Saturday, October 4, begins my 50th year of bowhunting in Pennsylvania. Don't know where the time goes, by golly. My first real hunting bow was a 1965 Bear Cub, 45#, and a handful of cedar arrows with Bear Razorheads. It was pretty much what I could afford on my $50.00 per week salary, but it sure shot good....much better than I could shoot it at the time.

Fast-forward a mere fifty years and I'm heading to the woods with a bow that was already about eight years old when I started hunting. It's an old Parabow, solid fiberglass. Cedar arrows and MA-3 broadheads make up the rest of my armaments. So even though we can't go back fifty years, we can still use bows and arrows that were available back then; if for nothing more than to make us a 19 year old once more. Good luck to all of you either already into or just starting your seasons. Enjoy....we don't know how many we will get.

Thanks George.Wow 5o years of bowhunting! And your using a Parabow and MA-3 broad heads? Awesome! Good luck to you too George.

Like the song says, don't blink

Hopfully you'll enjoy many more.

What's the weather like up there if you don't mind me asking?

About 80+ here and humid as all get out. Almost knee deep going in to the stand.

Saturday is calling for low to mid 60's, so I can enjoy that. Today it was 79. 8^)

Good luck George. I will be out this weekend for my first hunt this year in Michigan. God Bless and many more hunts for all of us.

Oct 1 for us in Ok. Supposed to be warm with thunder showers, I may need to wait a day, we'll see. Good luck George, if you do kill one I hope it's on the mountain at Buck's so you have a downhill drag. Happy hunting and be safe to all, Eric

Last year was my 50th year for Whitetails. Small game before that because there were no deer around here! Way things are going,I guess it was my last.

Yessir. Goodluck. Our season starts Wednesday

If I counted sparrows and blackbirds with my lilac limb bow, it would be 60 years. 8^). Fifty is long enough for right now.

"So even though we can't go back fifty years, we can still use bows and arrows that were available back then; if for nothing more than to make us a 19 year old once more."

George, I've never heard a better or more eloquent explanation for why I'm drawn to vintage bows.

THat is a lot of time, and history George. I think you hit on a great reason so many of us hunt with this gear, because many of us somehow are taken back to when we first started bowhunting. Great pic of the bow and gear. It says everything

Good luck! I'm hunting with a bow that's about 42 yrs old.

Good luck with your golden anniversary hunting season.

George, I hope you have a safe and happy season. Enjoy! Jawge

Best of luck George and congrats. Ya got 2 years on me bowhunting but hopefuly I'll make the 50,lol.

Shoot straight and Hunt safe, I'll be in the woods Wednesday on Beaver Island.

Beaver island that's where I'm going there papa doc,ha I'll be there first,with a new bow. Trad.of course,old style.One of the best ways to enjoy the hunt. 1 more day. Good hunting everyone.Jeff F

Enjoy the hunt, George. Looking forward to hearing all about it and the many more to come.

Have a great season. Will be my 58th hunting, but just my 48th bow hunting.

goodluck . hope you have fun.

That's a very hardy vintage hunting set up.

Good luck! And thanks for not being stingy with advice for the newbs :)

Love the photos and keep us posted!

Good luck George. Stay safe and enjoy!

I wish you all the best George. Hope your hunting season is rewarding and safe. God bless

Good luck George. I have been bowhunting for a mere 21 years myself. This year however will be my first with traditional gear. I feel exactly like I did 21 years ago when I set afield for the first time with a compound in hand.. SUPER excited. Thank you for an awesome post and sharing your knowledge with all of us here on the Wall..

good luck George, love to see that old fiberglass bow harvest a deer this year.

Was fifty years for me too as of last week. 5C starts 2 wks. earlier than most of the state.

Congrats George! This is my 50th year bowhunting also. Probably took 10 or 15 years to figure out what I was doing. :)

Fifty years? You're up five on me...good luck, stay safe. Tomorrow for us here.

Well Phil, we didn't have the internet experts to help us, so we struggled. 8^). You Cambria/Somerset County guys kept us in business back in the late 70's when we had our archery shop. ))

Good luck and congrats, George. Nice set-up this year.

Enjoy your season George. Happy wandering.

George, Hope your adventures are very enjoyable ..I've been hunting with the bow for about 55 years..Just about everything around that walked, ran, crawled, leaped, or flew..:)

I still feel that same attraction for basic good, functional bows and arrows..

I don't feel like I'm nine years old these days..physically anyhow..But the wife says I sometimes ACT like I'm nine years old..:) Jim

Enjoy your season George. I wish safety, fun and success to be yours. I'll kick over a big one from my side of the state to yours :)

Happy Anniversary!

Celebrating my 36th and wondering how it went by so fast and how I can still recall that first hunt so dang vividly like it was yesterday.

Here's to many many more, guys!

My son Hunter supplied the venison tonight for our meal getting ready for deer season tomorrow, all is ready at our house.

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