About Me, Cherokee Bows & Hunting
I am a descendent of Lorenzo Dow Bunch:
Lorenzo Dow
Fayette Bunch
Willis Bat Bunch
Louise Bunch
Me
I have been researching my Bunch line for more than 10 years. The Cherokee blood that runs in our family has had a strong influence on me since I was a kid when my mom would tell us stories about Dow. My research has led me to meet a lot of great and interesting people, including distant cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.
I've always loved being outdoors. I started fishing with my parents about as soon as I could carry a cane pole and started hunting squirrels when I was 12 or so. Over the years I've hunted and trapped about everything. A few years ago I started making Cherokee bows from osage & black locust trees. Making & hunting with old-style bows has become a great way for me to spend time with my son doing things that are unique to us and it also makes my hunting more fun & challenging.
My Osage & Black Locust Friend Lee Varnell & Hunting Bears on POW Island
Self-Bows His Alaska Black Bear in Alaska
Friend Craig Hoel With His My Son Ty With A Buck Lac Suel (Ontario Canada)
Alaska Black Bear Taken on our Farm Walleye
My First Turkey, First Friend Tracy Fagnan With 20 lb Coho Salmon - Ratz Creek
Day Turkey Hunting 130 lb Halibut POW Alaska
Me & Bear Skin My Hunting Bow Bobcat Taken On My Farm
PWS Alaska Dogwood Arrows
Pronghorn Hunting in Wyoming Mitchel Bunch & His First Bear 10-Point Buck
POW Island, AK Taken on My Farm
8-Point Buck Taken Boat in PWS Alaska Our Campsite Near Between
on My Farm Whittier & Valdez In PWS AK
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Me & Roy Porter - Lac Suel Walleys My Brother Kenny (Right) Roy Port's 18-Point Non-Typical
& Hoot Gibson Near Dryden Ontario Canada
Brother Kenny (Taken At Muskrats & Coons Brother Kenny with
Bower's Camp, Sioux Lookout, Trapped On Illinois River Lac Suel Walleyes - Late 1970's
Ontario Canada) early 1980's