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The Burnt Hill Archer:
Well im proud of this, but in a sad way. my friend and i were out stump shooting the other day, and we came across a very hurt porcupine. it looks as if it was attacked by a yote or something. its legs and belly were laid right open. it saw us comming and managed to scramble up a tree. there was blood where it had climbed up and you could just tell it was hurtin. i always carry 1 broadhead in my quiver just in case, and im glad i had it today. i came around where i could get a shot at its belly/chest and released. it hit low and came out by his neck. it wasnt long before he came down, and by the time he hit the ground he was gone.

i wished this could have been under better circumstances, but this is how God set things up. its my official first kill with a selfbow. its special in a way because i am going to be making a buckskin shirt and wanted to put a quill wrapped medicine wheel on it. now i have the quills to do so. i also got some blood on my bow and quiver, that i wont be cleaning off. just for a reminder. my friend Josh was there too, i was there for his first bow kill which just seems right.

my shirt is going to be made from buckskin my grandmother procured, with a medicine wheel that is made from a gift from my first bow kill. kinda corny i know, but if anybody i figired you all would understand.

i havnt got pics of the porky, but i do have a pic of the arrow and a bag full of quills. even if it isnt enough quills to finish the job, fact of the matter is that they will be on there.

Phil

Pat B:
As worthy a kill as any!!! 

davecrocket:
According to the ancients the Porcupine was the very first archer on this earth!
Dave.

billy:
Don't be ashamed....in nature opportunities like that are a godsend to anyone, or anything.  you helped end its suffering and got a kill to your credit, as well as quills for your shirt.  That's how nature works!

huntertrapper:
well done brother, i killed one with a hatchet here in Penn, before, it couldnt up up and continued falling on it face. so i killed it, i wanted the hide and meat but dint know if it was diseased or not so i gave it up to the yoddlers and bobcats

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