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[8pointer]

So much respect for you traditional guys! Great pictures!

[BeerMe]

Thanks for rekindling this thread, enjoy seeing these pics. My hats off to you fellas, the most challenging of approaches. I'm guessing the most rewarding as well!

[flywise]

Way to go Leo!!

[flywise]

So much respect for you traditional guys! Great pictures!

Thanks for rekindling this thread, enjoy seeing these pics. My hats off to you fellas, the most challenging of approaches. I'm guessing the most rewarding as well!

You guys should join us! go buy an old 40-45lb recurve or long bow off craigs list and get to having fun
Chances are, you wont want to use anything else after a couple months of practice

[old goat]

Theboowhunter bill you are holding back on us. I've seen a book full of pictures with that legendary Bow. Glad you posted. Some Old sawdust grinder in sout Texas has a heck of a record in his book. Bob

[trad"Doc"53]

Words can not express the sense of accomplishment I felt thanks to my mentor chunky for the bow the tips and the tools and my father for the passion for the outdoors and the god for sending this beautiful creature. [ATTACH]671339[/ATTACH]

From the looks of that shot placement you were an excellent student! Congrats to the first of many more to come.

[little john]

Thanks doc chunky says im a front runner in the new comer of the year award not sure thats true but I am very passionate about the sport I took this doe almost seven months to the day of picking up a recurve just a testament to chunky willing to teach my eagerness to learn anyone is welcome to come and practice with us most tues or thurs at the lost cow ranch

[Phillip Fields]

Don't have pictures, but first trad kill was a rabbit in 1958 with a Shakespeare fiberglass longbow. First big game was a doe in 1994, taken with a recurve built for me by a friend.

[coop]

Don't have any pictures of my first kill. Didn't even own a camera back in 1957. First kill was a rabbit and my second kill was a coyote trying to get into our chicken house with a 30# Shakespeare recurve which I still have and Bear Razorheads. My son learned to shoot with it but my grand kids aren't all that interested. I didn't start taking pictures until late 70s and still didn't take pictures of all my kills. I didn't really start carrying a camera full time until the late 90s. Pictures just didn't seem all that important to me back then.

[Straitshot]

This was like around 30 or 35 years ago. I used a custom Bighorn, my first custom bow. Was taken at what was then known as North Concho Lake. It is now know as O.C. Fisher State Park.

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[loco cacahuate]

This was like around 30 or 35 years ago. I used a custom Bighorn, my first custom bow. Was taken at what was then known as North Concho Lake. It is now know as O.C. Fisher State Park.

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those were the good ol days Lewis.

[meangene1969]

Foley Recurve, 22 yrds.

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My first crttier with my first bow - 45 lb Samick Sage

Old school Zwiky - buried arrow to the fletching


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Check out the Hotter;n Hell video in the video forum if you want to see some live trad kills.

[Straitshot]

Wesley "Peanut",

Those were the days Carl Newsom, his son, and I hunted bow hunted at North Concho Lake every season. We would hunt from October through December with bows and arrows. We had some pretty successful seasons. I wish it were still possible to hunt out there like we use to. Since the State took it over there are thousands of acres where bow hunting is no longer allowed and there are so many good deer out there. I have never understood why they don't open all the area to archery hunting. Same thing with lots of areas around Twin Buttes.

[flywise]

Don't have pictures, but first trad kill was a rabbit in 1958 with a Shakespeare fiberglass longbow. First big game was a doe in 1994, taken with a recurve built for me by a friend.

Don't have any pictures of my first kill. Didn't even own a camera back in 1957. First kill was a rabbit and my second kill was a coyote trying to get into our chicken house with a 30# Shakespeare recurve which I still have and Bear Razorheads. My son learned to shoot with it but my grand kids aren't all that interested. I didn't start taking pictures until late 70s and still didn't take pictures of all my kills. I didn't really start carrying a camera full time until the late 90s. Pictures just didn't seem all that important to me back then.

This was like around 30 or 35 years ago. I used a custom Bighorn, my first custom bow. Was taken at what was then known as North Concho Lake. It is now know as O.C. Fisher State Park.

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I never really took pictures before i took up trad about 6 years ago. Wish you guys had some old pic's to share.
Nice pic straightshot