Hill style bow build - Finally makes meat!!! - Now a buck!! (pg 4)

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Congrats. Great when it all comes together.

[JJB]

Congratulations on your doe!  That bow is very classy looking by the way.  I'm also hunting with a hill style bow that is due for some action soon.
-Jay

[jsweka]

Thanks guys.

I forgot to mention - the reason I look like a gun hunter in the pic is because the early muzzleloader season and the youth/old dude early season rifle hunt was in and us bowhunters are required to wear orange while we're moving around.

If I do kill a buck with that bow, I'll retire it since I've got an itch to make myself another bow, plus I have that dandy Trux built for me in the swap that I need to kill something with.

[Trapper Rob]

Nice looking bow & congratulations on the deer.
Rob

[bigbob2]

terrific all round. Great to see thats its not just a show pony!

[DesertDude]

Very Cool........

[Thadbow]

Wow John, its hard enough trying to find a deer in north central PA but to find one and take it with a bow that you made is quite an accomplishment. Congrats!!  

[ny state land]

that's great, great work!

[KellyG]

congrats well done.

[J. Holden]

Nice job and good shootin'.  It's gotta feel good.

-Jeremy  

[Roy from Pa]

Congrats John.

[jsweka]

I did it!  I finally killed a buck with a longbow I made and it's the biggest deer I've ever killed.

9 point, 19 3/4" outside spread.

He came walking into me this morning at a pretty good pace and when he got to about 12 yards he paused and gave me a shot.  I rushed the shot however and it certainly wasn't where you want to hit them (just in front of the shoulder). I was worried I might not find him and it was a long track job (500 - 600 yards), but the blood kept pumping out of him and was fairly easy to follow.  When I cleaned him out, I did cut the front part of one lung.

I doubt I'll ever kill another PA buck this size and I might just retire this bow now. (Or maybe it's the lucky bow and I should keep using it.)

[kennym]

Way to go buddy!! I'm sitting in a stand right now hopin things heat up soon!!

[typical2]

John,

Nice job.  I really liked this build along.  It was one that really helped me when i was making my first bows.

Love the bow and nice buck!

Eric

[onemississipp]

Good show!

That's something most people can not say, " I killed two deer with a bow I made."

[Razorbak]

really nice John..that is a beautiful buck and with a bow you crafted with your own hands to boot!!!

[jsweka]

Thanks Guys.  Kenny's lams in action again  

The cool thing about this was that I was hunting with my brother-in-law (an unconverted compound shooter) and we were hunting close enough together that we could see each other.  We were in the same respective trees we were in last Saturday morning and I got to see him shoot a doe.  This morning it was his turn to watch me.

[John Scifres]

Do not retire that bow.  Nice buck!  Congrats.

[Roy from Pa]

Congrats, John... Nice Buck..

[Igor]

Sweet....!


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Glenn