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68"+ Longbow Kill-Pics?

Started by Tilbilly, June 09, 2007, 11:30:00 AM

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Tilbilly

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!
The older I get, the better I was.

Ron LaClair

72" Yew longbow 75#@28"

   
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Ron LaClair

68" Hill style longbows 80# and 85#@28" took a good mess of suckers

   
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

bayoulongbowman

ron isthat jim belcher???marc
"If you're living your life as if there is no GOD, you had  better be right!"

Ron LaClair

Quoteron isthat jim belcher???marc
 
Nope, it's Doug Thorton. We ran onto a sucker run when we were turkey hunting.
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Ron LaClair

70" 83#@28" Zebra Longbow

   
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Ron LaClair

68" 85#@28" Howard Hill Big 5

   
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Tilbilly

The older I get, the better I was.

Vig

Here are some long longbows with kills:

Me with my 68 inch GrizzlyBow- 70@28, a gift from my dad for graduation from UPT:


My brother Mike with his Grizzly Longbow- 68", 55@28:


My cousin Dave and another javelina kill- 69" GrizzlyBow, 55#28:



-Vig
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The worst day shooting is better than the best day at work.

tradtusker

love those old pics Ron, looks like you'v had an amazing life! still waiting on your book   ;)      :bigsmyl:
There is more to the Hunt.. then the Horns

**TGMM Family of the Bow**

Warthog Blades

Andy Ivy

Ron LaClair

A young buck (the deer not me)   :) ...  shot while stalking in the corn with a 68" 85#@28" Big 5

 
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Ron LaClair

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.

 
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Ron LaClair

A double taken in Michigans U P with a 68" 70#@28" bow by Dave Paxton.

 
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

Ron LaClair

My wife Nancy congratulating me on my buck. Her 68" 40#@26" and my 68" 65#@28" "LaClair Special" Longbows lay across the deer.

 
We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Life is like a wet sponge, you gotta squeeze it until you get every drop it has to offer

**DONOTDELETE**


Bodork

Great pictures Ron! I love the absence of camo in most of them. It CAN be done!!

Cutty47

Thank you for sharing those, Ron.    :clapper:

Buemaker

Great pics. 70-80 pound bows, man you guys are tough.  Bue--.

madness522

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!
Barry Clodfelter
TGMM Family of the Bow.

the Ferret

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:  

 
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