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Goodness, how can you forget the ones who started it all.

Dr. Saxton Pope and Arthur Young



BC, I agree up to a point and that is only because Young and Pope learned their skills from another fellow.And that fellow is none other than Ishi! Ifit were not for Ishibow hunting as we know ittoday would befar different. Ishi is one awesome dude, a Native Indian from northern Californiawho was well skilled in the ways of his forefathersbeing fromthe Yahi tribe. Iwould be willing to bet everything I own that if Ishi were alive today that he could out hunt the best of us including fellows like Chuck Adams who by theway always has a guide by hisside.

Here are a couple of very inforative links that explain further who Ishi was.

http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/hist/ishi/

http://www.gilanet.com/amerabo/ishipage.htm