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10-21-2009, 10:01 PM
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Elk on the ground
Well I went out today to see If I could harvest a Muledeer with my longbow. Went and checked one of my trailcams and sure enough there were muledeer on it. Was trying to decide what I should do for the evening hunt when I spotted a cow and calf elk in the same field that I was in. I had an elk tag in my pocket so decided to try a stalk on them. The wind was coming from the north and they were in a bush that I could approach from the south. I drove my truck to the far side of the field so I would not spook them and got out and did a stalk on the bush. I was 15 yards from the bush and could hear the elk mewing and milling about. All of a sudden I heard a branch break so I stopped and knelt down. I was head to toe in ASAT leafy wear. About 10-15 seconds later a calf elk came out at 15 yards from me. He was broadside to me but I could not draw, he took two steps to my left and offered a quartering away shot for me. I drew back and released the arrow and hit him right where I wanted to. He took off and the bush exploded with elk, There were 10 elk all together in the bush. He only went a little ways before piling up. This is my first Big Game with a longbow other than bear, I am so happy I can hardly contain myself. We should have some really good eating this winter from him. I guess now I can go after my muledeer tomorrow.
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10-21-2009, 10:09 PM
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!well done!
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10-21-2009, 10:26 PM
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Congrats.
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10-22-2009, 05:48 AM
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Well done Trav...no pink arrow?
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10-22-2009, 06:02 AM
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Congratulations !
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10-22-2009, 07:17 AM
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Nicely done.......congrats....Marco
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10-22-2009, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BigRackLover
Well done Trav...no pink arrow?
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they dont make them in the right spine for my longbow. I shoot 600 spine arrows off of the longbow and they only make them in black unfortunately
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10-22-2009, 07:54 AM
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congrats Trav. Got a question. Did the trail cam take the picture?
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10-22-2009, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hunter10
congrats Trav. Got a question. Did the trail cam take the picture?
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no fiance took it for me. I was half asleep when I saved in computer and I guess I saved it in the wrong file.........lol never noticed it until you mentioned it
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10-22-2009, 01:26 PM
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Now that is very cool, congrats! Man I'm looking forward to getting a longbow.
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10-22-2009, 09:05 PM
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Good job !!! Nice animal...will be some awesome eating...
Good story 
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10-22-2009, 09:47 PM
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very nice - she'll be tasty mmmmmmmmmm 
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10-22-2009, 09:54 PM
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Nice going! Elk is my favorite game meat by far. I've never had calf elk, but I do know that calf moose is a LOT better than a full grown moose. That calf should be pretty tough to top for table fare.
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10-23-2009, 04:43 PM
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Awesome, Trav! Nice stalk and nice tasty animal down.
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10-23-2009, 06:01 PM
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Way to go Trav, Man your having a heck of a year!!!!!! congrats
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10-23-2009, 08:05 PM
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at a boy trav, ur having an awsome year.. congrats again !!
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10-23-2009, 08:10 PM
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great job!!!!
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10-23-2009, 10:13 PM
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U da' man!
Congrats Trav ! You're a killing machine this year! Way ta go!
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10-24-2009, 10:08 PM
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Good for you! Being a fellow longbow "hunter" (I've never harvested anything yet, but have tried) I can appreciate what you've accomplished. That should be some excellent tablefare.
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10-25-2009, 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Cowboy Al
Good for you! Being a fellow longbow "hunter" (I've never harvested anything yet, but have tried) I can appreciate what you've accomplished. That should be some excellent tablefare.
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Thanks
I must confess tho I am a compound shooter usually, but I got told by some longbow and recurve shooters us Compound shooters dont know how to really shoot, because we need training wheels. the couple of guys kind of put a thorn in my side and I have picked up the longbow and been shooting it since end of june. I have went to 4 3d shoots and won first with it against them and now this is just icing on the cake. I reallly truely enjoy the longbow and I am finding it more fun all the time, so much fun that I am not using my compound this winter to compete but using my longbow.
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10-25-2009, 11:33 PM
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Good for you!! Nice to see more guys shooting traditional bows these days.
Thats a fine Elk.
Nice looking bow too, what is it?
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10-26-2009, 08:33 AM
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Nice elk
Good Job. Nice to get something with Traditional equipment!!
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10-26-2009, 10:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by petew
Good for you!! Nice to see more guys shooting traditional bows these days.
Thats a fine Elk.
Nice looking bow too, what is it?
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Pete
This is a longbow made my Rivers Edge Recurves
Very nice smooth shooting bow. 49lbs at 28 inches
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10-27-2009, 09:32 AM
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R E R makes some nice bows. Have you seen the new VPA broadheads?
http://peteward.com/2009pages/Test.VPA.html
They are just what we have been waiting for . I am shooting the 200 and 250 grain screw in, I just heard they have a 300 grain out now.
Pete
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