GORH 2009 - assorted pictures (also, Chili Maker finally makes chili)...

GingivitisKahn · February 21, 2009, 08:38:00 PM

Today was our first (but hopefully not our last) GORH (Great Ohio Rabbit Hunt). It was completely and utterly outstanding.

Early on, we did a bit of target practice and took off en mass after the bunnies. I'm not sure how many of us were in that early morning group (I'm guessing 30? 40?) but I hear we had 92 total throughout the day. We saw and had shots at several rabbits throughout the morning and with all of the guys in the field and all the arrows flying, one hunter actually connected.

When we returned, we did some more target practice and chatted and so forth. Lunch was outstanding – mostly wild meat and so forth. I had some stew, chili, suspicious sausages and the like. I'm not sure what I ate, but it was pretty good.

After, we went out for the clout shoot – guys shot across a frozen pond at a tiny raccoon target (they tell me that's what it was, but it was way too far away to be sure).

After that, we moved on to the iron bunny – a great big iron rabbit, with a small heart shape cut out. A good shot (which I failed to make) hit straw and a bad one ended with a clang and a broken arrow. At the end of the day, the iron bunnie's straw bales were festooned with the shattered remains of our missed shots. Next was the William Tell shoot. We had a mannequin with an apple on it's head. In addition to a surprising number of good shots, there were quite a few potentially disastrous misses.

After that, we moved on to archery skeet. A modified trap thrower launched aerial targets at which we launched swarms of arrows. There were a surprising number of hits here as well – including one by Dylan.

Next, we had a big trad raffle and it was back out to the bunny fields. We had a little smaller group this time and still managed to kick up quite a few rabbits – one of which I took. Rainy, windy sleet stuff pushed us back to the cabin for more outstanding food.

I'm ready to go again.

oldskool · February 21, 2009, 10:47:00 PM

Nice pictures Jim,
It was good to meet,hunt and shoot with you. We had fun. We will have to do it again.

4runr · February 21, 2009, 11:05:00 PM

I chatted with Dylan about his Kodiak Magnum, but never connected with "Dad". I had to leave early so I missed the evening hunt. Well worth a 2 hr drive each way.

Good to finally meet Oldskool, and Raven and so many others as well.

Well done by Jim and the rest of the crew.

Thank you so much Greg and family for hosting this event.

Wannabe1 · February 21, 2009, 11:31:00 PM

Looks like it was a success. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Irish Archer · February 21, 2009, 11:56:00 PM

Jim, Did you kill that bunny with your Hill? Sounds like it was a blast.

GingivitisKahn · February 22, 2009, 07:26:00 AM

Oldskool - absolutely! I had a great time hunting and chatting with you.

4runr - sorry I missed you!

Irish Archer - I did. The first shot mmmmissed by a whisker (literally). My first arrow landed close enough to the rabbit's nose that he could have licked it without moving his head but the second was a complete passthrough w/ an Ace Hex Head.

oldskool · February 22, 2009, 04:52:00 PM

Jim, we forgot to mention that we shoot our share of stumps.

oldskool · February 22, 2009, 04:54:00 PM

that should say shot.I type with a studder

frassettor · February 22, 2009, 05:11:00 PM

That looks like fun

GingivitisKahn · February 22, 2009, 05:18:00 PM

Stumps and cow flops - they stood no chance at all :-D

Goose · February 22, 2009, 05:37:00 PM

Hope we can get some more pictures posted here. I believe some guys took as many as 400 pictures! I took a camera but ended up too busy with the drawings and shirt sales.

Boy, talk about some prizes, I thought the guys really came through!

Irish Archer · February 22, 2009, 06:55:00 PM

I'm gonna' have to get that scheduled for next year. Glad you all had a good time.

heydeerman · February 22, 2009, 07:19:00 PM

We started here.

Someone said we looked like we were at a Sturgess rally.

The wall of bows...

This is Oldskools best friend Brake who was runnin em everywhere. Notice the tip of his tail.

Jon DeJean got this one Saturday and another Sunday

Way over on the other side of the pond is a racoon target these guys are shootin at. We backed em up even farther for the shoot off which jamie Miller won by a couple inches. I gotta give Brian Patterson credit here even though he came in a close second. He put one right next to the rings and a few more right around the target.

Here's a group waitin on Brake to work his magic around a brushpile.

Here is Miss Jenna next to a nice rub on a cedar we found amidst the brush.

GingivitisKahn · February 22, 2009, 08:04:00 PM

There we go - nice pictures!

heydeerman · February 22, 2009, 08:05:00 PM

Here is Harvey Griffith with his bunny he killed on Sunday.

Here's Oldskool and Brake.

The fellas were warming up and I threw a couple bills in theblock for em to shoot at. Pete Miller got one of em. There is another stickin out in the top left corner which was eventually shot. Pete was a machine shooting his warf. He won the William Tell shoot.

4runr · February 22, 2009, 09:59:00 PM

Great pics Jim. Thanks for all your hard work on this event. You all did a jamb up job pullin it off.

Goose · February 23, 2009, 04:11:00 AM

Great pictures!

whitebuffalo · February 23, 2009, 05:34:00 AM

Looks liek ya'll had a great time,,JB

buckeye_hunter · February 23, 2009, 07:45:00 AM

Great pics guys!

Jim,

Glad to see you got one after I left! good shooting!

Oldschool,
Thanks or bringing Brake even if I did miss the rabbits he hunted up for me!

It was a fantastic hunt and I'll be there again next time for sure.

Charlie

Raven · February 23, 2009, 09:08:00 AM

Had a GREAT TIME on saterday!! It was nice to put faces with names. Met some real nice people and ate some of the best food ever. It was fun watching the rabbits run the "Gauntlet" of bowhunters and arrows. :eek:

I stayed back with "TwoSteps" thinking we would get a shot at a rabbit coming back to hide. We never got a shot off.

But was glad Oldskool put the smackdown on the "Ironbunny" he came in first and has only been shooting a Tradbow for less than a year. :eek:

Can't wait for the next one!! Hope to hookup with some of the guys I met to just shoot and have fun!

Thanks for a GREAT TIME!!!!

Raven >>>>------->