Archery seasons is in full swing in several states now. Opens in my home state of NC this coming Saturday.

Let's see whats being tagged by Leatherwallers!

Omg, that time already:-) This is where I start going crazy looking at everyone's take. We have another month before deer season opener. I'll be sharpening broadheads and checking this thread daily. Lol;-)

We have just under a month here in Illinois. Got all my stands settled in and trails it in and widened. All sign is clear and appears solidly used. Now for the waiting game. I have the opening day off so we'll see what nature has to give :)

I set 3 ground stands today brush in natural blinds and cut shooting lanes then helped my son tune his bow and we have couple weeks yet but small game is starting, good luck Y'all!>>>----->

Our season opens at end of month

NC archery deer opens tomorrow! Looking forward to some kill pics posted on this thread soon from fellow Leatherwallers!

I'll do my best to oblige.

Jerry

My first elk, Colorado public land

Wapiti takedown 42@28

AWSOME elk there spikebow!

Wowza, Kevin! Nice bull! That's starting out this thread with a bang! Congrats!

Congrats spikebow!

Nice elk! Congratulations.

Spikebow, that is a beautiful elk and taken on public land. Well done!! Congrats to you.

That's great. Congratulations on a beauty. Jim

Great job! My grin would look like a split watermelon too if I shot that

Way to go Mr. Conner!!

Great bull man, and w/ a stik and string! Don't get no better! Congrats!

Well I guess the question of asking if 45 lb bows are enough for elk have been answered by spikebow, good job!! Congrats!!

Congrats spikebow!

Got this one on our ranch. Built a groundblind on a pit that I dug when I was in high school. Headed out in a few minutes to see if I can punch a deer tag tonight.

Better picture.

Congrats, spikebow and cubdrvr!!! Nice job, guys!

Keep em coming!!

well Here in Ohio we have three weeks till deer. However I don't think Ill be ready till Oct or Nov having tuning issues as well as elbow issues.

But If the good LORD allows I may get in the woods. If for no other reason than stress relief:)

Congrats everyone!

Merriams Tom that my Widow Longbow and I took ...... Long stalk , short recovery ... neck shot, leaning over a rock ledge at 8 yards...

Wonderful! All trophies in my eyes!!!

Looking good y'all !

Great animals fellas. I'll see if I can contribute this year with my Longbow & wood arrows.

Congratulations to all and thanks for the pictures and sharing. What are you shooting cubdrvr?

Congrats!!! Mingo

That is a bear grizzly, dual shelf, static. 1956 or thereabouts. I learned to shoot opposite side this year. That was first right hand kill of any kind.

Nice to see a variety!

Congrats cubdrvr. Nice bow too. Whats the brace height on that? Looks a little high in the picture.

Don't recall and I'm out of town for a few days. I searched online and got a ballpark if I recall and tweaked it to me. Just lies nice in the underlays.

Nice going everyone.

-Bones

While elk hunting in Idaho, I managed to sneak up to within 15 yards of this bear, made a great shot. At the shot, the bear ran right at me and stopped at a measured 12 feet and looked back. After a couple seconds, it luckily ran off to my left about 25 yards and tipped over. Very exciting !

Used my new Javaman Elkheart 46# @ 28" .

Congratulations to all that harvested, I'm jealous, I didn't get drawn for anything this year. Looks like I'll be fishing instead.

Great kills you guys! That's getting it done!

I was lucky enough to take this bear in West Central Wisconsin on 9/9 at 5:30pm. The shot was 6 yards with a 80 yard recovery.

I used my Blacktail Columbian TD longbow.

Rockingham County, NC.

Opening day evening.

The story is here

http://www.traditionalarcherysociety.com/post/1972-bear-super- kodiak-scores-9297262?pid=1300079298

Nice looking bear, gotta love those 6 yard shots!

My 2017 Mt. Goat, not my biggest goat but should make for some good sausage

Colorado 6x6 September 1st.public land,routt nat' forest,DIY, me and my brother.10 yd shot, Howard Hill longbow,58#, cedar shafts 190gr ribteks

Awesome elk fellas! Way to go!

Great animals,thanks for the pics.

Very nice indeed! Congratulations. Here in NJ, the season started last Saturday. Just the thought of venturing out to do battle with the ticks and chiggers (redbugs, to my southern friends) makes me shudder. Guess I'm becoming a big sissy in my old age.

This is killing me , missing Elk season with staples in my head

Success on a beautiful Wisconsin morning!

Nice deer Oly!

I already posted a thread since this was my Longbow kill but here's my buck tag punched for Pennsylvania 2017. I'm doe hunting now. 62" Shadehaven Timberstick. Beman ICS bowhunters 500s, 100 grain brass inserts, 75 grain steel adapters, 125 grain Zwickey Eskimo broadhead. 14 yards.

Life is Good!

Life is Good!

I was blessed to take this calf elk here in Utah in the end of August. Got her with my #48 Toelke whip longbow. 505 grain cedar arrow with an Eskimo 4 blade broadhead. She went about 20 yards and tipped over.

Congrats to all who where successful,great pictures.

Indiana opener. Tender tender ! 45# 59 kodiak reproduction beman ics bow hunters and 150g Magnus stingers

Buck tag filled in Minnesota, waiting for November in Wisco now.

Opening Morning here in Georgia. JD Berry "Vixen", Surewood Shaft

Crispin, you always come through with very nice animals. That one is a beauty. Nice job! You obviously do your homework!

Congratulations to everyone.

chenryiv,

Something wrong with that picture. Whitetails don't get that big in GA. :^) That's one tremendous buck! Good for you.

Here's a pronghorn I took on Sept. 11, in WY. It's the first critter I've taken with my Satori riser and Uukha limbs.

Wow great buck Upnorth!

Chenry great buck! You are a buck killing machine! Congrats!

Congrats to chenry & upnorth and all earlier posts!

Opening evening in ny. 18 yd shot. Hoyt spectra warf with uukha vx1000s. 35lb at 32 inches.

Squirrel

Ihunts2much great buck! Congrats! Two4 congrats on the squirell

Had some luck this evening.

Keep em coming. Huge buck chenry!

First sit of the year for me Oct 2 in Michigan and the first deer with my new Robertson Stykbow

Nice buck Paul!!

Did you take s frontal shot on it?

Not a frontal, i missed my mark and hit him in the jugular on a slightly quartering away shot but he didn't go far

You guys have some beautiful animals keep them coming. The elks and goats are my favorites,just magnificent way to go.

Buckskin, nice, you didn't waste any meat to bloodshot!

Congratulations to all of the successful hunters. I finally got a shiras cow moose tag and was fortunate enough to fill it. It was a fabulous hunt with a long time friend who also filled his cow tag. My guess is that I put 250# of meat in the freezer. The Robertson Fatal Styk came through again as well as the trusty Traditonal Only shafts and the ever deadly Wensel Woodsman broadhead.

That's awesome everybody!! I forgot about this thread and just started another one. Taken with my James Parker bamboo backed and belly "Outlaw" longbow, 51@28, with a Gold Tip Traditional arrow and a 150 grain Woodsman broadhead.

Punched my Montana buck tag a few weeks back. 18 yards quartering away, 54lb Rustic Archer Mongol, Easton Axis Trad 500, Cutthroat 150.

Wyoming, August 19th 2017. 95# Northern Mist Classic, #12 Micro-Flight and a large Ben Pearson Deadhead.

Berks Co Pa., first Thurs pm right before a wicked T-storm came through. Fedora R/D #53 @ 28, Arrow by Paul @ Elite arrows, Zwickey head.

Congratulations to all

Florence, WI #41 lb Blacktail Snakebit, Cedar arrows, Magnus Head

Congrats to all. Crispin, I'm waiting for you to kill a deer with the Berry Morning Star I sold you. I know how you love your ASL bows.

9-28-17 Mn doe 110# dressed. 25 yd shot 50 yd recovery right into the (Nasty stuff). Bear T/D 64#

Opening day here was Oct. 1st. Took a very nice deer about two hours in. Happy hunting everyone.

Doe with my Shadehaven Timberstick

Congrats to all so far!

Carpdaddy wins the unique photo contest.

What; don’t nobody else tie theirs up first before they shoot it? Lol After dragging from a thicket this old man had all he could take, getting too dark so I snapped a quick one.

Elk with my birth year kodiak, Aug 28.

Treadway Black Swamp II 46#@28. Beeman ICS hunter 340 with a woodsman head

Oct7,2017 JD Berry “ Morningstar” Surewood Shaft & Grizzly Broadhead

Pa Steve

got your order filled

Crispin delivered :>)

Got this doe with a selfbow and cane arrow with stone head

PA Steve, that “Morningstar” I got from has some good mojo on it. I took 2 doe with it last year and one with it this year. Next to my “Vixen”, she my goto bow.

Good to hear Crispin! Great shooting. James sure does make some beautiful bows. Congratulations again. Andy Man, he sure did deliver.

Lots of good mojo on this thread!

48# 1967 Super Kodiak and Microflite #7 arrows with bear razorheads.

Got my first elk on my Uncle's birthday. Wish she would have went the other way so he got the shot, but we are both happy with the results! No teeth left on top and all 4 left on the bottom were loose.

Big river hill style. 53@28 POC 125 gr. Snuffer. On the trott 10 yards trailing a doe.

Awesome buck Huggins

1967 Kaibab 58" #50@28. Autumn Orange FMJs and Eclipse 2 blade. Shot was 14 yards. Saw her go down

NICE BUCK HUGGINS!!!!!!

Congrats to everyone on their success! Here’s my buck on the 6th day of our season.

Opener here in Ohio, I got lucky at 9am. Grunted this guy in across a field. cool weather. He walked right under me. Shot at 5 yds, and he went 25 and dropped. Field dressed 210lbs. He is only a 6ptr with a kicker, but certainly thick.

tried deer heart for 1st time!

Congrats to all who have harvested game so far!

A fine 6 pointer congrats Steve!

September 28th, Wyoming. 19th day........perseverance.

Here's my opening day doe here in W.V. ... tradtech Titan 3 53# @30"

Here's my opening day doe here in W.V. ... tradtech Titan 3 53# @30"

Here's my second one of the year with my tradtech Titan 3 I'm horn hunting now....God bless

Got this 6pt with a recently acquired Buffalo from classifieds, shooting .400 spine GT's with Zwickey Eskilite.

Michigan buck with my best little blood trailing buddies. Stalker coyote

What a great looking family n. buck. Congad!

My doe. Holy Grail of Bows. 45 pounds. 160 grain Grizzly head with 75 grain steel insert.

Congrats everybody and thanks for sharing.

Hopefully....We have many more BOW-HUNTERS to add photos to this thread? GETTUM GO!

Big doe Joe. Congrats.

Great picture backcountry, love your trackers and looks like they were having a good time!

This one was from early Oct. here in WI. Stalker Stickbow, Vpa 3 blade

Shot him the evening of Oct 23rd - my daughters birthday. 236lbs dressed and one of the largest body deer I've ever shot. Double lunged him at 28yrds with an original Schafer Silvertip and acme cedar shafts. Peace Winds Mingo

I have been hunting this buck for a few weeks now and finally got a shot at him that I was comfortable with yesterday evening. He was 15 yards and and I was using my 43 # for me Samick Red Stag, 2016 aluminum arrows and 125 grain Hoyt Top Cut broadhead.

Hope to see many more successfull hunters on this thread !

Ken

Congrats Ken on your buck....and congrats to all the other successful hunters...some real nice photos above of several different critters.

That's one of my biggest thrills Ken is hunting a particular deer then having it all come together congrats! And Mingo WOW what a stud!! Congrats to you to and everyone else ! I like seeing pics of my two dream hunts to the moose & them speed goat Wyoming Antelope! >>>------>

Awesome harvests you guys. Congrats. Mingo, that is a tank of a buck. Paul is probably looking down with a huge proud smile on his face. Looks bigger than some bull elk I've seen. Pretty close to a young spike bull in size anyway. Awesome!

Doe #2 tonight. Now that the freezer is stocked I can sit on a buck without worrying about tag soup. Bucks should be cruising here soon.

Many thanks TrapperKayak - my sense is Paul was one of the best true bow hunters to walk our earth. So glad Dave and Beth are carrying on his the legacy! PS I also own 8 of Dave's bows - but Paul's will always be the go to when it heats up here in MN/Wi. ?? God bless Mingo

Bodymanbowyer longbow that is 66 inch long and 53lb at 29 inch. Easton Axis Traditional arrows and Magnus Stinger 2 blade heads. 20 yard shot with complete pass through. Deer walked about 10-15 feet and fell over. No tracking to do with this one.

Barber, that is a nice looking buck. Sounds like you put the hurt on him! Great pics everyone. Enjoy the stories as well.

-Leonard-

Here is my 2017 PA BUCK

Here is my 2017 PA BUCK

And my 2017 spring bear Quebec

Awesome pictures, congrats to all!!

Dalaa riser winnex limbs 50#@31". GT XT hunters 400.100gr brass insert muzzy 125gr 3 blade

Pronghorn LB 55@28. 7 yd shot. 8:15AM, NY

Nice buck!!

Nice to see a rack like that in upstate!! I havent seen a thick quality buck taken in NY in awhile

That's a stud!

Cold front hit Wisconsin today

Well done by all.

Damn son!

Hope you got tall ceilings in the den,,nice ole bull

SJJ,that is one beautiful buck. Trophy of a lifetime. Holy cow thats a big moose Herdbull! Some really great pictures on here,keep up the good work. Good shooting too! Congrats to everyone.

Now that's alot of bull

I love this thread. Congrats everybody!

5 minute walk from my porch.

That's the way to do it Kevin, ya can't beat a short drag. Nice doe!!

Nice buck 9/10!! I'll post his twin in a minute.

Shot with my James Parker bamboo longbow, with a Gold Tip traditional and a 150 grain Woodsman broadhead.

Not in the Frisky class but...43# BW SA acquired from LWer Tomas del Gato, tab from Rick Barbee, broadhead provided by Jon Stewart from his late father...MBH Hall of Fame Ellie Stewart. Thanks for all the good mojo goes out to these fellas and so many more!

Herbie, that's a nice one! That's a Frisky class doe, lol!

Joe

Howard Hill Tembo and Snuffers....

Hoyt buffalo. 50 lb.

Whiperstik Mojo, cedar shafts with Bear Greenies,

First time out in Wisconsin. We just moved here from mid-Michigan so time in the woods has been limited and I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity on him.

Stykbow 45# @ 30in, Easton ST Epic 500s, Nugent Blade (Magnus) 125 with 125 adapter.

New Breed RK1 50#

Looking good y’all !!!

October 28, Southern Michigan. 30 yard shot, A&H ACS longbow, Woodsman head. 177 lb 8 point.

Congratulations to all, my eyes are turning a little green ;)

Nice buck Murph, congrats!! Nice bow, too.

Congrats to everybody else that contributed since I checked the thread last, too.

Congratulations to all

Congratulations to all

Easiest tracking job ever! Shot this nice doe last night...she walked 10 yards and fell over. Shot her with a JD Taipan, Cutthroat broadheads, and Whispering Wind arrows.

Nice kills ya'll. 9/10 Broke, your buck's antlers looks like a Roebuck. Also turning a bit green...paying my dues sitting here hopefully.

Nice doe mgmicky, congrats!!

Good luck, Cal!

I'm trying to post a picture for murph, hopefully it works.

Nice doe murph, congrtas!!

No problem, I'm glad it worked and congrats again.

Congratulations to all the successful stickbow guys!

Really is amazing when it all comes together!

Here is my bull from this year - Colorado, Unit 2, DIY public land, 60# homemade bow, 570 grain carbon arrow, 200 grain Cutthroat broad head. 2.6 mile stalk, 25 yard shot, 100 yard dash and crash.

Treeline , that's awesome ! I hope to go on an elk hunt one day

Amazing Elk. Congratulations treeline

-Bones

Damn Treeline...couldn't find anything bigger :) Nice

This shot was slightly quartering toward me, only about 15 yard shot from elevated stand. Entered high on the shoulder and exited low on opposite shoulder. Complete pass through and 20 yard recovery.

11/03/17 @ 9:13 in PA. Morrison Shawnee #55 lbs Traditional Only Shaft and Woodsman Elite broadhead

That is a nice Pennsylvania buck. Congrats!

-Leonard-

You're not kidding Leonard. Nice buck man!

Congrats to all. Some beautiful animals killed this year.

This is the furthest into bow season I have gone with out having taken a shot. No more passes, time for meat. Took this one last night with my 45# VPA, GT 600, Helix head. Congrats to all.

Wow you guys are on fire this year! Congratulations.

7 point with a bob lee GR Michigan

Shot a 7 point last Tuesday. Can't post pictures but I'm eating deer jerky.

Nice buck there DLB.....Kent County?

Some nice bucks hitting the ground!

Love November!

Shot this bugger on the run too....

Good job everybody, I love 'em all.

Congrats to everyone, great animals!

Dalaa riser winex limbs 50#@31" GT XT hunters 100 gr insert muzzy 125gr 3 blade

A&H ACS CX 57@27 , axis 400 w 100gr insert, 145gr snuffer

Greg

Nice shootn

Is that a Nate Skeens longbow?

Yes, all white Sunset Hill.

Sweeeet!

Great pics. I'm heading out in a few. Hope I can add this year to this thread.

Great pics. I'm heading out in a few. Hope I can add this year to this thread.

Grunted this guy in from about 100 yds across a slough, 64" original Schafer, 57#@28", cedar shaft with Snuffer broadhead.

You guys are killing me! Some nice deer this year..,and a lot of longbow kills! Maybe I can find somewhere to hunt NEXT year. Don't think I can drag one out anymore though without stroking out.

Ontario buck - shot with my new Schafer Silvertip.

Love the white or yellow full length painted shafts. Super east=y to see and read blood sign on a hit. Easier to find unless snow. classy looking too.

Scored on my first deer this year. Went out this afternoon about 2:00 and got in my stand overlooking a reall good trail coming out of some thick stuff with several good scrapes on the flat. About4:00 a deer was coming down the trail and the wind had switched and he winded me. It was a buck but didn't get a good look at him. I did some grunting and some doe bleats but nothing. Settled back in and a little later did some more grunting. About 15 minutes later I heard one walking from in front of me and here came a buck right towards me. As he turned to the right I got ready and drew as soon as he cleared some limbs. I released and hit him in ribs quartering forward. He ran hard out of sight and I heard him crash. Shot him with my Black Widow 47#@28" with a wood arrow and 160 grain 3 blade VPA broadhead. He is an 8 point.

Holy crap oly...big bodied deer

Thanks crowfoot, he will be a good eater!

Took this good eater this evening. Taken with my VPA Vapor, 45#, 1816 easton, and a 125 gr.Cutthroat head

64" Dan Toelke longbow, 55# at 29", Bear Razorhead.

Rattled this one in this morning. Never done that before. Really cool hunt, fun to watch him come all aggressive and ready to scrap. And he gave me a 10 yard broadside shot. Grateful.

Oct 26 Crawford Co. PA - with my beautiful tracker!

Very well done guy's. A lot of really fine animals harvested so far this year. Love the pics!

-Leonard-

I was lucky enough to fill my Wisconsin buck tag on Saturday afternoon. First time I've ever filled 2 buck tags in a season, and it was the first 2 kills with a longbow. It's hard to put into words how thankful I am to have a season like this...

I took this 175# buck with a 54# Bob Sarrels Blueridge longbow. The string tracker was not needed this time but worked perfectly!

Up North, congrats on a good season. Very nice buck! gettin closer, that looks like a dandy. Great pic. Bringing this thread back up top. Season's not over yet! Lol

-Leonard-

Nice buck pdk25 Nice one for the Sooner Nation