First Trad Kill

[Trey Arentz]

This has been a lifelong dream of mine. I’ve exclusively shot tradbow until I was 16 and went on a bear hunt. I switched to a compound for that hunt which led to a harvest and a couple more years of harvests after that. I’ve always had this itch for continuously shooting traditional so I challenge myself a couple times a year. I went on a two year journey a couple years ago with only a miss to log. I went at it last fall again and ended up wiffing a great buck at 10 yards last fall and from that point on I decided to go all in on tradbow hunting once again. I’ve been blessed to have a grandfather who is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to traditional archery so I’ve been learning and filming as much as I can. Wed evening I was truly blessed. I was able to take my biggest bird to date, with my grandfathers longbow, at 6 yards. The shot was true, even though I decided to double tap him for good measure. I’m 27 now, and it has finally all come together. Hunting with a tradbow most of my life looking now has taught me to become a much better hunter, making my hunts with the compound much easier and my shots normally very close. I think this style of bow is truly something that’s in my blood, and a passion that’s indescribable. Sometimes everything comes together in a perfect way. 25# , 11” beard, 1 3/8” spurs

 

[willfrye027]

Wow that’s awesome! I can relate to the trad addiction, there is just something about stick and string hunting that gets in your blood. Now that you’ve made a kill it’s going to be VERY hard to pick up a compound...

 

[NYBackcountry]

Congrats on the bird! Awesome memory using your granpas bow. Big fan of predator camo patterns too, great choice.

 

[ArrowForester]

Congrats! Job well done!

 

[Tradchef]

Great job man!!!

 

[MadDawg]

congratulations!!! how neat that my bird with a recurve had an 11 inch beard as well!

 

[elkdog]

Good job and a nice looking bird.

 

[elkguide]

AWESOME!!!!

 

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Congratulations nice bird!!

 

[Rod in SC]

Very nice! You're hooked now! I'd suggest you sign up for Joel Turners or Tom Clums online shooting courses. I killed a lot of animals with the old pick a spot method but you'll be much more successful if you adopt a shot sequence. It really builds confidence for hunting and you'll miss and wound a lot less. Trust me on that one!

 

[Ddog]

Congrats! Still working on my first turkey, only grouse so far with the sticks.

 

[bhylton]

congrats!

 

[Where's Bruce?]

Sweet. I'm in the crowd that's still building form and preparing for a "first kill" so I understand the joy. Congratulations. Ya got blood on it!

 

[Grand Passage]

Congratulations!


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[Olyhunter]

Congrats!!!

 

[Daniel G. Banting]

What a fine bird. Your Granpa looks as stoked as you must have felt.

I really like the "Traditional Scale". Well done, congratulations.

 

[brknarrow1970]

Fantastic bird, and great first with the longbow that memory will never leave

 

[slosurfer]

Congrats! My first and only (so far) tradbow kill, was a turkey as well.

 

[Brianmp01]

Congrats!!!

 

[Brianmp01]

Haven't gone turkey hunting to much with my bow but hope to get one day