I just got my grizzly bear skull scored after cleaning it and letting it dry the required 60 days. The skull was officially scored at 24 13/16". Almost an inch larger than the required minimum score to enter the Boone and Crockett all time book. Check out the story here: http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/a/Grizzly_Bear_Hunt
Category Archives: Traditional Archery
Second Traditional Archery 3D Target Shoot
At the local club in town today there was a 3D shoot, first part of a triple crown competition that I wont be winning 🙂 I was using my ChekMate Falcon recurve 50# @ 28" draw with Easton XX75 arrows. I had fun, but it was a challenging course and I lost a few arrows, …
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First 3D Shoot With Traditional Gear
well, I took my recurve bow to the Chad Davis Memorial 3D shoot at the Abby Fish and Game Club this weekend. It was my first 3D archery shoot with traditional gear so it was a challenge, I did good on the first 20 targets, but when I started up the mountain doing the steep …
More Recurve Practice
I filmed my latest session of traditional archery practice. I was shooting my 55# @28" draw ChekMate Falcon 60" recurve bow with some aluminum arrows fletched with turkey feathers. I am getting better than when I started and my 20 yard groups are starting to get respectable.
My ChekMate Falcon Arrived
I went to the post office today and picked up my recurve. It is a Falcon ChekMate Recurve 60" long and 55# @ 28" draw. I was sent a dozen arrows with it so I began shooting indoor at the archery range today. I was not consistant with it, but sometimes I showed a little …
Wood Arrows as a Gift
Today my father in-law presented me with some traditional wood hunting arrows with glue on fixed broadheads fletched with real feathers . He bought them off a friend who found them for a bargain price at a garage sale. You never know what you will find there. The arrows are painted with a little cresting …
Waiting for my ChekMate to arrive!
Since my compound bow and all my bow hunting stuff was stolen, I have to start all over again. I have long thought about shooting traditional archery and figured this is a great time to invest traditional archery tackle and begin a new relationship with a more primitave method of hunting. I found this used …
Trying out Traditional Archery
Today I went out to the ridgedale club and a helpful member agreed to let me try his traditional long bow that he built himself along with his yellow cedar arrows. limbs were made of elm wood and had a 55# draw at 28". I really liked the feel of it although it was more …