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tim roberts

October 07, 2008, 11:12:00 PM
Last spring I got a Selfbow in a trade with Frenchy Manny.  Sometime during the year I decided that I was going to take an animal with the bow, or.........well lets not go there, not a good thought!
Just before my second trip to Montana I got some arrows ready for the bow, it was kind of a mix, 2 grizzlys, and 2 Wensel Woodsmans weighted with #6 shot to 150 grains, both sets of arrows flew extremely good.
On Sunday morning on of the "WW's" got the call to be the first arrow on the string.  Somewhere around 07:15 a deer was spoted making a beeline that would bring her right in front of my stand.  As she passed behind the limb before the on her way to the opening, I came to full draw, as she cleared I picked a spot, and loosed the arrow....It was like poetry in slow motion, I saw the arrow leave the string and watched the whole flight, the coolest part was watching the feathers dissapear in her chest.  The deer made a 180 turn and ran back out in the field, only to expire a few seconds later!
As I got out of the tree to retrive my arrow everything I saw was comfirmed by the color change of the arrow.



This was the first arrow that I shot out of this bow at an animal, and the first taken with a selfbow!  :thumbsup:  
I think I am hooked, this winter I am going to try to make one!
Tim

TGMM Family of the Bow

I guess if we run into the bear that is making these tracks, we oughta just get off the trail.......He seems to like it!  
My good friend Rudy Bonser, while hunting elk up Indian Creek.

allanburden

#1
October 07, 2008, 11:18:00 PM
Congratulations!
"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another." Ernest Hemingway

vermonster13

#2
October 07, 2008, 11:22:00 PM
Well alright Tim!

It's almost like I was there. LOL

I have some more Mojo heads for you.
TGMM Family of the Bow
For hunting to have a future, we must invest ourselves in future hunters.

Winterhawk1960

#3
October 07, 2008, 11:23:00 PM
Way to go Tim !!!!!!!!

Nice armguard ya got on there too...  :campfire:  

Winterhawk1960
What if you woke up tomorrow, with only what you thanked God for today ???

Pat B

#4
October 07, 2008, 11:26:00 PM
Congrats. I'm still looking for my first with my own stuff.     Pat
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

Ybuck

#5
October 07, 2008, 11:29:00 PM
Terrific! Congratulations!
Steve.

Firstarrow

#6
October 07, 2008, 11:30:00 PM
tim,

congrats!

You and Preacher must have had a good time.

Can't wait to hear the rest of the stories...
Being first, making a mark and being part of
something great!
Rich

May you keep the wind to your nose, have the patience of Job, and have your Firstarrow fly true.

Bowferd

#7
October 07, 2008, 11:33:00 PM
Congrats Tim, Nice picture and that is a fantastic looking bow.
Been There, Done That, Still Plowin.
Cane and Magnolia tend to make good arrow.
Hike naked in the backwoods.

tim roberts

#8
October 07, 2008, 11:33:00 PM
Hey Rich,
Hows it going?  Yea he got his first Whitetail Monday night, but he can tell you all about it, His story!  :campfire:
Tim

TGMM Family of the Bow

I guess if we run into the bear that is making these tracks, we oughta just get off the trail.......He seems to like it!  
My good friend Rudy Bonser, while hunting elk up Indian Creek.

Bakes168

#9
October 07, 2008, 11:55:00 PM
Congrats on that nice doe!

Bakes
"A hunt based only on trophies taken falls short of what the ultimate goal should be...time to commune with your inner soul as you share the outdoors with the birds, animals, and fish that live there"
-Fred Bear

James 2:19-20

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Chris Surtees

#10
October 08, 2008, 12:07:00 AM
Way to go Tim!!!

Over&Under

#11
October 08, 2008, 12:51:00 AM
Excellent!!!!  Hooked is a good place to be!
"Elk (add hogs to the list) are not hard to hit....they're just easy to miss"          :)
TGMM

Frenchy

#12
October 08, 2008, 01:32:00 AM
Brillant! Nice doe.
What is your bow's poundage ?

Benny Nganabbarru

#13
October 08, 2008, 02:22:00 AM
Wow! Great bow, and great deer!
TGMM - Family of the Bow

Kevin Bahr

#14
October 08, 2008, 03:35:00 AM
Congratulations, Tim.  I didn't recognize you without the old handlebar 'stache...

JEFF B

#15
October 08, 2008, 06:01:00 AM
congrats bro!!! fine deer and whats more a fine shot  :archer:
'' sometimes i wake up Grumpy;
other times i let her sleep"

TGMM FAMILY OF THE BOW

4runr

#16
October 08, 2008, 06:27:00 AM
Well done Tim!
Kenny

Christ died to save me, this I read
and in my heart I find a need
of Him to be my Savior
         By Aaron Shuste

TGMM Family of the Bow

Firstarrow

#17
October 08, 2008, 07:03:00 AM
Tim, PM sent...
Being first, making a mark and being part of
something great!
Rich

May you keep the wind to your nose, have the patience of Job, and have your Firstarrow fly true.

tradtusker

#18
October 08, 2008, 07:41:00 AM
awesome congrats
There is more to the Hunt.. then the Horns

**TGMM Family of the Bow**

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Andy Ivy

longbowben

#19
October 08, 2008, 07:42:00 AM
Congrats  :thumbsup:
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