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Don't get many birds with the longbow, still have a lot of fun.


Do a little better with the Simson 16ga


South Dakota a few years ago with a 16ga Sterly


tunes

That was an early day in the season and if I remember correctly, the temps were in the 40's.


Today the temps are fore casted for mid 20s. We have not received much snow and if we don't get a good snow fall soon, next year is going to be awful dry and habitat will really suffer.

Long bow, Tunes! Wow! I remember the days from my college years when I tried bird hunting with a recurve. I seem to remember connecting with only one bird and the arrow was tipped with a four arm spring head.

RCC thanks and I when I get back up there I will be sure to let let you know. I meant to drive over and see Daryl and Anne but life interfered. Handsome lab you have.

Nice Rudy. Did you kill anything with the bow?

Best,


Mike

Mike,

Here is one from a little hunt I took these good folks out for in the opening week this year. Recognise anyone?

Your hospitality was nothing less than phenominal.
Shelby is an extraorinary dog.

Thank you for the kind words Bob, but it is real easy to be hospitable to gracious people.

Please come again. The bird numbers are bound to improve and you all are lways welcome.

Happy campers, and sweet rewards, after a great day chukar hunting:

Mark, now that is a good picture of the gun, the environment, and the bird. It all "fits" and makes a wonderful composition. Tell me again about the stock decoration and how you did it. Really beautiful.

Love those matching grins! That DOES look like "chukar country"!
Once I was hunting dogless in a place like that and took a shot and remember thinking "Oh crap, I HIT one!" (they were going downhill fast when I shot). I also remember being the bottom dog in one of those big V-shaped canyons and taking an incomer flushed by one of the guys up higher. The dead bird almost took my head off! Chukars can RUN uphill darn fast and they can FLY downhill near supersonic.

You got that right Mike. The slope I shot the bird above on was so steep that after I hit it about 40 yds away, it rolled about another 50 yds downhill. Briar made an amazing retrieve for me. I was so proud of him.

Daryl, thank you. It was pretty simple really. Buy an old beat up hammer gun with nice engraving, pistol grip and cheek piece, polish the metal, tighten the action, convert it to straight grip, remove the cheek piece, carve in leaves on the wrist, checker around them, and paint your dog, chukars, your dad, and a rooster on the sides in silver paint. A couple dabs here, a coat of finish there, and voila! Done. Like I said, easy