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Title: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 10, 2019, 05:43:34 PM
Shooting a few arrows in the yard.
In our big pasture across the road, there are Canada Geese on the pond, a group of Does in the field beyond the pond, 5 Longbeards feeding along the timber line to the south and a Bald Eagle in a big tree watching over it all. [emoji41]

Thank you Lord for setting me down here [emoji1317]


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Macatawa on March 10, 2019, 09:55:35 PM
That's cool!
I can easily envision that...and am jealous!

:archer2:
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Terry Green on March 11, 2019, 07:10:55 AM
Any reason you do not have a 1st or last name ???
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 11, 2019, 07:46:22 AM
Quote from: Terry Green on March 11, 2019, 07:10:55 AM
Any reason you do not have a 1st or last name ???
I've just been looking at that since I received a message from Tony regarding the same thing.
I don't recall if I registered through Tapatalk or directly, but I don't remember being given the option to enter my name.
I've just been looking through Tapatalk and on the trad gang site directly and don't find a place to enter that information.
There may be some "technologically challenged" issues at work here [emoji1787]

My name is Steve Stewart, if you can add that for me please feel free to do so.
Thank you. [emoji106]


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: David Mitchell on March 11, 2019, 08:17:38 AM
You are blessed indeed.  Glad to have you on board here. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Macatawa on March 11, 2019, 08:26:59 AM
Quote from: David Mitchell on March 11, 2019, 08:17:38 AM
You are blessed indeed.  Glad to have you on board here. :thumbsup:

Yeah....Steve, thanks for hangin' in there while Rob chases the bug in the system.  At least now I am pretty sure you're not woman...I can call you "sir"

Thank you sir and thanks for the chuckle...I needed that today.. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Friend on March 11, 2019, 08:40:34 AM
Much gratitude in recognizing the gifted setting.
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 11, 2019, 08:50:31 AM
"Pretty sure" [emoji1787]
You never know in this day and age, but yeah, you're assumption is correct.
I just walked in the house. Been across the road listening to those long beards. They gobbled their heads off this morning. [emoji41]
Thank you for the help and BIG thanks for all you do to keep this great forum up and running. [emoji106]


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: BWlongbow on March 11, 2019, 08:53:47 AM
We could all learn from your experience, meaning to stop busy time consuming live style and see God's creation more often. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Roy from Pa on March 11, 2019, 11:23:46 AM
Steve, welcome to trad gang..

Sounds like ya live in a great place....

What's ya got for stick bows?

Pictures?
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: supernaut on March 11, 2019, 01:09:45 PM
Steve, sounds like you have a pretty awesome spot to shoot your bows and more importantly recognize how blessed you are!
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 11, 2019, 02:21:59 PM
Quote from: Roy from Pa on March 11, 2019, 11:23:46 AM
Steve, welcome to trad gang..

Sounds like ya live in a great place....

What's ya got for stick bows?

Pictures?
This all started with the re-discovery of the '59 Bear Alaskan my Dad bought the year I was born.
After seeing a PBS show featuring stick bows, I dug it out and got it shooting, with the goal of taking a deer with it while Dad was still alive to see it.
That dream came true a few weeks back.
I started a couple of threads here about the bow and the kill.
The Alaskan and an even older 30# recurve Dad got for my Mom are the only ones I have.


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Babbling Bob on March 11, 2019, 04:24:42 PM
Had a few blessings too. Got to go on a drive type safari when I was working for a few days in South Africa just three weeks ago in the Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa. Styed in a private lodge (Black Rhino Lodge) and our guide got us on the Big Five in less than 30 hours. Could never afford such a trip but my client sent me on this one while I was down there. As many if not more memories were made as those bow hunting deer hunting camps I experienced in the past. 

Always amazed at how I can still shoot a beautiful rack of '59 to '62 rosewood recurves as well as some newer ones, and they work well to keep up a lifetime or archery memories and interests.

   
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Roy from Pa on March 11, 2019, 05:08:47 PM
Cool deal, Steve.

Ya have any pictures of over there?
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 11, 2019, 05:52:11 PM
Quote from: Roy from Pa on March 11, 2019, 05:08:47 PM
Cool deal, Steve.

Ya have any pictures of over there?
I didn't take any yesterday. My phone is my camera and it's not good at a distance.
This picture is the same field, taken from my porch last spring.
You can make out a small flock of turkeys behind the pond. Those two big black balls in the center are the gobblers in full strut.
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Here's what one of 'em looked like up close [emoji12]
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This is my avatar, the bow and the doe I took with it.
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I love shooting this bow, and I hope I never need another one.
Out of character for a gear junkie like me.


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 1Arrow1Kill on March 11, 2019, 10:09:31 PM
Hi Steve, Thanks for sharing with all of us the verbal view from your porch, your Father's bow story and the awesome photos.  The main reason I enjoy my trad hunting so much is I feel like I'm entering God's house each time I enter the woods.  I know it ain't heaven, but dang it's got to be as close as it gets on this side of eternity.  Can't tell ya how many times after a long, quiet walk in the dark I finally sit against a comfortable tree, take some slow relaxing breaths and have a much needed talk with the Creator  :pray: .   When I finally open my eyes its often already burning daylight  :o .  Great conversations in a perfect location.  I too feel very Blessed!!! 
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Roy from Pa on March 11, 2019, 10:18:08 PM
Very nice... 
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: mj seratt on March 12, 2019, 12:30:35 AM
Hello, Steve.  What part of Arkansas are you in.  I am in West Tennessee, not far from Memphis.

Murray
Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 12, 2019, 08:33:44 AM
Quote from: 1Arrow1Kill on March 11, 2019, 10:09:31 PM
Hi Steve, Thanks for sharing with all of us the verbal view from your porch, your Father's bow story and the awesome photos.  The main reason I enjoy my trad hunting so much is I feel like I'm entering God's house each time I enter the woods.  I know it ain't heaven, but dang it's got to be as close as it gets on this side of eternity.  Can't tell ya how many times after a long, quiet walk in the dark I finally sit against a comfortable tree, take some slow relaxing breaths and have a much needed talk with the Creator  :pray: .   When I finally open my eyes its often already burning daylight  :o .  Great conversations in a perfect location.  I too feel very Blessed!!!

Amen [emoji1317]


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: 8upss on March 12, 2019, 08:36:01 AM
Quote from: mj seratt on March 12, 2019, 12:30:35 AM
Hello, Steve.  What part of Arkansas are you in.  I am in West Tennessee, not far from Memphis.

Murray

I'm in Johnson County, about 60 miles east of Ft. Smith, south of a little town named Ozone.


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Title: Re: Blessed
Post by: Wudstix on March 25, 2019, 02:05:00 PM
Miss the country life style, thanks for sharing and posting pics. 
:coffee: :thumbsup: :campfire: :archer2: