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P&Y Whitetails with a self bow ??

Started by Pat B., June 12, 2014, 11:09:00 PM

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Pat B.

June 12, 2014, 11:09:00 PM
Just wondering if there have been many P&Y bucks taken, in modern times, with a selfbow ??

What's modern times, I don't know, maybe since 1950 or so...  Time doesn't really matter that much..

Anyone know of one or a dozen ????

Pat B

#1
June 12, 2014, 11:46:00 PM
Pat, Thad Beckum of South East GA killed a 185#, 138 3/8" P&Y buck in GA with homemade primitive archery gear.
There is an article by Billy Berger about Thad Beckum that in the most recent PA magazine.
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J. Holden

#2
June 12, 2014, 11:56:00 PM
I think I kill one every month in my daydreams of this coming fall...

-Jeremy   :coffee:
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Gun

#3
June 13, 2014, 12:04:00 AM
FYI the type of Bow doesn't matter.
It's really simple. Just don't take those borderline shots. Tomorrow is another day.

Pat B.

#4
June 13, 2014, 12:07:00 AM
I saw that article Pat, it was very interesting. He must be quite a hunter.. That's what prompted the question..

Apparently it's not something that's done very often....

#5
June 13, 2014, 01:05:00 AM
I have only killed one animal in my life with a selfbow, a warthog in Africa.

Now, I hope to change that this season......especially since I got these in the St Jude Auction a few days ago!

 

I have been daydreaming for quite some time about killing an animal with a stone point, and it just does not seem "right" to do it with anything other than an all wood bow!

Bisch

Walt Francis

#6
June 13, 2014, 01:30:00 AM
Though not really common, I believe a greater ratio of those using selfbows kill more P&Y bucks than those using glass backed bows.   None of those who have done it around here "register our deer with P&Y" so they technically are not P&Y deer.  However, I know Mark Baker, Hunter Rung, and myself have all taken whitetails with selfbows that would qualify, should we choose to enter them.  I think Doug Campbell and Lenny Brown have also done it, but am not positive.  That's 5 of approximately 10-12 people I know who hunt with selfbowss in this part of Montana
The broadhead used, regardless of how sharp, is nowhere as important as being able to place it in the correct spot.

Walt Francis

Regular Member of the Professional Bowhunters Society

Zbone

#7
June 13, 2014, 07:18:00 AM
"FYI the type of Bow doesn't matter."

Anyone comparing modern compounds with selfbows has to be joking...

Pat B.

#8
June 13, 2014, 09:28:00 AM
Walt I thought there was probably quite a few out there...  It was just something that I had not heard about until I read the article in the latest PA..

Congrats on your deer and other game..

Get 'em Bisch !!!

Pat B

#9
June 13, 2014, 11:14:00 AM
A selfbow will kill a trophy deer just as dead as a modern compound! Actually I have a hard time calling a compound a bow anyway.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

#10
June 13, 2014, 11:30:00 AM
I have a friend here in TX that has taken a deer that would qualify for P&Y with a selfbow and stone point. I would bet, like Walt said above, that there are a lot more of them out there than you would think.

Bisch

james hoffman

#11
June 13, 2014, 12:24:00 PM
Not to brag just the fact, I did kill a p&y buck in 2000 witha sinew backed Osage bow, river cane arrow and a jay Massey style broadhead,and yes I did register him to pay homage to the animal. That's what p&y was intended to do.
jim hoffman

frank bullitt

#12
June 13, 2014, 12:35:00 PM
I'm pretty sure, Richard Jackson from near Terre Haute, In. has shot a few. He's a member here, and is a very fine artist and craftsman, to say the least and hunter! A fine gentleman, too!

Pat B.

#13
June 13, 2014, 12:45:00 PM
I've managed to tag a few over the years, my first is registered, none of the others are.

However, if I am ever so lucky as to take one with a self bow I just might reconsider..

 :thumbsup:  Pat

Bisch, is this the year ????

Nathan Killen

#14
June 13, 2014, 01:53:00 PM
Didn't Mark Mitten (Mike Mittens brother) kill a B&C with primitive gear ?
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hitman

#15
June 13, 2014, 07:50:00 PM
Yes he did, a magnificent animal!
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Herdbull

#16
June 13, 2014, 10:04:00 PM
My brother Mark took his B.C. class buck with a stone head, but he used his 75# Great Northern bush bow. Mike

Justin Falon

#17
June 13, 2014, 10:31:00 PM
I've done it. Four times.  Actually, I didn't kill my first Pope and Young until I started shooting selfbows.

justin
Hill

Pat B.

#18
June 13, 2014, 11:46:00 PM
Well done Justin !!!  That's quite an accomplishment..

If I recall correctly Marks buck went around 187" and was an outstanding animal.. You guys are great bowhunters !

bigbadjon

#19
June 14, 2014, 12:48:00 PM
I think gun meant that type of bow doesn't matter for purposes of P&Y recording. I am very interested in who has bagged them myself but the guys who have done also seem to be the types who don't go online to boast about it.
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