Myles Keller trivia...

[Preston Lay]

I have an old Outdoor Life magazine that featured an article about him. The posted picture was the same in that mag. I still have it stashed away in a tote. It was from 1985 I think.

[Sean B]

Preston, THATS where I remember seeing that picture the first time!!!I got it off the internet.

[knobby]

Mike, I also recall that he used these "stilts" when there was a little snow on the ground. His footprints to a stand would then look like deer hoof prints rather than the game-alarming boot prints that would otherwise be visible. Every time I witness a whitetail locking up at my boot prints in the snow, I think of Myles' tactic.

[VA Elite]

he was certainly a pioneer when it came to hunting large mature whitetails, and now that I know he was an avid recurve hunter I respect him more. Can't say I blame him for switching over to make some money

[A.S.]

Yep, I had an XI Legend way back when. He was definitely doing things right.

[GregD]

Matty, I was sitting about 3 feet to his right at that event at the sportsmans center. I had volunteered to sit in the UBNJ booth and we were right next to him. He became very angry at me when I kept asking him about that Widow and pointed out that the literature at his booth made it seem like he had shot 29 P&Y bucks with the XI when I knew he shot most of them with the widow. Later in the day I somehow managed to eat lunch with him, Stacy Groscup, Gene Bidlespacher and Gene Wensel. Talk about wich of these guys do not belong, I don't think I spoke the entire lunch break. I saw Stacy Groscup shoot a couple of aspirin out of the air with his recurve and do some incredible trick shots with a blowgun. He shot a dart into a bullseye, then he shot a second dart into the first and then a third into the second. He was a great shot.

[Jayrod]

very cool dude i need to research him!

[Tim Finley]

The last I heard of Myles Keller he had hunted with an illegal guide here in ND and I'll bet he didn't even know it . The guide was finally pinched for guiding without a license .

[Friend]

Was well aware that he had taken nearly half of his deer with a recurve.

Was fortunate to spend some time with him on a couple of occassions in the 80's. I noticed he was dipping some wintergreen brand tobacco. I asked if he dipped while hunting. He said 'ALWAYS!'.

[Sean B]

I loved reading about him back in the 80's. He was as big as any of them back then.

[Stickbow98]

Here is a somewhat better copy of the pic from the Outdoor Life article....

 

[Keefer]

I met him at "The Bowhunters Discount Warehouse" back in 1987 with the Scent shield brand Earth scent products and I talked with him and bought a bottle from them and still today use brands that have only Earth scent on every hunt. I also was able to get his signature on a paper target and on that target in the Heart zone Fred Bear and Tom Jennings signed their names and Myles didn't want to put his name where those two had put theirs because he didn't think he was anyone important..He signed his name outside the line and so did Tom Flemming.I was hooked on reading everything about him before this from Outdoor life and was finally getting to meet the man in person.To be honest I went there to hopefully meet him only because of what I read about him and how he has been so successful taking so many deer with his Black widow recurve.I do remember he was pretty tall and reminded me of Bo Duke on the Duke of Hazzard lol..That paper target has dried out and torn in a few places but is out in my shop needing to be put in a frame so all can see..

[Sawpilot 75]

Myles was and still is a very good woodsman. Many people could lean from his tactics on big mature whitetails. Killing deer of that caliber on a consistent basis without the aid of technology has to demand respect. He has mine.

[Preston Lay]

I was looking back and found that article it was October 1985. 30 years ago.

[VA Elite]

time flies

[KAZ]

I was fortunate to visit up close and personal with Myles at our local Archery Club (Waltonian Archers) for a seminar in the mid 80s. We also had Roger Rothhaar for a seminar in that same time frame. Small Club, but neat opportunities that I count a privilege...        I got my First Black Widow (Black HS60 takedown) in 1987, still have it today....  

[DaveT1963]

He also highly favored Rocky Mt Recurves - when I asked him, Widows and Rocky MT recurves were his two favorites (and not necessarily in that order).

[Warden609]

Myles is a cool guy.

[JohnV]

Interesting how many of the guys who were whitetail hunting icons have faded into the background and became "whatever happened to..." trivia.  Another well-known whitetail hunter from that era was Russell Hull from Kansas.  Have heard very little of him for a long time.

[VA Elite]

I think what happens is they mostly don't want to "sell out" so to speak. By that I mean they are not willing to fit the proverbial role of what the younger generation is doing. Guitar riffs, hip hop music in the background, plugging every company under the sun. And age has a lot to do with it as well. some just can't keep up with the demands of going from outfitter to outfitter and expo to expo endorsing products.

 

here is the interview where he talks about his days with the recurve.