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Title: Osage self bow registers first kill (now with story)
Post by: Gsulfridge on October 08, 2013, 05:29:51 pm
Here's a poor quality pic of my first self bow kill. Even though it was a yearling doe, I am more proud of this than any of the bucks I have killed by other means. What a feeling!  I'm hooked now!
(http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y406/Gsulfridge/B021C11E-1B87-4E09-8AD3-37FC46CD23D7-4919-000007B4240EF6BA_zps52cd9c7a.jpg)
Another one of her hanging at camp. Back straps tonite!!!
(http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y406/Gsulfridge/6E6B60D2-AA51-4F4B-B1D0-41CCC82EBEB9-4919-000007B44D36A321_zps87135e5e.jpg)
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Post by: Danzn Bar on October 08, 2013, 05:59:33 pm
Way to go Greg!!!  Congratulations!
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Post by: Badly Bent on October 08, 2013, 06:50:36 pm
Congrats Greg, nothing like meat on the pole taken with a selfbow. :)
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on October 08, 2013, 07:56:31 pm
That is soooooo this mornings news Greg....... yaaaaawn.......



Congrats!!
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Post by: RyanR on October 08, 2013, 08:33:30 pm
Sweet, nice job.
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Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on October 08, 2013, 09:06:46 pm
Congrats!  enjoy the feeling of your first!
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Post by: lowell on October 08, 2013, 09:21:45 pm
Very nice ...Congrats!!
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Post by: twisted hickory on October 08, 2013, 09:26:40 pm
Congrats Greg,

Nice deer. will be good eating. I am hooked too. I shot a couple of nice glass recurves this weekend. They just don't feel the same as one ya made yourself. ::) To harvest a deer from something ya made that's cool ;)
Greg

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Post by: osage outlaw on October 08, 2013, 09:29:34 pm
Great job Greg!!!  I am very happy for you.
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Post by: H Rhodes on October 08, 2013, 10:09:09 pm
Congratulations!  There is really nothing more special than that first one.  Way to go. :)
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Post by: Pappy on October 09, 2013, 05:45:24 am
Congrats Greg,very well done. :)
 Pappy
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Post by: Gsulfridge on October 09, 2013, 08:29:28 am
Thanks everyone. I'll give a better account of the hunt when I get back home.
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Post by: Will H on October 09, 2013, 08:35:47 am
That's 2 cool Greg! Congrats brotha!!
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Post by: Gsulfridge on October 09, 2013, 02:10:52 pm
Thanks, Will.
Title: Re: Osage self bow registers first kill (now with story)
Post by: Gsulfridge on October 10, 2013, 01:42:14 pm
My hunt started Friday at Land Between the Lakes, but just barely.  The US government shutdown caused all the campgrounds to close and we contemplated not even going at all.  After finding out more info, we decided to try it.  We set up camp in the early afternoon and hit the woods.  I was hunting with my latest Osage bow.  It is a 55ish number that I had built from a less than desirable stave a couple of months ago.  My arrows, sad to say, were store bought.  Three Rivers Hunter arrows tipped with 130 grain Zwickeys (I know, I know).  I saw three deer that first evening, but all were 35-40 yds away.  Saturday the weather turned nasty and prevented us from hunting until Sunday evening.  I moved to a different location and again, saw several deer, but nothing came in range.  Some of the other compound hunters in camp started bringing in their kills and started hacking on me for hunting "with that wood bow."  I hunted morning and evening and time after time had deer come so close that I would start to tighten up on the string, only to have them turn off the trail or smell me and bolt, but never get in range.  I was in contact with Clint (Osage Outlaw) and he offered encouragement, as he could tell I was starting to get flustered.
    Tuesday morning I awoke to a stout breeze.  My stand location on top of a ridge was not ideal for that amount of wind.  I sat in my tree, rocking to and fro, and pondered my decision to give up modern achery.  I could have killed several deer and ducked a lot of criticism at camp if I had just stuck to hunting with a whiz bang wheelie bow.  Nah, it will all be worth it if and when I got my first kill.  Then, it happened.  Out of nowhere, there stood a doe, just looking at me in the tree.  I drew slowly, conscious of the fact that the deer was probably a little further than my 20 yd maximum.  I held just a fuzz high and let 'er rip.  The deer tore out and from the sound of the impact and the way the deer ran, I knew I had a good hit.  She was out of sight in an instant, and I heard no crash, so I immediately started second guessing myself.  I climbed down and walked to where she stood.  There was my arrow, soaked in blood and in two pieces.  The blood was easy to follow and 40 yards away lay my prize.  My first ever self bow kill.  I have never felt such a sense of accomplishment hunting before.  The shot hit her a little back (in between the last two ribs) but was plenty deadly. 
    Back at camp, the other guys went from looking sideways at me and my self bow, to high fiving and asking if I would make them one. It was like I had one-upped them somehow by taking a step back in time and doing it the hard way.  I just continued smiling and wondered why some people see hunting as a competition.
    I know it was only a doe and some guys on here kill with regularity, but it will be hard for me to top this.  I packed up and made the long drive (5 hours) back home and got more great news.  Clint had just arrowed his big 8 point!!  Man, what a week!  Me and one of my buds both getting a self bow kill the same week (though his was a tad bit bigger and more impressive, but just a tad).  Awesome, just awesome.
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Post by: osage outlaw on October 10, 2013, 01:47:13 pm
Sounds like a great hunting trip Greg.  I'm glad you stuck with it and got that doe.  That lifted my spirits that morning when I got the picture.  I hope you get a shot a nice buck before the season is over.
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Post by: Gsulfridge on October 10, 2013, 02:23:59 pm
I was just tickled to death when I got the pics of your deer too Clint.  Good week of hunting. :)
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Post by: Danzn Bar on October 10, 2013, 06:15:53 pm
Great story Greg.................Congratulations! :)
DBar
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Post by: TRACY on October 10, 2013, 10:38:08 pm
Congratulations Greg! Sounds like a good hunt under the conditions.


Tracy
Title: Re: Osage self bow registers first kill (now with story)
Post by: JW_Halverson on October 11, 2013, 11:32:24 pm
Way to go, Greg.  You and Clint now have a bond that's just a little deeper and stronger than before.  Congrats on a clean ethical hunt. 
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Post by: half eye on October 12, 2013, 12:44:58 pm
Mr. G,
     the first one is real special, but you get to look forward to that same feeling every time you go out with a bent stick and a string. It is hard enough as it is, so this old man takes whatever The Good Lord see's fit to send within range, and PS: aint never seen a good receipt for antlers 8)
congratulations, sir!!!!
rich
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Post by: BowEd on October 12, 2013, 12:52:18 pm
Great exciting hunt G.Goood shot too.Those does taste the best.Their hides are just the right thickness for easier brain tanning too.
Title: Re: Osage self bow registers first kill (now with story)
Post by: Gsulfridge on October 12, 2013, 01:24:14 pm
Thanks all,  I appreciate all the comments.  You are right Half Eye, antlers aren't good even wrapped in bacon! >:D
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Post by: PeteC on October 12, 2013, 07:52:06 pm
Congrats on your first one. God Bless
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Post by: Buffalogobbler on October 16, 2013, 04:39:03 pm
Loved the story Greg, Congrats on taking a very special deer!

Kevin
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Post by: mullet on October 16, 2013, 05:51:35 pm
Congratulations, Greg, Im real happy for you.