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Trad Gang Highlights => HIGHLIGHTS 2022 => Topic started by: Wilderlife on March 14, 2022, 02:49:17 PM

Title: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Wilderlife on March 14, 2022, 02:49:17 PM

Hi all,

I got this longbow in May 2021 but only managed to kill something with it over the weekend. Tough hunting combined with me being lazy are to blame.  :biglaugh:

Anyhow, I was out walking some scrub with a mate of mine and we came across a couple of pigs. They made for an easy stalk and I shot this sow from about 16 metres. She's about to go in my freezer and I'm stoked to get it done with this bow, finally. It's the first ever bow I had custom-made brand new for me and it's also built in Australia so it's special to me.

Bow details:
Norseman Chieftain.
66in long.
65# @ 26.5in.
Antler tip overlays.
Brazilian bloodwood riser.
Black glass.
Fallow deer antler tips.

I used an arrow weighing about 580gns (I'd rather shoot heavier but it's what I had) with a 200gn Tusker Aztec broadhead.

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/fPyqJk.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnfPyqJkj)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/6GQw4k.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn6GQw4kj)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/k1Py3E.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pok1Py3Ej)

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Sam McMichael on March 14, 2022, 08:56:14 PM

Congratulations! It seems you had a very good hunt with a very nice bow.

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Wilderlife on March 20, 2022, 06:23:04 PM

Cheers mate!

I missed another pig with the same bow the weekend just gone. They can't me in an awkward position.

Things are really gearing up for the fallow rut now. I might set the ASL down and take my recurve.

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: beemann on March 21, 2022, 01:44:33 PM

Nice work bud. Congrats....

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Wilderlife on March 22, 2022, 04:13:03 AM

Thanks for having a look, bloke.

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: GCook on March 29, 2022, 10:14:16 PM

There ya go!  Like seeing skewered pigs?

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Wilderlife on March 30, 2022, 02:27:12 AM

I liked seeing this little sow on the ground as I got to stalk them for a short while and I enjoyed the whole thing.

for this boar last year, he was on top of me (nearly) moments after I noticed him, so the whole thing only lasted a few seconds. Very surprising but a much more impressive pig.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/gVGFCS.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pogVGFCSj)

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: GCook on April 04, 2022, 08:21:49 AM

Awesome! 

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: rastaman on April 13, 2022, 02:53:51 PM

Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Bisch on October 28, 2022, 05:44:14 PM

Congrats!

Bisch

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Friend on December 13, 2022, 08:45:18 AM

Mighty fine...Congrats!!!

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: beemann on December 17, 2022, 08:20:03 AM

Nice work bud was worried the widow was getting dusty.   :bigsmyl:

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: Wilderlife on December 17, 2022, 11:03:01 PM

All my trad bows are dusty at the moment as I had to give up shooting them for a while when I was sick and it's taken me a while to get my strength back. Been shooting a compound a lot and really enjoying it but have been shooting the trad bows a bit recently and am starting to feel confident with them again/

Thanks for looking, fellas.

Title: Re: First pig with my big longbow
Post by: RIVERWOLF on December 27, 2022, 06:17:52 PM

Congratulations on a fine animal ,returning  to better health & stickbows  my friend ...

Thank you for sharing the adventure , and look forward to many more ....Congratulations ! :clapper: