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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« on: September 29, 2011, 11:27:35 pm »
I was afraid I'd have to eventually name this bow "Gopher Broke".  I was HOPING to name her "ElKebab" (Get it?) But now I find I will name her "Bear Down"  Because I had to bear down to successfully complete the bow, I had to bear down and get serious about the finer details of hunting, and also because as of today, I have a bear down!  First primitive kill other than a few gophers.  I promised myself I wouldn't post another bow until I could prove it as a hunting weapon.



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Offline barefootbowhunter

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2011, 12:14:11 am »
wow that is a beautiful bear, congrats! and a  clean kill to boot! mind givin some specs on bear down?
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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2011, 12:44:48 am »
 Congratulations! I still want to get one.
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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 12:46:33 am »
Nice work man! What a great way to lose your primitive cherry ;)  I'm glad that you can now focus on posting more bows -  I like seeing what local-ish bowyers can do with local woods.

Love the bow by the way!  I'm guessing chokecherry or Saskatoon?
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Offline lowell

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2011, 01:36:04 am »
Very nice...great hunt...great bow and great bear!!!!  Congrats!!!! ;)
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2011, 02:24:32 am »
Must be a fast bow....it stripped the fletching off the arrow when it was launched!    >:D
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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2011, 06:00:45 am »
Bear down with the bare minimum! Way to go
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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2011, 06:54:22 am »
  Nice bear and awesome looking bow.  Great job on both.  Congratulations!
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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2011, 09:52:37 am »
Congratulations on your success, and yes, you have a hunting bow!
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Offline cracker

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2011, 10:59:02 am »
Very excelent kill looks like the bow is well proven. Ronnie
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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2011, 11:08:43 am »
Beautiful Bow and beautiful Bear.Very nice job on both. :) :) Congrats. :) :)
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Offline Dazv

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2011, 11:26:20 am »
What an amzing animal make somthing nicw the that hide. Id love to know a little more about your bow maybe a pic or two??? thanks
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2011, 02:30:33 pm »
Thanks everyone for the extra kind words!  He's just a little bear, but Dad and I had to grunt to hang him up.  The weird thing is, I wasn't hunting bears yesterday, I was hoping for an elk.  Conditions were perfect to sneak up on a spot where a bull elk beds occasionally, with a steady north wind and a damp (quiet) ground underfoot.  When I heard a noise behind me, I thought it was just the squirrel that was threatening to make a fuss as I passed him, but no; it was this bear not exactly following me, but definitely walking towards me.  I turned and knelt for a steady shooting position, and he crossed to the trail about 10 yards away and stopped full broadside.  I made a perfect shot, so perfect that if I'd taped the problem squirrel over the kill zone, the squirrel would have got the double lung as well.  Couldn't believe the arrow disappeared completely out of this little 40# saskatoon (serviceberry) bow, and I've rarely seen a cleaner kill even with a rifle.  The unfortunate little bear didn't go 15 yards before he was done.

Thanks again for the interest, I'll take some photos and post the bow next week!
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Offline barefootbowhunter

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2011, 03:32:01 pm »
impressive! not every one gets to take a bear on the ground at ten yards thats somthing to be proud of regardless the size of the animal! im sure your adranaline was pumpin like crazy. i would have never thought such good penetration could come from a 40 pound selfbow always knew they were lethal never knew they had that much punch. your bow looks awesome by the way
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Offline jeffhalfrack

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Re: Bear down cause I bore down with "Bear Down"
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2011, 05:49:57 pm »
    THAT'S   SOOO   COOOL!!!!!!!  JeffW
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