Norseman & Greatplains Bows Christened

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Norseman & Greatplains Bows Christened

#1 Post by Guy Layton » Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:55 am

Hi Guys,

I thought a few may like to have a little look at Nathan and I christening our new bows... :biggrin:

Nathan was sporting a Nick Lintern Osage Selfbow and I was carrying a Greatplains Anniversary Edition... 8)

Nathan managed to take a beautiful one arrow kill on this young nanny... It was his first selfbow shot on game, with the goat going down within 20 meters... What a great start to the morning... :mrgreen:

Here are a few pictures leading up to it...
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I managed to blood the Greatplains on a nice young billy... It took me about an hour to get into a position for a confidant shot...

Here a few pictures of the of my hunt... :biggrin:
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This is a pop hole I managed to crawl through to get close...

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This is where I flicked my arrow from... He was feeding just in front of that log...

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Obviously this is my broadhead embedded into the log...

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As you can see the billy wasn’t going to be too hard to find... :wink:

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And here is the end result...!

I hope you all enjoyed...!

Cheers Guy... 8)
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#2 Post by bigbob » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:04 pm

thanks for the photo story guy nearly as good as being there[not!] excellent!
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#3 Post by jcm » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:14 pm

Good One Guy.
Well done Nathan.
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#4 Post by Nephew » Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:11 pm

Gotta love that! Onya, fellas!
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#5 Post by Gringa Bows » Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:55 pm

Good Stuff Mate :biggrin:
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#6 Post by hazard » Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:26 pm

Onya Lads

Good to see a Quick Hunt still happening.

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#7 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:32 pm

Good onya fellas and great to see. I like the look of both ya bows too. :biggrin:

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#8 Post by rodlonq » Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:05 pm

Congratulations Guy and Nathan. Very nice blooding both bows on their first trip out.

Cheers....... Rod
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#9 Post by discord » Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:17 pm

Great pics and write-up! Two very purty bows, too.
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#10 Post by Buranurra » Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:38 am

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#11 Post by longbow steve » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:28 pm

Well done Nathan and Guy!
Bit of a buzz aye Nath?
The Great Plains looks nice Guy, did we see a write up on that? Cheers Steve
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#12 Post by RobHunter » Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:14 am

well done guys

Nice star with the new bows

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#13 Post by Guy Layton » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:02 pm

Thanks guys for you nice comments... :biggrin:

I have been exclusively been shooting the Huntsman for quite a while now... But when Nathan said he wanted to blood the Osage bow, I thought it would be best if I blooded a new bow too... :lol:
longbow steve wrote:Well done Nathan and Guy!
Bit of a buzz aye Nath?
The Great Plains looks nice Guy, did we see a write up on that? Cheers Steve
Yeah Steve, no write up as such yet.... I have wanted the anniversary edition ever since they first came out... I just stumbled across this bow on another site and I had to grab it...! It was in new condition and shoots like a dream.... I'll post some pictures up on it soon...!

Back to shooting the Huntsman again... bring on the rut...! :mrgreen:

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#14 Post by Ian Turner » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:46 pm

G'day,
What draw weight is your great plains and what arrows do you shoot with it.
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#15 Post by Guy Layton » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:28 pm

Ian Turner wrote:G'day,
What draw weight is your great plains and what arrows do you shoot with it.
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Hi Ian,

The bow is 55# @ 28 inches. Which is exactly the bow I would've ordered if I was to buy it new...

The arrows I was using on this hunt were 55-60 German pine shafts and the broadheads were outback traditionals....

Cheers Guy
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#16 Post by Macca » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:00 pm

Well done boys , Guy you say you have been shooting the Huntsman of late . What poundage is it and AMO ?


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#17 Post by Guy Layton » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:28 pm

Macca wrote:Well done boys , Guy you say you have been shooting the Huntsman of late . What poundage is it and AMO ?


Cheers.
Hi Macca,

Check this link out.. :biggrin:

http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12710
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#18 Post by Macca » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:07 am

Guy Layton wrote:
Macca wrote:Well done boys , Guy you say you have been shooting the Huntsman of late . What poundage is it and AMO ?


Cheers.
Hi Macca,

Check this link out.. :biggrin:

http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12710
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#19 Post by nathan77 » Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:19 pm

Thanks guys for your comments . It's always good to get out for a hunt with my good mate and to both come away with kills is awesome . And yes steve I am hooked completely on both my Osage and yew selfbows I just love them .
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#20 Post by Jeffro » Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:26 am

Nice one Nathan,
now for a few pigs hey .
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#21 Post by nathan77 » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:08 pm

Thanks Jeff . A pig is by far my next goal but as of yet I am not able to stick one. I am able to stalk in close enough and then I get swine fever :sad: and shoot low just behind the front leg it has happened three times now , I bet the next time I shoot straight over it's back :lol:
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#22 Post by lanky » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:27 am

Great story and great pics!! :biggrin:
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