Greatest archer?
01-30-2003, 08:50 AM
#11
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RE: Greatest archer?
Paul Schafer was the man!
I read that he was hunting antelope with his 80 some pound recurve out west. And he passed up tons of good bucks, but then found a HUGE world class antelope. He stalked whithin range and shot. Well when he shot the lope tuned to run and the broadhead just barely knicked the back of the lope's achillies tendon next to it's hoof. Needless to say this was a "superficial" hit and anyone would give up on it right? Well Paul tracked that lope over 10 days and 40 miles and he FOUND it (dead from the shot)!!! Amazing! He was an amazingly strong guy and a deadly shot too.
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I read that he was hunting antelope with his 80 some pound recurve out west. And he passed up tons of good bucks, but then found a HUGE world class antelope. He stalked whithin range and shot. Well when he shot the lope tuned to run and the broadhead just barely knicked the back of the lope's achillies tendon next to it's hoof. Needless to say this was a "superficial" hit and anyone would give up on it right? Well Paul tracked that lope over 10 days and 40 miles and he FOUND it (dead from the shot)!!! Amazing! He was an amazingly strong guy and a deadly shot too.
"Hey ya'll, watch this"
01-30-2003, 01:15 PM
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RE: Greatest archer?
kodiakhuntmaster, this is straight from the Shafer Silver Tip site under tribute to Paul:
"There's the story of Paul's 1984 pronghorn antelope that jumped the string and Paul's arrow broke it's front leg. Paul took off after the running antelope, keeping it in sight until it bedded. He'd try a finishing stalk only to have the pronghorn get up just before he got within bow range. The buck would bust from his bed and Paul would continue his running pursuit. When the buck ran, so did Paul. When he'd bed down, he'd try another stalk the best he could. He told me he felt it was just a matter of time. Darkness fell on the first day before Paul got him. He marked the spot of the bedded buck and walked to the nearest road, miles away, he hitched a ride back to his vehicle and hunting partner. The next morning at pink light Paul tried another stalk on the bedded buck only to have it move out once again. But he was getting closes. The second day the same story unfolded until late in the afternoon when the antelope stayed bedded long enough for the finishing stalk to come together and the final arrow found it's mark. Paul and his partner broke out the maps and estimated as best they could the distance of recovery. From where he first hit the buck to where he field dressed the animal...40...yes, FORTY MILES! Tenacity and relentless pursuit... that was Paul Schafer."
"There's the story of Paul's 1984 pronghorn antelope that jumped the string and Paul's arrow broke it's front leg. Paul took off after the running antelope, keeping it in sight until it bedded. He'd try a finishing stalk only to have the pronghorn get up just before he got within bow range. The buck would bust from his bed and Paul would continue his running pursuit. When the buck ran, so did Paul. When he'd bed down, he'd try another stalk the best he could. He told me he felt it was just a matter of time. Darkness fell on the first day before Paul got him. He marked the spot of the bedded buck and walked to the nearest road, miles away, he hitched a ride back to his vehicle and hunting partner. The next morning at pink light Paul tried another stalk on the bedded buck only to have it move out once again. But he was getting closes. The second day the same story unfolded until late in the afternoon when the antelope stayed bedded long enough for the finishing stalk to come together and the final arrow found it's mark. Paul and his partner broke out the maps and estimated as best they could the distance of recovery. From where he first hit the buck to where he field dressed the animal...40...yes, FORTY MILES! Tenacity and relentless pursuit... that was Paul Schafer."
01-31-2003, 10:11 AM
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RE: Greatest archer?
coop, Thanks for clearing that up. I was getting my information from a very old field and stream magazine that had brief overviews of various outdoorsmen. It said nothing about him making a second shot or any of the major details. He's probably my favorite traditional bowhunter.
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01-31-2003, 03:37 PM
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RE: Greatest archer?
kodiak he's one of mine also. I read an article in Outdoor Life. I want to say it was 1994 maybe? I still have it; I'll have to look it up. It was basically a tribute to Paul Schafer and it's the reason I got back into archery. Granted I started back with a compound because I was taken back by the prices of traditional equipment. I actually bought a compound, arrows, quiver, etc. cheaper than I could find a recurve at the time.
Now old Gimpy here is the reason I'm back to stickbows. He heard on the Pa conference about a year and a half ago that I wanted to make the switch back and pretty much gave me a Bear recurve to use for as long as I wanted. Less than a year later my compound was gone. Now I have 5 or 6 bows and even make my own now.
Now old Gimpy here is the reason I'm back to stickbows. He heard on the Pa conference about a year and a half ago that I wanted to make the switch back and pretty much gave me a Bear recurve to use for as long as I wanted. Less than a year later my compound was gone. Now I have 5 or 6 bows and even make my own now.
