The Biggest Day In the World!
Is There Any Gift Better Than Your First Bow?
A BOWHUNTER IS BORN
Here is a snapshot of one of the biggest days of my life, Christmas Day, circa 1967 (I’m the tall one on the left).
In this case I got exactly what I wanted, at exactly the right time in my rapidly expanding outdoor universe. I am forever grateful, for a bowhunter was born!
As you can see, my little brother is quite happy too. He has spent his share of time behind the bow, but turned his enthusiasm to boating and saltwater fishing off of the Jersey shore. But that's another story.
My sister never became a hunter, but I give her credit where credit is due. She had to live with us, and later, put up with whatever wild game we managed to drag home for dinner. However, her husband does hunt. She has become a wonderful cook of venison and other wild game though, and I would like to think that I had something to do with that.
Thankfully, there have been a few decades of bowhunting adventures since.
Long live young boy’s, the still wild piney woods of southern New Jersey, and bows.
Give a boy, or girl, a bow today!
A selection from my personal book collection:
A Friend I Am
Friends Of The Hunted: A Story For Boys
by Jewett, John Howard
First edition. Hard cover. Dodge Publishing Company (1909)
Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. With gilt decorations on front cover and spine. Bound in red cloth, with some light wear at edges. Internal crack. Quite scarce in any condition, particularly in First Edition
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Hi @huntbook love this post, however, if my family had to rely on me to bring home wild game I am afraid they would all starve. For every attempt I ever made at shooting an arrow, as soon as I pulled back the string and took aim, and then let go of the arrow it would drop at my feet. So yes the family would starve. LOL @racykacy
That does make it hard to acquire dinner. I can tell you, though, as long as I have been bowhunting my effectiveness does not seem to increase. In fact, I think I am a downhill slide. Still trying...
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