1 November 2008
My Dad Bags His First Archery Deer of 2008
Posted by Darrell under: Whitetail Deer .
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My dad took his first deer of 2008 last week. Congrats to him! When I was younger, my dad was addicted to archery hunting. This was in the early days of compound bows and dad just loved them. At this time, over 20 years ago, I was an avid traditional archery fan and he was really into the much more modern and faster compound bow. He used to tease me all the time about how slow my 45# recurve was compared to his huge, heavy compound.
He would explain the benefits of speed and let-off, etc, etc and I would scarcely pay any attention. I was perfectly happy shooting a recurve and had no interest in compounds. Well, it is amazing how times change. I now really enjoy shooting a compound bow and citing all the virtues that my dad was sold on years ago (I still love shooting a recurve too).
Dad just got back into archery hunting after a hiatus of about 20 years. He was so busy working he just couldn’t take time for bow hunting and he got away from it. Now, with a little encouragement, he is back and loving it. Interestingly, though, I think my dad is still shooting the same bow that he shot 20 years ago. We tease him relentlessly when he shoots with us as it must take his heavy metal arrows and massive tips two or three times longer to make it to the target than our carbon fiber arrows (seems this way at least). We all swear we can see a significant arch in his shots from 20 yards and we tease that his equipment is probably collectible by now!
Anyway, he has taken our teasing good naturedly and assured us that when the time comes he can still make his shot count. “If it was good enough then, why isn’t it good enough now?” is his logic.
He obviously has gotten the last laugh. He has connected with and dropped a deer with his one shot so far this season. You can’t argue with those statistics! BTW, I did shoot my first archery deer of 2008 a few weeks ago out of the exact same stand from where he got his. Dad was watching and waiting on a nice buck when the doe came in and gave him a shot that he just couldn’t pass up (no bucks were present when I shot my doe). “Always Take the Bird In The Hand” was his response to my questioning. No venison eater can argue with that sound logic.
Congrats dad on a nice deer and a great shot - albeit with ‘ANTIQUE’ equipment.
5 Comments so far...
Arthur Says:
1 November 2008 at 6:30 pm.
Congrats to your dad. It just goes to show that all the modern equipment is nice, but definitely not needed.
Tom Sorenson Says:
3 November 2008 at 11:23 am.
Haha! I am from the same school as your dad, it sounds like! I’m shooting a bow that probably should have found its way to an antique shop long ago - but as long as it gets the job done, I just hate sending it away! It’s like kicking an old friend to the curb.
Congrats to your dad - gonna be some gooood eatin’!
Cesar Moves Says:
18 November 2008 at 5:49 pm.
Thanks for the great info. I hope you’ll follow this with some more great content.
Adam Says:
25 November 2008 at 10:06 pm.
Congratulations to your dad! My dad taught me everything I know about deer hunting. I cherish every chance we get to hunt together.
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