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Offline armymedic.2

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first harvest with my handmade bow!
« on: October 07, 2007, 06:51:44 am »
I finally did it!  my first harvest with my own equipment.  good god it was neat. When i got him in my hands i let out a war whoop to let my brother know i had success. After the kill, i took out a baggie of shavings i saved from scraping the bow to final tiller, and started a fire with them.  Then i roasted one of the hind legs on a stick over the fire!  It was soo good.  what a hoot.

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Offline Ryano

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 07:26:06 am »
Cool! nice shot. ;D
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2007, 07:51:23 am »
Sounds like you had fun.  Good job,  Justin
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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2007, 07:59:07 am »
Good Job! Now you are ready to tackle something bigger... ;D
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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2007, 09:17:38 am »
Way to go. Know that that made you very proud as it would with the rest of us.
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Offline cowboy

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2007, 09:35:06 am »
Good job - that look on your face says it all :). Now for bigger game, is it legal to hunt geese with a bow?
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Offline mullet

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2007, 11:40:29 am »
Cool,I bet it was tasty.
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Offline armymedic.2

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2007, 04:24:45 pm »
haha, yes cowboy it is.  thanks for reminding me.  you ready on your end?  i'll try and get crackin on mine.  thanks guys, i am very proud, and you better believe it tasted good.  a little squerril leg always makes me hungry for more ;D
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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2007, 08:07:50 pm »
You bet ;D. I was gonna try dove huntin with mine - and was armed and dangerous but none of them came close. I'm gettin to the point that if ANYTHING presents me with a target - it's goin down ;D. Funny while I was still huntin throught the woods, several squirrels came down to bury acorns and such - mere feet from me. I just watched em do thier thing stayed quiet - not wanting to scare off anything bigger. Squirrels beware from now on.

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2007, 03:22:59 am »
Very cool ,nice shot.
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Offline GregB

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2007, 05:32:11 am »
That's a great start...

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Offline armymedic.2

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2007, 06:40:45 am »
right now small game is all there is, deer season starts for us new yorkians this comming saturday.  The part that was killing me was all of the squerrils i have missed within 20 yards were all easily kill shots on deer sized game.  now i just have to rememeber to aim small and not lose my head to harvest my first deer with primitive equipment.  when i first started with the recurve i missed the first 5 or 6 because i was so exceioted about the idea of doing it with traditional equipment.  funny thing is, as soon as i got one, shooting a deer with the recurve became easier than with a compound becauise i didn't have to think.  My sucess rate went way up.  so now i just have to forget i made the bow myself for about a half second as a i shoot and i oughta be just fine :}  celebrate after right?! ;D
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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2007, 08:43:15 am »
Good kill and thats a ferocious looking skrilll ;)
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Offline tradrick

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Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2007, 09:22:09 am »
Good job Armymedic.I too am waiting for this Saturday Oct.13.Thanks for shareing.tradrick
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2007, 03:32:00 pm »
Good shooting !now you have the fever ....meat with a hand made bow always tastes better ..congtats !
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