
It just doesn't get any better!!!

Congrats!!!!!!   :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on November 13, 2011, 08:27:00 PM
Awesome accomplishment congrats.
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Post by: Magnum in Ms on November 13, 2011, 08:31:00 PM
Nice buck with any bow. Congrats
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Post by: JGoemaat on November 13, 2011, 08:37:00 PM
Beautiful bow and arrows. I've got a lot of respect for that kind of tackle.
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Post by: swp on November 13, 2011, 09:09:00 PM
Saweet! Congrats to your buddy!!
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Post by: Bel007 on November 13, 2011, 09:14:00 PM
Wow.  :notworthy:  

Thnx for sharing the story.
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Post by: Bjorn on November 13, 2011, 09:14:00 PM
Way to go!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Hoser1268 on November 13, 2011, 09:37:00 PM
That is awesome!!! Congrats!!!
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Post by: rastaman on November 13, 2011, 09:43:00 PM
Way to go sir!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: cnorth on November 13, 2011, 09:44:00 PM
Awesome....  :notworthy:    :notworthy:
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Post by: on November 13, 2011, 09:52:00 PM
Cool deal!!!!

Congrats!

Bisch
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on November 13, 2011, 11:24:00 PM
:thumbsup:  Good jobg.
Title: Re: Back from hunting camp + Primitive success!
Post by: BEN on November 14, 2011, 08:15:00 AM
Thanks guys......will def. pass on everyones congrats to Jim-------if I could talk him into joining the computer age----he'd def. be a great member ...but as it is----I guess I get all his advise.experience to myself!  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: D. Key on November 14, 2011, 08:25:00 AM
That's as pure as it can get.  Congrats for sure.
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Post by: maineac on November 14, 2011, 11:06:00 AM
Nice!!
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Post by: buckeye_hunter on November 14, 2011, 12:14:00 PM
:clapper:
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Post by: flungonin on November 17, 2011, 06:30:00 PM
Awesome. Love the Traditional/Primitive hunt. Great rewarding results.
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Post by: lpcjon2 on November 17, 2011, 06:32:00 PM
Congrats, what a feeling it must be.
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Post by: LONGSTYKES on November 17, 2011, 07:01:00 PM
Great stuff guys, Very good shooting. You did it the hard way. You should be very proud.
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Post by: Pat B on November 18, 2011, 12:02:00 AM
Excellent hunt and you were rewarded for your perserverance. Well done!
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Post by: volcanomil on November 18, 2011, 07:47:00 AM
congrats
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Post by: Shedrock on November 18, 2011, 09:13:00 AM
:thumbsup:  Sweet!
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Post by: Jmatt1957 on November 18, 2011, 09:15:00 AM
Wow it doesn't get any tougher then that. Congrats to Jim
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Post by: BEN on November 18, 2011, 11:11:00 AM
Just a spoiler here------had some MOAB success yesterday myself-----gonna have to wait to get pics from Jim before I post my story......  :archer:
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Post by: getstonedprimitivebowhunt on November 18, 2011, 08:18:00 PM
...love it ...cool !!
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Post by: Matty on November 18, 2011, 08:21:00 PM
AWESOME!
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Post by: swifty99 on November 18, 2011, 08:59:00 PM
That is pretty cool
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Post by: imhntn on November 18, 2011, 10:17:00 PM
Congrats to your buddy!  That would be the ultimate hunt in my mind.
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Post by: Fishycatfish on November 18, 2011, 10:32:00 PM
My dream! Awesome buck too, did it leave a nice hole?
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Post by: Mark Baker on November 18, 2011, 11:02:00 PM
Very nicely done....a big congrats!
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Post by: KellyG on November 19, 2011, 12:04:00 AM
I hope that is me next year with stone heads. Thanks for sharing with us and taking us along.
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Post by: twitchstick on November 19, 2011, 10:03:00 AM
Well done! I'm still working on a primitive set for next year.  :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
Title: Re: Back from hunting camp + Primitive success!
Post by: BEN on November 19, 2011, 01:28:00 PM
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Originally posted by Fishycatfish:
My dream! Awesome buck too, did it leave a nice hole?
Oh yeah...... I was impressed. Bigger hole than my buzzcuts left! (But I did get 2 holes though). He shot slightly quartering away: top of liver and 1 lung = 60 yd. run and crash.

The real kicker: I've shot 2 deer this year and had 2 carbon arrows snap 1/2; his river cane shaft was still in 1 piece!!!! unuseable (split and bent) but still in 1 piece!!  :knothead:    :bigsmyl:
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Post by: stujay on November 19, 2011, 03:00:00 PM
Dandy buck! Sounds like you all had fun.
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Post by: Chisler on November 19, 2011, 04:11:00 PM
Very very nice!  Congrats to you and your friend.