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Title: First Kill
Post by: sorno on October 01, 2010, 06:32:00 PM
(and hopefully first pic)

I took part in what's become an annual ritual for myself and a few friends again this year - Utah's sage grouse hunt.  But having fallen completely into the whole bowhunting arena this year, I decided to take my bow instead of a shotgun.  Of course my buddies just brushed it off as something weird that I'm prone to do...no way I could get one with an arrow.  After we busted the first flock and I sent an arrow, uh, no where near anything else with feathers I was beginning to see their point.  I was, however, committed as I had 'neglected' to bring my shotgun.  I got another couple shots at a bird that one of my companions wounded, but alas, my arrow was only close enough to make it jump a couple times.  Undaunted, I continued my walk up the draw and looked down the ravine off to my left and saw a big boomer trying to run around behind us - I drew and stuck a Bear Razorhead into him right between the shoulder blades just as he was about to take flight.  Never had I felt such a rush from a bird hunt.  I'm no longer the butt of the jokes in our sage grouse hunting circle!
Let's hope this picture works...
(http://www.myfishingpictures.com/data/500/IMG00120_resize1.jpg)
S.
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: wv lungbuster on October 01, 2010, 06:35:00 PM
Nice shooting.    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: magnus on October 01, 2010, 06:36:00 PM
How about that! Nice shot and great photo. Thank you for sharing. Doesn't feel good when you make nonbelievers believers.

Magnus
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Wannabe1 on October 01, 2010, 06:37:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :clapper:  Anyone able to shoot one of those swift creatures with a bow is ok by me! Makes the harvest that much more special don't it?
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Sharpster on October 01, 2010, 06:38:00 PM
Very nice Sorno! Very nice indeed. Shotguns???... We don't need no stinkin shotguns!  :thumbsup:

Ron
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Over&Under on October 01, 2010, 07:07:00 PM
That is how it is done!!  Good shooting!!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: seabass on October 01, 2010, 07:33:00 PM
great shooting.i bet your buddies were impressed,steve
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Bud B. on October 01, 2010, 07:33:00 PM
Nice shot and photo!! A memory for the vault for sure. You'll relive that one many times over.

Congrats!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on October 01, 2010, 07:45:00 PM
Sweet.  No more gun bunnies making trad jokes.  I know what you mean.  I am goose hunting with my bow this year.  Should be a challenge.
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Toecutter on October 01, 2010, 07:46:00 PM
:clapper:
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Bill Carlsen on October 01, 2010, 07:50:00 PM
Nice!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: gregg dudley on October 01, 2010, 08:00:00 PM
Congratulations!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: DannyBows on October 01, 2010, 08:05:00 PM
Excellent!   :clapper:
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Huntingnut on October 01, 2010, 08:21:00 PM
Very cool!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: rastaman on October 01, 2010, 08:23:00 PM
Way to go sir!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: dirtguy on October 01, 2010, 08:37:00 PM
:notworthy:     :notworthy:    :notworthy:
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Chris Surtees on October 01, 2010, 09:03:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Mudd on October 01, 2010, 09:06:00 PM
How very cool is this? Way!! I'd say...

Congratulations!! I am very proud of you!

God bless,Mudd
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: GUYZER on October 01, 2010, 09:24:00 PM
That is real trad hunting to me.
way to go budy.

MAY THE SPIRIT OF FRED BEAR GUIDE OUR ARROWS.
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: kung fu kid on October 01, 2010, 09:33:00 PM
That is so cool.  Glad everything turned out well for you, and you showed your buddies a thing or two.  Congrats    :wavey:    :notworthy:  


"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope."        
Winston S Churchill
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: straitera on October 02, 2010, 12:20:00 AM
Excellente dute!!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: stik&string on October 02, 2010, 12:25:00 AM
A trad bow makes any kind of hunting more fun. Nice shot!
Title: Re: First Kill
Post by: Hot Hap on October 02, 2010, 01:18:00 AM
Congradulations. Hap