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Author Topic: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007  (Read 37379 times)

Offline Matt / PA

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #580 on: December 11, 2007, 11:05:00 PM »
Hello all, I thought I would share the results of my very first "Traditional" bowhunt this past season even though I'm mostly just a habitual lurker here I have learned a lot in the last year or so.

 This buck (My biggest to date) was a long time coming for me here in the hard hunted woods of PA and to take it with the very first shot from my recurve on the very first day I ever carried it into the woods .....is something I will not soon forget!    :cool:    

I guess I'm one of those odd guys who can embrace both ends of the technology spectrum as a rep for a major compound manufacturer.(shhhh     ;)    )
  I bought this bow (what amounts to my dream bow for many many years) right here on the Tradgang.com classifieds in March of this year and felt there might be a little karma from the start.

I guess I was right, and after months of serious hard practice and devoting the entire archery season to stick and string (knowing full well I would be limiting my shots and might pass routine compound opportunities), I was rewarded with the trophy of a lifetime.

Thanks for allowing me to share.

The buck scores 149 5/8" gross as a 13pt (busted G2 on his left side or he'd probably break 155")and sports a 21" inside spread.
 The bow is a 62# Black Widow SA V , and I used a 220gr Muzzy Phantom on a GT Traditional to make the 23yard shot.

   

   

If anyone is wondering about the buck's eyes: He died with his head pressed against that log which closed his left eye, and his right has a ring of warty tumors encircling it. I said he was big I didn't say he was pretty.    :D

Offline Trad Man 25

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #581 on: December 12, 2007, 01:14:00 AM »
Very Nice,, Its a Big one   :)
The Bow looks Beautifull as well,

Offline Matt Fowler

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #582 on: December 12, 2007, 07:38:00 AM »
Wow! Nice Buck Matt, where in PA? Public land?

Offline cajunbowhntr

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #583 on: December 12, 2007, 07:44:00 AM »
Matt,SHHHHH don't let all the bowtech boys back at HN find out;)Congrats on a fine trophy!Gotta love a BW, those savs are one of my favorites.


CB
"Forget your lust for the rich mans gold all that you need is in your soul...Find a woman and you'll find love and don't forget son,there is someone up above...Ronnie Van Zant "simple man"

Offline Matt / PA

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #584 on: December 12, 2007, 08:11:00 AM »
Thanks guys!  I couldn't be more proud of that deer.

He might as well have been public land. The farm I hunt gets POUNDED in rifle season and my stand is literally 50 yards away from state game lands.

cajun, you be quiet.  :)

Offline Herdbull

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #585 on: December 12, 2007, 09:42:00 AM »
Matt, Nice job!!  He is not ugly, he has character. Ha! Cool antlers.

Offline peter c iacavazzi

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #586 on: December 12, 2007, 07:45:00 PM »
Great job! Damn...They have bucks like that in PA?

Offline SouthMDShooter

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #587 on: December 12, 2007, 09:30:00 PM »
Great job Matt. congrats!
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
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Offline Woodduck

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #588 on: December 13, 2007, 12:14:00 AM »
Oh he's NICE!

Well done...Undertaker couldn't wipe that smile off.  :bigsmyl:
Happy trails....   ('till we meet again, Dale Evans Rogers)
>>>--a kindred spirit--->     (got that from Fred Anderson)

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Offline buckshot95

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #589 on: December 13, 2007, 06:54:00 AM »
Congrats Matt that is sweet buck!!!
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Offline Matt / PA

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #590 on: December 13, 2007, 08:29:00 AM »
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Well done...Undertaker couldn't wipe that smile off.
 
I'd probably be smiling even bigger if I didn't almost knock my left eye out recovering him in that thick brush.   :knothead:  (You can see the blood in the corner) LOL

It was funny, when I told my friends that I was going to hunt the entire PA season with my recurve some of them asked the question "So what are you going to do when a Giant buck walks out and you wish you had your compound?"

I guess now we know.   :bigsmyl:  

Thanks again guys!

Offline Talondale

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #591 on: December 13, 2007, 09:06:00 AM »
Hey Matt.  Congrats again on the deer.  I think you just wanted your eye to match his.

Offline Matt / PA

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #592 on: December 13, 2007, 09:16:00 AM »
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Hey Matt. Congrats again on the deer. I think you just wanted your eye to match his.

 
Thanks Talondale (it's amazing how many guys split time between these sites. LOL)

It is sort of ironic that I bashed up MY eye when you look at that deer. "An eye for an eye" I guess.   ;)

Offline Thaihunter

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #593 on: December 13, 2007, 09:46:00 AM »
Matt/PA

Did you shoot this deer near Pinchot?

Offline Matt / PA

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #594 on: December 13, 2007, 09:48:00 AM »
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Matt/PA

Did you shoot this deer near Pinchot?  
No, southern York Co. in the Seven Valleys area.

Offline Thaihunter

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #595 on: December 13, 2007, 09:52:00 AM »
Congrats, I missed an opportunity on a big one in Pinchot Park last year.  Most of the deer I see in York Co. are huge.

Offline Danny Roberts

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #596 on: December 13, 2007, 10:35:00 AM »
Way to hang Matt. I'm still looking for my first down here with trad. gear.
DR

Offline NorthShoreLB

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #597 on: December 13, 2007, 05:40:00 PM »
My year is ending on a pretty good note   :bigsmyl:


 
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Offline Bowspirit

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #598 on: December 13, 2007, 08:30:00 PM »
Indeed. I'd call that a good note, too...
“I read somewhere of how important it is in life, not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once.”
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Offline Trad Man 25

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2007
« Reply #599 on: December 14, 2007, 06:34:00 AM »
NorthShoreLB,, can you tell me about your bow, looks like a killer  :D
Im allways wanted to make one,, but with out a work shop, money, being a student and living in the UK, its hard ,, but i will one day  :)  

Thanks James

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