Greetings all........
In June of 2012, I was in a motorcycle wreck in TN. Was in a 3 week coma, close to death for two days, and in the hospital for 2 months. My left shoulder is put back together with hardware, ALL left-side ribs were broken, not cracked, left lung was punctured, both hips messed up, and a head injury. Needless to say, I'm very blessed to be alive. I haven't ridden again since and never will. In the 20 years prior, I was very involved in traditional archery. I've been an officer in my state's tradbow association. After learning how to walk again, I started becoming more active. Around December that year, I took out my tradbows but being left handed I couldn't draw any of my bows. Not caring to gun hunt, I bought and got proficient with a compound. I hunted the rut in January 2013 for a solid week with that compound in hand. Never loosed an arrow but I was simply glad to be in the blind. Well throughout 2013, I continued to practice with my compound and got very good but was never satisfied. Toward the end of 2013, I was finally able to draw my trad bows but it was a struggle. In the last 3 weeks this year, I bought two new longbows with lower weight. The first shot I was able to take in my backyard, I hit the target face....not a great shot but finally felt a sense of satisfaction. So after several days of getting better shooting, just last week, I took the week off to hunt the rut with my buddy. I spent every hunt in the blind and ladder stand with my longbow. Like last year, I never loosed an arrow, but it was the best week I've had hunting in 20 years. Sorry for being long winded, but wanted to say their's nothing like traditional archery to heal the soul.
Topic: Blessed to be here......... (Read 588 times)
