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

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Been waiting for this one        

Tracy

[Guru]

After a short nights sleep, we woke up to a great breakfast fixed up by Tammy. First class all the way...eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, toast...yummy!

Don had to work for a while at the store, so Sky, Cade, me, and my dad headed for unclaimed baggage. I needed a new camera    

With my new WATERPROOF Olympus  cam...we headed for Big Daddy's to see Don and shoot my #57 Kwyk Styk, and my new #57 Raven thru the chronograph...the results I'll add to another thread.

We had a quick lunch at a close by BBQ joint and got home right about the time Don did to make some repairs to the boat trailer. To do so we had to get the boat off of it...so we headed for one of the ponds behind the house. The boys had some fun, while don and I fixed the trailer...
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We headed for the water early to see if we could catch some daytime spawning action. This evening and tonight we'd have our good friend with us....the one and only "Robtattoo"!

We hit the water and did if fact get into some fish....Cade wasted no time getting an arrow into a fish, fought it to the boat, and then I lost it trying to get it in the boat!

Minutes later he did it again!
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Then I got an arrow into a big fish, the best fighting fish of the trip!

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Alright! There not done yet        

Tracy

[Guru]

This next series of three pix taken by Don remind me of the movie "Jaws". Check out the line cutting through the water!..
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After one heck of a high speed tug of war, I had it close to the boat...
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The flurry of action ended quickly, but we were once again having a great time with friends.

And Cade proved that the previous night was no fluke!

[Guru]

We pulled the boat, and went to another spot to check out a place along the bank of a creek.

Our fish from the boat...
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Don and Sky's rig...
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Great pic Don took of Cade on point...
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Here we are killing time waiting for it to get dark.  Three of us on our phones, and Rob wishing he had one...
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Started of slow, but when a carp showed in front of Cade and I, we both drew on it, and once again I shot on his release and our arrows struck almost simultaneous!  I gave Cade both lines, but guess who's arrow fell out..........mine!
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It wasn't too long and he had another...
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Last nights frenzied action had somehow changed...things were kinda slow,so Don suggested we try something different. We pulled the boat again and headed for some new water. He thought we'd do real good with Gar and Catfish. He was right on the money!

Stay tuned...

[Guru]

The proof is in the pictures...
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[Guru]

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[Guru]

A double for Cade and Sky...
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Sky was rough on the shad!
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Another double... Cade got his shad, this would make 5 different species of fish for him in one day!
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Another shad...
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All done..
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Rob's big gar...
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About 1:00 am we called it quits and headed home. I think Cade didn't make it 5 minutes and he was asleep...he was wore out! We all were!!

[robtattoo]

That's an 800# California gar right there  :D

Curt, as always it was a pleasure spending some time with you guys again. I don't know what all you're feeding that boy, but it sure is working! I can't believe how much he's grown in a year!

[Mudd]

Good times!! Thanks for sharing with us.

God bless,Mudd

PS: Dang I wish Missouri would let us use our bows to take catfish.

[Guru]

Rob, It was a great night bud, we both luv hangin' with (insert English accent)"Robbie"!

Thanx for joining us and enhancing to our adventure    

Still to come.... Sunday    

[KentuckyTJ]

Great trip and I bet Cade will talk about that one for some time. Good on all you guys!

[Guru]

Thanx Tom!

I'll get this wrapped up tonight...

[Guru]

So after getting to bed about 2:30am it was tough getting up Sunday morning.  But anyone that's been in camp with me hunting knows that I can't sleep late at all while hunting.  Sunday was no different, I was still up before everyone else...But I was beat!

The plan was to go out for breakfast this morning. It took me at least 4 tries to get Cade out of bed...and he's usually like me!
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My little man was wiped out...not only lack of sleep, but hauling in all those fish!

The plan for today, our last full day, was to recharge our batteries a bit, shoot some bows, and just enjoy the day before our last night of bowfishing and our long ride home early the next morning.

Don and Sky just happened to have Miss Faith Stalker...I was eager to try her out...
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Skyler shooting my new Kempf raven, me Miss Faith...
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Skyler doing the dirty work of filleting our catfish from the night before...
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Cade taking his shots with Miss Faith...
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Miss Faith, made by South Cox of Stalker bows is as fine a shooting bow as I've ever shot.

Super smooth, quick, quiet, everything you could ever want in a hunting bow.

Add to that the fact that they are beautifully made with flawless craftsmanship......awesome bow!

[Guru]

The result of Sky's dirty work, Tammy would work her magic with these!!
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Cade wanted to go kayaking like last year, and Sky(even though he probably wanted to relax a bit) was nice enough to take him. Cloe beth would join them...
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You can see here Sky is having a talk with Miss Cloe...she was having issues with getting splashed by her big brother...
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Even though the splashing wasn't on purpose, little Miss Cloe had had enough. She would walk back to the house with me. The boys would stay to kayak and swim.

We had quite a conversation on our was back...
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I stopped to try to get a picture of us, but Miss Cloe was playing hard to get and wouldn't smile...
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Then I got her...

[Guru]

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Looking good...
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Miss Cloe and my dad sharing a laugh...
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The feast!
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Dinner was wonderful to say the least, but then it was topped off by this!
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[Killdeer]

Now I'm hungry, thank you very much!
Good to see that Cade now is big enough to master a killing bow, as he has honed his aim for all these years.

Not having kids, I don't notice the years go by, but watching the kids of TradGang, like Cade and Skyler, gives me the notion that not looking in the mirror is a good idea. Cade is about twice the size he was when I first saw him, and now as the years go by, his growth spurt will match the quickening of my own years.

Good to see that you finally got a bit damp, as that seems to be the mark of a successful bowfisher, Guru.  

Killdeer    

[Guru]

This is the modified Muzzy fish point that worked so well for Cade. It's one of their Carp tips with a slot cut in with a dremmel with a tip section cut off an old 2 blade bh epoxied in. I also filed it to make it a smooth and sleek as possible. It makes a big difference getting the "shoulder" of the barbs through the scales on the way in....
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Cade had had enough, he was whooped and was actually back to sleep right after dessert when we left for the night. Tonight it would be Don, me, Sky and his buddy Zach. I'm sure some of you have seen pix of him before, he joins Sky on a lot of his adventures.

Waiting for darkness...
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A little stinky?
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Sky wasted no time...
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Pretty nice Cat...
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And a pretty good gar...
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then while cruizin' some muddy water I saw barely saw what looked like a very big fish and quickly shot....and the fight was on!
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[Guru]

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But I guess I didn't get the arrow in solid and within 30 seconds it was off! Dang it, I wanted that one!!

But we had plenty of gar to shoot at...
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Double...
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Hitch hiker...
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[Guru]

Another double...
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Sky's Pope and Young shad!
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Big Zach...a great kid!
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A couple head shots...
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I couldn't help but think Cade was missing out on some great action...
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