Cure for the Wintertime Blues

[Jack Guard]

Hey Guys, Here are a coupla pictures from a recent trip I made.  

Seems I put a thread on here at the end of January asking for some spring hunt advice.  You see, I haven't bow hunted in the states in 5 years.  And for the last year I have been working in Iraq.  As a matter of fact I have hardly shot my bow.  

I received a very quick response from a wonderful Tradgang member, Charles Suttles.  After a few e-mails and a nice phone call a plan was put into motion.  What do ya think ? Any guesses ?

These are pictures taken on my way home.




This hunting thing makes a guy hungry !

[Bowferd]

It is close to midnight. Not one for plastic plates and such, but that there is starting to look pretty good.
Going to cook something up, be back in a half.

[slivrslingr]

[Jack Denbow]

OK let's get on with the story.    
This is going to be good I can tell.
Jack

[Killdeer]

Quisiera algo de Taco Bell...

Killdeer

[Tree man]

Stop teasing everyone Jack.  

[lpcjon2]

Glad you didn't show a pic of that meal on the other end...LOL

[Jack Guard]

Being Prepared:  So, there I was, a trip all lined up and I was not prepared.  Its been a long time since I could carry a stick in the woods and I was also suffering from a shoulder injury.  I had a few 45 lb one piece recurves that I started using to rehab my shoulder but felt they were to light and wanted a three piece takedown for traveling.  Thanks to Tradgang I found a new bow for my special trip.  
This is what I found in the door one evening when I arrived home from work.  


The next day at the post office parking lot. And on my trip.


I had plenty of arrows and fortunately my new Morrison Cheyenne came with half a dozen perfectly matched Gold Tip arrows.


Next came my Broadheads.  Man, I had several good broadheads but just didn't like the way i sharpened them.  So, a road trip was in order.  I made planes to head to Harrisburg PA to the Sportsmans Show. Buuuuuut......this came


Finally, after several days of shoveling and basically freaking out...I made it to the show..and look who I "bumped" into...Ron and Jake from KME

[Killdeer]

Lookin' sharp...

Killdeer  

[GREASEMAN]

So where did you end up going on the trip??

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I'm likin the looks of this one.  Be back in the morn.

[jrchambers]

gobble gobble or oink oink

[Islandlongbow]

Seeing all that white stuff Jack , I believe your due for another Hawaii trip  :D  

Jerry

[Tree man]

JR, Don't forget pop poppers.

[23feetupandhappy]

   

[KentuckyTJ]

Beautiful Cheyenne Jack what are the specs and how do you like it? Don't be holding out the hero picts too long on us.

[Danny Rowan]

Ok Jack, lets get on with the story.                  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

get on with it!!!!  

[Jack Guard]

Ok, sorry guys, between getting back home, unpacking, back to work, and well, dragging this out, I haven't had a chance to get on the computer till now.  

Tom, I love the 56" Morrison Cheyenne.  Its only 50lbs @28 but has foam core limbs which I feel makes up for the lack of weight.  Matched with Gold Tip 33/55's, 30 inches long and some 20 year old Zwickey Eskimos and a aluminum adapter the arrows came in at around 554 grains.  They were excellent shooting.  

Jerry careful.  You know what happened last time You made an offer.  

Lemme think...where was I....

While I was in Harrisburg I some how also "bumped into the guys at Kenetrek.  Strangely enough my feet have grown in the last year and I can't wear my hunting boots anymore.  So, I "had" to get myself a new pair of boots.  Kenetrek Mountain Extremes were ordered up.    

Back at home...trying to get myself together.... I had the trip all lined up, bought a new to me Morrison, arrows matched up and shooting well, broadheads sharpened, new boots on my feet.....hummm, I am missing something....oh yeah right...sent Rod Jenkins an e-mail.   Decided I "needed" a new quiver and promptly ordered myself a Arrowmaster.



So....now for trip planning.  I got on Travelocity and ordered a roundtrip ticket to El Paso, Texas.  Then went on Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and purchased a 5 day Non Resident Special Hunting license, $48.00 plus $5.00 handling fee.  

Its all set.  I was to meet Charles and 4 others in El Paso then drive to Marfa and meet 5 others where we were booked to hunt Javalina with Alamito Hunting and Guide Service owned and operated by Wayne Wiemers.  In Marfa we stayed at an old adobe ranch house on the Mac Guire ranch.   64,000 acres of beautiful Texas javalina country.  


So I gotta tell you guys, this has been a trip I have wanted to do for 20 years.  I started to plan a self guided trip about 20 years ago but life got aholt of me and it all slipped by.  Man was I pumped up.  I couldn't stay off of the internet for the next three weeks or away from my bow.  If I wasn't shooting in the basement I was surfing the web reading about Javalina or watching videos on youtube.  

I slept in my camo and cuddled with my Morrison for 3 weeks straight.    There's nothing wrong with that....right ???

[jcar315]

Nice pics!!!

Can't wait to hear the rest now.