Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Altiman94 on January 01, 2012, 01:49:00 PM
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Guys:
Just wondering what goals everyone accomplished for 2011 and what new goals you've set for 2012:
2011:
Hunted more off the ground. Used natural ground blinds.
Put in more time scouting on public land. Finally started finding the deer.
2012:
Take my first whitetail.
Go 100% trad and shoot my bow a lot more.
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Shot my first wood arrow deer this year. Killed a hog with wood before but this was my first Doug fir deer. 2012 goal is to help my 12 year old get his 1st deer.
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2011
Went full time with my buisness. So Happy!
Even if I could hunt every day it seems to be limited time. My goal was to try to be as productive as possible with the time I had to hunt. With that said I shot 2 deer, 1 antelope and one missed bull elk. 100% shot oppertunities 75% scucess rate not to bad of a year.
Goals for 2012
Offer more products to the traditional bowhunter.
Hunt more than I did in 2011 and hopefully not to miss the next bull that presents a shot!
Draw a tag for the area I like to whitetail hunt in so I can shoot one of those monsters instead of letting them walk by!
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2011:
I started the year down and almost out; laying in the hospital with a Blood pressure of 52 over 48 and was just wanting to hunt with anything. But my heart was on hunting with and killing my first trad deer. Do to the mercy and grace of the good Lord, I was able to recover from the chemo, still be employed, buy my first longbow, and proceed to kill 2 very needed and enjoyed whitetails! Yeah!
2012:
Kill a deer or 2 with one of my Bear recurves and another new longbow being built now. All the while serving the Lord and just praising the ability to be and stay healthy, wqhile enjoying what he has created. Praise the Lord fellas.
BTW Scott, I love the arm gaurd
Good day and God Bless
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Killed one deer and one gator!
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2011-got to spend more time in the woods due to working closer to home. Killed a pig with my longbow. Picked up another MOAB! Made a couple of new friends, Jeff and Dave, on my hog hunt.
2012-make an out of state trip for something....I don't care if it's elk, turkey, antelope or whatever! Just an out of state trip to spend time with friends in the outdoors. Figure out where all the deer went! LOL! Shoot more, hunt more and live more! Mike
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2011 Hunted more with my son!
2012 Hunt more with my son!
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2011 - I wanted to hunt more in the Adirondack Mountains and was able to. And I was very lucky to meet some great guys at Ken's and spend a week-end hunting.
2012 - I have had about 6 or 7 long bows throughout the last few years, all really nice. I am down to just 2 now. But I never could shoot one very well at all. So my goal for this year is to try and learn to shoot one.
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2011- Took a nice buck with my longbow.
Hunted the ground more.
Helped my sister get her first deer.
2012- Take a turkey with longbow and no blind.
Hunt ground full time.
Spend more woods time with my wife.
Rob
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2011 - Finally took a deer with my Bob Lee take down (my last purchased bow before I started making my own bows)
2011 - Took my first deer with one of my selfbows, "Last Rites", made from a fallen Osage tree that my hunting buddy and I cut up, also using a string I made, with a woodie arrow and feathers I made from a turkey shot this past spring. It's really fun to learn how to make all these things, then put them together into a lethal weapon package and put food on the table. Wish I had started making my own bows many years ago.
2012 - Who knows?! .... I cherish every day I can spend in the woods launching arrows and persuing game. Not to mention the time spent with great hunting and shooting companions.
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2011- Understand and find the big whitetail bucks that I know healthily populate my hunting area.
2012- Become a better hunter and a better shot.
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I would like to not have a pinched radial nerve when bow season rolls around. Only weapon I used in 2011 was a camera.
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Did more ground hunting and got within a few yards more than once.
Make more selfbows, only did one last year. Use them exclusively for hunting.
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1.2011 was only my 2nd year back to recurves after more than three decades. I wanted to proove to myself that I could shoot a wood riser recurve as well or better than my metal riser model. Of course I was silly for even thinking it would be difficult. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
2. I wanted to increase the weight of my hunting arrow in 2011. I went from 414 grains to 505 grains.
3. I wanted to venture into some new areas on my hunting area this year. MISSION FAILURE
4. I wanted to hunt at least 10 days with my best friend in Indiana this year. MISSION FAILURE
2012:
Hunt with my friend.
Set up new stands in different areas.
Softly encourage my son to hunt with his Predator curve.
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2011 I built and used my first back quiver, which I continue to modify to suit me better. I don't think I'll be using bow quivers anymore, on my longbows for sure. I began hunting on the ground during our late season. Had some close encounters, but no shots yet.
2012 Build a bigger back quiver using a bit heavier leather. Take a deer from the ground.
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2011....went on my first elk hunt. :thumbsup: 2012....same as it is every year, want to kill my first something! Funny it's the same goal I had in 1968 :dunno: !!
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My goal for 2011 was to take a Bear with my longbow. Got him in September in North Ga. Also was the first time Bear hunting for me.
It was good! I will be there next season.
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Become more proficient at bow making. Particularly finishing.
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Same goals I have every year - continue learning, having fun and spending as much time in wild country as possible.
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2011: Hunted 50-50 from ground & trees. Took a nice deer with my longbow and dressed it with my on hand made knife.
2012: Will hunt more from the ground and use the "snort-wheeze"! Saw more large buck this year than ever before but didn't use the snort wheeze at all and could kick myself!
Will take my grandson with me for the first time!
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I got to hunt big game 18 days in two states
With three shots I got a cow elk
mule deer and whitetail buck.
I also called in a bear to with in 15 yards but he/she never got broadside.
Next year I would love to repeat.
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My goal for 2012 is to only buy the cedar shafts and feathers that will be needed to supply my friends and family with arrows and nothing more.
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saving money for AFRICA!!!!
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2011 Goals Achieved:
1. Made a full year clean & sober july 27th 2011.
2. Got back into archery after 17 years of mothballing my bows.
3. Discovered that I could no longer draw my 80# jennings compound and bought a new 2010 60lb PSE Omen off the local pro shops 50% off rack..and mastered it...got bored and..
4. Tried mastering my old Bob Lee TD Hunter Recurve..but it's 54#s at 28"s didnt allow my feeble old self to practice as much as i wanted to so?..
5. Bought a 44# Bushmen "American Native" longbow..to practice with..and is the first "longbow" i've ever owned and by far the prettiest bow i've ever owned.
2012 Goals:
1. To practice enough with my 44# longbow that i can build up to master my 54# Recurve.
2. To attend and participate in at least 2 state level trad 3D tourneys.
3. I am attending the Rod Jenkins archery clinic on the 5th & 6th of may in venus, florida.
and that's about it for this year! :)
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2011-reignited the Trad fire and shot the recurve i shot a lot as a kid, fletched my own arrows.
2012- Want to shoot a TON all year and work up to proficiency with my Siren T/D that will be coming soon, make and use my own wood arrows, hunt lots of small game.
I hope to do my best at using my new Longbow to take blacktails and black bears on Prince of Wales this Sept. and try my hand at Moose with a bow this fall too.
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My goals weren't exactly met, but I hunted 90% from the ground. Two shots with longbow at mature bucks. Missed both, but I got the shots.
Also got two shots on the ground at turkeys, no blinds, same results.
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I have been wanting an osage, made for me Great Northern Critter Gitter for a lot of years. Finally ordered it last spring and got it early May. Never been happier with a bow before and the bow has become part of me. So, when the 2011 hunting season started here in Indiana, my goal for 2011 was to take a deer with it. I passed on several yearlings, missed a spike and finally took a mature doe at the end of October.
My goal for 2012? Fill both Indiana archery tags with the Critter Gitter. : )
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Well, I got to fill my Spring and Fall turkey tags and shot a doe from a natural ground blind.
For 2012 I would like to fill all my tags, 5 deer, 1 bear , 2 turkeys and a coyote, which doesn't require a tag. In Maine I would like to take a black bear from the ground. The more I think about that the more I think I'll give it a try.
On the top of my list, however, is getting my wife on to a buck decent enough to have mounted....6 or more points. If I could do that I would be happy to get one deer and 2 turkeys. Another thing I would like is to see Laura bag her first turkey. We've got plenty of turkeys, she just needs to make the time.