Originally posted by VA Elite:
not too many people can say they have never owned/hunted with a compound these days. I admire that
While I don't consider it an important feat, I can say that. Always been traditional since 1966 when I got my first bow as a 5 year old. Our camp chef, Greg Nicolaou, is one that I can count as a convert from compounds to traditional based on my influence. When I met him and started hunting with him as a 16 year old, I was using my Howard Hill Tembo longbow and he was hunting with a high end Wing compound at the time. A few years later he bought a used Assenheimer recurve, 66", with a spicewood riser that was super heavy physically. That started him on his traditional journey and he's been traditional ever since. He now has a nice pack of Shrews in his arsenal and his favorite is the Super Shrew Scout recurve, whereas mine is the Super Shrew Lil Favorite recurve.
Alas, I could not be in camp this year due to work commitments. It was a difficult decision to make, however a few years ago, 'big' Eric looked like this:
Poor Eric spent the week on the phone with his work and working on his laptop doing bids for jobs. I saw this picture and thought this would not be the way to spend my vacation time and instead of relaxing at camp I'd probably be mad at myself for not really being on vacation.
So I'm going to add some reruns from past years to this years threads. I chatted with the boys almost daily and they were closing in on a nice 8 point, but ran out of time.
My first deer at Shrewhaven circa 1993:
The gang last year:
I'm sure they came back a little heavier with Greg's cooking, however I'm guessing they missed out on my pies. When Ron and Roger are misbehaving, this is how we divvy up the pies:
Some of my does from past years when they were fair game:
Topic: Back from Shrewhaven (Read 1619 times)
