Post by: buck man on November 30, 2011, 11:14:23 PM
I still remember my first deer ...like it was yesterday and not thirty year ago. She was a beautiful mulie doe up on badger mountain. I shot her with my grandads old 30-30 Winchester. That guns serial number is in the low 100,000's.its old!!
Now my dad is old, almost as old as that gun :chuckle: well not really, but old enough to know that joints fail and when they do it puts an end to bow hunting especially when its your shoulder.
My dad tried to continue bow hunting but gave it up 15 years ago. Then last year he got a new lease on his shoulder in the form of a complete shoulder replacement. He slowly got stronger and soon picked up his old recurve and started shooting it quite well! That's when the bug hit him hard to start bow hunting again.
It was time to start paying him back for the years and love he showed me. So at age 70 I set him up with a new Hoyt rampage with all the gadgets. It was fun watching him shoot a new compound with a release :chuckle:
He caught on real fast and was soon shooting tight groups to40 yards. And was ready to hunt. So I dropped him off at 6:45 am at a ground blind I had put up a week ago. By 8:00 am he had already drawn his bow twice and been busted twice by a five point . :'( . He was a little discouraged and took a break at 10;15 . We had a talk and I ran him back to the blind by11:00. He was ready to sit the rest of the day. I go back to doing my" honey doos" so I can go hunting and at 11:25 I get a call from my dad saying he shot a 4x4 and thought the shot was good. :o.
I told him to sit tight and I would be there in 35 minutes. I get there and we take up the trail and had good blood in the first 5 feet! We followed a copious blood trail and were soon rewarded with a beautiful young buck.!!! Thanks dad for being there and I hope we have many more seasons with the bow!!
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Post by: ANDERWAGON on December 01, 2011, 04:31:45 AM
Nice job to both of you! :tup:
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Post by: groundhog on December 01, 2011, 06:39:12 AM
I decided to put the surgery off as long as I can draw my little girlie bow but the shoulder is slowly getting worse. Is your dad completly happy with his shoulder replacement?? One of the problems I had with the surgery is they told me even after my shoulder was completly healed they did not want me picking anything up that weighs more than forty pounds. That doesnt work for me, it seems like every thing I own weighs more than forty pounds. I would be interested to here if he had any complications or if he would reccomend the surgery? thanks and great job getting dad on a nice archery buck!
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Post by: buck man on December 01, 2011, 11:56:59 AM
To answer your question ground hog, my dad has no restrictions now but had extensive PT and was very sore for quite a while. He says that it was all worth it though and now has almost no pain and is about 80% of what he used to be. His bow is cranked up to 56# and he has no trouble shooting it. I could ask who his surgeon was and pm ya withthat if you like. :tup:
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Post by: buck man on December 01, 2011, 10:31:00 PM
Thats a great story for Papa, Dad! I love ya and wish so stinkin badly I could be there this season!!!! :'(
Me too squirt! Make the plans so we can make it happen next year!!! Love ya.
Post by: doehunter57 on December 01, 2011, 10:34:37 PM
As with most of us, I to started my hunting career off by being mentored and guided by my father. He instilled a passion in me for hunting and the outdoors that will live through me and my children for hopefully many more generations.Nice Whitetail CONGRATS :)
I still remember my first deer ...like it was yesterday and not thirty year ago. She was a beautiful mulie doe up on badger mountain. I shot her with my grandads old 30-30 Winchester. That guns serial number is in the low 100,000's.its old!!
Now my dad is old, almost as old as that gun :chuckle: well not really, but old enough to know that joints fail and when they do it puts an end to bow hunting especially when its your shoulder.
My dad tried to continue bow hunting but gave it up 15 years ago. Then last year he got a new lease on his shoulder in the form of a complete shoulder replacement. He slowly got stronger and soon picked up his old recurve and started shooting it quite well! That's when the bug hit him hard to start bow hunting again.
It was time to start paying him back for the years and love he showed me. So at age 70 I set him up with a new Hoyt rampage with all the gadgets. It was fun watching him shoot a new compound with a release :chuckle:
He caught on real fast and was soon shooting tight groups to40 yards. And was ready to hunt. So I dropped him off at 6:45 am at a ground blind I had put up a week ago. By 8:00 am he had already drawn his bow twice and been busted twice by a five point . :'( . He was a little discouraged and took a break at 10;15 . We had a talk and I ran him back to the blind by11:00. He was ready to sit the rest of the day. I go back to doing my" honey doos" so I can go hunting and at 11:25 I get a call from my dad saying he shot a 4x4 and thought the shot was good. :o.
I told him to sit tight and I would be there in 35 minutes. I get there and we take up the trail and had good blood in the first 5 feet! We followed a copious blood trail and were soon rewarded with a beautiful young buck.!!! Thanks dad for being there and I hope we have many more seasons with the bow!!