| From: Schafer
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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This morning I finally had the opportunity to take a doe with my longbow, after a long 11 years since 2006 when I was 12 when I short my last with my recurve. At 8:45 this morning, two doe ran up right towards me as I was finishing up putting on an additional layer. As the first doe was running towards me I hastily grabbed my bow and by the time I was ready she had passed by, luckily it was being followed by another doe. I drew back and followed her along, almost letting down I decided to finally let it fly while she was at 18 yards walking. I was able to watch my green lumanock bury behind her shoulder digging into the far shoulder. A phone call to my father later and a painful 30 minutes later we were on the trail. Had good blood and found the feather end of the arrow. All and all she ran about 100 yards and the cutthroat did it’s job quickly. It was a fantastic morning! She ended up weighing in at 98 pounds which is about average for here and I am perfectly happy with it!
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| From: Schafer
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Sorry about the sideways photos
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| From: Knifeguy
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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What a great day, and to share it with your Dad. Lance.
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| From: Chas
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Well done S!!
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| From: Wapiti - - M. S.
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Good for you congratulations, good to see you spent the day with your Dad. It's great building memories like that together well done keep it going.
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| From: GUTPILE PA
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Good for you nice doe it's great to shoot them with a bow
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| From: DarrinG
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Huge Congrats!!!
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| From: Pa Steve
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations! I'm sure it was great to have your dad share the moment with you. That's what it's all about. Well done.
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| From: J. Julian
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congrats let’s hear about your bow and arrow specs
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| From: OBH
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Excellent, congrats on your doe!
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| From: mgerard
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Way to stick with it! Sexy looking bow, what you shooting?
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| From: crowfoot
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Great job...congrats on a magical moment
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| From: Schafer
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Shot it with a Big Rock black hunter longbow, 54@29. Using an Gold Tip Warrior shaft with a 200 grain Cutthroat on the end. Total arrow weight was about 560 with a brass insert and aluminum collar. I must say this is a budget deer hunting rig for sure. The bow was a 200 dollar special from Landcaster and the shafts were 55 bucks a dozen. Could not be more happy with it. Also for the price of this bow it shoots just as well as my Widow and Schafer I have and for a 1/4 of the price. Shot well enough for it to get the nod. It started out as a bow I was going to use at 3D courses so I could ride my motorcycle to them and throw it in the saddlebag but quickly jumped to the primary bow/
Schafer
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| From: Schafer
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Thank you everyone! It was truly a great day!
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| From: Steve Leffler
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congrats Shafer! That's awesome. Well done.
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| From: spike78
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congrats. I know how hard it is in the Northeast to connect. My last deer was three seasons ago. Hopefully this will be the year.
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| From: The Beav
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congrats! I bet this one felt great.
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| From: Frisky
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Grilled backstraps and burger coming up! Great job!
Joe
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| From: Ranger
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Awesome deer!
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| From: Gramps
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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AWESOME, Congratulations
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| From: ShadeHaven
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Great job! Ice breaker!
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| From: jwhitetail
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Man, that right there is what its all about! Great work and beautiful doe... JW
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| From: kennym
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Great job Schafer! Don't get any better than with your Dad!
I thought I was the only one with an 11 year dry spell!! LOL
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| From: woodsman
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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The smiles say it all! Congrats!
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| From: Catsailor
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Good for you. That's a great memory for you and your dad to share. My son and I hunted since he was twelve. He's 35 now and we don't hunt together, but we still talk hunting and archery. I call on him to help me drag my deer out.
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| From: Dao
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congrats! very happy for you!!! -ted
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| From: reb
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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GOOD jOB Schafer.
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| From: vthunter
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations. Very nice Doe.
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| From: joe vt
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Way to go Schafer!!
Good seeing you post here and seeing a pic of your dad and yourself.
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| From: uphuntn
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations...
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| From: lawdy
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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That's a nice doe. I hunt Northern NH and know how hard it is to even see a deer, much less connect with a trad bow. Good job and congratulations.
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| From: WV Mountaineer
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Nice doe. Doesn't even look fall there. A good bit of our leaves have turned and are gone. God Bless
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| From: LBshooter
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Wow, 11 year drought. Enjoy that fine eating doe, congrats!
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| From: Buzz
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations on your hunt.
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| From: Ken Williams
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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I love to see fathers and sons having that much fun together. A very well earned trophy indeed ! Congratulations,
Ken
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 14-Oct-17 |
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That is a fine deer and a great shot. Congratulations, trophies are measured by the happiness of the hunter, nothing more...nothing less. Awesome.
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| From: Bushytail
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| Date: 15-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations! Keep those memories going with your dad.
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| From: SJR Bows
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| Date: 15-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations
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| From: woodshavins
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| Date: 15-Oct-17 |
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That's awesome! Great deer and story!
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| From: stykman
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| Date: 15-Oct-17 |
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My nephew hunts the Northeast Kingdom so I'm well aware of the difficulty of taking a deer, any deer, in Vermont.
So, a well earned congratulations!
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| From: Clydebow
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| Date: 15-Oct-17 |
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Congrats!
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| From: Wild Bill
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| Date: 15-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations,nice story and great photos.
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| From: Huntdux
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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Good Job!
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| From: Aimsmall15
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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Awsome! Congrats and with your dad makes it more special.
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| From: Tajue17
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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good job! I used to hunt in chelsea, Vt and those big woods deer was running circles around me,,,, PLUS a big mature doe with the stick is huge in the stickbow world..
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| From: Crow
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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Thats cool. You look kinda happy.
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| From: Oly
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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Congratulations, thanks for sharing!
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| From: Stalker
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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Outstanding! Congratulations!
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| From: Fiero Furry
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| Date: 16-Oct-17 |
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and with your Dad..man, you are blessed indeed, congrats!!!! fire up that grill : )
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| From: throwback
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| Date: 18-Oct-17 |
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Beautiful doe, beautiful pictures and a beautiful shot!! Congrats Schafer!!
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| From: jerseyman
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| Date: 19-Oct-17 |
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Great day afield with dad and deer,memories forever.Congrates
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