Ozbow

After having these movies for some time I think they are worthy of a review. Fred Eichler is the man behind these 3 great flics which is all pure traditional, he hunts everything with a take down recurve bow and some of his companions hunt with long bows. Their harvests include hogs,moutain lion,turkey,whitetaildeer,carabou,muskox,bison,javalina, pronghorn,bowfishing,elk and bears. the footage is clear and steady, the sound is second to none this guy puts together a film and is very entertaining. I would rate it 9 out of 10

BEAR

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Thanks Bear.

It's on my "To Buy" list.

Oliver.

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I've just finished watching Traditional Hunts 2 and overall, I've got to say, it's fantastic. The opening scene is incredible, as is the moose hunting segment involving the use of a canadian canoe. It's interesting to see how different some types bowhunting in the US is compared to Australia. In the DVD they hunted pigs from a tree blind situated near a feeding station.

I was a little disappointed with the mountain lion hunt where dogs were used to "tree" the animal and the unfortunate animal was basically executed at short range with an arrow, but apart from that, I found the DVD truly worth buying and viewing.

Mick

I must be getting senile in my old age. The DVD to which I was referring to above was actually "Traditional Adventures 2" and not "Traditional Hunts 2". Oh well ........

Mick

Mick Smith wrote:I was a little disappointed with the mountain lion hunt where dogs were used to "tree" the animal and the unfortunate animal was basically executed at short range with an arrow, but apart from that, I found the DVD truly worth buying and viewing.

Mick, I thought the same thing the first time I read an article about a fella bowhunting mountain lions. So I wrote to him asking about it. To give some context, this fella has been living in either Montana or Alaska hunting big game for longer than I've been alive. He's hunted everything big, scary and hard to get to in N.A., Australia, Africa, all over the world. To summarise his comments, he reckons chasing his dogs as they chase a lion up and down mountains is easily the most physically demanding hunting he's ever experienced. He also said in all the decades he's spent in lion country, hunting other game, bird watching, fishing etc, he's seen exactly two lions. They're supernaturally sneaky. If you want to hunt them with a bow, you need dogs. It's still not a hunt I'd be interested in I don't think, but I have a different attitude towards it after reading his response.

Jim