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Title: Well guys.....here's my first....
Post by: GMMAT on September 14, 2009, 11:48:00 PM
1st with trad gear.....and I was happy to get her!

Thanks for all of your help, along the way (sincerely).

 (http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m314/SBGobblers/2009%20hunting/DSC01530.jpg)
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Post by: Soilarch on September 14, 2009, 11:50:00 PM
CONGRATS!!!

Hope to make a similar post this year!  :)
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Post by: crandog on September 14, 2009, 11:50:00 PM
Awesome man!  I'm also looking for one 18" wide...in the rear.  And with an inch of fat along the back.
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Post by: jacobsladder on September 14, 2009, 11:54:00 PM
good work bro.
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Post by: J. Adams on September 14, 2009, 11:55:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Post by: straitera on September 15, 2009, 12:11:00 AM
GMMAT...ain't it great? Well done.
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Post by: 30coupe on September 15, 2009, 12:16:00 AM
Congrats! Fire up the grill; that's some good eating you've got there. Every year I think, this year I'm holding out for a nice buck. Then a fat doe steps into my shooting lane and my stomach overpowers the desire for antlers.

Enjoy, this will be the one you'll remember always.
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Post by: longbowjim on September 15, 2009, 12:22:00 AM
Congrats!  I hope you plane something special for her cape.  Believe it or not, they all feel like the first!  That is the beauty of the traditional challenge!  JD
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Post by: Slufoot on September 15, 2009, 01:08:00 AM
Way to go Jeff!

Come on, we've got to hear the story about it!

GOOD SHOOTING!

Slufoot
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Post by: joe skipp on September 15, 2009, 01:10:00 AM
Nice going Jeff...good looking leafy suit too!

 :clapper:
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Post by: Hot Hap on September 15, 2009, 01:11:00 AM
Congradulations! Hap
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Post by: Hooked on September 15, 2009, 01:25:00 AM
Way to go, Jeff!

Is this the pic you were thinking of when you emailed me about a carving/burning?

Gonna send you a pm.
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Post by: Mallardstacker on September 15, 2009, 01:28:00 AM
Congratulations!!!!!  :clapper:
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Post by: buckeye_hunter on September 15, 2009, 01:31:00 AM
Good for you!
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on September 15, 2009, 01:52:00 AM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: Boom Stick on September 15, 2009, 02:17:00 AM
Nice going!
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Post by: Brian Krebs on September 15, 2009, 02:34:00 AM
yum yum yum - congrats and enjoy the bounty  :)
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Post by: TheFatboy on September 15, 2009, 02:38:00 AM
Congratulations  :)
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Post by: Oliverstacy on September 15, 2009, 02:39:00 AM
Congrats...I hope to do the same this Saturday!  

When you get a chance let us know the details...what ya shooting?  How do you like the quiver/pack?

Josh
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Post by: Bowhunter4life on September 15, 2009, 04:30:00 AM
Awesome!  Great shooting, but we'll need the story!  ;)   You've got two parts of the "sharing" triad... starting the thread and pictures... but we want to know the story too...

Congrats!
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Post by: Apex Predator on September 15, 2009, 05:36:00 AM
Great job buddy!
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Post by: Kip on September 15, 2009, 05:50:00 AM
:clapper:  Nice job something you will remember for a long long  time.
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on September 15, 2009, 05:52:00 AM
Excellent! Nice doe there. I, too, wanna read the story behind your first trad kill.
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Post by: Guru on September 15, 2009, 05:59:00 AM
Congratulations Jeff   :thumbsup:

Now here's your chance to let it all out...let's hear the story bud     :campfire:
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Post by: 4runr on September 15, 2009, 06:43:00 AM
Congrats Jeff!
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Post by: Featherbuster on September 15, 2009, 06:49:00 AM
congrats
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on September 15, 2009, 06:57:00 AM
Nice job!

  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Big Ed on September 15, 2009, 07:07:00 AM
Very nice, Congratulations!!!
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Post by: Irish Archer on September 15, 2009, 07:08:00 AM
Congrats.  :clapper:
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Post by: Peachey on September 15, 2009, 07:08:00 AM
Way to go!!! Congrats.
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Post by: limbow on September 15, 2009, 07:22:00 AM
Hmmm, looks like  Silvertip t/d curve  :)
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Post by: mscampbell75 on September 15, 2009, 07:46:00 AM
:clapper:    :clapper:  

Congrats on your first.  Hopefully I can have a similiar post very soon.
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Post by: broketooth on September 15, 2009, 08:04:00 AM
congrats jeff, youve earned it .ive seen and read about all the hard work youve put in during the preseason.as with all things its all in the prep work. cant wait to hear the story  :clapper:
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Post by: longbowben on September 15, 2009, 08:04:00 AM
Congrats   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Don Stokes on September 15, 2009, 09:09:00 AM
Hopefully the first of many! Congratulations.
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Post by: Widowbender on September 15, 2009, 09:09:00 AM
Great Job Jeff!!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Story??
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Post by: Gatekeeper on September 15, 2009, 09:19:00 AM
Congratulations she's a beauty!  :clapper:  Now let's read the story behind your hunt. Where did the arrow hit?
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Post by: CCWhitetail on September 15, 2009, 09:20:00 AM
congratulations
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Post by: vermonster13 on September 15, 2009, 09:20:00 AM
Congrats    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Talondale on September 15, 2009, 09:31:00 AM
Congrats Jeff.
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Post by: varmint101 on September 15, 2009, 10:08:00 AM
Right on, congrats!
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Post by: George D. Stout on September 15, 2009, 10:21:00 AM
Another     :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bear on September 15, 2009, 10:21:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Post by: MnFn on September 15, 2009, 10:26:00 AM
congratulations! you'll remember it forever.
Gary
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Post by: rappstar on September 15, 2009, 10:27:00 AM
Way to go!
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Post by: benny on September 15, 2009, 10:45:00 AM
another   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: maineac on September 15, 2009, 10:54:00 AM
Fantastic and congratulations.  Enjoy.
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Post by: GMMAT on September 15, 2009, 10:57:00 AM
Thanks SO much, guys.  Yeah....anyone who knows me knows how much I "work" at my hunting.  I actually had two buddies in town who went with me on the recovery.  Special stuff!

The story.....

I sat a buddy up, Saturday morning, in a ladder stand....where I thought he may get a look at a couple piebalds I've been getting on cam.  I set up in another ladder about 50yds away....and watched him take a nice old doe, that morning.  My other buddies arrived on Sat. afternoon and Sunday.....and we hunted some different areas.  Had a good wind for a spot for 2, yesterday, so I sent them there.  I went back to the ladder the 1st foe was taken from....just to "look", honestly.  I'd taken a doe from this spot last year (last day shooting the wheelie) and I wanted to see what the evening movement was like.  Just like the closer, last year, they started filtering into the woodlot (from their bedding area across a pasture), right before last light.  I had about 3 does and as many fawns come in and start feeding on acorns.  Although she's not big.....she was the biggest doe in the group.  She offered me a slight qtring away shot at 16-17yds and I took it.  Shot was NOT great.....but she was down inside 35yds.  Took her about 5 minutes to expire.  Not knowing, I snuck out (never heard a sound from her) and went home to go out to dinner.  When we returned, we all 3 went to track.  I got a complete pass-thru from my WW head.....and she was right where I thought she was.  Revovery took about 3 minutes.

What a thrill!  I'll never forget it.

I want to again thank you ALL for fielding some of my sometimes (to you) monotonous questions along the way.  She's part "yours".  I can't thank you all enough.

We'll be back at 'em all week.  And, I'll report if I'm successful, again.  Right now....I need to get my buddies on one.  THAT would make my week!

Again....thanks.  You guys are an awesome crowd.
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Post by: Blasterjdh on September 15, 2009, 11:23:00 AM
Jeff great job and thanks for sharing -- what were you using Bow, specs, etc...?

Again thanks for sharing ...
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Post by: GMMAT on September 15, 2009, 11:41:00 AM
my bow is a Schafer Silvertip (60"), 52@28 (54 @ my DL).  I'm shooting a CX 250 at 30" with a 150gr. WW BH.  Took me a while to get the sharpening down....but I've never felt more confident in a setup.....including my compound days.

Thanks for inquiring.
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Post by: Romans3 on September 15, 2009, 12:11:00 PM
great work! What part of NC are you in. I just moved here last year and am trying for my first ever deer in NC.
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Post by: GMMAT on September 15, 2009, 12:23:00 PM
Romans.....I'm just outside W-Salem.....and I hunt mostly, here.  I am heading to Surry Co., this afternoon.

Good luck this year.
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Post by: BobCo 1965 on September 15, 2009, 12:27:00 PM
Wow, that's awesome! Congratulations!
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Post by: BlacktailBowhunter on September 15, 2009, 02:10:00 PM
Congrats. I am looking to do the same this year.
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Post by: Day Dreamer on September 15, 2009, 02:28:00 PM
SWEET!
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Post by: Guru on September 15, 2009, 04:40:00 PM
You did good Jeff     :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: vtmtnman on September 15, 2009, 04:42:00 PM
Congrats  :thumbsup:
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Post by: joe ashton on September 15, 2009, 04:45:00 PM
:bigsmyl:
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Post by: yellow bow on September 15, 2009, 04:49:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Post by: joevan125 on September 15, 2009, 05:22:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: bentpole on September 15, 2009, 05:58:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: Hooked on September 15, 2009, 06:22:00 PM
you got another pm, Jeff
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Post by: highPlains on September 15, 2009, 06:28:00 PM
Way to go Jeff! That is great!
Tommy
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Post by: Landshark160 on September 15, 2009, 06:30:00 PM
The 1st of many!  Good deal, man!
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Post by: Chris Surtees on September 15, 2009, 06:31:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Post by: longrange on September 15, 2009, 06:34:00 PM
Congradulations on your first. I'm hoping to have my first as well this fall.
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Post by: BowHuntingFool on September 15, 2009, 06:36:00 PM
I'm proud of ya Jeff, you sure do deserve it, you worked hard! Congrats brother!
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Post by: Don Batten on September 15, 2009, 09:24:00 PM
Way to go brother. I'm proud of you. DB
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Post by: Son of Texas on September 15, 2009, 09:55:00 PM
Congrats way to go!!!   :clapper:
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Post by: NoCams on September 15, 2009, 10:15:00 PM
Jeff,
Thought you were going to use the 250's I traded to ya ? Was hoping to see you get one with one of my arrows and bring me some luck at the same time ? Congrats and hope you get your limit this year bud !

nocams  :thumbsup:
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Post by: GMMAT on September 15, 2009, 10:22:00 PM
Nocams.....those ARE the 250's I traded with you.......just re-fletched!

They worlk!
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Post by: Fletcher on September 15, 2009, 10:23:00 PM
Outstanding, Jeff!  You're off to a great start.  We know how hard you have been working for this, too.
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Post by: StickBowManMI on September 15, 2009, 10:49:00 PM
Congratulations on the first of many more to come!
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Post by: Rooselk on September 15, 2009, 10:53:00 PM
Good job! Congrats.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: blind one on September 15, 2009, 10:58:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on September 16, 2009, 07:34:00 AM
Awesome, there sure seems to be a bunch of firsts this season. There's something in the air.
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Post by: Sharpster on September 16, 2009, 09:03:00 AM
Well done! Congratulations.  :thumbsup:

Ron
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Post by: Ybuck on September 16, 2009, 09:15:00 PM
great deer! Congratulations!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: bowhunterfrompast on September 16, 2009, 09:18:00 PM
Congrats  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Don Batten on September 16, 2009, 09:20:00 PM
Jeff, is that a G Fred quiver??????? DB
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Post by: Over&Under on September 16, 2009, 09:35:00 PM
:clapper:  

The first one is always the best!!
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Post by: GMMAT on September 17, 2009, 06:05:00 AM
Batman...

Nope.  That's a German Ridge I ordered from 3Rivers.  Love it.  LOTS of room for extras in the 2 pockets.

I'll be using it and my Safari Tuff, this fall.....and my Kanati for run and bow birds.

Thanks to all for the kind words.  She's a great trophy, to ME.
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Post by: Terry Green on September 21, 2009, 11:18:00 AM
:bigsmyl:    :thumbsup: