Armored farmer
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Saturday was our annual "Bunny Stomp" get together where a few of us go hiking with our stick bows and call it rabbit hunting. Saw some but none were harmed. On the up side, no arrows were lost either...
I need to go back to the recurve and rig up some wooden shafts with blunts.
Bow season opener usually comes and goes without much fanfare because the whole family is usually fully involved with harvest.
One year i had a little time to spare on October 1, so i grabbed my recurve and hdd to our woods, mostly to just scout. My youngest son came along. I soon spotted s squirrel about 25 yards away, so i nocked a field point and drew and released. The arrow pinned the squirrel perfectly to the base of a tree.
My young son ran ahead shouting "you got him!", then he put his foot on him and pulled my arrow. I yelled "dont move your foo.........." (too late) when he lifted his foot the wounded squirrel climbed his leg up to his crotch! I just knew he had sunk his rodent teeth right into a testicle. I dove for the squirrel and gave a yank expecting to fling him away by the tail. All i got was a handful of hair. My son grabbed the squirrel, who then climbed his arm, jumped off his shoulder, and dissappeared up a tree!
After a quick check revealed no wounds, we had a good laugh.
I no longer carry field points, broadheads or small game points only.