Thanks guys, but like I said it is all of you that made this one very memorable weekend. I knw the shot total was at least 82 and a ton of near misses. One of my favorite moments was when we were gathered in a field while waiting or the rest of the group and David says to Curt I will bet ya $2 you can't hit the feeder, and Bryan(Recurver)chimes in I give ya ten bucks. Well it had to be about 60yds,and Curt saysd I will take that bet and I say "Yeah, but put a hole in it and I get the money" Curt pulls back and lets it fly and Twang he glances one of the thing and says "There I hit it and didn't put a hole in it!". The money went into the ST. Judes pot!! I want to Thanks David and Curt who cooked up a little something, which was a bow made by David and some arrows Curt did for my Dad. My Dad and I talked about the hunt later and how good it made us both fell and we shared a tear as my Dad said what a great group of guys you all were and how it was the best time he has had since last years hunt. He(my Dad) is my best friend and We are both looking forward to hosting this again next year!!! I think everone had  a great time and we not only hunted we killed a bunny and plenty of stumps, balloons, sticks and leaves along the way. Greg, Lars43's son put a hurtin' on one with a nutter from a 75# bow and it rolled over and kept going. I also found Ben last night around 7.  Dad and I drove down back and yelled a few times and he was still runnin bunnies but finally gave up and came in. It is 4 now and he has only been off the couch once. It took us a day of huntin' but we figured out that if we did smaller pushes we blocked the rabbits pretty good and they exploded at the end. The first day I come walking out of a piece all bloody and I see Curt handing Mark Fedrizzi and arrow and I was like whats up with that and Mark said he had emptied his quiver as 5-6 rabbits ran by. I want to THANK EVERYONE for making this weekend one of the best of my life!!!! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Shawn the thanks really need to go to you and your family, including your wife, who not only lets you do this, but ran around for us getting lunches ready for us. What is it you kept saying, something like, "she's a good lady"?  You hit that right on the head.  Your mom and dad, my god, opening their house for the weekend to all of us and pretty much giving it up.  I don't know what to say about that, it goes a long way in describing what type of people they are.  You, all you did was organize the entire event, got permissions from landowners, and then drove every single piece yourself.  Amazing.  Nope, the thanks belong to you and yours for everything you did, so here it is, THANK YOU.
I am already planning to be there for next years hunt!!!!

David

Shawn,wish i could have made both days once again thanks to you and your family.I can,t remember having that much fun in a long time.I know it takes a lot of work to set that up,and you and your family did a great job.There was smiles all over the place.I,ll see you march 6th friend........ED    

I know this is redundant, but thanks again Shawn, Mom, and Pop for a wonderful weekend and memories that will last a lifetime.

Shawn, Glad to hear that Ben came home. Last I saw him he was running a rabbit back where Meat hit that one. I figured he probelly caught it and had a nice little dinner. We ran into a little snow on the way home but still made good time. That Shrew is sweet !!! A Shrew is now on my dream bow list. I think it's on Tom's too. Speaking of Tom he won the back quiver and a knife in the drawing. He didn't even think about it and handed me the knife and said it's yours I can share. Thanks Tom.

Oh ya my Daughter was shooting the bow Shawn gave me today. I asked her what she thought of it she said I think it's mine !!!

Bob, glad ya got a shooter for the bow!! I also wanted to Thank "Mo" for coming. The only lady on the hunt and she puts up with a lot from us guys!! Mo it is always a pleasure!! I thought we would hear from Curt but he may be blind in one eye(just kidding)after going through the multi-flora rose and getting a thorn in his eye lid. It looked bad at first, but we wiped the blood away and continued on. He is my type of hunter!! I know Meat had a good time and I am pretty sure we got his bunny, because as Bob said, when we found him he was real fat and more proof, he puked up a bunch of bunny fur twice today. I also want to say after all the kind words "Your Welcome!!!" Shawn

Starting to arrive



David(huntrdfk) shooting his self made selfbow at the steel target...ouch!!!




"Jeramy" shooting steel



"Mark Fedrizzi" with one of his arial disc hits,good shootin mark!(sorry for the blurriness)


Huntrdfk in the thick of it,that dudes tough!!

I also want to Thank everyone for the donated items for our raffle for St. Judes and our prize tables!! Keith Deters with a Herb Haines quiver, Larry Rynes(sp.?)for a beautiful neck knife, Joe Skipp for two dozen arrows, and my Dad for a self bow that we all signed and raffled off. Bryan(Recurver) for a nice wool fedora, A gerber knife by Mark fedrizza, a broadhead knife by Ed(3D Muzzy) and many more!! We raised $300 for St. Judes childrens fund!! We also had a prize table, if ya broke a balloon, or hit an aeriel, or a bouncing foam disk,  you picked a prize. We had nutters with 2005 Tradgang Bunny Hunt on them and 2005 Southeren NY Bunny Hunt, we had nocks, knives, guttin' gloves, shafts(which I won) and leather for handles, broadheads, you name it we had it!! It made for a great two days and I am looking forward to the next one!! OOOHHHHHH YEAHHH !! Shawn

Gathering up after some fast and furious shooting



Mo,Pop,Shawn,Ed(3DMuzzy),Jeramy(thanks again for the string bud),Larry



Scott(southpaw shooter) stumpin


Kieth Deters filling out his St Judes raffle tickets



Larry and Pop Leonard heading into the brush



More to come..........
     

Couple of funny things came to mind....

I came upon Pop in a super thick bottom you couldn't move in any direction let alone shoot other than between your own feet and Pop asks me, "what are you doing?" I said "I am pushing what are you doing?" he says "I am watching." I say "well have you seen anything?"

Curt mentioned David's bow reminded me when he was pushing that thick bottom and we were all on the hillside wathcing he throws his bow out of the multiflora rose, cusses and then climbs out of that mess. Those bushes can be frustrating.

Speaking of Curt's little misshap it was almost funny listening to the whole thing.  David and I were up on the hill and we hear "ooh ahhh my eyelid."  Ouch!! That had to hurt and I could see Bob crawling through that crap.  

I hope Ben did get that bunny he pushed it by me and stayed right on it after I hit it.  I think that is the same bunny he was on when we last saw him.  Shoulda used something that would stick a little better.  I thought I had him pinned but then he shook off the arrow.

Good stuff.

.........A picture tells a thousand words.................................................................thanx Curt..

                                   Mark  

I was at a point in that rose bush where I had just had it, so first the bow went out, then I busted through.

Curt and his eyelid, talking about when it happened, "I screamed like a girl"

Meat on the same drive, shooting an arrow between the legs of a streaking bunny at ten yards.

Greg, also on the same drive, driving a nutter through a bunny with a 75 lb recurve, nocking it for a loop, then the bunny getting up and running, never to be seen again.

David

Getting ready for another push.That's Larry(Lar43) to the left,he's a fine gentleman and talented too!! He donated the nicest knife I have ever seen and he made it!!



Larry with his trophy clump of fur that he took off a bunny.But it was one of those "bionic" ones and it got away.I heard the thump when he hit it,that bunny should have died!!!

Thanks Curt !!!!

Nice buddy, Thanks!! Shawn

Shawn, Check out the Griffin the guy has on the blanket. That bow is all you.

I think Shawn went out earlier in the week and handed out flack jackets to the critters. I was starting to feel underbowed at 54# lol.
Next year the pruning nippers are a must have!

Saturday crew:
Back row-lenny,Kieth D,HuntrDFK,greg,3DMuzzy,Pop,Southpwashooter,Mark F,Jeramy,Mo,Nanook

Front-Lar43,Guru,Shawn,Recurver,Larry

Curt - outstanding pix.  Thanks!!!