Originally Posted by mzzy

I was 15 and it was opening day of gun season 1982. All the club members at kirksey hunting club couldn’t believe I was going to bow hunt on the opening day of gun season. I was shooting a Martin cougar magnum, xx75 2016’s with 125 satellite head. My treestand was a baker climbing stand that I was using like a lock on. I had put the stand in place a couple weeks prior to hunting and was using climbing spurs to get in and out of the stand because those things were so noisy going up and down a tree. He was 5 steps from the base of my tree and was the only deer killed that day. [Linked Image]

My dad was in kirksey hunting club in the early 80s