I feel it is rare place to find such a group of great people as I have found in Tradgang. In the cut throat "me First" world we live in today, I feel truly blessed to have this refuge. Tradgang has been a place I could come to learn, share, and just spend time with friends. Friends that share my interests and beliefs. The love for nature, being in the woods and doing things the "hard"(I call it "fun") way. Many or my fellow Trandgangers, I am not sure who all, have blessed me with an amazing gift. A Shrew Hawk to take along with me while I seek out my other refuge in the woods bowhunting. I wish I had the words to tell you all how much this gift truly means to me. But a simple "thank you" is all I have.
Katie
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Definitely a great bunch of people here, and a fantastic looking hawk as well!!
I also have found this to be a great refuge and I have met some of the most genuine folks on here, I am truely thankful that I stumbled across this site and have had the honor to be surrounded by all of you. Cool Hawk, that will serve you well, for a long time and many adventures. Happy Thanksgiving All
Todd
I hear you, Sometimes I just get on here and read. Tradgang is about the best group of good people there is. It would sure be cool to all be at one place one day. So many here I'd like to meet in person, that's saying alot for me I'm not really a social type.
Katie,
Going to traditional style of shooting/hunting has been one of my best decisions I ever made. The people on tradgang are so thoughtful and genuine. The stay true to there beliefs and live by lifes simple rules.
After everything you have gone through recently, I think it is fitting that you received a "toma-HAWK". The term hawk seems to stay with you. For some reason I want to call you "little hawk" as your indian or spirit name.
Corey
Trad gang is the best.
I agree..Tradgang is the best. It's one of the very few websites I check every day. Most of the other sites are junk.
A different breed here :thumbsup:
imagine what the world would be like if everyone thought like tradgangers :campfire:
You deserved it Katie. Wish I was in on it for ya but I wasn't.
Best of luck with the rest of the season.
The memebers are are the best,enjoy.
That's no tomahawk, that's a katiehawk.
There are not a lot of women in traditional archery, but our few hunting sisters add a great deal of richness of this site. Thank you for being a part of the gang.
I think the members here are top notch! I do much more reading than posting and gain a wealth of information. Wen I do post, I get positive feedback from everyone. I check this site (the only sight) several times a day. :thumbsup: :archer:
Well done gang, a fine gesture by fine folks. :notworthy:
Well deserved Katie.
Well done donors!
Katie, as you have found out, this is a great bunch of people! :campfire:
You guys rock! I am not a social animal either, believe it or not. But TradGangers, for the most part, I can tolerate for a longer period of time than I can the rank and file of the milling masses. Sometimes fifteen minutes or more!
I had trouble seeing the hawk, so I played with it.
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Congrats, Katie, you deserve it, and dang, Ron, that's a good looking hawk!! :thumbsup:
Killdeer :campfire:
I second the THANK-YOU to the TRadgang family. My wife gave birth last Friday (Nov. 21) to our second daughter! B/c of this I have been a little "housebound". Tradgang has helped me maintain some sanity in a house with a 19month old, newborn and my wonderful wife!!
Happy Thanksgivng to All!!
chris <><
Well done, and well deserved.
Congrats on your new Hawk Katie! Good hunting to you!!
That's awesome !! :thumbsup:
you have many friends here Katie, it is a BIG family. every day in the woods is a learning experiance, you keep learning as you go. you will be bringing along MANY good friends with you when you carry that hawk. you have a bright bowhunting future ahead of you, enjoy yourself and have fun!
Congrats katie, use it well! Good folks these Trad Gangers.
Hey "Lady Hawk", you'll have your Longhunter shirt in a day or two. Slip that hawk on a belt and wear it on the outside of your shirt then send the Gang a picture. :wavey:
congrats katie!! :clapper: :clapper:
You're part of it all Katie! Thank YOU! And your welcome.
katie :thumbsup:
Find a chunk of timber and chuck that rascal. I think you'll be impressed
Rusty
Nicely done everyone.
Congrats Katie, you showed alot of us how it should be done.
I agree tradgang is a great resource and is as addictive as traditional archery and bow hunting.
Thanks....
Joe
Thats a super gesture on someones part. They must have felt you deserved it. Now you need a belt to hang it on and maybe one of Rons' hunting shirts..PR
The Tradgang is truly a great bunch of folks. This is a great place to learn, provide a helping hand, tell a story, or read one. I occasionally visit other archery forums, but none compare to the Gang. I am always appalled at the nastiness of some on those other sites. We all owe a thank you to the mods here as well as the membership as a whole.
Congrats, Katie. Nice Hawk for a nice gal! Thanks to those who helped bring it to you.
This is a great site because of the great people that call this place home. All I can say Katie is welcome home and nice hawk.
Traditional archery seems to naturally lend itself to the "family" mindset - that's what drew me to it in the first place. So as Paulie Walnuts would say, 'Welcome to the family!'
Thats one heck of a nice tommyhawk, but it needs a discarded hawk feather dangling from the handle. Wouldn't happen to have one of those, would ya? ;-)
Yep, this place is the best. Its a different world in here, the people here never cease to amaze me!
It is nice to have a sight where advise and adventures are shared with out all the bashing and hating. Congrats on the hawk !! Joe
Katie, You, your ethics and your stick-to-ativeness are an inspiration to us all. Take to heart that you did all you could and carry that with you to the next hunt. Pat
Couldn't agree with you more Katie. The trad gang family is the best. There are times when I feel like I am just sitting around a camp fire with a great bunch of friends, eventhough I'm thousands of miles away. Helps keep my sanity in this screwed up world.
Great job on the Hawk Ron!!
You inspired a lot of us, and you deserve the hawk. Think of us when you carry it!