He makes me so proud......Cade does it again!!!

[Mac Hicks]

Congrats Cade and Curt!!!  What a memory!    

[Plumber]

nothing beats your kids following in your foot steps.my son Jake got his frist deer this year w/trad equ. he is 14 he is my hunting partner we have a blast together. I could watch him hunt all day. I dont care if I ever get another deer I get so much joy watching him do his thing.congrats to you an Cade an grandpop as well.you know he must be lovin this.good luck on the rest of the  season.keep knocking them down Cade.your hard work is paying off.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[swp]

Congrats on another fine deer!!

[Guru]

Thank you all so, so much for the kind words!

It does my heart good to hear that we are inspiring other dads with young kids to get them as involved as possible in our wonderful sport....there is no greater reward...no doubt about it!


I've been fielding a bunch of questions about Cade's equipment....

He's shoot a Leon Stewart 48" Lil' Slammer longbow that's about 37-38# at his 22" draw.

His arrows are .800 spine CX Predator II's.  With the insert, 125 steel adapter, and 110 grain
n Zwickey Eskilite they weigh about 480grs if I remember correctly.

On this deer he hit so close to the shoulder blade, until we butcher it up, I can't be sure he didn't nick it.

It was slightly quartering away and it at least went thru the muscle around the shoulder before entering the ribs. pretty sure the arrow just barely made it to the other lung. We only found a shallow slash in the far lung.

Near lung...
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Far lung...
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While we were prepping for this season I had no doubts, that even at his short draw, his set-up would do the job with good shot selection.

So far. so good!

Thanx again    

[Talondale]

Congrats again!

[Dogboy900]

Congrats, love that family photo!

[Bill Turner]

Way to go Cade. Hope you leave a deer or two for your dad. Would not want him to get rusty. Ha! Ha! Great pictures and story. Thanks for sharing.  

[wapiti792]

Awesome Cade    and way to go Pop!!! Memories that will never fade right there  

[jonsimoneau]

Holy cow Curt and Cade!  I am astounded!  Unreal!  Cade you are making some of us look bad bud!  Way to go!  Curt do you have a post somewhere that details the equipment Cade is using?  I may have a young hunter to mentor soon. Wow! Wow! Wow!

[jonsimoneau]

Oops scratch that Curt. I just saw your post about Cade's equipment on page seven.

[richbat]

Congrats.Cade.Awesome deer.

[Gatekeeper]

Very cool!

Please tell me you are shooting video of your and Cade's reaction after the shot. I have been doing short videos after my shots for a few years now and they are a blast to look back on. I say the day, year, where I'm at and explain what just happened. Hearing my voice shake and seeing myself shake is hilarious, but for you these types of videos of Cade's hunts would be priceless.

Great job Cade! You're having one heck of a season!

[Big Lefty]

That's fantastic!  I'm sure you were all on cloud nine the rest of the day!

[ddauler]

I don't get no better! Enjoy my 17 year old had homecomming activities with his gal and left me alone all weekend! He did get his first Trad Kill a couple years ago.

[Ray Lyon]

Curt, hurry up and trademark 'the world's proudest bowhunter'----because you deserve it.  

Congratulations again Cade.  I'm thinking we may have to have Rob add a graemlin like this, because I think it's going to happen a lot:

'congratulations Cade          '

[JamesKerr]

Wow Cade! your on a roll, Congratulations!!!

[Doug Campbell]

Man it just don't get no better than that.                

[Izzy]

Awesome fellas, love the pics.  Young fellas developing nerves of steel at a tender age.

[Tsalt]

What a perfect morning.  Thanks for sharing it with us.  Congrats to all three of you!!!

[stykbow67]

2 deer in less than 2 weeks with a longbow at the ripe ole age of 12 WOW! you have a bright future in the world of traditional archery young man!            

Steve