SHREW BOWS.. gone hunting

[Ron LaClair]

Ok I'm back....      

I'll have some pictures to post later today with some more detail of our week in Shrewhaven...

[GingivitisKahn]

Welcome back - what brand bow were you shooting?  :-p

[katie]

So that is how you get into Shrew camp-you marry in.  All you other boys better watch your daughters :^)

[Ron LaClair]

So that is how you get into Shrew camp-you marry in. All you other boys better watch your daughters :^)  

It appears like it doesn't it?        Actually Eric 1 engineered and built our deck last year and he and Eric 2 will be finishing off the new storage shed/bunkhouse next summer.

 

[cacciatore]

I love good young hunters with disponibility

[Ron LaClair]

The deer harvest was down this year from past years and I don't know why that was. Everyone was seeing deer but had trouble getting them in range. Roger Norris put another notch on his Lil' Favorite recurve, he's deadly with that bow. The two Erics both took does, Eric 1 used his new Classic Hunter to make a heart shot on his and Eric 2 took his first traditional deer with his bow.

When ask where he hit the deer, Eric 2 said it was right behind the shoulder. The deer was tracked that evening and it crossed Armstrong Creek then turned south towards the Brule river which is the Michigan/Wisconsin border. We left the trail there and next morning after contacting the Wisconsin C O for permission to go after the deer, Eric 2 and Kevin went across the river and found the deer right on the bank on the other side. The "right behind the shoulder" shot turned out to be the HIND shoulder..   :rolleyes: .. but it cut an artery in the hind leg..   :D

Rogers deer
     

Eric 2 and Kevin coming up Armstrong Creek after finding the deer on the Wisconsin side of the Brule river.
   

Dolly, my beagle checking out a bloody pack.
   

[Ron LaClair]

Greg Nicolaou didn't take a deer this year but he was seeing a lot of turkeys near his stand up on the oak ridge. He bought an over the counter fall turkey permit which allows a hen or gobbler and it wasn't long before his Shrew Scout recurve put his first bow killed turkey on the "pole"
   

[Tim Fishell]

Awesome guys!!  Congrats on another great year up there!!  

[Ron LaClair]

What were some of the old guys doing while the young guys were out killing deer and working on the camp??...   :rolleyes:

 
 

[Ron LaClair]

Here's the crew this year minus Roger who had to leave early and Ray who at the last moment couldn't make it.

Left to right standing, Greg, Tim, Kevin, Eric 2, Eric 1, and I'm kneeling.

 

[Jerry Wald]

Great stuff - what no snow - luxury I would say Ron. Great to see the Shrew bows doing their thing.

Jer Bear

[GingivitisKahn]

Nice pictures - looks like a blast!

 

[Greg Owen]

Ok I have to ask. Looks like Ron's bow is longer than the rest. Is that a Model-T??

[TNstickn]

Looks like good times for sure!!  

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Those youngsters hauling water and wood was a Godsend!

My doe was a lesson in woodsmanship (thanks Ron!) She was a close, 7 yard shot from a low treestand....maybe 10 feet high...and my Li'l Fav did her job perfectly. Double lung, right where you want it. But the rain started,hard,  just about when I released the arrow. Due to my superior LaClair training, the first thing I did was check my compass and got a good line on her departure. Being in thick pines, I could only watch her for a few feet before she disapeared. I followed the vanishing blood for about 20 yards, where I found my arrow...covered in bright bubbly blood. But that was it. No more blood, and the rain took care of any miniscule drops. Greg N. and I looked for about 2 hours that night, in a pretty strong rainstorm. No luck.

We came back at first light, and methodically worked out the trail(s). First we stayed on the obvious runway she was on, for about 2 hundred yards (a long way in the pines). Then we seperated to opposite sides of the runway, and worked about 25 yards off of it back to the arrow. No deer, no blood. At the arrow, he turned left (west) and I turned right (east) and using our compasses, stayed on a straight line in our individual directions. I was counting my paces, and intended on going 100 yards, or to the 2 track, whichever came first. At 80 paces, there she lay. I was a happy Shrew-Shooter!

When I started hunting with Ron, I was no rookie...but I was smart enough to listen when he preached. In short, he taught me that when it all seems lost, a  compass oriented, methodical search will get it done. Thanks Old-Timer!! I felt like he found it for me, and he wasn't even there!

By the way, will I void my warranty if I start carving notches in my Li'l Favorite?

 

[Ron LaClair]

By the way, will I void my warranty if I start carving notches in my Li'l Favorite?  

Yes... didn't you read the fine print on the warranty?..   ........   :D

[Ron LaClair]

Ok I have to ask. Looks like Ron's bow is longer than the rest. Is that a Model-T??  

Yes, it's a 64" Model-T that I hunted with this year. This bow was a prototype and was supposed to come out heavier but it came out 40#@ 28". I originally thought it was too light to use for hunting but the carbon/foam core bow is an amazing shooter. Tim Cosgrove brought several types of heavy broadheads to camp and I was amazed how well they shot out of the light weight bow. I tried some 225gr Muzzy Phantom heads and also a 300gr Steel Force single bevel head. They flew great at 15 and 20yd's and penetrated very deeply in the foam backstop. I had brought some 125gr 4bld Stingers to hunt with and I was very confidence and had high expectations but unfortunately I never got the chance to test the bows efficiency on live game....but the season isn't over yet...  

[**DONOTDELETE**]

looks like Y'all had a great time. Thanx  4 sharing.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I was just thinking....that picture of Cosgrove in the bunk....it's a good thing it's not scratch-n-sniff!!!

[katie]

great stuff!