4 Lefties....Our 2012 'Bama Adventure! ( finished up)

[Guru]

Brotherhood, fatherhood, family, friendship...and a special little boy growing up right before our eyes!
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So much to share, but I'll need to get some pix ready and get caught up a bit.

[FerretWYO]

This is going to be very good.

Can't wait to see Andreas more.........

Bisch

[Ryan Sanpei]

I've been waiting.....    

[DW]

Randy maybe this thread, when you see how much fun we had in 3 short days, will make you decide to make the trip to Alabama to visit and get in on some of this....we hope so! Stay tuned...we packed a lot of fun into 3 days

[stujay]

   

[GRINCH]

I can't wait to see this one.  

[jcar315]

[JohnnyWayne]

Looking forward to this  

[Guru]

Some history first...

2010...

As some of you might remember, I got Cade started bowfishing in June 2010.  Even though I wasn't sure if he could pull enough to get an arrow in a fish far enough, there just wasn't anymore holding him back...it was time!  

So we went out that first time with our friends Timmy and Gary K., and Glenbo, he hit the very first fish he ever shot at, even got it on video....but my fears became reality...the barb didn't hold!  But what a way to start, I know guys that shoot shot, after shot, after shot that just can't seem to get the hold of shooting into the water.

Then in July 2010, our friend Terry Receveur(indianabowman) called to invite Cade and myself to go bowfishing with him and his son Tyler on his friends boat...the Carp-ageddon!

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[Guru]

As you can see by the link, he again did very well shooting, but just wasn't getting enough "umpf" behind his arrows to get enough penetration...

We went a few more time locally and Terry was gracious enough to take us two times on on his personal boat...the result was always the same, hit fish, but none landed.

Every time we went out with Timmy, Gary, and Glen...the mission was always to help Cade get his first carp.  Everyone unselfishly gave up opportunities to let Cade have a go at the fish.

We even worked on a bunch of special points that might help with penetration...but by the end of the summer, even though he'd hit a bunch of fish, he never did land one.


2011....

So with the new year 2011,Cade a little bigger and stronger...we thought for sure when we planned a trip to Alabama with Don and Sky, it would happen there.

Don even made the effort to make Cade a special arrow that he thought might help with his situation. It was an absolutely amazing trip, and again, Cade was consistantly hitting fish, but just couldn't keep those big, amazingly strong buffalo on.
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Then on our first trip around home here with Timmy and Gary, Cade again hit the very first fish he shot at, but not solidly enough to hold it!

Then in July 2011, it finally happened!

[zipper bowss]

WOW!!Cade sure is getting big!
Bill

[Guru]

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He'd finally landed a fish!! Truthfully though, he couldn't have hit it in a better place for the barbs to hold.

On that trip he hit more, and the rest of the summer he hit several more...but still not quite "long" and "strong" enough to get the barbs in on what should have been well hit fish...


2012....

So now that brings us up to 2012 and this past weekend, our trip down to Alabama to again spend 3 days bowfishing and hangin' out with our good friends(more like family) Don, Sky, Tammy, and little Chloe Beth Wilson.

Leading up to the trip, and even on the drive down we talked about if Cade just landed one fish it would be great.

I mean, even if he didn't the trip would be a "success", but we all really wanted this for Cade!

What you are about to read about, and see in pictures, is something way above and beyond what any of us could have imagined....stay tuned!!!

[Mudd]

 

God bless,Mudd  

[cacciatore]

It is nice to see Cade growing through these years,a future generation to keep the traditional values alive.Now for his first fish tomorrow his first deer....    
being a lefty myself I hope to sell him my bows when I'll not be able to draw them anymore!LOL  

[Guru]

Once again, to share our trip, was my dad. He was coming down to relax and get some much needed time on the links.

We had a great ride down except for a little traffic in Chattanooga. Before we knew it we were pulling in the driveway!

After greetings and a great BBQ dinner, we got our gear out, quickly organized and were heading to the water.

We hit the water just as it was getting good for visibility with the lights.

It would just be us 4 lefties on this night...

[eminart]

Which lake/river are you guys on?

[Terry Green]

[DW]

Lake Guntersville,,,,Scottsboro and Stevenson area

[huskyarcher]