Well, I'm kind of pumped. I'm going to Wisconsin again to hunt with friends and build a new self-bow. I'm gonnaput some ratlle snake skins on this one. Every year, I hope to make one with Gary Davis at our club when he visits for our big shoot, but I end up working the shoot. We did end up making one though for my son a few years back.
Looks like I'm going just before the doe only hunt in an earn a buck unit. We had a great time in a different area last year and I saw a brute of a buck. He was walking though at 30 yards past me and I didn't feel good about the shot or stopping him. He was also headed straight toward my friend so I didn't want to alert the buck. He ended up crossing though just the other side of the ridge from my friend, he heard him walking but never seen him. I'm guessing he went about 160 class.
Just wanted to share.
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"I do not Hunt animals to Kill them. I kill animals because I Hunt." Roger Rothhaar
Awesome Bob!! Wisconsin is a great state to deer hunt in. I use to go out there back in the day but I haven't in a while. I plan on getting back over there in the next year or so. Good luck to you!
Good luck Bob! I used to head up to Northern Wisconsin every year to fish, but since I started my own business I haven't been able to get away. I hope you have a great hunt.
Make time to work on a bow--made my first one this year, and trying to figure out how I can make time for a few more! Made mine at the TN Classic--Gary was there, but I got my "adult supervision" from Mark "Pappy" Baggett (he's won Primitive Archer's bow of the month several times, and I think he won bow of the year at least once).
At worst, plan on coming to the TN Classic next year--first weekend in May. Gary will be there, Pappy will be there, along with several more experienced selfbowyers. Everything you need is available, including staves (some are pretty cheap). Come early and stay late--I hope to go up no later than Tues. or Wed. next year. Heck, I may not even shoot in the tournament next year--making shavings and sawdust was too much fun! Only bad part is I still need to learn a lot more before I tackle one on my own, but I'll get there sooner or later.
Chad
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
Thats pretty good for you Bob! Good luck to you this year out there in Western Wisconsin! Great country! We got hit pretty hard this last couple of weeks with the rain! They're predicting the worst ever mosquito hatch this year in the southern half of Wi, they should last us well into mid december!....Bring your Thermacell!!!
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Big River Longbow 66" 52# @ 28"
Big River Longbow 66" 47# @ 28"
Big River Longbow 62" 52# @ 28"
Big River Recurve 56" 52# @ 28"
NewWood Longbow 58" 45# @ 28"
Thanks for the info Joe, and hey, I can use that backtag you got me again!Good thing I saved it. Never saw a back tag as large as the one Wisconsin requires.
We'll try to make it LBR, only problem is that Turkeyseason startsthe last weekend in April and now that my son got a taste of it, I may be taken.
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"I do not Hunt animals to Kill them. I kill animals because I Hunt." Roger Rothhaar
Bob, holler at me if you can make it to TN. I might have a way for you to have your cake and eat it too.............
Chad
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
Thanks for the info Joe, and hey, I can use that backtag you got me again!Â*Good thing I saved it. Never saw a back tag as large as the one Wisconsin requires.
We'll try to make it LBR, only problem is that TurkeyÂ*season startsÂ*the last weekend in April and now that my son got a taste of it, I may be taken. Â*
Cool Bob!!! I always thought the same thing about the back tag being to BIG!!! The thing that changed my mind was how Cha Vang was caught, ya know the guy who killed the 6 hunters in Rice Lake, Wi. One of the victims that was wounded wrote Vang's DNR number in the dirt on the ATV he was hiding behind while Vang was walking away from the murder scene!!!
What unit are you hunting in this time?? Did you put in for a fall Turkey tag for that area as well, you never know?
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Big River Longbow 66" 52# @ 28"
Big River Longbow 66" 47# @ 28"
Big River Longbow 62" 52# @ 28"
Big River Recurve 56" 52# @ 28"
NewWood Longbow 58" 45# @ 28"
We'll be near Black River Falls. I'm not sure which unit that is. But I know it is still in an earn a buck unit. I think I will get a fall turkey tag, it would have came in handy last year. It doesn't seem like Wisconsin's non-resident tags are all that bad money wise compared to other states. Some of those fox squirrels were aweful tempting last year also.
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"I do not Hunt animals to Kill them. I kill animals because I Hunt." Roger Rothhaar
Going back to Wisconsin again this year..
I'm gonnaput some ratlle snake skins on this one. Every year, I hope to make one with Gary Davis at our club when he visits for our big shoot, but I end up working the shoot. We did end up making one though for my son a few years back.
