Whats your greatest bowhunting accomplishment

[lpcjon2]

I was thinking what was my greatest bowhunting accomplishment, and other than still bowhunting I dont think I have hit mine yet.

  So I thought what was yours?

[Al Natural]

Easy here, I stalked and killed a 150" 8 point whitetail with a longbow. The stalk took over 2 1/2 hours. My best buck to date with a bow.
Al

[joe ashton]

4 Elk!!!!!

[Guru]

I've been fortunate to share some great camps with some great guys, and have killed more critters than I probably deserve....but without a doubt this is my greatest accomplishment...

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[jsweka]

Good double lung shot on this doe with a longbow I made and arrows I made.  I still have yet to kill a buck with homemade equipment.  That will be the next greatest accomplishment.

 

[Al Dente]

Bringing the sport to so many, including nieces, nephews, and now my two daughters.  Carrying on the legacy of traditional archery is my greatest feat.  Seeing the joy and excitement in their faces makes everything else pale in comparison.

[DennyK]

My first deer with a recurve, my first deer with a longbow. Then, my first deer shooting left handed with a recurve. The thing I'm most thankful for is successfully swithching from shooting right handed to shooting left handed (being right eye dominante). It was because of an injury so it was either make the switch or hang it up. Thank You Lord!!

[Rob W.]

[Bud B.]

At age 16 my Dad let me go off on my own. Our hunt spot was a two hour drive away. Laurel Spings, NC. Dean Pruitt's dairy farm, which was Elk Knob Hunt Club, named after a nearby mountain.

We always picked apples from an apple tree that happened to grow at the head of a spring fed creek. Those mountain apples were as big as softballs. I could barely squeeze three in a cargo pocket of BDU camo pants.

I had just climbed down that tree and filled my pockets. As I was walking back to my 73 Jeep CJ5 I noticed what appeared to be a deer feeding in the distant pasture. She was about a half a mile away near the edge of some white pines. I went into stalk mode and quickly learned that with stuffed pockets it would be a loooong stalk. I dumped the apples with intent to return later to get them. I never did.

I stalked her for about an hour and a half and got within 20 yards. I loosed an arrow into her shoulder and she ran downhill for about 30-60 yards or so. I came upon her as she was breathing her last breaths.

She's my greatest bowhunting accomplishment to this day.

Mr Pruitt is now gone. The farm has been sold off. The apple tree was cut down and Christmas trees now grow there.

But the white pines on the hillside still stand to this day, holding in secret what heppened some 32 years ago. They whisper about it from time to time. I hope to hear their whispers again.

[durp]

has to be getting my kids and now grand kids involved in archery...they are my hunting partners...second would be keeping the freezer full for all those mouthes...

with any luck ill be helping with the great grand kids in a few more years

[Knawbone]

My biggest accomplishment, personally, comes by way of my love of whitetail hunting.The knowledge I have gained of my quarry over 35+ years of hunting, and the utilization of that knowledge has been my greatest accomplishment.And I dare say the Deer here in N eastern US are some of the toughest to kill anywhere.The learning never stops,and you can never know too much. You got ta love it!  

[Bowwild]

Helping my son develop as a bowhunter.

[Big Lefty]

Right now I'd have to say my greatest accomplishment has been giving my wheeled stuff away and committing to a stick bow.  Haven't killed much with it yet but I have so much more fun now.

[Over&Under]

Most everyone has prob seen this photo...but it is my greatest bow hunting accomplishment to date...my first elk with traditional gear (a special little recurve) and my largest elk to date.

   

[Jay Campbell JD]

not killing my partner on the Moose John river hunt in Alaska. :-) - Jay

[lpcjon2]

Jay there has to be a story behind that statement

[Mike Gerardi]

Two hogs one shot one arrow. In Rays swamp(HogHeaven) SC. Witnessed by Mike Mitchum.

 

[Matthew Bolton]

Growing as an outdoorsman both in skill and ethics. At 18 years old I can get myself well into longbow range of deer quite often and know what and when to shoot. That doesn't mean I hit what I want to every time but you learn from each miss (thats what I tell myself any ways lol).

Also this isn't bad. This was my second trad kill on a public land doe. 8 yard shot and a 60 yard recovery.
 

[John146]

Getting my brother into traditional archery. I wasn't really trying to but he saw a video of me and a buddy shooting pheasants with our bows and now he is all in. To be able to share this lifestyle with him is by far the greatest accomplishment.

[Stumpkiller]

The first whitetail buck I took while still-hunting.  What a rush!