Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Archived Hunting Pics => Shooting and Hunting => 2007 Hunting Pics => Topic started by: armymedic.2 on October 07, 2007, 09:40:56 am

Title: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: armymedic.2 on October 07, 2007, 09:40:56 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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Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: Ryano on October 07, 2007, 10:15:18 am

Cool! nice shot. ;D

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Post by: Justin Snyder on October 07, 2007, 10:40:35 am

Sounds like you had fun.  Good job,  Justin

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Post by: The Singing Bowyer on October 07, 2007, 10:48:19 am

Good Job! Now you are ready to tackle something bigger... ;D

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: makete on October 07, 2007, 12:06:50 pm

Way to go. Know that that made you very proud as it would with the rest of us.

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Post by: cowboy on October 07, 2007, 12:24:18 pm

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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Post by: mullet on October 07, 2007, 02:29:41 pm

Cool,I bet it was tasty.

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: armymedic.2 on October 07, 2007, 07:13:57 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

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: cowboy on October 07, 2007, 10:57:02 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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Post by: Pappy on October 08, 2007, 06:12:11 am

Very cool ,nice shot.
   Pappy

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: GregB on October 08, 2007, 08:21:23 am

That's a great start...

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I'm gettin to the point that if ANYTHING presents me with a target - it's goin down

Cowboy, where did you say you were hunting?...I want to stay out of that area until after you've connected! ;)

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: armymedic.2 on October 08, 2007, 09:29:57 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

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: DanaM on October 08, 2007, 11:32:27 am

Good kill and thats a ferocious looking skrilll ;)

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Post by: tradrick on October 09, 2007, 12:11:21 pm

Good job Armymedic.I too am waiting for this Saturday Oct.13.Thanks for shareing.tradrick

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Post by: hawkbow on October 09, 2007, 06:21:12 pm

Good shooting !now you have the fever ....meat with a hand made bow always tastes better ..congtats !

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: armymedic.2 on October 10, 2007, 11:14:14 pm

yum yum, sure was good.  tradrick where are you in ny.  i am in columbia county

Title: Re: first harvest with my handmade bow!
Post by: billy on October 22, 2007, 02:22:42 am

Dude, that is freakin' awesome!  My very first kill with my handmade wooden bow and stone tipped arrow was also a squirrel.  It took me 3 months to get one!  Congrats man, I don't care what anyone says, that is truly a trophy!