Happy Birthday, Bountyhunter!!

[Hot4huntin]

Happy Birthday, Derek!! Hope you have a fantastic day!! :michael::michael::michael:

[axisbuck24]

Hope you have a great birthday Derek! Now go out for a nice dinner today. :eat:

[rtread]

Happy Birthday Derek! Hope you've had some luck out there. I'm getting itchy to go....see you Thursday noon.

[BOBSTER]

Happy Birthday Derek, hope you are having a good one, Bob

[biggen]

happy birthday and good luck with teaching rtread to shoot! :err:

[rtread]

happy birthday and good luck with teaching rtread to shoot! :err:

Yah....he says he has patience. He will be tested. :hammerhead:
(got a text reply from Derek....he didn't say anything about skinning a deer or LDPs. I bet he's enjoying this great weather, though!)

[bountyhunter]

Thanks everyone!!!!

I had a great birthday, but someone forgot to tell the deer to come to the party. Actually my wife and our neighbors up in East TX showed up and gave me a pretty good party around the campfire.

As for the whole week of hunting, here is a video that tells the whole story......

P.S. Ray was starting to group with the his recurve. Still has a lot of practice ahead but he can be ready to hunt traditional next year, I'm sure of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cygI-vPpq8

[rtread]

Thanks everyone!!!!

I had a great birthday, but someone forgot to tell the deer to come to the party. Actually my wife and our neighbors up in East TX showed up and gave me a pretty good party around the campfire.

As for the whole week of hunting, here is a video that tells the whole story......

P.S. Ray was starting to group with the his recurve. Still has a lot of practice ahead but he can be ready to hunt traditional next year, I'm sure of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cygI-vPpq8

Good video Derek!

Thanks for the help and advice with my recurve. I did feel more comfortable as time went on....maybe I'll be ready by next deer season or even a late season LSBA hunt, if we have one.

Way to go achieving your 50th....you'll catch up with me in a couple of years!

Had a great time out there. Now I know what they mean by the "Big Thicket". Wow. I was sitting in my blind one of the days marveling at the growth around me. Not something this old West Texan has seen much of....lol. I had the thought "How did Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and the other early explorers in this area make it through stuff like that....no trails, no roads, no fire lanes. Amazing.

[BOBSTER]

I cannot get the video to work, sounds like you had a lot of fun. Bob

[bountyhunter]

Try it now Bob, it should work.

[rtread]

P.S. Ray was starting to group with the his recurve. Still has a lot of practice ahead but he can be ready to hunt traditional next year, I'm sure of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cygI-vPpq8
Yah.....pretty loose interpretation of "group" for me......yours looking pretty good, though.......

bountyhunter shoots elevated: (good thing OSHA didn't drive up)

2811

Result:

2812

rtread shoots flatfooted:

2813

Result:

2814

[bountyhunter]

Naw you were grouping, you just weren't consistant as yet, three of them went right where you wanted them to go. Lets just say the other two were hardheaded....:D

[Widowmaker]

Pretty good b/day when you can celebrate it at the lease! Hope you enjoyed it!

[biggen]

Nice video!! Good Job!! rtread keep shootin!!