This bow has been around my whole life. My dad bought it a few months after I was born.
I shot it alot as a kid, until I lost all the arrows. Fast forward to last summer, when I saw a piece on tv about shooting antique bows.
“I have one of those”! and the adventure began.
I researched, got a string, arrows, broadheads, quiver, shot and shot and shot some more.
I made it my goal to take a deer with it while dad was still alive to see it.
After several close encounters, one missed shot I shouldn’t have taken, and another I blew, it came together yesterday.
I’ve hunted this group of does several times, but always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time.
This time everything fell into place, and I didn’t mess it up.
The cows in the field, which have intervened a time or two in the deer’s favor, actually helped me, cutting off the south side of the field.
So instead they left to the north, bringing this old girl right under my tree.
Specs: 1959 Bear Alaskan, 45# @ my 28” draw.
B50 flemish twist string, dyna puff silencers @ 1/4s.
Full length (31”) Traditional only 500 carbon shafts from 3 rivers.
100 grain brass inserts.
200 grain Grizzly Instinct three blade broadheads.
Three arrow strap on quiver by Traditions Leathercraft (found in Trad Gang classifieds)
Thanks to the members of this board.
Your knowledge and experience were invaluable.
Thank you God for allowing me to live in the middle of your amazing creation.
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