Author Topic: First traditional kill. (Read 1555 times)

JeffG · « **on:** June 08, 2005, 05:13:29 PM »

My wife an I just got back from a nice hunt. She scored on a full curl-plus Barbarosa ram, with her maple & hickory board longbow, that I made for her. It was her first bowhunting kill. I took a nice hog for the freezer in the 200 lb range. I was using my maple & hickory longbow. I had made both bows for us. Thanks for looking, JeffG

wijim · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2005, 03:22:05 AM »

congrats!......thats awesome. i certainly wish i was skilled enough to make a bow. id have no idea where to even start. its satisfying enough to shoot game with a traditional bow alone.....i cant even imagine how satisfying it must be to shoot game with a traditional bow you made yourself....good going.

captainkirk · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2005, 03:39:15 AM »

Very, very, nice. You both must feel quite a sense of accomplishment. Nothing like taking game with something you made with your own two hands. I like the skins on your bow, and your quivers are both nice as well. Better yet that she shares your love of hunting.

captainkirk

JeffG · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2005, 12:17:17 PM »

It was pretty much beyond me how to make a bow, too. The board bows are the way to start, take a look at Ferret's Page and go from there. Maple and hickory are great woods, and available at planing mills.
http://groups.msn.com/ferretsarcherywebpage

I just rolled up my sleeves and got to work, (long winters) and it turned out pretty good!

Try these sites, for advise, but don't get lost, remember Graybeard's is your home, y'hear?

http://www.bowsite.com/bowsite/tf/lw/threadsx2.cfm
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

handirifle · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2005, 07:11:48 PM »

WOW!
Congrats to both of you. What a first kill.

You are right about the board bows. Not enough is said about them in my opinion cause they can be easy to make and very nice shooting too. made about 2 doz of them myself. Lots of fun to shoot something you made like that yourself.

Yours are nice looking too.

TheBowhunter · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2005, 05:10:48 AM »

congratulations on the trophy. they look nice I am looking foward to pig hunting in texas here november. I cant wait. but again congradulatios .

moose · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2005, 12:15:09 AM »

nice looking trophies,,,,,,,,,,,love shooting them hogs :grin:

Mac11700 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 20, 2005, 12:24:43 PM »

Congratulations to you and your wife on those nice trophies..awsome way to start out :agree:

Mac

Big Tom · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2006, 04:38:52 AM »

What a wonderful way to make a woman happy! :-)

You have my admiration! I have shot Trad for many years....left recently due to a shoulder injury and trying to make a come back.

Where do you live? I live in the U.P....Iron Mountain.

slave · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2006, 09:33:57 AM »

Great Ram

slave · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2006, 03:09:22 PM »

Jeffg,

I could not stop looking at the backing on that bow. Very nice touch.

JeffG · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2006, 03:48:49 PM »

Sorry for the slow replies, the notifications must have missed me. No, we live a little south of Green Bay in Wisconsin, we love to make the trip. Thanks for the kind words, we sure had fun!