Wife and I's first time hunting...Stumps.

[BelegStrongbow]

Hey gang, thought I would share my wife and I's first time out stumpin. After seeing everybody posting their stump adventures, I thought it was high time we did he same. My wife's family owns roughly 80 acres of woods about an hour south of us, and since we both had the day off and the weather was nice, we couldn't think of anything better to do. While we were in the car I told her that we were going to be taking several pictures as I needed to show my internet friends what I did that day. She just gave me that look that pretty much said, "you spend too much time on that darn forum". But once we got out there she did a complete 180 and was taking photos and shooting arrows faster than I thought possible. Seriously I could hardly keep up, she would shoot one log, pull her arrow, see another and let loose after the next log. It was like chasing a dog that could throw its own ball. So onto the pictures.

Heres about the only picture I could get of her before she was off chasing arrows.



My first shot. Had to stop and take a few glamour photos of my 1971 Bear Super Kodiak.

 

Here is a photo of a log we both shot at roughly 20 yards. I was really impressed with how well she shot.



When we crested the hill we came up to our favorite spot. It is on top of the hill and is covered in large rocks and a very plush, green moss. Again had to take some glamour shots and show off the work Jim at Centaur Archery did to my bow.

 

Up on top of this hill is my new favorite log to shoot. It is still standing but the way the bark has fallen off it reminds me of shooting the standing bear 3D target. It is only the trunk of the tree that is left and it stands roughly 7 feet.

 

[BelegStrongbow]

Here are a few more pictures as I exceeded the maximum. This was another target we shot a few times.



And to round off our adventure we found a great tree to shoot through. The tree forks at the bottom and standing on the up hill side you can shoot through it at a big standing stump roughly 35-40 yards away on the down hill slope. Very tricky as there are multiple small branches in the way. I actually hit a few inches from where I was aiming in this photo. More luck than anything but a fun shot none the less.

   

Anyway we had a blast and hope you guys enjoy the photos.

[JDow3]

Very nice pics. Looks like you guys had a great time!

[Tater John]

I guess the Ozarks

[Longbow917]

Looks like you and the wife shared a great day together Alex!  I love what Jim did with your bow, he does a great job with those grips!

[ron w]

     Nice, very nice!

[Homey88]

Great pictures! Looks like a fun time!

[PeteA]

Very nice rover. Looks like a great time.

[Hermon]

Looks like a great time was had by all!

[cahaba]

Thanks for taking us along!        

[KyStickbow]

Looks like a blast!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

You better hope she doesn't read that line about "A dog throwing its own ball" or you'll be sleeping in the dog house...  

[BelegStrongbow]

Hey guys, glad you enjoyed the pictures. Tater it's actually not that far south. It's near Steelville and is right on the Huzzah River. Great place to go floating and camping.

Ya hopefully she doesn't read that dog part as the dog house is a cold, hard sleep.  

[jackdaw]

great stuff, love that super Kodiak

[shreffler]

Looks like an awesome day!

I can't stop looking at that stippled grip on the Kodiak though..my gosh is that pretty. Who did that?

That looks like a fun day in the woods!

Bisch

[BelegStrongbow]

Hey Alex, I had the grip redone by Jim Neaves at Centaur Archery. He lowered the shelf, stippled, and shaped the grip to fit my hand better. Also refinished the entire bow to give it a flat non gloss finish. I couldn't be happier with his work. If you're looking to get work done give him a call, he's a great guy to talk to and is very reasonable on his prices.

[Jerry Jeffer]

Nice looking property and obviously a good time. Glad you found the joy of stumping.

[Trond]

You are a lucky dog. Your own land, and a bow-shotin' wife.
Stumping is the best way to "waste" your time!

[Jayrod]

Good day afield there for sure!