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Offline Rossco7002

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11680 on: November 22, 2012, 08:27:00 PM »
Don't Ralphie, don't! I can't resist, two Miller's up there so far this week and my place on Dave's list seems so far away. Lol
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11681 on: November 22, 2012, 08:52:00 PM »
Someone just got it. It was a nice one! .
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11682 on: November 22, 2012, 09:42:00 PM »
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Mike,

The Robin Hood is with the Lee ?

I want it back !!
         
Oh no you don't, Ralph.  When I emailed you this morning saying the Lee shot OK I thought you would get the joke.  Sorry you didn't realize the Robin Hood was with the Lee.  It sure was though.  And there's no way you're getting it back now.  Not after a Hood and my FIRST longbow harvest.  Managed to take this nice Eastern Cottontail with the Lee midday on Thanksgiving.  It's the only one we saw.  I'm thrilled with the bow and you ain't getting it back.  Sorry.    :D  

 
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Offline Shinken

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11683 on: November 22, 2012, 09:48:00 PM »
That is a *great* pic M.B.!

Good shot on the harvest!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Shoot straight, Shinken

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Offline Rossco7002

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11684 on: November 22, 2012, 09:58:00 PM »
Good shooting Mike!
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Offline Canyon

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11685 on: November 22, 2012, 10:09:00 PM »
Interesting that on this Thanksgiving a similiar Hill bow story played out on the other side of the country. Took a little walk with my Kramer built Falcon here in AZ.
 
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11686 on: November 22, 2012, 11:05:00 PM »
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Someone just got it. It was a nice one! .
It was too short.
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Offline Ralphie

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11687 on: November 22, 2012, 11:18:00 PM »
The bow has a perfect home !

I told you you would love it.

Good luck with it !

( ps.  I was kidding when I said I wanted it back ..)
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Offline Goshawkin

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11688 on: November 23, 2012, 05:04:00 PM »
Nice shootin' Mike!  pan fried cottontail,mmmmGood.  :D
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Offline mikebiz

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11689 on: November 24, 2012, 08:28:00 AM »
Nice shot Canyon.  Is that an Eastern Cottontail?  I know you have them in AZ.  Just curious.

Thanks for the congrats on my first rabbit.  It was really special for me.  My dad, grandpop and I used to gun hunt for rabbits with our beagles every Thanksgiving morning.  Well grandpop moved to a retirement place in PA about 12 years ago.  He's 95 and still kicking, but doesn't hunt anymore.  All our dogs are gone and most of the places we used to hunt are developed or traffic makes running dogs dangerous (for the dogs).  

Well now that I'm into the Hill thing I asked my dad and girlfriend if they wanted to hit a local farm to see if I could get one with the bow.  We only jumped one rabbit and that's the one I got.  It was hanging in a picked over lima bean field.  Dad kicked it up and it ran into an adjacent pepper field.  We knew it stopped, but couldn't see it anymore so I started the stalk.  It was really exciting.  When I spotted the rabbit it was standing right at the open end of a 4" irrigation pipe.  They love crawling into those things for cover and he was ready facing the hole.  I spotted him at about 10 yards, knew I couldn't go any further, drew back and let the arrow loose.  The 200 grain Ace hex found the mark and put it right down.  

We were all psyched.  My girlfriend hadn't been hunting before, so it was a great experience for her.  And she got to take my picture.  Gonna eat the little guy this Sunday.
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Offline Canyon

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11690 on: November 24, 2012, 12:51:00 PM »
Mike, I do not believe we have Easterns this far north in AZ. I believe this is a Desert Cottontail(Sylvilagus audubonii). They do not seem to get as large as the easterns I have shot.

The similarity continues in our hunts, this was the only rabbit I saw and I  used an ACE 200 grainer. Keep after them rabbits they make excellent Sunday dinners.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11691 on: November 25, 2012, 05:13:00 AM »
The similarity of our hunt is very strange Jim.  I'm starting to think I need to visit and do some higher elevation rabbit stalking than I can do here in the flatlands of NJ.  Love Arizona.  It's my favorite state to visit, though I've spent most of my time down in the area south of Tuscon.  Gorgeous territory there.  

You keep those bunnies runnin' scared too.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11692 on: November 25, 2012, 12:06:00 PM »
Mike, Come on out. Bunnies, over the counter Deer or Javelina. I am always up for hunting with other Tradgangers.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11693 on: November 25, 2012, 12:59:00 PM »
Posted this picture on another thread earlier, but thought that the Hill thread needed it, as well. I killed this deer Nov 14 with my 55# Wesley Special; 2nd deer to fall to the bow this season. Love my Hill style bows!
 
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Offline Rossco7002

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11694 on: November 25, 2012, 01:46:00 PM »
Awesome (Hill style) deer!
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Offline mikebiz

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11695 on: November 25, 2012, 02:45:00 PM »
Beautiful buck, centaur.  Love those sticker points.
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Offline Canyon

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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11696 on: November 25, 2012, 03:44:00 PM »
Beautiful Buck and Bow!! Does that Wesley have carmelized bamboo? It looks darker than normal.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11697 on: November 25, 2012, 03:52:00 PM »
Canyon,
Good eye! Yep, it's caramelized.
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11698 on: November 25, 2012, 09:21:00 PM »
Great picture, and great deer!
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Re: HH bug got me ... Part One!
« Reply #11699 on: November 26, 2012, 05:26:00 AM »
Sweet!!!
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