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Title: Congrats for a first trad harvest.
Post by: 2treks on October 12, 2013, 04:46:00 AM
I would like to congratulate one of my customers on his first traditional harvest.
Mark AKA "Bisket" stopped by the shop this past summer and shot every bow I had available and then placed an order. A few days later he brought some of his own wood over for me to use in the build. It was some wood that was special to him, as he had made some turkey calls out of it and had taken some nice birds with the calls.
I built his bow and it really turned out nice, and more importantly, Mark liked it and shot it very well. His first venture to the field this season produced some tasty venison for his family.
Way to go Mark!
 :thumbsup:  
 (http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u555/bisket1722/traddeer002_zpsfa846bbf.jpg) (http://s1321.photobucket.com/user/bisket1722/media/traddeer002_zpsfa846bbf.jpg.html)
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on October 12, 2013, 05:04:00 AM
Gotta like that! Way to go on both you guys.
Very satisfying.
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Post by: Whip on October 12, 2013, 06:32:00 AM
That is very cool!  Congratulations Mark!!
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Post by: leatherneck on October 12, 2013, 07:20:00 AM
Way to go Mark! You will never forget your first,and second,and third...........
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Post by: Bow man on October 12, 2013, 07:23:00 AM
Congrats to him!!!
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Post by: ChuckC on October 12, 2013, 09:05:00 AM
Things like that make them special.

Congrat's
ChuckC
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Post by: ISP 5353 on October 12, 2013, 09:09:00 AM
Congrats, and that is a very cool story!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: TJK68 on October 12, 2013, 09:11:00 AM
Congrats, great story!
Tom
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Post by: Caughtandhobble on October 12, 2013, 09:30:00 AM
Congrats on the first traditional animal and the fine bow!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ken Babicky on October 12, 2013, 09:55:00 AM
Man, you both must feel awesome about this. Very cool.
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Post by: twitchstick on October 12, 2013, 10:15:00 AM
Very nice!
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Post by: Bobby Urban on October 12, 2013, 10:37:00 AM
Chuck - that has to feel good.  Kind of like you are a part of the hunt.  Congrats to the hunter and Bowyer!!
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Post by: Big Ed on October 12, 2013, 10:39:00 AM
Very nice!!
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Post by: Pat B. on October 12, 2013, 10:45:00 AM
First of many    :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Ricker on October 12, 2013, 10:46:00 AM
Great story Chuck. Way to go Mark.
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Post by: modr on October 12, 2013, 11:19:00 AM
Very nice,many more enjoyable hunts with the bow.
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Post by: VictoryHunter on October 12, 2013, 11:29:00 AM
Very cool.
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Post by: on October 12, 2013, 12:45:00 PM
Congrats to Mark!

Bisch
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Post by: wapiti792 on October 12, 2013, 02:08:00 PM
Way to go!!!
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Post by: wandering monk on October 12, 2013, 02:09:00 PM
outstanding...
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Post by: South MS Bowhunter on October 12, 2013, 03:42:00 PM
Congrats Mark!
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Post by: bisket on October 12, 2013, 06:53:00 PM
Thanks guys and thanks Chuck, this is just icing on the cake here:
Enjoy these pic's and here's hoping you all get some of this on your own grill soon.

 (http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u555/bisket1722/venison003_zps1b4b0de3.jpg) (http://s1321.photobucket.com/user/bisket1722/media/venison003_zps1b4b0de3.jpg.html)
AND with 165 degrees F inside them.

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  :thumbsup:
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Post by: happy1 on October 12, 2013, 07:03:00 PM
Congrats on your first traditional animal!    :thumbsup:
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Post by: bisket on October 12, 2013, 07:05:00 PM
And here is some reading material for any that missed it the first time.     :campfire:  

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=131002;p=1#000000
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Post by: drewsbow on October 12, 2013, 07:07:00 PM
congrats
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Post by: 2treks on October 12, 2013, 07:56:00 PM
Oh man, that looks delicious. I gotta get back out.
SOON!
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Post by: Bernie B. on October 12, 2013, 08:01:00 PM
Congratulations to both of you!  Nice deer and a beautiful custom bow!  That's a great combination!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Post by: legends1 on October 13, 2013, 12:52:00 AM
Congrats!!!!   :clapper:
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Post by: Lin Rhea on October 13, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
Congratulations on a fine deer. Good job.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on October 13, 2013, 12:59:00 PM
That is a cool story... Congrats!    :clapper:  

So tell us the story of the special wood...
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Post by: 2treks on October 13, 2013, 04:54:00 PM
I told it briefly in an above post Kirk, but here ya go.

Mark had started to build some turkey calls and dabble in re-scaling some of his knives.(ask him to post a pic of his ka-bar).
He made a really cool call from some Hackberry, and then was able to harvest a couple nice birds, had his son's with him for one or more of them.

When he decided to have a bow made he brought the wood over to see if I could use it in the bow. So I was able to work it in.
The hackberry and walnut are from Mark's lumber. I added the rest.
Mark started his trad journey last year, but fell and broke some bones in his leg/ankle. he has recovered and is progressing just fine I would say. This was his first hunt since he fell last Nov I think.
makes me smile Mark, Congrats again.

Here is the whole story,

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=131002;p=1#000012
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Post by: bisket on October 13, 2013, 07:56:00 PM
Yes, you are correct Chuck.  This was my first deer hunt since my fall last November.  In fact it was my first time using my new harness and safety line.  No problems, it is a Spider Micro Harness and safety line.  Very comfortable.

Here is the pictures of my Ka-Bar Phat Bob that I rehandled and modified.  We were gonna try and use some of this tiger freak maple but didn't have big enough pieces.

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Post by: wooddamon1 on October 13, 2013, 08:02:00 PM
Great stuff guys, congrats!
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Post by: 2treks on October 14, 2013, 11:57:00 AM
Dat's da one. that is some killer maple.
if you need or want some "liners" for a knife just let me know, Might have something laying around.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 14, 2013, 12:12:00 PM
Congrats Mark,  That one is a great deer to take.
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Post by: Tsalt on October 14, 2013, 12:53:00 PM
Congrats on the deer!  The bow is a beaut and those knife scales are sweet too!     :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mac Hicks on October 14, 2013, 01:07:00 PM
Congrats on the first kill Mark as well as the fine longbow!      :thumbsup: