What do you all think the score would be? This is my dad’s first buck with a bow!

Here are my 2009 hunting season photos. I got a nice hog and some great bucks.

Bowhunting Alaska story and pictures.  I setup my bait/stand on the 27th of May, getting plenty of hits. My father and I decided to sit at the station Saturday night. So we get down there and it was raining the entire time we were down there, with a little wind.

This did not seem to deter the mosquitos at all, and exposed skin was covered as soon as you exposed it, it was the worst I have ever seen. It was around 9pm when I started thinking about calling it a day. The orginal plan was to stay out there till 10.30pm. Shortly after 9 a tree rat decided that he would enjoy some of the sweet stuff I put on the trees around the bait. So we finally had something to watch. About 9.12pm out of nowhere and with no warning a bear strolls out from the left side of my clearing. He walked right to the bait like he owned the place without missing a beat, sniffed for one sec, then sat down and started rubbing his head on the bottom of one of the barrels. After getting the thumbs up for my dad, I drew my Hoyt and mini blazered him behind his front shoulders. From 15yds the arrow did not slow down one bit and went clear through the bear, hitting both lungs and stuck into the tree behind him, he went 50yds if that and died. I did not square him as the skinning process only attracted more skeeters. He had three nice diamonds on his chest. All in all a Beautiful bear and well worth the time and patience and being able to have my dad watch me take this amazing animal.

P.S this was my first year baiting and my first bear with a bow…two firsts in one trip…all I can say to that is GIT R DONE

Finally got the Wifey into Hunting and been married now for eight years I finally got her out to the lease to go and forgot to bring my phone to get some hunting pictures of the actual hunt but I took some of her practicing. Makes me proud, she was a trooper never wanted to give up. After sitting a while she wanted to try to stalk one up. We never did see anything:(, maybe next time.
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Thursday morning I went out and caught five nice Sea Trout and one gaint nice Red in the surf  Wind was light. Surf was flat and “Trout Green” and had a blast.
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The Levi Baur Archery Shoot and Auctions that where held in Crawford, TX for several years starting in 2002. It was a another success this year and big thanks to all. Texasbowhunter.com was a huge part of of the success of the event and it really went to show how great of people we have on TBH. The people of Crawford still talk about “those Texas bowhunting guys” in terms of generosity. I see a lot of Levi Baur t-shirts around town with the TBH logo on the back and it sure does make my heart swell with pride each time I do.

This is a special year because Levi would have been a senior and graduating from Crawford High School this Saturday. For those who have not heard the story, Levi passed away while on a hunting trip with his dad. Levi was an avid outdoors man and athlete.

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Since 2002, a $1000 scholarship has been given to a senior at Crawford High School in memory of Levi Baur. This year is a special year because Levi would have been graduating. The Levi Baur Scholarship Fund is going to award 50 classmates of Levi’s $5200 scholarship each if they go on some sort of post education (college, military, truck driving school, etc). After this year it will go back to giving a $1000 scholarship every year.

It seems like yesterday I was sitting at the computer with my mom watching TBHer after TBHer open up their wallets to give to the Levi Baur fund. It is events like this that set Texasbowhunter.com apart from the rest. Please also send up a prayer for Matt, Sandra, and Katy Baur as they go through this time weekend.

Thank you from the Stanford Family (Bill, Marsha, and Heath)