Nothing against short bows. They have their place/popularity. And maybe it's a dog days question as well. But love to see some pics of harvests with your looong bows!
72" Yew longbow 75#@28"
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Yew-bow-coon.jpg)
68" Hill style longbows 80# and 85#@28" took a good mess of suckers
(http://tradgang.com/ron/ron51.jpg)
ron isthat jim belcher???marc
Quoteron isthat jim belcher???marc
Nope, it's Doug Thorton. We ran onto a sucker run when we were turkey hunting.
70" 83#@28" Zebra Longbow
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/longbow%20rabbit%20pie.jpg)
68" 85#@28" Howard Hill Big 5
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/buckskin%20bowman.jpg)
:thumbsup:
Here are some long longbows with kills:
Me with my 68 inch GrizzlyBow- 70@28, a gift from my dad for graduation from UPT:
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z135/jrvalc/100_1714.jpg)
My brother Mike with his Grizzly Longbow- 68", 55@28:
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z135/jrvalc/mjvhog02.jpg)
My cousin Dave and another javelina kill- 69" GrizzlyBow, 55#28:
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z135/jrvalc/Davehog2006.jpg)
-Vig
love those old pics Ron, looks like you'v had an amazing life! still waiting on your book ;) :bigsmyl:
A young buck (the deer not me) :) ... shot while stalking in the corn with a 68" 85#@28" Big 5
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Cornfield_Buck.jpg)
A cold weather Michigan buck that I shot with a 68" 90#@28" Osage bow by Brian Pridgon. The man with me is Linn Clark who was shooting a 70" 80#@28" longbow of his own make.
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/90bow.jpg)
A double taken in Michigans U P with a 68" 70#@28" bow by Dave Paxton.
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Twodeer.jpg)
My wife Nancy congratulating me on my buck. Her 68" 40#@26" and my 68" 65#@28" "LaClair Special" Longbows lay across the deer.
(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Nancys_buck.jpg)
(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u301/kirkll/Finished%20Bows/DSCN1264.jpg)
I have had a chancwe yet
Great pictures Ron! I love the absence of camo in most of them. It CAN be done!!
Thank you for sharing those, Ron. :clapper:
Great pics. 70-80 pound bows, man you guys are tough. Bue--.
Great pics Ron!!! Yep you guys are tough shooting 80-90# bows but what is tougher is that there squirrel shot with an 85# bow and the arrow didn't go thru it. Now thats tough!
Another young buck pic..me not the deer ha ha. The deer was a 134# dressed Kentucky doe. The bow a 68" Martin ML10. Think the hunter was 38 at the time (much older now)..geez look at that old (new at the time) Crumley tree Bark camo :biglaugh:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/theferret111/Martinlongbow.jpg)
68" Bamboo backed Osage shot at 12 yards.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/aeronut/DSC00017.jpg)
Dennis