I already gave my thoughts regarding Widows. Just not my favorite but maybe my luckiest. Was thinking this today as I readied mine to go out this afternoon. If I’ve relayed this already somewhere forgive me. Had a brain issue that makes me forget things.
So years back, early 2000s my wife gave my daughters, the younger being an infant a card With check and the 2nd half of pmt on bow for my bday. . It has my kids names on it. It came around Sept. By Oct my oldest daughter maybe 3-4 would fly out of car upon arriving home from grandmas where she stayed as we worked.
She’d ask if I got a deer w “her bow”. I’d tell her not yet I wanted to practice w it. Each day I’d look out back of my taxidermy shop and see deer moving through the woods near a stand I had set. I finished early enough, grabbed the new bow and headed out. As I started to tie it to a haul line a bunch of does came through. One centered itself between the Y of a tree perfectly centering it’s vitals. Allowing very little room to not get vitals. I shot and saw her crash down. Wasn’t even in stand yet.
My daughter came home and asked if I got a deer w her bow. I brought her outside and she asked where the horns were!
Ok so a week later I haven’t been out, I finish but I’ve been skinning bears. I smell like grease. Ah I grab the new widow, run down to a recently cut cornfield and set up my climber. Man it’s crazy less than an hour til dark. I have my bow, license, knife, bow hook and stand. I jack up, wearing blue jeans and a flannel. Pull my bow up, check watch it’s I think 4:26. As I look down I see a rack buck sneaking through. I shoot it, it runs out into power cut and falls over. I check watch. 4:26. Less than a few minutes w a new bow and 2 dead deer on it. Maybe not my favorite bow maker but this bow has been out not all that much and has stories on it. Might be my luckiest. Bringing it out tonight. First time in a few years. We’ll see what happens but it’s super windy here.
Topic: For The Love Of Widows (Read 5881 times)
