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10-17-2021, 11:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Alberta
Posts: 318
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First whitetail with Trad gear.
Well, after a decade of hunting exclusively with a trad bow in bow season. I finally harvested a whitetail with the recurve bow. The night before I had missed a shot at a 4x4 whitetail buck at 20 yards. Could hardly lift my bow or draw. Discouraged and kicking myself I decided to sit at the same spot last night. 15 minutes to last light I stood up and turned around and a whitetail doe was staring at me. I slowly went back down to a kneeling position and after a few minutes she still decided to walk past me at 22 yards and stopped to stare at me broadside. I drew,breathed out, released. The arrow was a complete passthrough and she dropped 50 yards away after jumping a fence in the pasture.
Every year I spend 3 full weeks bowhunting and as discouraging as it feels and the want to pick up a compound again or head to a WMU where rifle is open. It sure is satisfying to finally achieve a traditional archery harvest.
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10-18-2021, 12:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Congratulations! That’s a long wait to complete a dream but you did it.
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10-18-2021, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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Congratulations, hunting with tradtional gear is difficult but the success is much more gratifying, at least it is for me.
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10-18-2021, 06:49 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
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Very well done....sometimes ya gotta grind it out!
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10-18-2021, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: A bit North o' Center...
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That is so cool. Congratulations on your first trad bow deer!
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10-18-2021, 07:24 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Lloydminster
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well done bud patience and perseverance
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10-18-2021, 07:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sunset House
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Congratulations!
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10-18-2021, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Rocky Mtn House,AB
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Great job!...
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10-18-2021, 08:00 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,287
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Congrats! your sticktoitism paid off!!
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10-18-2021, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 7,334
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Good on you for sticking it out to complete a personal goal
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10-18-2021, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Stoked!!!
Well done and congratulations. All the frustrations, misses, blown stalks, practice, dreaming and opportunities you could have with other tackle are worth it! My wife calls my trad bows the starvation sticks... but that's not the case in your house. A true milestone and something to remember.
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10-18-2021, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
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Very cool, grats!!!
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10-19-2021, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Calgary
Posts: 695
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Major accomplishment right there. A lotta respect for that success. Congratulations.
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10-19-2021, 11:07 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Dodge City
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Awesome nice work.
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10-20-2021, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: East of the big smoke
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Congrats.
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10-20-2021, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Okotoks, AB
Posts: 532
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That’s amazing, congrats man! Well deserved!
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10-26-2021, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Mayerthorpe
Posts: 22
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Congratulations on your harvest on truly hunting "the hard way". I almost exclusively hunt trad, so understand the hardship...and the fulfillment!!
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