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PeteDavis

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Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« on: December 30, 2008, 08:11:20 am »
Allegheny County Virginia  12-25-08

Took an eight mile hike with the new hickory bow I built from the Rudder stave. Completely roadless area, Wilderness capital "W". Stump shot all day...tons of bear sign, turkeys were around, flakes and debitage in all the sags. All in all, there's no better way to appreciate a hickory bow than to take it on a LONG walk! We both shoot  a little better now.

And here's a northern red oak....this is what you get when you leave them alone for 250 years!

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Offline Auggie

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Re: Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2008, 09:06:41 am »
Pretty amazing to think that mighty oak was once a tiny acorn.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2008, 10:40:16 am »
Nice story, Pete. It's great you can hike that far. Thank God. That really is a giant tree. Jawge
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Re: Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2008, 12:35:39 pm »
Not long ago (before European colonization), that tree would have been average.....I can only imagine what a different world the Native Americans lived in.....  :)

Good story.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2008, 01:18:27 pm »
We have some that size here in Pennsylvania....if they just could talk.  We're only a hop and a jump north of you here in Pa., and we also have a lot of State Forest land that you can get lost in.  Thankfully, it will stay that way for awhile.  I'm also learning a new appreciation for the hickory bow....just got one and am enjoying it.   Thanks for sharing.
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On still he goes with back berond of cedar shafts with feather frond;
for him the great success you see, is not to get, but just to be,
amidst the oak and the hickory tree.

Offline Little John

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Re: Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2008, 08:30:25 pm »
Cool walkabout.    Kenneth
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Offline Jesse

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Re: Rich Hole Wilderness/Hickory Bow
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2008, 08:36:09 pm »
Thats a big ole tree and looks like you got a really nice bow there too. Any pics of that?
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