My wife and I got back from our FL hog hunt. She's been shooting with me about 3 years and decided to go with my brother,nephew and I and attempt to take a hog this year.
She shoots her BW PTF, 43@28 but she only pulls 22.5". It pulls 30# on my scale at her draw. I made her some 35-55, GT Trad arrows with 125 grn, Zwickey Eskimo 2 blades on 100 grain adaptors and ended up with a 500 grain arrow.
She's a very good shot and practiced with her setup shooting those 500 grain arrows at 3D shoots this spring. We were confident, with the right shot opportunity, the set up would work on a smaller hog.
She took this sow at about 12 yards. The pig came right at her at the shot and brushed her leg as it went by. I asked her if she was ok and she said ,"Yeah, but I almost peed myself!" She did a great job and she's already looking forward to next year!
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She really enjoyed the hunt. We stalked, stand hunted and hunted with dogs. My brother took a sow, my nephew took 3, one was a very nice boar. I don't have pictures of these for some reason.
I took a nice boar on the last day. I'll post a picture a little later when i get caught up.
Congrats to all, and what a great time you had with your Family.
CTT
Congrats to her! :notworthy: :clapper:
Way to go! :clapper:
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
How cool is this?....Way!!...I'm saying..
Great picture!
Thank you for sharing.
God bless,Mudd
Mrs. Cayton you ROCK!!!
Tell her great job. :thumbsup:
Fantastic, congrats to her! :thumbsup:
Way to go! Looks like a perfect shot! :scared:
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Great Job !!!!! But every body knows that a low poundage traditional bow can"t harvest anything........ :goldtooth:
congrats on a great hunt. :clapper:
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Too cool! Congrats to both of you.
Awesome ! Well done.I love hunting with my wife too.We have shared some great times hunting.
Congrats to you and your family!
Yeah, but you got the right picture. She did very well...good stuff.
Great job. A good shot with a light bow is better than a bad shot with a heavy one.
Yup,get the wife in to hunting,and now you can go whenever you want(She will want to come too).You just can't do better than including your family! Verry cool pic.Sounds like a great trip.
Congratulations!!
Thanks fellas! She did an excellent job and is the toughest lady I've ever seen to be such pretty thing. She can outshoot me any day of the week and proved she could do it under pressure on this trip. What a gal!!!
Exceptional!!
That is Awesome!! Congrats!! :thumbsup:
Congrats to her. That is awesome wish mine would try it.
EXCELLENT....... :notworthy: :notworthy: That should put to rest all the talk about how much bow you need ;) ;) Well done!!
Right on! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Great stuff!
Good for the both of you!
Now thats cool as a cucumber. Congrats young lady.
awesome, congrats
Good stuff. Congrats.
Very nice!Thanks for sharing,great pic.
Leland
Awesome, congrats to her!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice "kill".
awesome , congrats :thumbsup:
Congrats! :clapper:
HOT DOG! Great shot. Congratulations!
Glenn
Fantastic!! A huge congratulations! If I could get my wife to try I think ALL my vacations would be a lot more fun.
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Awsome! Sounds like everyone did well! Tell the Mrs. great job!
Most Excellent :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Very cool im still trying to get my wife to drop the training wheels and shoot a traditional bow. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
This is just AWESOME...
The hero shot is fantastic! "take your wife hunting, so you don`t have to hunt for your wife"
I love it! :wavey: :campfire:
Awesome!
I know I spend as much time hunting for a bow for my wife as do looking for gizmos for me. One of these days...
She usually outfishes me and I can't wait till she can outshoot me.
Now all your wife needs is a handle and TradGang profile!
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Well Done!
Good eats and sounds like a great family outing!!!!
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Awesome!
Great shooting under pressure.! !!! You have done a great thing that most people take years to accomplish !!!!!!
You go girl!
Already one up on me.
GREAT SHOT! Congrats!
Nice shot!
Congrats and enjoy the feast!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Very exciting and congratulations. Very impressive that you figured a way to be successful while dealing with some limitations. Most would not have been that patient and or willing to try. I tip my hat too you and your wife. I hope others will see your post and learn from it or be inspired to try for themselves or for their kids.
Thanks folks. I wouldn't want to tie into a big hog with that setup but she got complete penetration on her sow. I'm very proud of her and happy with the performance of her setup. She did put in some time getting used to those heavier arrows. She normally shoots 300 grains and she used 500 grain arrows on the hunt.
I talked to the guide last year about her and her equipment and again when we got to camp last week. I just wanted to do everything I could to try to make her first hunting harvest a good one. The fellow we hunt with was a huge help in this also. He helped to get her where she was comfortable with the situation and it all fell in place.
She told me this evening she's looking forward to next year. I'm a happy boy!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing and congrats!! :thumbsup:
Good job and congrats to you both
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Congrats!
Fantastic!! Bowhunting with my Mrs. is a great date IMO!
Very cool! :thumbsup:
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Congrats to your wife on her first harvest! Nice shooting!
My wife and myself sent our congrats. She also said job well done and really glade for you. Also lots of luck next year.