It's been a busy winter, as always, and we had a chance to get away to our cabin for the night last night. We arrived in the late afternoon and enjoyed some venison meatloaf and a nice campfire.
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After a great nights sleep and a relaxing breakfast it was time to hit the woods.
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It was a great morning to get back in the woods. Here's the team.
Zach
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Luke
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Jen
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And me
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After a few warm up shots we decided to go for a challenge. We called this shot "threading the needle." The target was the snow that stood up at the base of the stump.
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My shot was a bit to the left. Jen's bounced off the stump but you can see from the snow that she hit it perfectly!
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This shot proved challenging from various angles.
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:thumbsup: Looks like a great time.
Here's our line up for today. We all shot bows that were home made in our basement which is extra fun.
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We went a little farther and envisioned a bear sneaking through the woods.
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We got him!
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We went up the hill up a little and found a bunch of mouse tracks. It's cool to see all the different tracks in the snow.
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We followed a deer trail back to one of our main logging roads.
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At this point Jen and Zach's fingers were getting cold so they headed back to the cabin leaving Luke and I to continue stumping and also do a little scouting for next deer season.
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We continued along the trail and picked various targets along the way.
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Looks like a great time with the kiddos.
Outstanding. Thank you for sharing the pics!
Looks like fun brother. U got a good lookin crew there!!
Luke found a challenging "across the draw shot" which was the snow that stood a little higher than the rest on the dead tree.
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The draw, anchor and picking a spot.
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He gave a thumbs up with the shot.
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I was also happy with the results on this one.
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We did a little more scouting and came across some beds and some raccoon tracks on a log.
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We took a rest to enjoy the view down the valley.
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It was time to make our way back to the cabin and pack up. We found a few random targets along the way. It was a great day here in Wisconsin, thanks for coming along.
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What a great day you folks had!
What a great day! I told your Mom that I bet you guys would do some stumping today! Nice photos! :clapper:
Bernie (proud Dad)
Great looking cabin and great looking Bows
Looks like a good time had by all
Fun time for sure, and the weather looked to be cooperating too. :thumbsup:
Congratulations on helping perpetuate traditional bowhunting! (And my condolences to you cheeseheads tonight ...)
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Looks like a blast! Thanks for sharing!
Looks like a fun time!
Bisch
Did some stumpen today with my buddy , always fun...
,,,,Sam,,,
Live laugh and love. You have riches beyond words in your family and outings like that, thanks for including us
Wow, what some great pics and looks like it was an awesome time! Thanks for sharing. :wavey:
Absolutely fantastic. Well done sir, well done.
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Said it before... Nothing beats a good stump-hunt.
Thanks for taking us along.
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Thanks for sharing!
Great Pictures Jay... You already know how I feel about that area. Thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful day with the Kids.
Great Looking Line up. I love the way your bow looks most of all.
No better way to spend the day with your kids!
Cool. Looks like fun. I am building a house on an old farm we bought last year. It has a lot to offer with wood roaming and field archery.
I have some small kiddos too young for archery yet, but I hope that they will get into it as well so I can share the fun with them.
Awesome stuff. Nice bows you have made. Can't beat time with the kids.
That's a great looking cabin, I hope you didn't rush home for that football game.
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Thanks for sharing. :campfire:
:campfire: :goldtooth:
Good stuff, love stumpin'
Eric
Thanks everyone, I'm glad you enjoyed the photos, we had a great morning!
Our afternoon wasn't quite as good watching the game, lots of interesting conversations and long faces here in Packer land today.
-Jay
Now that looks like it was an AWSOME outing. Thank you for sharing
Looks like a lot of fun was had!
Looks like fun. I love the cabin also. Would love to see more pictures of it.
Steelman - Here's a couple more pictures I had in photobucket of our cabin. It's a pretty simple setup but we sure enjoy our times out there.
-Jay
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Thanks for sharing, good shooting.
Beautiful little log cabin :thumbsup: :archer: