34 years ago today

adeeden · September 16, 2010, 12:15:00 PM

34 years ago today I recieved my first real bow for my 4th birthday!

Actually Dad says I was shooting a little hickory branch bow before that but this was the first real bow.

I still got that little bear bow. All five of my sons started out shooting with it, around a dozen nieces and nephews have shot it a few times as well as a bunch of neighbor kids.

Here it is the birthday gift that created the monster I have become (according to my Mom)!

I was lucky I guess to grow up in a bowhunting family and to get an early start.

My dad is a bowhunter, my grandfather did a little bowhunting and I wouldn't be suprised if my great grand father had shot a few arra's!

There's something to be said about the drive to hunt being genetic I suppose. Or may be it was because when Mom went into labor with me Dad had just came in with a limit of squirrels! Mom was gracias enough to hold me back until Dad could finish cleaning them and drive her to the hospital! I got a feeling there was still a little squirrel blood under his nails when he held me the first time that day.......maybe thats where my desire to hunt came from!

Anyway I have a 3 year old great nephew who has been staying with me for the last 6 months or so, He's getting his turn in on my "first bow"!

Alot of lives have been touched by that little fiberglass thing!

Mudd · September 16, 2010, 12:27:00 PM

How cool is this? Way!! I'd say...

Thank you for sharing with us.

God bless,Mudd

katie · September 16, 2010, 03:32:00 PM

Happy Birthday. I hit 33 two days ago!

bowhunterfrompast · September 16, 2010, 04:01:00 PM

Well...Happy Birthday

That first real bow sure has touched a lot of souls over the years

mcgroundstalker · September 16, 2010, 04:07:00 PM

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4runr · September 16, 2010, 04:40:00 PM

Happy Birthday!

Bonebuster · September 16, 2010, 05:43:00 PM

You know you have done it right if shooting is as much fun today as it was then!

Happy birthday!

Hot Hap · September 16, 2010, 07:05:00 PM

Happy birthday Dennis! Hap

gobblegrunter · September 16, 2010, 07:14:00 PM

Happy Birthday Dennis! I hope that it's a great day for you!

PEARL DRUMS · September 16, 2010, 07:27:00 PM

Happy Birthday to you, cool story also! Your still 4 months older than me, hahahahahaha! Have a good b-day night.

pow-bow · September 16, 2010, 07:32:00 PM

Nice to think that little bow has infected many with the archery bug. Neat story. And by the way Happy Birthday!

Tater · September 16, 2010, 07:50:00 PM

Thanks for sharing that

Happy Birthday!!

Eugene Slagle · September 16, 2010, 09:21:00 PM

WOW, you started out shooting before I did & you're even younger than I am.

Happy Birthday bud.

CDR · September 16, 2010, 10:20:00 PM

I had one just like it but it was blue, man do I wish I still had that bow!! Sure brings back memories!

Gerardo · September 16, 2010, 10:26:00 PM

Happy Birthday!!!!

This is great

mrpenguin · September 16, 2010, 10:29:00 PM

Hey!! Happy B-Day!! I'm 34 today myself... how strange!!