He was about 4 yards behind the decoys putting him about 8 yards from a tore up redneck hiding in a blind. Ethan was filming, and i asked him if i should shoot right there or wait, he said if he even acts like going left or right kill him, but if he wants to beat up marvin let him. So i waited just a bit, but when he turned to his left and took a step i hit full draw.
Oh yea, about what i was drawing. A few months back the owner of the bow shop i work part time at called me and said he had something id probably want to see. I got there, and started drooling as he had a beautiful old Bear grizzly laying on the table. It was in great shape, and had the handle just like that 59' Kodiak i had shot at the ATA and loved. I figured it had to be close to the same age. I asked him how he got it, and he said a guy came in and needed money. Said it had been his grandpas and he didnt have any use for it. $60 later, he walked out the door.
I asked Kevin if he wanted his money back, he laughed and said take it, thanks for going to the ATA for me!
I was jacked! I took it home, and ordered a string that night from Allen Shafer, i make my own strings now, but this string had to be perfect because that was a sweet bow, and Allen is just the man for the job.
The string got here a few days later, and after some tuning it was shooting great!I did some research and talked to a Bear expert and he quickly IDed the bow as a 62' Grizzly, and one that was in very good shape. It is 50#@28 so its a little heavier than i normally shoot but i could still shoot it pretty good. Anybody that knows me knows that i am a die-hard Omega Longbow man, but i figured i would try sometime to take something with that old bow, just to say i had killed something with a 54 year old stick. After i filled my first tag, i figured i would try to tag out with that Grizz.
Back to the hunt.
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