Bagged my first trad animal the 1st 10 minutes of light on opening day this year.A dry 3 or 4 year old doe, delicious and she ran to the road before she died of a double lung hit with a 125 snuffer.Second time out I saw deer,coyotes,turkeys but was only presented by awith a shot at a 50lb button buck.I passed him and hopefully well cross paths in 3 or 4 years.Then I missed 2 turkeys on the ground a few days later,but only by inch or so I might add.I enjoyed it immensely even though I didnt bag them.Although theses 3 hunts were my first trad hunts I dont think I ever enjoyed hunting so much.The gun season didnt feel right to me and I missed having my bow in my hand.This year changed my hunting life for the better Id say.I think I may one day hunt trad only.Not that I have anything against other hunting tools but trad just made me feel more at one with the woods,like I was really welcomed to be there by mother nature and the critters that lived there, it was a weird feeling that I may not be expressing accurately enough for all of you to understand.Another 06 highlight, really the best for me was getting my 6 year old boy into shooting a recurve and loving it.I also got my cousin to buy a recurve and he has never bowhunted before!I think hes hooked.Anyway it was a great , life changing first year with hopefully many to come.
Topic: Lets see your 2006 in Review. (Read 5275 times)
