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Name: Urban
Country Harvested: Slovenia
State/Province: OTHER
Year: 2015
Type of Game: Other Animals, Trophy Room
Equipment Used:

palmer bow 55# 28 60″ on my I get out 60# 340 spine Easton arrow zwicky broadhed

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Name: Gregg Garrison
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: South Carolina
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

62″, 40# Samick Sage take down recurve bow, Beman Centershot 400 arrows, 125 grain Muzzy Phantom broad heads, solid red and white barred 5″ shield cut feathers on white wraps with white H nocks

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Largest recurve buck to date. Also arrowed a running coyote with the same set up earlier in the season.

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Name: BENSTEAD
Country Harvested: Spain
State/Province: OTHER
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Other Animals, Trophy Room
Equipment Used:

ACS longbow with Traditional Only shaft and Woodsman Elite broadheads.

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Old Beceite Ibex

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Name: Mike Bowerman
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: Oklahoma
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

Samick Sage 60# 5 inch shield cut feathers Zwickey Eskimo 2 blade

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My first traditional archery deer and won’t be my last. Think of trying the Zwickey Delta for the bigger cut. What made it better was my daughter was with me when I got the deer.

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Name: JAMES FROST
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: Kentucky
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

21st Century Longbow (59lbs), 3Rivers Wood Arrows (55-60 spine), Zwickey Eskimo 2 Blades (125).

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12 years ago I transitioned to longbow, wood arrows and dumped my tree stand for the ground. Inspired by the one and only Tred Barta of course and I’ve never looked back. Only used a gun a handful of times when I was desperate to put meat in the freezer. It’s been the single hardest thing I’ve ever done thus far. I’ve had and made every excuse in the book! To far, to close, snuck behind me, no shot, rushed my shot, winded me, shot and missed, seen me, missed seasons due to military deployments, and the list goes on. 12 years of excuses!! I have dreamed for 12 years about the first kill. Will it be a buck, doe, monster buck or Bambi. I’ve had people laugh, try to tell me how to hunt or to catch up with the times but I carried on anyways because it’s what I ENJOYED. I used to hunt the conventional way, with a compound bow in a tree stand but I didn’t enjoy it anymore. My enjoyment is competitive in nature, getting good at something! I was good with a compound bow but I still to this day have not mastered traditional archery. But nothing could have prepared me for my hunt on 12 November. This particular day after what I thought was just another hunt coming home empty handed after missing a small buck, (First deer I had drawn on in two years). I saw a big bodied deer with its head behind a log and I began my stalk. I got within 25 yards when he just barely raised his head from behind the log enough for me to see antlers and lots of them. I drew my longbow back just like I had several times before and let the wood fly with no regrets. To my amazement it made impact and that’s when I saw this monster buck drag another monster out from behind the log. I ran to about 5 yards and stuck him with another arrow for good measure to seal the deal. He had already killed the other buck and had locked antlers. Absolutely a gift from God! I don’t believe I missed that small buck earlier that morning on my account, I believe that was gods way of telling me to pump my brakes because he had better plans just around the corner. I don’t share the story to impress you, but only to impress upon you….don’t ever let anyone tell you how to dream let alone, influence your dreams because the feeling of success taste way to sweet. They were both 10 pointers, one weighed 187 and the other 176. Taxidermist estimated that one was a mid 150 class and the other mid 140’s. They will now go on my wall just as they perished, locked up. I would like to personally thank Tred Barta for his inspiration and 3Rivers Archery for their unwavering support! God is great

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Name: Johnathan Karch
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: Kansas
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

Tomahawk Bow, the Original Woodland Hunter. 56# @ 28″, 62″.
Port Orford Cedar wood arrows, tipped with Woodsman broadheads Original Series 125 grains.

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Was my first time hunting Kansas. This bruiser came in about 15 minutes after I was set up. I took a 17 yard quartering away shot. He ran 70 yards and collapsed. On gutting it appears I cut the artery 1″ above the heart. He weighed in at 282 pounds! Hard to see, but he is an 11-pointer too (right droptine is split and has 3 points there).

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Name: Mike Kelly
Country Harvested: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

55lb Hoyt buffalo. Beman ics 400 bowhunter arrows. 100gr brass insert with muzzy 125gr phantom.

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10 yard shot from the ground.100 yard recovery .

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Name: rich floyd
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: Tennessee
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

Boblee Bicentennial recurve with Stabi-lock.
60″amo-56# @ 28″. Easton Axis traditional 500 with 125gr Magnus 2 blade.

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Called this buck up out of the creek after he was done battling another buck. 2 series of 2 doe bleats, and a grunt. Shot at 15yds, the Magnus blew thru the left shoulder and out the ribs on the other side. Recovered him about 50yds away.
Oh by the way, sold my compound!

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Name: Greg Hintz
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: Wisconsin
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Trophy Room, Whitetail Deer
Equipment Used:

45# Timber Creek Cobra, 500 Hi Plains, Nocturnal Nock, 150gr Woodsman Broadhead 3 blade, Cat Quiver, Nomad Camo

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I was sneaking around the woods and I seen him sitting so I never stopped moving drew my bow and shot through a small opening in branches to hit him.

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Name: Craig Morris
Country Harvested: United States
State/Province: Oklahoma
Year: 2016
Type of Game: Hogs & Javelina, Trophy Room
Equipment Used:

100#@28″ Bama Bows Tribute, Easton 2317 XX75, 250 gr Wensel Woodsman, Selway Quiver

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I feel absolutely blessed that my 6 year old son was with me on my first big game traditional archery harvest

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