A story of Pigs and Peanut butter

[twitchstick]

   

[Guru]

Good stuff fellas!!

[drewsbow]

Lets start with a huge Thank you to Jim and Barbra for having Manny and myself in there wonderfull home .  
   
   
   

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[Horne Shooter]

I've posted this before but I think it's such great information that I'll post it again.  I've shot many pigs over the years and have a hard time recovering more than about 50% of them.  They are tough and just don't bleed much.  I've hit them right in the 12 ring and still not found them and I'm a decent tracker.  I was over at Pat Byrne's home a few years ago and he mentioned that he had killed and recovered 32 pigs that year and had shot 33, finding all but one.  Pat is a great hunter and a great shot with a longbow but those are just amazing numbers it was hard to figure for me.  I looked over his equipment and couldn't tell much difference between his set ups and mine....until I got to the broadhead.  My heads are "shave sharp" and I had considered them very sharp until I inspected his.  They were simply amazing.  Nothing I have seen has been that sharp.  His system of sharpening and honing brought the edge to a place that I had no experience.  He said that this level of sharpness cut everything it touched and left blood trails and dropped animals (especially pigs) with amazing efficiency.  It really turned on a light in my head.  I still can't get my heads to the level he can but my understanding of what it takes to consistently shoot and find pigs has forever created a paradigm change in my hunting setups.

[Frenchymanny]

First I would like to say that I feel so blessed to have friends like Big Jim, his wife Barbara and brother Drew!
Drew is able to make the ride to Georgia feel like it is nothing more than a simple commute! We talked along the way of past hunts and the ones planned in the future!
We had the opportunity to see the Gentle Giant's shop, where the Buffalo bows and the Thunderchilds are made by hand, one at the time!

We shot Big Jim's 3d course and I was amazed by their shooting!
My hunting companions are great shots and great hunters!

Below is a picture of my secong pig I was lucky to kill:

 

I was sad when the hunt came to an end, but now I am looking forward to next year pig hunt!!!

To you my friends, a big thank you

F-Manny

[Frenchymanny]

Double post, sorry

[drewsbow]

here are some more pics from the 3d course and Jim's shop.      

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Now for a couple pics of behind the scenes workers that most people don't see. I hope Barbara doesn't strangle me for this one .  
   
   

There is Jim's wife Barbara then her sister and heart of the office Debbie who most folks talk to when ordering  and christina who helps get arrows made and helps set up for the upcoming shoots with Barbara . All these ladies work very hard to get everyone the things they need and want.

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now for some hunt pics