Froggin'...Cade's 1st Bowkill!! (all pix and video added)

[Guru]

Wow, Thanx guys...truly humbling experience for me, and to come home to 3 pages already....wow again!

Thanx for the kind words....

It's late, so let's try to do this with mostly video and pix. It's gonna take some back and forth to get it all here...hold tight...

He'd just taken his first shot about 10" out in the water...missed and the arrow disappeared under the weeds and never came up...down to 3 arrows...lesson learned!
All shots after that would be very close to shore....
       

Then it happened...he made a great shot to kill his 1st ever critter with a bow!
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The most unfortunate tadpole in the world! Cade shot and missed a frog and when he pulled his arrow out of the muddy bottom in the water he came up with this...
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Head shot #2...
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The biggest frog of the evening. One I shot with an RFA Talon...
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#3 for Cade...
   

More in a minute.....

[Guru]

#3...
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 #4...
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 Aftermath...3 misses for Cade, and one for me...
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Caught up to the same frog further down shore, one more miss, then finally got him!
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Hang on...

[Guru]

His last stalk of the evening and he makes it count on video!
         

This one pretty much sums up how we both felt about this very special evening..."man this is fun "...
     

Pictures of #6...
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We ended up with 9 all together(plus one very unlucky tadpole)...
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But most importantly, we made memories either of will ever forget.

I'll never forget how he smiled, and how I felt watching him have so much fun.

I'm so proud of my little man...

[Guru]

For anyone wondering...

Cade was shooting his longbow that tg'er Big Ed made for him last year, with wood arrows and field points.

I was using my 63# Kempf Kwyk Styk, wood arrows, and Red Feather Archery's Talon.

Time to hit the rack, gotta rest up for more night  bowfishing tomorrow night with Terry. Hopefully Cade will land his 1st carp!    

[imskippy]

Another one for the books for you guys. Nice shootin Cade. Keep up the good work raising that boy Curt.

[StanM]

Curt, that is just too cool, brother  :D

Like I said in a thread yesterday I think frogs are the perfect first hunt for kids. They're stalkable and often give more than one shot.

Your videos are great, thanks for taking the time to post them.

And, Cade, you are the MAN!!!

[illianabowhntr67]

Awsome!

[Stone Knife]

Nice guy's  

[Big Ed]

Great pics and great fun!!

[Guru]

Yes Stan, Frogs are perfect for kids  

[Breakfast Boy]

THAT is awesome!!

[Mint]

Congrats guys and nice shooting.

[Izzy]

Awesome fellas, congrats on a good night.Noah and I will see you in the Catskills in a few weeks.

[Wannabe1]

Curt, that is great stuff. Can't think of a better way to make memories with a son(or daughter).      

[Mitch-In-NJ]

Man, that's great.

[Bowspirit]

Best thread I've read in awhile...

Cade, that is some fine shooting and excellent stalking skills you displayed in those videos. Looks like your catching up to your father as one stand up bowhunter. And congrats on the frogs; I like to hunt them, too...

Curt, your one lucky man, and you've done a fine job raising your son a stand up young man. Congrats to both of you...

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Ok Curt you have to stop it now, I'm starting to tear up. I have to keep my composure still, not out of work for another hour yet.

Good luck with Terry.  Great thread.

Cade, Great Shooting now go get a Carp and stay away from the bad luck Gold fish      

[no]

well done

[NoCams]

That last pic at the tailgate says it all Guru. That there is a ear to ear grin on Cade's face ! Good shootin fellow Southpaws !

nocams  

[Zbearclaw]

Congrats guys, awesome experience...