Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: huntertrapper on March 27, 2008, 12:38:32 am
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a buck i shot with a compound, least i can say was i shot using instinct and fingers, the way my dad taught me, also i had a flinttipped wooden arrow in my quiver. ;D. the one i shot is the one with the stick figures and the other is an old skull my dad found in WV. the deer i shot i saw 3 times once in summer when he let me get within ten yards. then when i was carring a flintlock for the 3 day doe season, he let me get to within 5 yards! seriously, then i shot him the last time i saw him when i was carrying a wheel bow. this deer was on top of a desolate mountain in northern Pa and probably hadnt seen many people. i was wearing my medicine around my neck a bearclaw necklace with a buckskin medicine pouch tied to it. though i hope to post picturs of me with a deer shot with a stickbow this year. :) a little rough in my artists skills but my best way of honoring my brothers skull and horns. :)
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Aho ... brother, the honor you show while on the hunt is far more important than the weapon used.. you should never have to make excuses for any kill you make with honor... thanks for sharing. reminds me of myself when I was young ...you will surely be posting many pics of your selfbow harvests.. this year... Hawk a/ho
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wow, u make me feel bad. i think im gonna quit hunting with rifles.
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lol... i aint usin them anymore. maybe a flintlock here and there but mainly bows. thanks hawk... i truly respect these animals that i hunt.
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Nice Skulls....and good to see you honor all Harvests.....You keep up the Practice Young Long Hair....and you can garauntee that you will have a Buck to Post this Fall with a Self Bow.....make sure that you have the Buckskins and Braids by then!! I still have my Braids on my Head....not on my Hat like some!!!!! And good luck at Camp this Summer
Mino Bimaadiziwin
Yankee
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yeah man, good luck, and its good to see that there are actually younguns keeping up the old ways.
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yankee hope to post a pic in buckskins and... braids... and good that ya still got yours and thanks i hope Camp is cool:D :D yeah i like the old ways.
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Yankee.. ouch bro that hurt.. ;).. ;D ;D
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whats so bad about braids on a hat? :) ;D i know i wont be putin any on mine... ;)
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lol, never been a fan of long hair. gets hung up when u dive through a fence when u are in a slight hurry to exit a property. ;)
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I grew up on the Old Ways...My Grandfather Farm...which I grew up on....had no modern Machinery....all work was done with a team of Welsh Work Horses...and Horse Drawn Equipment...I was taught to work Wood at an early age...and to work a Forge...my Grandfather made Wrought Iron for a side job....and taught me how to work wood into Bows and how to respect the Creatures that Mother Earth has supplied Us to Survive on...and I am glad to see that this is not dead in all of todays youth....back Home there are few Native Americans that can make more than a Tourist Bow...or Lance...they were never interested in learning what there was to be passed down....They just wanted to fit in....and because of this...it is a dieing Way of Life.....so let it live within You and pass it on... Mino Ayaa Huntertrapper
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whats so bad about braids on a hat? :) ;D i know i wont be putin any on mine... ;)
Taint a thing wrong with Braids on a Hat....just like mine on my back!!! Mainly teasing Mike..... >:D
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lol, never been a fan of long hair. gets hung up when u dive through a fence when u are in a slight hurry to exit a property. ;)
Got to limit that kind of Sight seeing now!!!! ::) ::) Cut my Hair once since I was 12....and burried it with my Grandmother ten year ago
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lol, i know. and thats cool. the only real sence of tradidion or respect for anything in my family is that alcohol is more important than anything els. somehow i didnt find that to enticeing, so i decided to start something new. respect the land, the animals, the air and the watters, for they are all god's creations. and most of all, a familly is worth more than the biggest diamond or chunk of gold on the plannet, and if you are so lucky as to have one, treat it like so, and dont lose it over something foolish.
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Damn...someone has His Head On Straight....Now Just keep It There!!! Cause the Whole World will try to make you change!!
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thank you, and i will.
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ye the world will try and change ya. for the wrong not always for the right.
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Nice skulls ya got there hunter, I also hope to take my first deer with selfbow this fall, but
the hunt is more important than the kill.
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Yankee, thanks for sharing about your hair and honoring your grandfather in the old way... very few of the people remember that kind of honor any more...a/ho brother...a/ho
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:) :) :) This page renews my hope for the few that respect our planet. I see hundreds of hunters each year and they make me ashamed for them. I am fortunate to be able to spend time in the hills and just being in awe of the creatures. As old as I am, I still spend a lot of time just gawking at nature and the in creditable circles of life. I guess that is why hunting with a stick gives me the time to enjoy the real reason to hunt and that is to be one with nature. Nothing like the chills you get when you feel it!! Watcher
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i agree watcher. porolly the most fun i ever had on a hunt was wen a pair of red foxes came out and started playing around in front of me. beutiful critters. stayed where i could see em for like a half hour, and in my opinion its stuff like that that is the real reason we hunt.
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recurve and watcher exactly. not just makin a kill is everything. yes it goods to get a kill to "resupply" for winter but bein out there seeing and understanding the land, and enjoying it s what is truly great and enjoying the hunt.
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dam we are philisophical. and i dont know how to spell big words. :P
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can be philosophical at times when it comes to huntin, an important subject of conversation.
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yeah. i agree. i be proud of myself now. i can hit stuff now!!
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Huntertrapper theres nothing wrong with those skulls , As far as braids go it hangs down my back.And when I am outside with no hat I can pull it over the bald spot to keep from getting sun burnt. Hawkbow I spent most of my life in a job in the public eye , Hair had to be high and tight, I do understand
Dennis
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To respect nature and the earth is to respect life and self.Get too far away from nature,you lose yourself.stay close to the earth Huntertrapper,you look to be on a good path and I believe we are all happy to know you here.
I'm going hunting this year with my first self made, self bow.If our medicine is good,maybe we will see pictures here of each other.That would be a fine thing. Frank
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yes that would be great. and thanks for understanding respect evryone.
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It was a good hunt, huntertrapper. Honorably done! :)
As Recurve Shooter mentioned earlier of giving up his rifle hunts, I too have done this. For many seasons I've hunted with a flintlock and for the last several seasons the enjoyment seems to be missing?
I don't know if it's from all the belly aching and arguing over the primitive muzzleloaders vs the modern muzzleloaders, but it's just not the same like it use to be.
However, when I bow hunt I get much more out of nature regardless if I make meat or not. I love bow hunting, period. I set no goals with bow in hand, I just go out and enjoy nature and if it's to be my day to make meat, I'm thankful. If it's not, I'm still thankful for the day(s) spent in the field with my bow. You did good!
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Well said brothers.. In this modern world of hand raised " trophys" and gadgets the hunt seems to have fallen to the wayside. Integrity while in the field and respect for our animal brothers and sisters while in persuit of the hunt has become a lost art. I am proud to know my fellow Brothers and Sisters of the bow here at PA still hold true to the laws of the natural world and enter the hunt in a sacred manner with integrity and honor. Helping to ensure the future of our heritage as hunters and bowyers.Hawk a/ho
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i too i hunt with a flintlock. i still feel primitive when hunting with it. i mean a prototype of a flintlock was developed in 1600s. but i really enjoy being out there iwth one. but caring a modern bow or rifle wouldnt be the same. ever since i started my "quest" to get back to the way of my great granmothers people, the blackfoot tribe, i have always felt the need to carry a traditional weapon. i dont need to shoot a brother deer from over hundred yards, it just aint the way to be done.
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well said hunter. the art of hunting is about outwiting the animal. aproching close enough to make the kill. if you have the ability to kill anything within sight, all skill required to hunt is lost. the ability to blend and cope with nature is what the hunter strives to perfect. a range of 25 yards should be a stretch for a true hunter. not 300.
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Great post hunter - I have two boys ages , 3 and 5, if they grow up thinking, acting, (and even wearing their hair ;D ) like you, I'll be a happy man.
Used to hunt / fish up in St. Mary's and Potter county. Where are ya at up there?
Postman
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germania, between galeton, top of bean hill is our cabin
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You have been really showing the other youth here at PA what a true hunter is all about, Respect, honor and integrity, something that seems to be falling to the wayside among others who call themselves hunters. Keep to the good road brother. Hawk a/ho