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Longbow Tom #17165490 04/15/22 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Blacktail53 OP Campfire Tracker OP Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon First harvest with the John Strunk Longbow is this Oregon Rio. It took two shots... the top limb hit the top of my blind and sent the arrow off course! BT53 "Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq Elk, it's what's for dinner....

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17165507 04/15/22 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,283 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,283 Northern USA congrats nice job ! LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17165561 04/15/22 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 26,389 Minnysoda G Ghostinthemachine Campfire Ranger Ghostinthemachine Campfire Ranger G Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 26,389 Minnysoda Great job, excellent bird.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17165747 04/15/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,118 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,118 Texas You done good, took me years to get one with a bow

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17165753 04/15/22 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,729 North Carolina C colodog Campfire Tracker colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,729 North Carolina Congratulations on a great bird and thanks for sharing the really nice pictures! "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17165893 04/15/22 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,665 S.W. Wis L LEADMINER Campfire Regular LEADMINER Campfire Regular L Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,665 S.W. Wis Yes-good job and great pics!

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17165901 04/15/22 Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont PintsofCraft Campfire Regular PintsofCraft Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont Very cool! Great pics too! Congrats

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17166135 04/15/22 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,118 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,118 Texas I’m gonna go week after next, got eye fixed, hoping multifocal lense helps my bow shooting. It couldn’t hurt it, cataracts suck.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17166205 04/15/22 Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 994 R Region6 Campfire Regular Region6 Campfire Regular R Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 994 Bad a$$

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17166540 04/16/22 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,160 florida 2 257 roberts Campfire Regular 257 roberts Campfire Regular 2 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,160 florida Good for you, congratulations

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17167075 04/16/22 Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,136 PNW R ribka Campfire Ranger ribka Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,136 PNW Congrats. That's quite of an accomplishment to be proud of

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17168197 04/16/22 Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont PintsofCraft Campfire Regular PintsofCraft Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 2,621 Vermont Two more weeks till we VT’ers can go gobblin’.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17168750 04/16/22 Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 176 oklahoma J jd9770 Campfire Member jd9770 Campfire Member J Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 176 oklahoma Good for you! It’s fun hunting with a longbow.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17169316 04/17/22 Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,983 North Central Ohio H HunterShooter58 Campfire Regular HunterShooter58 Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,983 North Central Ohio Congrats! That's very rewarding! I Learned a long time ago to Separate My Want's from My Needs! A man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do! Know Thy Self! TRUMP DID WIN!!!

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17169450 04/17/22 Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,030 Florida J jc189 Campfire Tracker jc189 Campfire Tracker J Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,030 Florida Congrats, Good Job. Glad you got a chance for the second shot. I have only shot 1 with a bow. Not an easy task.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17171269 04/17/22 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,942 B bbassi Campfire Outfitter bbassi Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,942 Nice! Well done. They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17172320 04/18/22 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,283 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,283 Northern USA i mis the days of my long bow archery and again good to see a great picture of a long bow ,bowhunter and a dead turkey . here `s a another congrats ! Pete53 LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17173922 04/18/22 Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,694 Michigan, In , Boon S saddlering Campfire Ranger saddlering Campfire Ranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,694 Michigan, In , Boon Congrads, on the Tom! My longbow days are over, but used Strunk selfbows, still have 2, one I made one of John's classes. Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!

Re: Longbow Tom saddlering #17174134 04/18/22 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Blacktail53 OP Campfire Tracker OP Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Originally Posted by saddlering Congrads, on the Tom! My longbow days are over, but used Strunk selfbows, still have 2, one I made one of John's classes. I sent John, a couple of pictures of the Tom. I think he was tickled to see that his bow was being used to good purpose. I hope to meet him at one of the Trad shoots this summer. BT53 "Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq Elk, it's what's for dinner....

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17174931 04/19/22 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,000 Cass Co, MO H Heeler Campfire Regular Heeler Campfire Regular H Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,000 Cass Co, MO That is flat out awesome! And what a rope of a beard! He went over yonder way

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17175315 04/19/22 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,069 Kansas skeen Campfire Outfitter skeen Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,069 Kansas Originally Posted by Blacktail53 First harvest with the John Strunk Longbow is this Oregon Rio. It took two shots... the top limb hit the top of my blind and sent the arrow off course! Nice! Great job!

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17176973 04/19/22 Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,689 K Ky221 Campfire Tracker Ky221 Campfire Tracker K Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,689 Good stuff....congrats.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17183936 04/22/22 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,638 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,638 Midwest Well done man! Congrats. WWP53D

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17197155 04/26/22 Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 330 AMERICAN FORK U Utahunter Campfire Member Utahunter Campfire Member U Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 330 AMERICAN FORK Excellent job and a beautiful bow. I love seeing success photos with bows that don't have training wheels on them. You've done it the hard way, the right way.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17197875 04/26/22 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,054 IA Hawkeye_Reloader Campfire Regular Hawkeye_Reloader Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,054 IA Congrats!

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17225332 05/06/22 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Blacktail53 OP Campfire Tracker OP Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Hey, thanks for the kind words, all 👍 I’ve been out a couple of times since and it has been pretty quiet. Still hoping for another opportunity, but time is getting short and our John Day River float trip is coming up quick. BT53 "Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq Elk, it's what's for dinner....

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17226630 05/06/22 Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 3,501 MartinStrummer Campfire Tracker MartinStrummer Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 3,501 I've taken exactly one turkey with a bow. Like you, I don't care for compounds. Congrats on a fine bird and a commendable method of take. Awesome all around.

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17228838 05/07/22 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,756 Minnesota D dale06 Campfire Outfitter dale06 Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,756 Minnesota That’s amazing, congrats! I’ve taken many turkeys with a compound bow. Doing it with a longbow takes it up several levels! NRA Patron

Re: Longbow Tom Blacktail53 #17247782 05/13/22 Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 325 Desert M MonkeyWrench Campfire Member MonkeyWrench Campfire Member M Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 325 Desert Nice! You've inspired me. I might take my bow rather than the 870 this weekend. The Rifle is the Weapon of Democracy