Just got my first deer..... again!!

[robtattoo]

A fantastic & emotional story Charlie!

Well told Brother!    I'll help Joe out with the finances  

[bohuntr]

 Just an awesome trip back in time Biggie, thanks for taking us along!!!

[hayslope]

       

[dirtguy]

Best story I've read in a long time.

 

[Mike Gerardi]

     I can relate to that story like it was happening to me. Very cool  

[stick_string]

                           

[Charlie Lamb]

Thanks all!!! I was in a fog this morning preparing the final installment and forgot to add the picture of my doe. Here she is.
 

Just as a side note I thought I'd mention that although I no longer have access to that property (I'm currently working on it) I live less than five miles from that place.
I still get out in the same river bottoms to hunt, though a few miles up stream.

I'm happy to say that through sportsmen's dollars and a fine management program by the Missouri Department of Conservation deer hunting is far and away better than it was in the sixties.

Where once it wasn't uncommon to go a month without seeing a deer, now it's unusual not to see at least a couple.
These ARE the good old days.
 

[JC]

I'll call you in a bit Charlie....we're dead serious....it's time for a book.

[Mudd]

Thanks Charlie!

God bless,Mudd

PS I thank God for that doe too!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Please put me on that list and I will be glad to pay in advance    

Tracy

[Killdeer]

Bloody awesome! My heart is pounding, my mind's eye on the mental image of you and Owen Jeffery in a little shop, and the lightning-charged wood of that little bow. Owen made the bow that killed my first critter, a little doe.

Your time for writing is now, as your life comes full circle, Charlie. I dunno if you know what an inspiration you have been to me, and to countless others like me. Seems you would have to. It is time to put all that into a book that will last for the generations to come, as pixels darken and files become corrupted. Nothing like a good book to touch somebody in another age. As I love reading vintage books of days long past, diaries of early American adventurers and explorers, so will someone in the far future treasure the pictures and words that you choose to tell your story. So many accomplishments, so many adventures...

Killdeer

[Danny Rowan]

Charlie, my friend, I too relish every story you tell and a book is needed. You must tell your life story of bowhunting for the future generations. I will buy a couple for sure.

Danny

[knife river]

Charlie, you've got everything you need:  a lifetime of adventures, an excellent recollection of all of them, lots of great photos, time and desire to write (I hope!), a well-earned reputation as one of the great story tellers in traditional archery, and most importantly, a genuine talent for bringing those stories to life with humor and intelligence.  

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts enough copies could pre-sell here on Trad Gang to enable you to walk into a printer's shop with cash in hand.

I'll put my money where my mouth is.  You tell me what a book will cost and I'll send you payment in advance for three copies (signed, please, sir!).  

If JC and Rob come up with a great way to finance the book, that's wonderful!  I'll support them every way I possibly can, although they're far smarter and business savvy than I'll ever dream of.  If you want to test the waters by getting a feel for pre-sales, like I said, I'm in for three!

[Bonebuster]

Great story!!!

We can all relate to the emotions you described, and we all saw the same thing in our minds eye.

You were alone when you released that arrow, but all these years later we were all there to relive it.

You`ll have no problem find those who want to hear more of what it is that made you who you are.

One more time...thanks for taking us along.  :D

[DaleinOhio]

Mr. Lamb,

Thanks for relating that great story to us.  It's even better because I know those river bottoms in Missouri...even the old pecan trees, of which there are fewer and fewer these days.  Living in Ohio now, I don't get back to Marthasville where my parents live and where I got hooked on hunting often enough.  Your story was almost as good.  

[Guru]

What an honor it is to call you my friend buddy....a true living legend of the bow    

[Brook Trout]

       

[jcar315]

Charlie, Just can't thank you enough for sharing. As others have said: your gift for story telling is something that I know I too would pay to read. Add my name to the list of book buyers!

The recall of the details is uncanny and brought it all to life to me. Thanks again!

[Wannabe1]

Thanks Charlie! What a great story. Gives us reason to be thankful for what we have today!      

[Kenneth]

WOW!!!! Thank you for sharing Charlie!!!  Not only did I get to relive your hunts with you but it also made me remember and relive some of my own hunts.