The Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt 2008 (FINAL THANKYOU!!)

[Guru]

Just a small window here to post some pix....

What a hunt!!!!!   After the hunt is over every year Shawn and I agree it'll be tough to top it the next time...but he and his family always take it above and beyond.....Thanx again brother      


 Early Sat. morning.....

 


This is Adam, "Drewsbow's" son...hands down the best young shooter I've ever seen!!!   I loved watching him shoot.  He's a "natural". After watching him on and off for a while. I just had to shoot with him.....we went head shot, for head shot.....check out this group he shot....

 


 


 The kids hunt was just awesome, I got great footage that hopefully can be on the next TG DVD.


The hunt begins....

 


My bud Larry and his well deserved 1st JLMBH bunny.....

 


This is what a real bunny hunter looks like.....

 


Southpawshooter....

 

[Shawn Leonard]

Man, I know Curt has many more pics. and a great story, but as usual he will keep us in suspense!! Thanks bud, your call made me feel good tonight! I am gonna drink a glass of Drewsbow's raspberry hooch and go to bed, hope to here a lot more stories and see lots more pics.!  Thanks again to everyone, as I said before, Mom would be proud of all of us!! OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

[Guru]

Izzy & Eric....

 


I'm sure this was real special for Jeremy to have his dad there when he killed a bunny....

 


All three from the same drive.....I bet there was over 30 shots taken on just this drive. I remember walking up to someone after I walked up to him as I finished driving...he'd shot every arrow in his quiver!!.....

 


Some long distance shooting......

 


Guess who........

 


Miss Killy......

 

 

[Guru]

Be proud brother...be very proud    

[Shawn Leonard]

One more post!! with the Michigan crew throwing in $900 we raised $4150!!!How incredible is that? I will do a Final Thankyou in a couple days and than put her to bed!! OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

[Huntrdfk]

Towards the end of the first day a bunch of guys were at the end of rabbit valley when a bunny busted out and ran right down the road past about ten guys in the wide open.......I was laughing as shot after shot whizzed by, then just as it hit the woodline......whack, dead rabbit......and I'm not even sure who shot it!  Then this pick, taken right after another bunny ran the hedgerow to the left, got itslef shot and pinned, then someone else shot it and all you could see were the fletching of two arrows quivering in the brush.......

 


David

[LeeNY]

Great pic's everyone!!!!

David, I would have responded sooner, but my shawl got caught in my rocking chair!    

Jordans been bragging about the time he had, his older brother now wants to trade his compound for a longbow! I'll be bringing 2 grandsons next year.      

[Guru]

Miss Killy amd Mikey "mcgroundstalker".....

 


 


And Damon's awesome self defense head shot!

 

 

[robslifts]

great pics everybody been fun readin about all of yours guys stories

[ishiwannabe]

Is it me or was there some phenominal shooting this year? Awesome pics everyone.
Damon is really turning into a bunny killing machine. How many so far this year Damon?

[adkmountainken]

as i walk in to the kitchen i see Shawn with brush pants around his ankles and sweat pants nearing the same place. i ask him what are you doing and he replied " looking for my chap stick!"                            :rolleyes:     Bro i don't want to know wher ya found it and i hope to Jesus ya didn't use it if ya did find it!!! oh yeah i believe Cindy had a comment about it to, i think it was a comparison???    

[Huntrdfk]

Originally posted by adkmountainken:
here is a picture of a very happy young man. Bowspirit ( Chris ) won a left hand Bear super mag in the raffle. as he was not left handed he looked around and saw Hunter, a fine young left handed lad and gave him a beautiful gift! way to go Chris, you da man!!! that is what it is all about!!!! now go bloody that bow Hunter!
   

Quick, ok maybe not, story here......Hunter and I arrived Friday evening, we ate with Shawn and Kathy and just generally talked.  Well, the wall in the raffle room held a number of bows, two in particular that were left handed, a 50@28 Bear Grizzly, and a 45@28 Bear Kodiak Mag.  Hunter fell in love with the Kodiak Mag, saying he wanted to win THAT bow.  Well, I worked the raffle with Shawn and Curt, and Hunter was on the porch.......the Grizzly came up and Chris won it.  A while later I go into the porch to hand out a prize and Hunter has the bow, and I really don't have a lot of time to talk about it, but do figure out that someone had given it to him. (I didn't know it was Chris yet) Then towards the end Curt wins the Kodiak Mag, and he had wanted the Grizzly.....so, you guessed it, a trade was made on the spot, Hunter got his Kodiak Mag, and Curt got his Grizzly.

This pic is of Hunter with his "new" bow on stand behind the greenhouses on Sunday.....

 

Chris and Curt, I can't begin to tell you what this meant to me....thank you both for what you have done for my son.  I will tell all of you that for the first hour riding home last night all he could talk about was the hunt, how much fun he had.  He told me he wanted to come back NEXT weekend to hunt with Shawn again, and wanted to know why we only do this hunt once a year........I told him that was one of the things that made it so special. He told me we only had to wait 362 days, then promptly went to sleep for the rest of the ride........

Thank you again Chris and Curt, and thanks to each and every one of you for the way all of the kids were treated this wekend, it says a lot about who we are.    

David

[whitebuffalo]

WOW!!!,, I love seeing those pics of killy,, I love how she holds all of her creatures she kills so close,,You can tell how much respect she has for every kill she makes,, but to all of you guys,, what an awsome bunch of guys and gals with awsome shots and huge hearts to donate to the raffle, God bless ya'll abd god bless ya Shawn,,and all who had their hand in the hunts,,Jaosn B.

[MJB]

CONGRATS TO ALL INVOLVED    
OUTSTANDING

[Peter Smith]

Looks like I missed a great event! Glad you all had a great time, next year ill be back!

Pete

[Chris Surtees]

Looks like there was some fun had by all. One year I will make it.

Congrats to all involved!      

[Tdog]

Great pix. Shawn and family thanks again for all you do to make this happen..What a great time..Tucker

[Hot Hap]

Congradulations one and all!! Hap

[Huntrdfk]

Time for a couple more pics before work......here is the end of the "Briarback Mountain" push......this pic really does not do the area justice....it is MUCH thicker than this...

 

At one point during that push I was on my belly, I would push my bow through a few feet, then clip some briars, push the bow, clip some briars.  This was the end result of that push for me....

 

David

[GrnMtnTradNut]

Wow sounds like fun was had by all, I wish I could of made it. Next year will be a for sure. Lots of great pics, stories and memories. I love to see all the kids young and old. Best of all it was done for those who need help more than any of us. What awesome bunch of people to be associated with.