How about this to start your 66th birthday!
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Gene called this morning to rub it in that I had to work and he can go out anytime he wants and shoot a deer :D
Two finer men I do not know. We are all very fortunate the brothers have been so free with their knowledge and time all these years. No one knows more, shares more, and cares more about whitetail deer and traditional bowhunting than "Uncle" Barry and Gene "The Godfather" Wensel.
:thumbsup: and many more to you guys!
I dont get pics at work ,but happy birthday guys hope you have many more
Happy Birthday Gentlemen.
...well someone has to do it! Right guys?! Happy birthday Barry and Gene.
They have there B-day on my dogs B-day.
Mine was yesterday. Missed by one day I guess.
HAPPY B-DAY GENTLEMEN..
Tim
Darn nice way to spend a birthday right there.
Happy birthday Gene and Barry and I raise a glass in toast for many more for you as well.
My best !!
Happy birthday Gene and Barry :archer:
Happy birthday Gene and Barry. My twin and I will be 60 in Nov. 5 more years and I am retiring so I can hunt anytime I want,LOL.
Happy birthday to both the Wensel's congrats on the deer too. What is really cool is it's my wife and I's anniversary, maybe now I will remember it since it is on the Wensel's birthday! LOL!
Happy birthday guys... and thanks for selflessly sharing your stories and knowledge over the years. Looking forward to many more laughs and lessons in the years to come....Ryan
Happy Birthday - and thanks for being such a positive presence for traditional bowhunting!
Happy Birthday !!
happy birthday guys,thanks for sharing the knowledge
Happy Birthday Guys!!!
I have appreciated the Wensel brothers in one way or another, before I even really knew who they were.... From the books, articles and videos... The first video I saw as a teen was hunting October whitetails....
You've made me a better hunter and woodsman, for that I am thankful!!!
Happy Birthday from N.J.
Happy Birthday To both of you . What a way to spend your birthday . 66 , Dang , I thought I was getting old. Haha ! :D gillchaser
Our house says HAPPY BIRTHDAY guys!!!
Congrats Brother(s)! :thumbsup:
Happy Birthday Gene & Barry - Enjoy ! I too missed it by a day as mine is tomorrow !!
You guys are older than dirt....And I'm right behind you.....have a great day and a better hunting season!!!!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
you guys are the reason i started bowhunting then to traditional bowhunting
Happy Birthday guys! Steve hit the nail right on the head. Every event I've gone to they treat me as if we're best friends. I can't say enough for two guys I've looked up to since I was little. May the both of you have many more to follow. :clapper:
Happy B- Day to the Wensel Boys. TD.
Happy Birthday Guys!!
happy birthday guys hope you have many more seasons!!
Happy birthday!
Leland
Happy Birthday Barry and Gene - appreciate you guys!
Again??? :confused:
Man, you guys are sure good at having birthdays!! You've done it more than just about anyone I know :D
Happy Birthday Guys!!!!
I am actually watching Primal Dreams as I am typing.lol
Happy Birthday gentlemen!
Happy birthday Gene and Barry and may your arrows always fly true.
Happy birthday, you guys! And many, many more!
Happy birthday to two of the very best :notworthy: :notworthy:
Have the Happiest Birthday ever ! I'm proud to say I've shared a camp with you both . You have 10 years on me but since you're twins does that mean you have 20 years on me ?
Happy Birthday and a big thank you for all you have done for our sport.
Happy Birthday Guys! Wish I could put into words how much I enjoy your books, movies, and your posts here. We've met at the Kzoo show, but I truly hope to sit around a camp fire with you both someday soon.
Happy Birthday to "Brothers of the Bow".Remember:
"The Older You get the BETTER you were" !!!!
Thanks for the friendships.
My Heroes. I can't even begin to tell you guys the influence you have had on both my hunting and my life. I'm glad to have met you both and hope to hang with you guys again. You guys make "cool" look cool. I am so thankfull for all that the both of you have contributed to bowhunting.
Happy birthday! Hope you have many more spent in the woods!
Happy birthday and many more!
Happy Birthday fellows !
Happy birthday guys and wishing you many more!
Happy B-day gents
Happy birthday from Arkansas!
Best wishes to both of you Wensel boys. I hope you're still hunting hard when I'm 62! (about 20 years)
Best Wishes for a great day! Looks like Gene got his off to a great start and I hazard a guess that Barry was out there, too. Happy Birthday!
Thanks for all the kind words guys. We really do appreciate it. I had a great day hunting for Hurley (the big one I missed last year on Oct. 28th). Saw eight bucks all day. Four 4x4s, a 4x3 and three spikes. The four biggest were all under 20 yds. and none busted me so I felt great about the set-up. I gotta keep this short as 4:45 AM comes early resently. Best of luck to all and thanks again. BW
Happy Birthday Bros :thumbsup:
All the best to you two fellas and thanks for all the years of great reading.I remember the first story I read from Gene .He was proudly poseing with a Big Billy he shot with his Savage Deathmaster,how the time flys.
Happy birthday gentleman!! Hope you get another shot at Hurley this season Barry, good luck.
Happy Birthday! Been watching youre DVD just yesterday and especially the Humor part in the middle...well i spilled my dinner all over the table when you were chasing that amardilo.
Best wishes!
happy birthday twins,you sponsorised my regular membership in the PBS so many years ago,so I guess you are older than that!
Happy Birthday fellas :readit: :clapper: :clapper:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Doesn't look like another has slowed you down at all. Way to go.
I guess that glow I saw to the west was two birthday cakes with ALOT of candles in Iowa!
Seriously, two of the best who are willing to share their experiences.
Dave
Happy Birthday Gene and Barry, May God keep :) his blessing upon you both. Have a safe and wonderful hunting season. Mark :archer:
Happy birthday guys!
Here's to many, many more.
:campfire:
Happy B-Day, a day late! Hope you guys had a good one!
Happy Birthday Barry and Gene! Hope it was a blessed day!
Hope you had a good one guys. Good luck with the bigguns.
Happy belated birthday you guys.... :wavey: Time to think about dropping a few more pounds in bow weight... :archer:
Happy Birthday Gene and Barry!!
Happy birthday boys.
Happy Birthday to you fine fella's...and to many more to come.
Happy birthday to both of you.
Happy birthday Gene and Barry :clapper:
Happpy belated Birthday fellas ! I told Uncle Barry about 5 years ago when Mason and I got into trad that he had been my hero since VHS days..... I remember going to a video rental store back in the 80's and renting a VHS titled, " Whitetail Tracks, Traits, and Tactics ", if I remember right ? Uncle Barry laughed and told me he knew how old I was then ! Thanks for all that you do for the trad community and God Bless !
Happy Birthday 2 From SE PA
Happy Birthday boys!
Barry & Gene,
Happy belated Birthday and may you have many more.
Waking up at 4:45 must take into account the aimless wondering before you find your stand. It's gotta be around here somewhere! :confused:
Have a great 66, good health to you both.
Who's Gene and Barry?
Whats all the comotion about?
Happy birthday Gene and Berry! I'm a little late, but I just finished Come November. Great book! Need to get with you to order the new book!!!
Gene and Berry who?
Happy Birthday boys!
Same from me! Barry, try "trolling" for the Hurley yet?????
:jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
Happy Birthday guys,and many more :wavey:
Ben and Jerry?
Happy Belated Birthday to two fine men and many more. :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Wow, I just got on here. This is a little embarrassing! Thank you one and all for your wishes and kind comments. You know, while I was dragging out that doe yesterday, I realized how blessed I've been for so many decades, Barry and I finding our life's passion early enough to absorb things for so many years. The Lord on knows how many arrows I've released at whitetails, but its great to feel just as much excitement now as I expeienced half a century ago. It was a beautiful clear morning in the 40's with a slight but steady breeze. It was the first time I sat the stand in a big white oak. She came through alone, stopped broadside at 15 yards and looked the other way. For those into specs, I shot her with my 56# Morrison and one of the unvented 250 grain Woodsman heads. The arrow passed clean through her chest, even through the off side shoulder blade before sticking in the ground. She made it about 35 yards. I counted six seconds until I heard the crash. Easy drag on level ground (which I appreciate these days). I delivered her to my meat guy still warm. In a world where bowhunting has become a little too much of an industry and too many people have a hard time differentiating love from lust, its heart warming to belong to a group of like minded folks who visit this great site and bowhunt for all the right reasons. May each of you have your best season ever. Thanks.
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Well said Gene , every season is my best season !Again Happy Birthday and congrats on the doe !
Happy birthday to two awesome Brothers of the Bow
Happy birthday guy's...and many more!
congrads to both, you guys are what keep some of us going, hope to see ya both in Texas come 2011
I didn't know it was your birthday till Steve told me. Its good to see you using your retirement well. I thought about sending you a pair of size 13 Schnee boots for your birthday but Steve wanted them back. Oh well, maybe I can find something else of his to send you. Have a great day, The Beaner!!
Happy birthday fellas!Congrats on the doe,Gene.
happy birthday barry and gene good luck hunting you two are what inspired me to go traditional :) best choice i made
I think Guru's son Cade is getting more HB's than the twins! Ha! Ya gotta love it! Happy belated Cade!!!! Keep shootin them frogs!
Happy Birthday Gene and Barry.
Ya, HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY to a couple of former New Englanders...PR
happy birthday guy's , hope you have an exellent season, and many more. :thumbsup:
Happy Birthday wishes to two of a kind stick slingers! :biglaugh:
Happy Birthday Boys, and here is a birthday spankin for ya too!!!
Now how many swats was it again? My arms are gonna get a workout... :deadhorse: