Just returned from a public ground hunt near Gavins Point Nebraska with a few of my closest friends.
This was to be a selfbow only hunt, we all had stonepoints and bone points mounted on rivercane and cedar arrows. I had only one rivercane arrow tipped with a stone point, the rest were cedars and 145 grain grizzlies-
Long story short, I chose to hunt on the ground and set my ambush in what appeared to be a well traveled route, two deer came in mid day and offered a 10-12 yard shot- I was so tore up! shooting an arrow i made with wrapped turkey feathers,stone point and selfknocked etc... well I shot low right under the chest and managed to jam some hair in between the stone point and the rivercane- no blood just hair so I was relieved that all in all a clean miss not a wounded deer.
So an hour or so later 3 more deer come through and I am standing this time with my ghillie suit on and ready, the shot was six yards or closer- man what a rush to hunt with a selfbow on the ground and on public ground! This was my first selfbow kill and the first deer I've taken on public ground!
A great hunt with my best friends, these are the times I live for!
We shot arrows into the lake to honor those that came before us and some of our friends who have passed on.
This is "congoman" our fearless leader and a man who has spent his life in the woods and has taught me and many others the lessons of life in the woods.
Topic: Good Friends and Selfbows (Read 965 times)
