Howdy! new (member)

[D.H. Todd]

Howdy from Northern Alberta!
An old friend ( Jack Kempf) suggested I check this site out, so I figured I'd introduce myself.

  Been shooting stick bows for about 45 years, and my son started hunting with a long bow last year .
He has taken over my Kempf two piece flat bow because I can no longer pull the 57# weight, and I am shooting my old Ben Pearson Mach1 recurve for now, but will get Jack to build me a lighter bow next winter.
My son ordered a 58" bow from jack last week end, after shooting Jack's 66" bow.

I can think of no other outdoor pastime BTW,  that I enjoy more, than messing with stick bows, be it roving, shooting birds, or
big game hunting !
People that know me from other forums BTW, know me as "Cat"
D.H.

[Bob B.]

Welcome to the Cite!!  Never been to Alberta, but I ahve been close.  I did hunt bear in LaLosh Sascat. not too far from the border.  Shooting bows is a great past time for sure.  Lots of good folks on this site.  Glad you have joined.

Bob.

[D.H. Todd]

Thanks Bob!
I trapped just north of la loche in the 70's, on the Alberta side ( fly in line) .
That was back in the day when there were quite a few guys still running dog teams!:>)

D.H.

[Davt]

Welcome to the site.

[coaster500]

Welcome  


 

[rastaman]

  Welcome aboard sir!

[WRV]

Hello.....Randy

[Winterhawk1960]

Welcome to the site.......pull up a chair, get yourself a cup of hot coffee and sit a spell.

The BEST site on the internet.......by FAR.    

Winterhawk1960

[Mudd]

Welcome to the Trad-gang family Mr.Todd.

I appreciate you giving us a try.

I hope you'll find that this place will more than meet your needs and that with your vast numbers of years experience you will educate us on a few things as well.

Please feel free roam about the campsite as soon as the seat belt light goes off...lol

God bless,Mudd

[Brad_Gentry]

Welcome, Cat!  

[GraniteStater]

Welcome aboard!

[blueline]

Howdy Cat! we are all ears, tell us some tales.

Great to have you around these parts

blueline

[D.H. Todd]

Tales?
Well, myself, my history is going to be pretty boring, next to my son's once he gets going!
Last year was his first try with a long bow.
One afternoon instead of getting prepped for ducks, my buddy and I took my son down a tractor road, in hopes of spotting some deer.
Soon enough, we had a small for horn mule buck cross the two- track, and Robert put the stalk on him.
We could see a stand off in the brush, with our binoculars, my son at half draw , and the buck looking right at him form about 10 yards!
Robert resisted the quartering on shot ( as he had been taught), waiting for the broadside that unfortunately never came.
With half a blink the buck sun and vanished!
However, the young hunter, in his first two hours of bow hunting, had put the sneak on a buck deer close enough to get within kill range!

  This past week end, we were on a game farm hunting pheasants, part of a group that gets together at the start of the year to get a few birds in the sights of  green dogs and hunters .
Saturday evening, Robert and I took his newly trained German Short haired Pointer, and along with the breeder went to see if Robert could get a bird with my flat bow.

We were walking along a tractor road beside some corn, and all of a sudden  a Chukar took off across the path and over the corn.
The dog didn't see it, the camera man didn't get a chance on it, and Before I could say "'BIRD!" the chukar had banked right , and was crossing at full speed about 25 yards away from us, with a flu-flu JUST missing its back end!
Robert had the arrow already knocked , but his reactions were so fast that he had drawn , lead the bird, and loosed the arrow before anybody else could react.
 That kid is a natural born archer, for sure!
He's been practising constantly every day, and will be on stand come opening day of our archery season for a deer!
By now you can guess that I am just a little proud of the kid!:>)
D.H.

[Sixby]

Welcome , good to have you here, God bless you, Steve

[chopx2]

Way to go cat jr! Apples don't fall from the tree I think   :cool:

[seabass]

welcome cat,sounds like you will fit right in.

[portugeejn]

Welcome!  I sure miss visiting Canada now that we've moved to Oregon.  

RonP

[Big Riser]

welcome cat AEEEA!!!!!!

[Straight Shootin']

Welcome aboard, sit back and enjoy!

[Bow man]

Welcome to our campfire     Glad you came onboard