How long have you been on this Web Site?
Connecticut
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I think I am here almost 10 years - I am guessing that is on profile info ?
My records only go back to 1999.
I went to the Leatherwall forum and searched my handle, then scrolled back to the earliest date recorded.
i started bow hunting and on this site 2004
I think I started coming on here in 2005.
little over a year on the site, bow hunting 45 years.
Good darn question. I know I've been here a long time since my son was much smaller. I'm sure over 10 years maybe closer to 15.
started bowhunting in 96 and found this site the following year. i learned a lot from listening to the regulars on this site and can't that you guys enough! oh and you to pat for making it happen!
I think about 1999 for me
Not sure. Maybe 7 years. And I love all you guys!
Read it for two seasons before I even joined and I think maybe 5 now?
Im about a year. I mainly sit on the side lines and just read. You guys really chewed my ass last year for losing a deer. So I dont post much.
Over ten years not sure !!
travis
only you can decide if the shot you took was a good, ethical shot. If it was, then it happens to the best of us, it's part of hunting. If it wasn't, then learn from it.
Found posts on Leatherwall of mine going back to 1999. Went by Luke back then.
I'm brand new, just getting out of the service and all. Ive been bowhunting since I was 14 though. I didn't get my first bow deer until I was in my 20's.
16 years. To bad some???one had to give travis a hard time for losing a deer. I've seen the pro's lose deer with the best help in the world. I assume those perfect hunters are new to the sport and got there first deer, so, 1 for 1 perfect. I didn't lose one in 12 years, probably 20 deer, and then it happened, and it bummed me out. Left another until morning and found bones.
For me it's been 3 months. I've learned more about bow hunting in these 3 months than I have in years on my own. Thanks to you guys. - Duncan
HunterBrad,
Thank you for your service. How many years were you in the military?
I think I started coming on here in 2001.
I enlisted for 4 but got involuntarily extended a few times which brings me to 6 years 8 months. I speak Arabic so they had a hard time letting me go. It got very frustrating for me as I wanted to finish college and get some kind of stability. In any case it all worked out and now I'm married' just bought a nice little farmhouse and we found out that we're expecting our first child. So lots of exciting things going on!
I'm not sure; it was either late 1998 or the beginning of 1999 for me. I've gotten to meet a lot of the "regulars" at the Sportmens Shows or testifying in Hartford for Sunday hunting over the years. Lots of really good people here.
Brad-Semper fi Devil Dog! I did my 4 years and then went to college with the intention of re-enlisting and going into OCS. Met my wife in my sophomore year and the plans changed! Congrats on the new baby; that will be a huge change but a very blessed one.
found the sight around 1998
Thanks Mike. Going through baby names and all but it still hsnt quite hit me yet! I taught hand to hand combat at OCS while stationed on Quantico. Semper Fi indeed.
Semper Fi and congratulations Brad on the baby and house. I've been on the site for 4 or 5 years and read it for a year before I joined it. Great site with some knowledgeable people who post some great ideas on safety and hunting issues.I served 1990 to 1998 in the Reserve out of New Haven . I've been bow Hunting since 1984 and have taken quite a few with the bow , muzzle loader , shotgun and rifle over the years . Deer hunting is a passion of mine I've self video a few hunts years ago and aim to get back into that with some of the great advancements they made in cameras should be a little easier now . I also enjoy spring turkey season which was on hold for a few years while my babies where young but now my youngest is 18 months and the other 2 are in pre K so the wife can handle them better and allow me some extra time in the woods.
since 2008. Shot my first deer with a bow in 2009.still remember it like it was yesterday.
Early 2000s Yeah Bowsite!!!!!
Boubound must have been bored. Searching back some 10 years for a thread?
Ten years ago I probably could have known. Gonna say late 90's. Unfortunately this site doesn't have a way to look it up.
Guessing 5 yrs but just a guess. Can’t remember what yesterday
Some blasts from the past on here. Wonder what happened to a lot of these folks.
Been checking this site since 2007-08 maybe? And it's one of the things I look forward to every friggin day
I always wonder what’s going on when ‘Bou dredges up a 10 YO thread…..
But FWIW, I go back to 1st-gen Leatherwall… ‘98 or ‘99 ish. I searched my handle and traced it back to the first record once, but it took way more time than I had budgeted….. LOL
I wonder the same thing blood. I’m on 7 or 8 years here. First year I hosted the start of the annual Bowsite dinner and it’s been a blast every time. Almost all the guys on here when I arrived are now gone.
I have been on for about 10 years. I enjoy reading all the stories and success.
Lot of good guys MIA for sure..closing in on 20 yrs for me
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Been on the CT Bowsite way back when I was on the BOD of the UBC with Pat. Mid 90's or so.
Been on the CT Bowsite way back when I was on the BOD of the UBC with Pat. Mid 90's or so.
one of the originals, since 99/2000, I believe.
Renewed my bowhunting activities in CT in 2012. Joined the forum in '17/'18
had to change my handle once , but have been on since year 1
If I had to guess since around 08 or so, but not sure.
Pat could certainly tell us who joined when. If I'm not mistaken this site has been around since about 1996 or so. I think I joined a couple of years after that.
Pat, when did you start Bowsite?