ever meet a hunter where ya just say WOW and are amazed???

[adkmountainken]

had the fortune of stump shooting with an "old school" hunter/archer/outdoorsman today. he checks out Tradgang but prefers not to be a memeber or be hasseld with a puter and emails as to so many older generation hunters. his name is Ed and what a welath of information, stories and good times he is full of! as we just started out i noticed his leather back quiver which caught my eye. i asked him if he made it, "yup" in 1968. well now i was curious and asked been at traditional archery for awhile? "yup, 52 years". well now i was hooked!!!!! talked back in forth about the little things and how archery has changed. then asked Ed have you taken a lot of deer with trad bow? "yup" little over 200. i said did i hear your right 200???? "yup" little over 200. now i was reeled in!!!! and the questions started!!! Ed has hunted MANY places and A LOT in Alaska which i allways LOVE hearing about. i listened about moose hunting, caribou migrations and shasing grizzlies out of your camp. i can honestly say i would trade any day of hunting to sit and share a cup of coffee with this man as to me this is what its about, a man that has lived archery, been there and still LOVES the sport and the hunt. talks like this with a man like Ed are one of life's greatest treasures to me. i could only hope i get to share a hunt in the future with this man. Ed if your reading this ( he is a lurker here! ) thank you for sharing your stories and answering so many questions, the pleasure was all mine!!!

[Quickblood]

that's inspiring, thanks for sharing

[Muleyslayer]

Makes ya feel like a kid again, don't it?

[ScottV_7]

And he's a heck of a shot to boot...

[ron w]

I enjoyed hearing Ed spin yarns at the stump shoot today myself.Just neat to see a man of his age out in the woods enjoy'n himself on a Sunday afternoon. To hear his stories and talk about bowhunting was inspire'n!!!!! Great time!

[adkmountainken]

one thing that got me is how in to the little aspects he still is as he was shooting a skinny string and how he explained it gave him 7 feet per secound more. you can tell he knows this game, old and new and still strives to get everything out of his equipment that he can!

[vtmtnman]

Sounds like a stand up kinda guy Ken.          


I read the title of this thread and I was thought,"Yeah I have...and most of the time it's not in a good way!"  

[vermonster13]

Congrats on the new friendship.

[adkmountainken]

hopefully Ed will not see this pic, get red in the face and hunt me down!!!! here is a TRUE old school hunter worty of much respect!

[Bjorn]

I had the oppotunity to hunt with someone perhaps like your friend......wealth of experience and no computer and no magazine subscriptions......I asked him how he stayed current-you know, latest materials, Fast flight, EFOC and all that. His reply? "There have been no useful advances in archery for the past 2000 years". A bit extreme perhaps; but maybe it underscores the fact that sometimes all we are doing is chasing fads and re-runs.

[adkmountainken]

well Ed said that he likes to read everything on Tradgang other then that he does not like the interent. he did say that the internet is indeed that best thing that could happen to a younger person getting in to the sport as he learned the hard way through trial and error, a very long learning curve without much information.

[lpcjon2]

That guy sounds like a priceless person to know!

[adkmountainken]

when he got to the house he was talking about learning to sew with my mother so i said ohh thats neat you like to make your own hunting clothes, he said NO i just don't like to buy things from others!!!! i busted a gut laughing at that one, he was serious!

[3Feathers]

Yes indeed Ken the man is a true traditional legend in my book.Feel the same way,could sit and listen too his stories all day.I wish i could have seen some of the game and country that man has experienced in his life.He is so down to earth.You can learn alot from that man.I wish I could shoot half as good.Boy he is like radar.Glad I got to meet and talk with him.

[Jim Keller]

Wish I'd of been there. Sounds like a good time. I have a friend who is 80. I love to here him talk of the history of our area. Sometimes I wish the old timers would write books so the stories don't die. Thanks for sharing.

[Mr.Vic]

Awesome, you never know about those old timers hiding around in every town. They have seen and done alot, but never go around blowing their whisles or tooting their horns. I met one of those old timers last fall while i stopped to see if i could take pictures of his pen raised elk. He had a home full of Monster elk mounts, brown bear, big horn rams, mountain lion, Mulies you name it he had it mounted in a run down old farm home, loaded with security cameras. And were not talking about pope and young either. Monsters you'll never see in any magizine. We stayed for two hours while he showed me pictures and told me stories of his hunts. Yep, those old boys are the true masters. And i like to think they pass a lesson on to us younger guys, that fame is over rated.

[bolong]

Got to love them oldtimers. I,m getting there myself.

[bro-n-arrow]

If I ever get old, maybe I'll live long enough that they will say kind things about me.

[Bowspirit]

Be me too it Ken...there was a time I retrieved his arrows; when he went to get 'em back, I smiled and joking suggested he'd get them back for a hunting tale. What a guy...you could just tell he's seen it all, or pretty close to it. I was amazed with everything he said///

[frassettor]

Good for you, What bow is he shooting in the picture?