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2021-22 Traditional bow kills

NMSbowhunter said:
For a nuisance animal that does millions of dollars a year's damage to crops and land the hogs sure enjoy quite a bit of protection here on our public land. But, then again, it's not like their population could grow much with 8 months of uninterrupted protection on a few million acres, now could it?
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EXACTLY!!!!!!!
 
Here are a couple from 2021–2022 Season.
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The first three were taken with my JD Berry Heritage (shelfless) Longbow 49# @ 26”, Surewood Douglas Fir Shafts and VPA and Badger Broadheads. The last one was with my BigJim Desert Bighorn 52# @ 26, Surewood Shaft and Simmons Interceptor Broadhead.
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chenryiv said:
Here are a couple from 2021–2022 Season.
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The first three were taken with my JD Berry Heritage (shelfless) Longbow 49# @ 26”, Surewood Douglas Fir Shafts and VPA and Badger Broadheads. The last one was with my BigJim Desert Bighorn 52# @ 26, Surewood Shaft and Simmons Interceptor Broadhead.
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This dude is a killer!
 
chenryiv said:
Here are a couple from 2021–2022 Season.
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The first three were taken with my JD Berry Heritage (shelfless) Longbow 49# @ 26”, Surewood Douglas Fir Shafts and VPA and Badger Broadheads. The last one was with my BigJim Desert Bighorn 52# @ 26, Surewood Shaft and Simmons Interceptor Broadhead.
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Great work with those trad bows. I am a big fan of the Hill style longbow. That JD Berry looks great.
 
Lol I couldn’t kill a decent buck with a compound. Then this guy kills 4 deer with a longbow! That is seriously awesome. Someone said he is in a podcast? What’s his name? And or the podcast? Thanks. Oh and anyone who’s shoots Big Jim’s bows I like!
 
After rereading this thread I’m definitely in full agreement that you guys are all cooler than I am. (Compound guy)
 
Sorry in advance for the length of this post but I am celebrating, and Id like to share. Today is opening day of turkey season here in Michigan. My wife got her first bow kill of any kind and it was big gobbler with her recurve. She is shooting an old unbranded 66" recurve I bought off craigslist for $10. It pulls 27lbs at her 24" draw length. She is shooting 480 grain arrows with a magnus stinger 2 blade. We have been practicing a bunch and I put the decoys at 4 yards from the blind. This bruiser came in and attacked my jake decoy. She hit him high and forward in the neck but he bled out. It was an awesome hunt.

My wife did some hunting with me when we were dating over a decade ago. Back then she shot three turkeys and one doe with a gun but she never got super excited about it. I was fine with that as I never pressured her to hunt long term. I just wanted her to shoot some deer and turkeys so she could better understand my passions. After she got a few animals she decided to stop going. Three years ago when I switched to traditional archery she was reading a book about marriage that encouraged her to try to participate in some of my hobbies even if she didn't love them. She told me that if I could find her a low poundage longbow or recurve she would start shooting with me in the yard. I found a cheap recurve and she loved it. She said it was much more fun than shooting her compound. She shot it really well and inside 15 yards she was (and still is) more consistent than me. Because of the light draw I ruled out deer hunting for her but I began to think it would work for turkeys if we kept the shots within 10 yards. I came up with a great idea for practicing shot placement. I borrowed a projector from work and projected videos of turkeys on a target in our basement. As soon as she shot I would pause the video and we would discuss the placement. It gave her a lot of confidence.

We had an action packed hunt with birds gobbling in two directions. She made a good shot and it was an awesome hunt. All day she has been saying that it was by far her most fun and most exciting hunt she has ever had. She said she wants to go watch me try to shoot one next week and she wants to do it again next year. I never expected her to get into hunting again but a traditional bow made all the difference. I am rejoicing at the great hunt God blessed us with today and a wife who is not only my wife but also my best friend. This day will not soon be forgot.
 

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Anyone who can kill a gobbler at 4 yards with a recurve has accomplished something awesome. Congratulations young lady on a fantastic hunt! Tyson, you are a lucky man. If she can get to where she pulls about 35 pounds, and is interested, there should be no reason a deer within 12 yards would stand a chance.
 
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