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Old 12-09-2006 | 10:58 AM
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PAstew
 
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Default RE: Tred Barta... NOT the hard way

Anyone see the show where he was hunting for a mule deer doe?I know he wounded at least one and I think it was more and missed outright at leat 15 times before getting one. His guide told him to expect longer shots because of terrian etc. He said he needed shots around 15 yards then all the sudden he's poking and hoping out to 30-35 yards with his home made arrows and bow. Ranges he had not praticed for.
He didn't miss that doe. He hit at 15 yards and searched all day for it. Never recovered the doe. Are you all saying you have never lost a wounded animal?? He hit the bedded doe at less than 20 yards. Not 35. The bow is not of his making. It isfrom Fox archery. His arrows are cedar shatfs that he finishes and tips with a Wensel Woodsman.

Yes, he has an ego. He'll be the first to tell you that. Whata lot of you are missing is the message he is trying to send. He hunts the hard way, no electronic crap, no scent elimination clothing, no spray, no hi tech gizmo's. Just his bow, arrow and playing the wind. Like it was when Saxon Pope and Art Young roamed the California woods with Ishi. Both learning the skill and art of traditional archery from the last savage man to walk the U.S. Or like Maurice and William Thompson stalking and hunting their prey in the Florida everglades with nothing but their home made bows and quivers filled witharrows.

What he is propmoting is getting back to your most basic human nature. To be a woodsman and a hunter. To hone your hunting skills, andnot rely on the latest crap sold at Cabelas. I switched to traditional archery years ago. Got rid of the compound and tree stands. I hunt from the ground or wear mocossins, made from my own deer harvest, to stalk my animals. It is hard! But the reward of a harvest is 100 fold. Improving my hunting skills is the biggest reward. No scent stuff. No crap from this doe pee or buck spray company. Just baking soda to wash my hunting clothes and hang them on a line outside to dry. Store them with oak leaves, acornsand dirt for a cover scent.

My harvests have dropped but, when my home made cedar arrow hits its mark and the harvest complete, I give the Lord a big thumbs up and a thank you for allowing me the experience of a hunt.
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