It was so deep last year we hired a loader to clear it all, we had about 27"s. The snow may of been deep but it is th ereason we killed 16 bunnies and that is not counting the 3 who committed suicide by diving down the old well! OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

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If this wasn't right in the middle of my busy time I think I'd have to come. I wonder if I could afford air fare after doing all that cold weather clothes shopping???  :D  

I know you guys will have a blast just like every year.    CK

Curtis, Thanks very much!! Enjoy your busy time. I would love to be down your way at the time of my hunt!    We have had it as cold as -15 degrees and wind chills of around -33 degrees tw oyears ago. It was warm last year, we started out around 3 degrees and ended up around 15 degrees. Shawn

Thanks for the reassurance that I live in the right place for me.  :D  
I can't feel my bow string when it gets below 60.  

It isnt that bad if ya dress medium-light. Trust me, those drifts we had to SWIM through got your heart pumping. Throw the bow a few feet....swim to bow.....throw the bow....swim to bow...I cant wait!

Here's a pic of   Jamie Swimming  
Yes, he is standing in that pic!  

Gee.....Did I do that?????   :rolleyes:

Did anyone mention if ya crossing the runway and a plane comes in for a landing ya gotta jump and dive into the snow bank or risk being runwaykill???  

Shawn mentioned   Briarback Mountain  
That pic is where it was opening up near the top!!

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH YEAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I remember that spot, I also remember having to throw my bow out of there to get out.......

David

The runway is now fenced but we have a ladder to get over. The owners want me to continue to hunt it, thus the ladder. We can crawl underneath in a spot too!! Briarback has tons of bunnies and we I did a push for some kids that I work with where we used to shoot a lot of bunnies but the beavers invaded it, well guess what? All those fresh cuttings have attracted a bunch of bunnies and that is not to mention the rabbit valley, man we killed 6-8 in there last year and there are a ton in there again!! OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!  Shawn

Where abouts in NY does this take place?

Greg it is in Selkirk, NY. Can't be too far from you, it's 3 1/2 hours for me.


David

It is 5 miles south of the capital(Albany). We have guys from at least 7 states come and this year from Virginia and West Virginia!! Guys start making your stuff for the raffle. We will have a bunch of bows this year to give away as I myself will give away two!! OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

Bows you say??    
I already have some stuff for the table...I plan on having a few more items, maybe even a 1/2 dozen ramin arrows, some obsidian heads....who knows what else.
I gotta say Im looking forward to this way too much already.
When ya wanna start with the practice sessions?

Jamie mentions bows as he won two at the hunt last year, one was a custom donated by Marc and the people at Chek-Mate and we have another custom coming this year!!! I cannot practice at all right now, I am still hunting but cannot shoot more than one shot. I have a torn trapeseus(sp.?) and a slight tear in my left tricep. I have all I can do to shoot once and I am deer hunting until Sunday. We will get in plenty of practice hunts though as I am gonna shoot lefty for a while. I just got a new Widow PTF and I cannot even shoot it. I have a lefty Kodiak Mag that I am gonna shoot for a while. This hunt is gonna be awesome and HUGE!!!! OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn

I've got a quiver of solid fiberglass bowfishing shafts like the one I used last year all ready to do battle with the steel...

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