HH bug got me ... Part One!

Ron LaClair · August 09, 2011, 11:20:00 PM

This was a spring turkey hunt that turned into a sucker shoot when we discovered a creek full of spawning suckers. My buddy Doug was shooting my 85# Big-5 and I was using my John Lee 80# bamboo longbow.

Ron LaClair · August 09, 2011, 11:22:00 PM

Here's a video clip of me shooting some of those suckers. This was 28 years ago and I was more agile in those days.. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjrVcmEVL_Q

Michigan Mark · August 09, 2011, 11:45:00 PM

Thank you Ron for sharing memories of fun in 1983.

RC · August 10, 2011, 05:21:00 AM

Great pics Mr. Ron.
Here is a pic of one of Marty Thompsons AKA "Apex Predator Bows" string follow "Hill" Bows.Perfect craftsmanship. I bought this one 64" and would still have it had I got a 66".
Unlucky Rabbit

One heck of a great day on the River here. All three of these pics were the same day...
Morning..

midday..

Afternoon..

RC · August 10, 2011, 05:30:00 AM

I got Squirrels...

Couple of dillers..

watch where you step..

RC · August 10, 2011, 05:42:00 AM

Small game?

Another pic of the Apex in the "Cadillac"..

Why they easy to step on..where is he at?

And a side benefit for the Hillbow hunter down south..

RC · August 10, 2011, 05:52:00 AM

Heck of a deal in the classifieds on a Hill" Wild Boar " for you left hand fellers.RC

2treks · August 10, 2011, 06:25:00 AM

Ron, Thanks for that video. That is some cool stuff.
RC, You do know how to make meat. What is that last snake picture? The coiled one?
and I am hopin that copperhead is dead!!

ALSO, 3 posts and 3 bows for sale on the wildboar RC.
Just FYI for those lefty shooters looking at the boar He does have 2 Hill bows though.

Mudd · August 10, 2011, 09:48:00 AM

Great pictures Ron and RC.

Between the two of you I can be entertained when it's too hot out to do much of anything except breath...lol

Thank you both!

God bless,Mudd

RC · August 10, 2011, 10:28:00 AM

The snake about to strike and actually bit Chris on the boot is a Big rat snake. He fell out of a water oak.Chris was playing and testing his snake boots on a fangless victom. We heard him hit the ground as he was about 8 feet from where we were standing. Imagine our surprise when we saw it was a snake.The one by the bow is a live copperhead I stepped on . He couldn`t bite me because luckly I stepped on his head.Almost wet my britches though.The last is a copperhead that is very much alive and laid up.RC

canopyboy · August 10, 2011, 10:36:00 AM

I's Hates Thems Snakes....

Rob DiStefano · August 10, 2011, 10:41:00 AM

a MOST important piece of down south gear showing in the below pic - THERMOCELL!!!!

2treks · August 10, 2011, 11:15:00 AM

"...Big rat snake. He fell out of a water oak"
GOOD GRIEF!!! You got them in the trees?????

droz il · August 10, 2011, 11:48:00 AM

Great pics guys, thanks.

Looper · August 10, 2011, 11:52:00 AM

You're more likely to find a big rat snake stretched out on a tree branch than on the ground this time of year.

RC · August 10, 2011, 01:10:00 PM

RC · August 10, 2011, 01:13:00 PM

After a while you get used to the snakes...

canopyboy · August 10, 2011, 04:41:00 PM

Jeepers Batman! I'm not sure I'm ready to go much farther south just yet. Of course, I guess if it's where your experience is, you're aware of these things and they don't phase you.

I see myself stepping on a copperhead mid body, getting bit in the leg, stumbling around until I trip and fall into a creek with a hungry gator.

Rik · August 10, 2011, 04:46:00 PM

Ooh, that WOULD leave a mark!

August 10, 2011, 05:47:00 PM

My neighbor is terrified of snakes, they make him scream like a girl. Send me that big ole rat snake, it would like my yard.