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Title: First Trad Kill
Post by: bill m on November 06, 2007, 07:15:00 PM
First I would like to thank all who freely give of their time and experience on this forum.

Halloween evening, Black Widow PLX, 62", 46 lbs. @ 28", Beman MFX 500's with 125 grain brass insert, Magnus 2 blade 125 grain broadhead, natural ground blind, using Double Bull 3 legged stool with back rest, 12 yard shot, double lung pass through, doe went 20 yards and piled up. WOW!!

I will be 59 years old this spring, and I wish I had started this many, many years ago. This doe is a far greater trophy than any buck I have killed with other means.

Thanks for listening (no pictures).

Bill
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: joe skipp on November 06, 2007, 07:17:00 PM
Congrats Bud!!! Exciting isn't it?   :thumbsup:    :notworthy:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: hormoan on November 06, 2007, 07:22:00 PM
Good for you Bill and congrats!! It sure is more fun with out the gizmos and gadgets. With a ton of satisfaction. Now ya gotta put a digital camera on your christmas list!  :D    :thumbsup:

                    Brent
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Stone Knife on November 06, 2007, 07:22:00 PM
Good job Bill, any deer with trad equipment and from a natural blind is quite a trophy in my book   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: yellow bow on November 06, 2007, 07:26:00 PM
congrats!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Bonebuster on November 06, 2007, 07:26:00 PM
Congratulations.

Some people would never understand your statement
about your doe being a far greater trophy than a buck by other means. They are indeed missing out.

Better late than never. I hope there are many happy hunting seasons to come for you and your
traditional bow.

Again, congrats. Way to go!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: rxhntr on November 06, 2007, 07:46:00 PM
congrats on a job well done!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: JDinPA on November 06, 2007, 08:15:00 PM
Any deer with any bow should be a trophy in anyones eyes.

With the tradgear  - It's a trophy that only a bowhunter who has put the hard work learning the traditional way can understand.

My first deer with the longbow and my first deer with the recurve I was more excited than any P&Y buck I have ever taken.

My goal is to combine a P&Y and trad gear in the years to come.
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: SOS on November 06, 2007, 08:19:00 PM
Yay!  Great feeling, eh?
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: 4runr on November 06, 2007, 09:01:00 PM
Congrats!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: vermonster13 on November 06, 2007, 09:18:00 PM
Good job!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: the Ferret on November 06, 2007, 09:20:00 PM
Good for you Bill.   :readit:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Forester on November 06, 2007, 09:40:00 PM
:thumbsup:  

...and may you have many more!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Hot Hap on November 07, 2007, 01:55:00 AM
Congradulations! Hap
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Onestringer on November 07, 2007, 02:32:00 AM
Excellent
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: JEFF B on November 07, 2007, 02:51:00 AM
oh yeah!!!! way to go.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Big Dave on November 07, 2007, 02:49:00 PM
:thumbsup:   Congrats.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: bill m on November 07, 2007, 05:12:00 PM
I had stopped bow hunting altogether for about 11 years because I did not enjoy shooting the compound. I did not enjoy practicing, the bow felt extremely heavy, and eventually I just quit. Not knowing anyone who shot trad, or forums such as this one, trad gear never entered into my mind. I then saw a copy of Traditional Bow Hunter which had an advertisement of a traditional shooting clinic being held at Black Widow by Mr. Ken Beck and Mr. Fred Asbell. A phone call later, and wham, my life changed forever. Now, I literally shoot every day. People I work with, and other hunters not using trad gear, can't understand how or why I would commit to a longbow and my insistance of hunting on the ground using natural materials. It has been a week today that I hrvested my trophy, and I am still geeked!!!

Bill
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Bonebuster on November 07, 2007, 06:23:00 PM
Hey Bill; Here`s to always being "geeked"!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Robert Warnock on November 07, 2007, 08:41:00 PM
Way to go, Bill.  I'm 57 and I just started shooting trad a few months ago.  You are an inspiration.
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: GingivitisKahn on November 07, 2007, 09:18:00 PM
Hey - congrats!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 07, 2007, 09:50:00 PM
Outstanding! ice to hear. Jawge
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: woodchucker on November 07, 2007, 11:03:00 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!   :clapper:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: LV2HUNT on November 08, 2007, 06:53:00 AM
Congratulations Bill, well said.
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: joekeith on November 08, 2007, 06:28:00 PM
:clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: bentpole on November 08, 2007, 06:44:00 PM
That's the way to hit them! Congrats ! That 250 grain Magnus went threw her  like a hot knife threw butter right? What kind of woods did you get in that PLX?
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: BOFF on November 08, 2007, 06:47:00 PM
Way to go Bill!!
Congratulations!! May you have many more.
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Blackhat on November 08, 2007, 06:49:00 PM
Way to go!
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: deertraks on November 08, 2007, 08:29:00 PM
:clapper:
Title: Re: First Trad Kill
Post by: Greyfox54 on November 08, 2007, 08:41:00 PM
Congrats Bill , you're still pretty young with a lot of seasons in you , best of luck , Fred