Howdy from Northern Alberta!
An old friend ( Jack Kempf) suggested I check this site out, so I figured I'd introduce myself.
Been shooting stick bows for about 45 years, and my son started hunting with a long bow last year .
He has taken over my Kempf two piece flat bow because I can no longer pull the 57# weight, and I am shooting my old Ben Pearson Mach1 recurve for now, but will get Jack to build me a lighter bow next winter.
My son ordered a 58" bow from jack last week end, after shooting Jack's 66" bow.
I can think of no other outdoor pastime BTW, that I enjoy more, than messing with stick bows, be it roving, shooting birds, or
big game hunting !
People that know me from other forums BTW, know me as "Cat"
D.H.
Welcome to the Cite!! Never been to Alberta, but I ahve been close. I did hunt bear in LaLosh Sascat. not too far from the border. Shooting bows is a great past time for sure. Lots of good folks on this site. Glad you have joined.
Bob.
Thanks Bob!
I trapped just north of la loche in the 70's, on the Alberta side ( fly in line) .
That was back in the day when there were quite a few guys still running dog teams!:>)
D.H.
Welcome to the site.
Welcome :)
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:campfire: Welcome aboard sir!
Hello.....Randy
Welcome to the site.......pull up a chair, get yourself a cup of hot coffee and sit a spell.
The BEST site on the internet.......by FAR. :campfire:
Winterhawk1960
Welcome to the Trad-gang family Mr.Todd.
I appreciate you giving us a try.
I hope you'll find that this place will more than meet your needs and that with your vast numbers of years experience you will educate us on a few things as well.
Please feel free roam about the campsite as soon as the seat belt light goes off...lol
God bless,Mudd
Welcome, Cat! :campfire:
Welcome aboard!
Howdy Cat! we are all ears, tell us some tales.
Great to have you around these parts
blueline
Tales?
Well, myself, my history is going to be pretty boring, next to my son's once he gets going!
Last year was his first try with a long bow.
One afternoon instead of getting prepped for ducks, my buddy and I took my son down a tractor road, in hopes of spotting some deer.
Soon enough, we had a small for horn mule buck cross the two- track, and Robert put the stalk on him.
We could see a stand off in the brush, with our binoculars, my son at half draw , and the buck looking right at him form about 10 yards!
Robert resisted the quartering on shot ( as he had been taught), waiting for the broadside that unfortunately never came.
With half a blink the buck sun and vanished!
However, the young hunter, in his first two hours of bow hunting, had put the sneak on a buck deer close enough to get within kill range!
This past week end, we were on a game farm hunting pheasants, part of a group that gets together at the start of the year to get a few birds in the sights of green dogs and hunters .
Saturday evening, Robert and I took his newly trained German Short haired Pointer, and along with the breeder went to see if Robert could get a bird with my flat bow.
We were walking along a tractor road beside some corn, and all of a sudden a Chukar took off across the path and over the corn.
The dog didn't see it, the camera man didn't get a chance on it, and Before I could say "'BIRD!" the chukar had banked right , and was crossing at full speed about 25 yards away from us, with a flu-flu JUST missing its back end!
Robert had the arrow already knocked , but his reactions were so fast that he had drawn , lead the bird, and loosed the arrow before anybody else could react.
That kid is a natural born archer, for sure!
He's been practising constantly every day, and will be on stand come opening day of our archery season for a deer!
By now you can guess that I am just a little proud of the kid!:>)
D.H.
Welcome , good to have you here, God bless you, Steve
Way to go cat jr! Apples don't fall from the tree I think :cool:
welcome cat,sounds like you will fit right in.
Welcome! I sure miss visiting Canada now that we've moved to Oregon.
RonP
welcome cat AEEEA!!!!!!
Welcome aboard, sit back and enjoy!
Welcome to our campfire :campfire: Glad you came onboard
Welcome, enjoy!
Welcome. Come set a spell.(nut)
welcome you will like the fine people here. i do thats fer sure :campfire: :campfire: :clapper: :clapper:
welcome aboard
A big welcome from Arkansas! :campfire:
Welcome, enjoy the journey. :archer2:
Glad to have you on board Eh!
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