After a long week at work there is no better way to spend a Friday night!
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This looks like it might be pretty good! :campfire:
Way to go John!
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From one Marylander to another, congratulations! Let's here more.
Congrats! I miss hunting MD. Used to do OK around Upper Marlboro. What County you huntin' in?
Kingsnake
Congrats John, my color arrow! :archer:
Nice! Congratulations John! Show us the carnage brother and tell us a story! :thumbsup: :campfire: :coffee:
Most of my hunting is in Frederick County.....sorry for the delay but just got done with a chocolate milkshake!
Back to the story: Started this past May in Baltimore at the BBTC. Walking with my good buddy and we happened upon some LH bows for sale and could not pass up a great deal on a Leon Stewart longbow. Always have admired them and this would be my first one.
Tonite would be the first time this bow has gone afield and with the cooler temps hopes were high.
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This spot is on the side of a mountain with the Appalachian Trail not far away. The set up is along an old stone wall that, as you might imagine, seems to cause the deer to walk along beside it until it ends. Pretty thick in here....
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It was a little breezy at first and the wind wasn't cooperating like I had hoped but things calmed down. After a while it switched to blowing downhill, right in my face, and just in time.
Couple of yearlings came through first but I could see that they weren't alone.....she was the first big doe in the line and when she got close enough it was "all systems go" and the Stewart zipped an old school Easton 2018 in Trebark camo pattern through her so quick I couldn't even see it.
She ran off but didn't make it far at all and fell within 30-40 yards or so. My kind of blood trailing!
Turned out to be bigger than I thought and was sure glad it was a downhill drag and not uphill!
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Wishing good luck to everyone heading afield!!
She's a beauty! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Nice doe John and good shooting! Time to break in the MOAB now........Good luck! Mike
way to go !!!
Good Job!!RC
Nice doe and good reading. Congrats! :thumbsup:
Love it!
Nice doe, congrats !
Congratulations, and great pictures, thanks for sharing John.
Congrats bud! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice! Big head on her, she looks fat! Great job!
Nice doe. Congrats :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
nice job, you make life hard on a working man.this makes,what number 2 for you this year.tear it up brother glad to see your haveing a good season so far.ED
Way to go John!! Great shooting, and even better eating :thumbsup:
Nice doe John!
Huge doe, congrats! :thumbsup:
Well done John! Those jaws at home were waiting for some fine meat on the table:LOL
Congrats. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very well done. Nice shooting.
Bro' - you are tearing 'em up this year!!!
Congrats and enjoy all those steaks!
Good shooting !!!
Congrats on good looking doe, she should make good tablefare ..
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Great job!!!
Some very nice pictures!!!
Thanks for the wishes of luck and many happy returns for you!
Way to go John!!
You mentioned the Appalachian trail where at are you hunting I hike around there all the time.
Good shooting! Congrats!
Congrats, she looks like a tasty one.
Chris
Nice shot! Great job! :notworthy:
Good Shoot'n!
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Good job!
Don how did you get those buzzards flying on your post? That's cool....
Awesome! I will be in Maryland In early November. Can't wait!!
Congratulations on your doe! There must be a ton of history in the area you're hunting. Not only a great looking deer, but a beautiful bow also!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Good job! :bigsmyl:
Many thanks for the kind words guys!
Little bit more background on this bow.....I switched to LH shooting a few years ago and sold ALL of my RH bows to "facilitate" this transition. In my righty days I shot longbows so purposely moved to all recurves and this Stewart longbow is the first non-recurve I've purchased since then.
Leon is such an awesome guy and he was kind enough to give me some information about the bow when I showed it to him.....he remembered building it!
This feather is just stunning:
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Don't know the gentleman who this was built for but I'd love to know more of it's story. This is a TD model and you can't tell in the least. Wood is just beautiful.
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The area we live in is not only beautiful but we are surrounded by history.
True story: few weeks ago we were coming home from football practice and a guy had pulled over to the side of our road (which isn't very common) so we stopped to see if he needed help. He was digging in the weeds / trees along the road like he was looking for something.
When we asked he said that he was from California and he was looking for a civil war cemetary that was supposed to be on our street (per Google) and he had more people coming in from CA the next day to see it and it was his job to find it.
Just so happened that my neighbor is the one who actually has a very small cemetary in his back yard! Pointed him in the right direction and told him to ask nicely and I was sure he'd show it to him.
Pretty cool!!
Congrats good shooting!!
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Good shooting ! Glad you didn't have to "cart" her out a long way!!! :-)
Congrats John!
Great hunt! Love that Stewart!
Killdeer
Ray, That was a "labor or love" without a doubt! I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
Thanks again!!
Well done John, congrats bud.
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Congrats