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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1765638" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>My first big game bow kill was a whitetail doe that I shot as a teen back in the 1960's. I was raised in rural Western New Jersey proximate to the Appalachian Trail where game was plenty and bowhunters, very few. Myself and my buddies had been totally mesmerized watching the exploits of Fed Bear frequently featured on the Wide World of Sports on Sunday afternoons. I cut lawns, painted fences, and shoveled driveways, until I had enough money to buy a 45# Bear Grizzly recurve, a matched set of a dozen cedar arrows with broadheads/field tips, a quiver, and accessories. It took a full year to build up my muscles and master the instinctive shooting technique. I worked feverishly building the skills to stalk/still hunt or build a ground blind to get within bow range of a whitetail. Tree stands were not common practice in those days. No luck the first season, but success was in sight. By the second season, I felt prepared. On the opener, on a Monday, after school I rushed to my chosen spot, a wooded area with a well worn trail, trail bordering an open brush field. The wind was perfect and the wet leaves made for quiet still hunting. Within a half hour a group of four does were moving across my direction towards the field. I also changed direction, hoping to get a shot if they went into the field to feed. As I approached the edge of the field they were already out there feeding at about 30-40 yards. One doe gave a perfect broadside shot. I drew thinking, 'pick a spot, pick a spot!". At the shot I heard a crack and the doe I shot at ran in back of brush pile. I waited about 20 minutes(seemed like 20 hours). I finally approached to the spot where she was standing and found lots of blood and half my Razorhead tipped cedar arrow. That was the crack! She was dead on the other side of the brush pile. She was center-shot through the heart with half the arrow fully penetrating. That was the first big game animal I had taken with either gun or bow. The memory will last forever as my greatest hunt, and the beginning of a life long passion.</p><p></p><p>I still have that old Bear Grizzly that is over 50 years old, and in pristine condition. A work of art, and memories that will last forever!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]160168[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1765638, member: 10291"] My first big game bow kill was a whitetail doe that I shot as a teen back in the 1960’s. I was raised in rural Western New Jersey proximate to the Appalachian Trail where game was plenty and bowhunters, very few. Myself and my buddies had been totally mesmerized watching the exploits of Fed Bear frequently featured on the Wide World of Sports on Sunday afternoons. I cut lawns, painted fences, and shoveled driveways, until I had enough money to buy a 45# Bear Grizzly recurve, a matched set of a dozen cedar arrows with broadheads/field tips, a quiver, and accessories. It took a full year to build up my muscles and master the instinctive shooting technique. I worked feverishly building the skills to stalk/still hunt or build a ground blind to get within bow range of a whitetail. Tree stands were not common practice in those days. No luck the first season, but success was in sight. By the second season, I felt prepared. On the opener, on a Monday, after school I rushed to my chosen spot, a wooded area with a well worn trail, trail bordering an open brush field. The wind was perfect and the wet leaves made for quiet still hunting. Within a half hour a group of four does were moving across my direction towards the field. I also changed direction, hoping to get a shot if they went into the field to feed. As I approached the edge of the field they were already out there feeding at about 30-40 yards. One doe gave a perfect broadside shot. I drew thinking, ‘pick a spot, pick a spot!”. At the shot I heard a crack and the doe I shot at ran in back of brush pile. I waited about 20 minutes(seemed like 20 hours). I finally approached to the spot where she was standing and found lots of blood and half my Razorhead tipped cedar arrow. That was the crack! She was dead on the other side of the brush pile. She was center-shot through the heart with half the arrow fully penetrating. That was the first big game animal I had taken with either gun or bow. The memory will last forever as my greatest hunt, and the beginning of a life long passion. I still have that old Bear Grizzly that is over 50 years old, and in pristine condition. A work of art, and memories that will last forever! [ATTACH=full]160168[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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