I paid my deposit down at the St. Louis Boat show back in Feb. of 04.  Bud Dickson of Canoe Canada Outfitters, had a booth at the show & offered all kinds of fishing trips, bear hunts and moose hunts.

I had also talked to another friend of mine, Larry Woodard and Larry said this place(Canoe Canada Outfitters) was a sleeper.   I had hunted there for moose before and was successful with a 32-inch bull, not a trophy by any means but a Bull Moose with a bow! I wanted a 50-inch Bull, however since I had never shot a bull moose before with a bow and I know the meat is excellent I took the shot. It’s not wise to pass up a shot with a bow as it really isn’t that easy to harvest a bull. The country is rough, wet, boggy, and the weather changes daily.

Just the thought of going after a BEAR with a bow gives some the chills! Some say you’re crazy; black bears climb trees, run short distances faster than a horse, can crush bones with the force of their jaws like pop corn. No matter; you’re a bow hunter and with that come some amount of risk, even death! Bow hunters have the opportunity to see animals in the wild like no other, study nature and the animal’s habits undisturbed.

The Scribe would like to thank life-long Jefferson County resident, Nelson Sherrer for sharing three bow-hunting stories.  This is the first of four installments of the stories, to be followed by a bear hunt story and a moose hunt story in two parts. 

Well here we are again another deer season approaching and I can’t wait! It is the end of August of 2006 and September 15 Archery season opens in Missouri for the Whitetail Deer. I am going Elk hunting with Shaw Grisby, Mike Kahert and Randy Mills the third week of September and I am already planning for my White Tail Deer hunt in Northern Missouri on one of my farms. Its not that I don’t really enjoy Elk hunting with a bow but nothing is as rewarding as harvesting a Whitetail Deer, Doe, Button Buck or Antlered Buck, any Whitetail Deer with a bow is a rewarding experience. When you hunt Elk you are calling them in with a bugle or you may be stalking them on foot walking endless hours just to get within 40 yards of a 600-pound animal.