First I would like to thank all who freely give of their time and experience on this forum.

Halloween evening, Black Widow PLX, 62", 46 lbs. @ 28", Beman MFX 500's with 125 grain brass insert, Magnus 2 blade 125 grain broadhead, natural ground blind, using Double Bull 3 legged stool with back rest, 12 yard shot, double lung pass through, doe went 20 yards and piled up. WOW!!

I will be 59 years old this spring, and I wish I had started this many, many years ago. This doe is a far greater trophy than any buck I have killed with other means.

Thanks for listening (no pictures).

Bill

Congrats Bud!!! Exciting isn't it?      

Good for you Bill and congrats!! It sure is more fun with out the gizmos and gadgets. With a ton of satisfaction. Now ya gotta put a digital camera on your christmas list!  :D    

                    Brent

Good job Bill, any deer with trad equipment and from a natural blind is quite a trophy in my book  

congrats!

Congratulations.

Some people would never understand your statement
about your doe being a far greater trophy than a buck by other means. They are indeed missing out.

Better late than never. I hope there are many happy hunting seasons to come for you and your
traditional bow.

Again, congrats. Way to go!

congrats on a job well done!

Any deer with any bow should be a trophy in anyones eyes.

With the tradgear  - It's a trophy that only a bowhunter who has put the hard work learning the traditional way can understand.

My first deer with the longbow and my first deer with the recurve I was more excited than any P&Y buck I have ever taken.

My goal is to combine a P&Y and trad gear in the years to come.

Yay!  Great feeling, eh?

Congrats!

Good job!

Good for you Bill.  

 

...and may you have many more!

Congradulations! Hap

Excellent

oh yeah!!!! way to go.  

  Congrats.  

I had stopped bow hunting altogether for about 11 years because I did not enjoy shooting the compound. I did not enjoy practicing, the bow felt extremely heavy, and eventually I just quit. Not knowing anyone who shot trad, or forums such as this one, trad gear never entered into my mind. I then saw a copy of Traditional Bow Hunter which had an advertisement of a traditional shooting clinic being held at Black Widow by Mr. Ken Beck and Mr. Fred Asbell. A phone call later, and wham, my life changed forever. Now, I literally shoot every day. People I work with, and other hunters not using trad gear, can't understand how or why I would commit to a longbow and my insistance of hunting on the ground using natural materials. It has been a week today that I hrvested my trophy, and I am still geeked!!!

Bill

Hey Bill; Here`s to always being "geeked"!

Way to go, Bill.  I'm 57 and I just started shooting trad a few months ago.  You are an inspiration.