Calling the shot early again. My son and I are on a little hunting trip and I only have cell service when I drive out in the evenings.

Archer's choice for the weekend. Shoot any shot you like for your daily First Shot and share the details.

God Bless,

CD

Good luck and enjoy your weekend together.

Kindly

Good morning First Shot gang. Just checking in to say "Hi" to old friends and let you know I'm still kicking around the woods. Health problems that took me out of traditional archery continue and a couple more years of wear, but I don't plan to give it up yet. Love of archery and the outdoors keeps me going as long as I am able.

Not a traditional kill, but a bow kill just the same. Wanted to share my good fortune with old friends. Huge 8 point take this season. Blessed with another gift. OK, give me a break, I know it l's a crossbow, but at least it is a recurve.

I’ve been having some tough days lately, so thought I’d hange things up a touch... Screwed a Magnus 4-blade onto one of the footed cedars and took this on kneeling at about 18, with a little more cant than usual...

Just a shade to the right of the ball, but just a bit less than 5” low.

Straightened up the stick and tried again from about 15.... prone.

Hmmmmmm.....

Would have expected more in the way of durability....

GF,

they probably heat treated the steel for hardness, but I doubt they went out of their way to do any-kind of tempering to bring back right amount of elasticity. too time consuming.

if so, this is about expected durability when dealing with hard torquing hit..

stiffer/rigid the steel, easier to break/shatter, specially if it is thin. and the BH did break where it is narrowest.

Nice buck James. Good to see you posting and great to see you huntin. Looks like a very nice recurve kill to me.

Very nice Buck James. JF

Congratulations on your crossbow hunt and success.

Great-looking buck Ol’ Vet! Wasn’t there when I posted earlier...

I dated a gal for a while after she’d had extensive surgeries and was in a wheelchair.... Life is about what you CAN do; better that the spirit is still willing!

Good thought, Ted - one of the great things about this board is that we have so many guys who know so much about such a wide range of subjects...

Nice buck Ol' Vet. Good for you!

I took an 18yd shot today with my "new" Carroll's Gentleman Jim's using the string that came with it, and after I gave it a closer inspection and a much needed wax application. Brace height seems high to me too, 9-5/8", but it shot the arrows straight. Using 2114 arrows that I made up. I was shooting at the antlers and just missed each of them. I'm going to have fun tuning this bow up. This string combo is really noisy! I hope that you all have a good weekend. Lance.

Got rained out today.:^(

Nice shooting everybody and Great buck Old Vet!!

Thanks and good luck, Chad.

nice buck old vet! congrats on your success!! -ted

46# flagella Dei.25 Yards. Batman I am Starting to get the hang of it.

Hey Old Vet! Good to hear from you. Wondered where you went! I havn't been on here either....same scenario. Sometimes gettin' old sucks. Havn't been out in the woods hunting for 3 yrs.now.....but plenty of trips to the Mayo Clinic! Take care bud! And the rest of you.....keep shootin' ....I'm living vicariously through you all! Maybe next year?...... Steve

Think about you a lot 'Vet....good seeing and hearing from you. And you also Steve. All our best always; Bill

Six shots. Two at 30 yards ( white arrows ) and four at 20 yards ( red arrows ).

1990s Bear Hunter TD.

60#@28"

Cedar arrows.

First shot this morning,well with a camera :-) Have a great day everybody, I'm heading home. JF

Safe trip Jeff. Stood at the target and tossed arrows back and did a walk up from where they stuck. Turned out to be 23, 19, 17 & 15. 23 & 17 are side by side, 15 top & 19 low right. Now it's off to church. Thanks CD and a great Sunday to all.

15 yrd, 1/4 away, through obstructions while crouched/hunched over. 1st pic shows the hole i shot through. 2nd pic shows the hit. finally got a good 1st shot without hitting high. Used my 51# Yellowstone Hunter with Herritage 150s with 200gr points.

Got the Sage out, tis the season to work on form and shot sequence. High and right, was going for center. Follow up shot was centered but still high.

My FS today was 38yds. using maddog machete. no photo as I undershot it about 4 inches and arrow bounced off from back stop.

took 5 more shots all hit the same area, just under the target, I was consistent at least :).

and finally got it on 7th arrow.

Hope everyone have a productive and joyful day today! -ted

After the rain on Saturday, it was cold and breezy on Sunday. Got the other Morrison Cheyenne out with the low grip and tried some cedars at the elk target. Roundabout 39 yards. This picture shows the shot.

Here is the result:FS was the forward shot, second one the right upper and third was the low right one. Gotta love those snakeskins :-))

Here is the result:FS was the forward shot, second one the right upper and third was the low right one. Gotta love those snakeskins :-))

Sorry for double post.

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