Old Shakespeare Kaibab. Snuffer 125 with a 125 steel insert. He went 30 yds and stopped. Tipped over in under 10 seconds, dead in under 30. #tradforlife

Awesome! Any buck with a traditional bow is a trophy in my book!

Great job on a dandy buck!

Well done, congrats.

Fantastic! Congrats on a great buck!

Bad a$$

Pretty cool.

What was the shot distance?

Well done...and a lefty to boot!

Very cool, and nice buck. I like those Shakespeare bows.

Great job with the ol' stick-n-string!

Congrats way to get it done !

Congrats 👍

11 paces.

Heck yeah ! Congrats.


I like the old Snuffers, they make a wicked hole.

Fantastic, nothing better IMO. Traditional and watch them tip over.

Congratulations

nice

Wait, I thought there were no bow hunters on this site. And how come you didn’t use some super high speed low drag infrared thermal heat sensing self sharpening don’t ask no questions bout’ my bow hunting expertise new fangled better than everybody else’s gear. Besides everybody knows you can’t kill anything with a bow that was built in the 60’s. I think you’re pulling our leg.

Just kidding of course. Job well done. Shart things could take a lesson.

Great buck and nice bow.

Thank you all. I shot my first trad buck with that same bow 20+ years ago off the ground. I was using cedars then but the broadhead was the same. There's been a lot of bows in between and several others I love but that Shakespeare just fits me perfectly. I actually bought an exact match to it to keep in reserve in case I ever blow this one up.

Congrats! I wish I could that do in Germany. But bowhunting is illegal over here. How old is the bow? Are you the first owner?

Awesome stickbow buck!

Congratulations on your harvest. This is my second year hunting with a traditional bow. Haven’t connected yet but I’m having fun. I’ve missed four nice bucks in the last two weeks all under twenty yards. Traditional archery is a humbling experience to say the least.

Outstanding sliver slinger Buck! I trad bow myself and knowing that any animal is a trophy, yours stands tall!

Cheers from rainy VT

Don't give up! Pick a hair, don't drop your bow arm and "peek", and follow through. It is humbling and even really good traditional archers miss sometimes, but when you connect it's a feeling like no other.

Well done

got your arrow back too. what weight arrows and heads?

Very nice!

Well done!

Nice buck, congratulations.

congrats on a great hunt

Congrats on a great hunt with a traditional Bow. 11 paces, it doesn't get any better than that. That must have been exciting.

Great success, congrats.
I’ve killed many with a wheel bow, but I don’t have the skill that’s needed for traditional archery.

Wish he was my freezer!

Nice! Congrats!

Good work.

Congrats on a great buck! Love those old Shakespeare bows, they were always way under rated in my opinion. Good Job!

Outstanding! That is a nice buck. Good looking bow. Wish you luck on the next hunt. Trad Hunting is a blast.
I have an old Bear Grizzly I take out sometimes with my home made shafts, stone points for ground hunting on my place.
I took a turkey with it two years back. Just lucky.

Mike

Nicely done!

Well done

Awesome buck and bow! Congrats 👍

After harvesting a Tom with my longbow this year, I’m all horned up to kill a buck with it now 🦌🦌

Very nice and way cool!

Very nice. I'm seeing those Shakespeare bows from time to time. May have to pick one up. Any preferred model?

Stan I don't have a lot of history with the Shakespeare line. This one is a X-27 Kaibab and for me, it has THE best grip of any recurve I've shot, and I've shot a lot of them. LOL As a matter of fact I bought an identical bow to this one that's sitting in reserve in case I ever blow this one up. The Shakespeares that I've shot have what I would call a palm swell and fill my hand perfectly. FWIW I've also shot a X-26 Necedah which was a little lighter poundage but basically the same bow.

You might find this link interesting if you are looking at different models.

Root and Shakespeare bows

I've seen that site! Looked at a few Root bows too. There are so many great bows out there!

If you guys haven't tried one of Dan Toelke's Montana Whip bows you really owe it to yourselves to try one, if a feather could fire an arrow, really unbelievable.

Nicely done, congrats!