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My first deer with trad gear

Started by Mike Falkner, October 09, 2012, 10:34:00 AM

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Mike Falkner

October 09, 2012, 10:34:00 AM
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Well, I finally was able to kill a deer with my stickbow, after a couple of years without training wheels.  Shout out to Joebuck for helping with my tackle and form.  

The hunt itself is not much of a story; sitting near some white oak trees after a stormy cold front blew through and she came slipping out about 20 min before sunset.  

The real story is in the tracking and recovery.  I hit a rib going in and did not get the penetration I wanted - stopped just inside the hide on the off side - so it was a long tracking job.  I was hunting on my friend's farm - we've been hunting together for 30 years and getting to enjoy the place with his family is a real blessing.  He and his 15 y.o. daughter brought some lights and came to help track right after dark.  Turns out that Mikaela is the ace tracker in the group; she used the flash feature on her iphone (which was brighter than my Streamlight) and tracked for almost 4 hours through some extremely wooly cover until we found the deer.

Backstraps tonight; starting to rig up some EFOC arrows with heavier BH's tomorrow.

Oh, gear was a 1968 Kodiak Mag I got from a fellow TG'er to help rehab my bad shoulder, 45# @ my 28" draw.  POC shafts with Zwickey Eskimo's.

Thanks to all on the Gang for advice and inspiration.
Mike


Psalms 44:6

toddster

#1
October 09, 2012, 10:36:00 AM
Congratulations!!!!  It is a real accomplishment, I still remember my first with Recurve, better than a book animal to me.

stevewills

#2
October 09, 2012, 10:42:00 AM
very nice
i like biscuits

Charlie Lamb

#3
October 09, 2012, 10:50:00 AM
Congrats my friend. I killed my first about this time of year with a Kodiak Magnum many years ago.
Hunt Sharp

Charlie

goldflinger

#4
October 09, 2012, 10:50:00 AM
Congrats! Always nice finding them after a long tracking job! Good job Mikaela!
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Toelke Whip- 52# @ 28 1/2"
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LITTLEBIGMAN

#5
October 09, 2012, 10:54:00 AM
congrats, no looking back now!
Make a life, not a living

KentuckyTJ

#6
October 09, 2012, 10:57:00 AM
I also got my first with a Kodiak Mag. Good stuff and congrats Brother.
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The fulfillment of your hunt is determined by the amount of effort you put into it  >>>---->

Bernie B.

#7
October 09, 2012, 10:58:00 AM
Way to go!  Nice story ending with a great trailing job!  Thanks for sharing!     :thumbsup:

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

RC

#8
October 09, 2012, 11:03:00 AM
Good job and congrats!!!! That Joebuck is a good feller.RC

4runr

#9
October 09, 2012, 11:06:00 AM
Congrats!
Kenny

Christ died to save me, this I read
and in my heart I find a need
of Him to be my Savior
         By Aaron Shuste

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wooddamon1

#10
October 09, 2012, 11:10:00 AM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
"The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind..."-Fred Bear

koops4

#11
October 09, 2012, 11:21:00 AM
Congrats.
Paul

huntnmuleys

#12
October 09, 2012, 11:27:00 AM
Beautiful!
is it September yet??

Comescrashing

#13
October 09, 2012, 11:33:00 AM
Way to go man

Austin Brown

#14
October 09, 2012, 11:40:00 AM
Congrats, I'll never forget my first with a recurve either.
Joshua 24:15
As for me and my house,we will serve the Lord.

rastaman

#15
October 09, 2012, 11:59:00 AM
Way to go sir!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
TGMM Family of the Bow

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Randy Keene
"Life is precious and so are you."  Marley Keene

ARCHER2

#16
October 09, 2012, 12:13:00 PM
Great job sir! Congratulations
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength:they shall mount up with wings as eagles:they shall run and not be weary:and they shall walk and not faint......Isaiah 40;31

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#17
October 09, 2012, 12:17:00 PM
Congrats on your first!

Bisch

Bonebuster

#18
October 09, 2012, 12:34:00 PM
This is what bowhunting is all about!

Many happy returns!

This is a perfect example of the great aspects of trad archery...getting help from a fellow trad archer...a classic bow from days gone by, friends involved in a shared effort in the recovery, and Im sure lots of dedication and effort on the part of the hunter!

Carry on.  :campfire:

Fletcher

#19
October 09, 2012, 12:47:00 PM
Congrats!  Young eyes are a great help on the trail.  The old K Mag, just as fine as it ever was.
Good judgement comes from experience.  Experience comes from bad judgement.

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