Quality Time..... Never Imagined This!!!

[Ryan Sanpei]

I can still remember when I first met my wife...  
(I'm going to start from the beginning for those who don't know the two of us)     :D  

She was totally interested in shooting a bow and arrow but she couldn't get herself to shoot my 3D animals.  I could care less though, I was just glad that she accompanied me to the range.


   

Staci with her first Stickbow.

[Ryan Sanpei]

I think it was the 24/7 Outdoor Channel and hunting DVDs that slowly peaked her interest in bowhunting.        

Slowly, she began asking me questions about bowhunting and one day asked to join me on a hunt.  Enjoying the outdoors, she had a great time and accompanied me a few more times.

One day out of the blue, she asked if she could go hunting.  "What do you mean", I asked? Thinking that she was already hunting with me. "I want to hunt with a bow and arrow" she replied.  

"Of course!" I told her.  The only problem was that her current stickbow set up was not legal to hunt with and she wasn't comfortable enough to shoot a heavier weight stickbow.  That was when we discussed the option of a compound.  Although hesitant about switching bows, she agreed.  ****I know we can't talk about compounds, so I'll keep this part very short and won't include accompanying pics***

She easily took to the compound and found that she loved to hunt.  She won a few 3D tournaments and harvested nice Hawaiian game animals.

[Ryan Sanpei]

After a successful stint with the compound, she switched back to a Stickbow.  Because of all the practice, she was now able to shoot a hunting recurve within the legal hunting requirements.  She's been hunting with it for less than a year and although her effective range is less than 20, she's already harvested a small hog.

 

more to come...

[Oregon Okie]

Good story.. Very cool.

[threeunder]

 

This will be a great read!

[Big Ed]

Very cool!!

[Richie]

That is great.  

[Thumper Dunker]

[Maxx Black]

Awesome keep it coming.

[stujay]

   

[Ryan Sanpei]

We even tried to video a few hunts...


*****VIDEO OF STACI'S HUNT -----   http://youtu.be/tFsQT_TS1c4  


But,  that still isn't my favorite part!!!

[Jwilliam]

 


Bill

[Horserod]

S2, You should be very proud of her......It's great to have your wife as your hunting partner. It was alot of fun with my wife,but, she can't do it anymore, unfortunately.  Horserod

[Ryan Sanpei]

Thanks for the kind words Gang!  Need to turn in for the night.....


Horserod,  I'm extremely proud of her!  

[chanumpa]

Very Cool!Im still workin on getting my wife to have the want.Ill have to show her this thread.My daughter lives on the big island.Next time we go to visit I want to go hunting.Any way,cool thread thanks for sharing.

[katman]

Lucky man, enjoy.

[oldgoat]

As always Ryan has some good stories..

[longbowray]

That is so cool

[RC]

Very cool. My Wife hunts with a gun a bit but loves to camp and fish. Its a blessing to have an "Outdoor" Wife.RC

[ARCHER2]

That's great Brother! Let's see some more.