Here's a couple of my favorites from this past season: I saw those turkeys everyday until the season came in  . The sunset is a spot right behind my house.

Jegs- tell that little guy I LOVE his hat!!  That's my fave kind too...

Some old pics. Just boys having fun!

One of my fondest Christmas's was when my mischievous brother found Santa clause's packages a month before xmas.    And there it was, two little red fibreglass longbows and three cedar arrows.   Every day I'd sneak up in the attic to look at that bow.  I couldn't wait to open it.  A month was a long time.    I can imagine them two boys with their bows. 

More from 2024 season

I mentally self-debated on this, but I will share it.  This is the saddest image I have ever taken in my life.  I still have tears in my eyes as I type this 11 years later.



Months after this happy day afield bunny hunting the adult in the image, and the young man pulling his hat down, (and his mother), were dead.  The youngest in the image beside his father was not harmed.  But the father shot and killed his wife, his oldest son (aged 10), and then himself.

Please, if you have demons - seek help. 

Nathan, the boy tugging his hat, and I were bumming together all day and he was a hoot. Tragic.

Sorry to hear that.  Yes, much trouble in my family over the last 15 years as well.  I see some pictures now that appear happy and normal to most people , but that now conger up negative feelings due to later circumstances.    Hard for me to look at them. 

But another way to look at this picture could also be that , at that moment in time,    On that very day, they were all happy.  If they could have had all days like that things might have been different.   But at least for that moment in time that family was happy. And everything was ok. And you were fortunate enough to capture it. 

one from last September in the mountains

Charlie, I remember that sad day. Sorry to hear the tragedy touched your life.

1968 Bear Tigercat

Oldie but a goodie.

Those weight tubes keep blowing my Nock's out.  I'm going to have to glue the tube in place. 

This was my second trip to the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado in 2010. Someone forgot to inform the elk we would be there but I did have a wolf within 25 yards of my ground blind twice within 2 hours. Made my trip just to be so close to such an incredible animal.

my host, Kenneth and myself at the head of Salt Creek Trail.


me on the trip in


home away from home


my daily kit

And here is some archery history; Gary Davis and Mark(Pappy) Baggett at the Tenn. Classic a year or 2 before Gary left us for the Great Hunting Grounds.



myself and Gary Davis at the Classic

Pat B , Those Colorado pictures, that looks like a good time bow hunting from that ole canvas tent.  I notice you got the fur tracers on the arrows. Do they work?  I'd try them.

What were you hunting herdbull.

A funny day