Great job, Eric. I never tire of seeing your deer and hearing the story. Hope you are just as successful this year.  

Awesome thread y'all!

Here are some of my keepers. Homemade bows,arrows,and points. You don't have to use expensive gear to take game !
 

...I don't have one to post 'cause Flatstick keeps killin' 'em all! LOL!! Mike

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Here are some of my keepers. Homemade bows,arrows,and points. You don't have to use expensive gear to take game !
   

 

 

 

 

 

   

If I was to even see a deer on the land we hunt that has the size racks that you have killed, I would be blown away.   But to kill one let alone several with trad gear is unbelievable.  I need to move to the midwest.  :D

Flatstick,

I'm with upatree, Any one of those deer would be a true trophy where I hunt.  Congrats on so many nice deer with trad gear.  Let me know if you ever need a new hunting partner.  I'm always up for a road trip.  

I'll tell you what, those are true trophies where Flatstick hunts too.  To top it off he shot them all with home made gear.....Man, that is impressive!  Rick.

Holy Cow Flatstick! I'm directly east of Terre Haute. On the opposite side of the state. I don't think we have many bucks like that over here!

Not my biggest, but it is most recent.  Shot this guy last night on our third day of the season(9/17) in eastern Nebraska at 10 yards with the 'Green Machine' Pronghorn TD Longbow and Woodsman head.  I have his right side sheds from '06 and '07; he made a quantum leap in size this year, adding approximately 26".  I believe he is 4.5 years old.

South of Lawrence, Ks    November 5, 2004   SA111 Black Widow, Magnus head

That's a good'n Irish ! Looks like he had a pretty big body too with a big block head like that.

b.,,,I live on the far west side of the state. I hunt both IN & IL but I have to say that since IN came out with the "one buck rule" our number of mature bucks has GREATLY improved! I can sit on the front porch and watch a couple of good bucks now,,it hasn't been that way for at least 20yrs around here.

Thanks to everyone for posting their pics, I can never see too many of them, especially with trad gear. Nothing against other equipment!        

Warybuck you are a killin machine! I wanna be like you when I grow up.

Bryce, you have been on fire the last few seasons.  You have really figured out the pieces to the puzzle lately.  I new you would be on here with another fine whitetail this season. Congrats.  Now come over here and teach me what to do!

Here's my boy from last year one more time.  152 5/8" taken with a 66# Bighorn and Ribtek 160.

 


 

Less than two weeks 'til we're after them again!

Took up Trad in 2005.

Here are 2005,2006 and 2007.  I don't think any of them qualify for "big" but are the ones I'm most proud of, simply because of how they were taken.  Bowhunting with trad gear is like starting all over again.







Mike