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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #25366

over this last year…

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in reply to: Dang Dr. Ashby Reports #25252

Thanks for the concern about making changes this close to the season… I’ll be shooting my current set-up this year but next year I’ll be starting anew, with more knowledge due to these reports… Thank You to all that replied…

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in reply to: Dang Dr. Ashby Reports #25215

I would have to agree that high Foc is nothing new, I have found and collected arrowheads since I was a kid, most arrowheads, are realy knives, but a flint arrowhead that was made to be shot from a bow has a lot of “throw weight”…

I just never put it together, dang I can feel so dumb sometimes hehehe…

Note- bows didn’t show-up on the NA scene untill 1000-1500 years ago and most bows (eastern US)were only 25-30lbs draw weight, that along with a higher “throw weight” would have been just what the good “DR.” has shown in his research…

I’m a believer now that these “lights” are going off in my head like staring into a laser pointer…

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in reply to: Looking to relocate: AR or MO–Any help? #25186

My friend is in the bentonville, Ar area, not realy sure on public land hunting around there, but he (Matt) is the curator of the American Indian Mus. And it is a very worthwhile stop for viewing some of the finest authentic relics in the country imo..

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in reply to: Dang Dr. Ashby Reports #25149

Thank You DocNock for the replys.. The visable wiggle is right after release, bare fingers, then the arrow kinda stabilises and continues on target…

My lack of pass-throughs is what has me thinking now about getting a higher FOC, Penetration was never an issue before, I always WANTED that arrow in the lung area, churning around doing more damage as the deer ran off…

I’m going try and forget all this (if my tiny, OCD brain will let me hehehe )untill after my deer seasons (NY and AZ) then work it hard for the future…

Thanks….

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in reply to: Dang Dr. Ashby Reports #25126

Doc Nock wrote: 😆

Don’t make yourself crazy…especially IN SEASON! 😀

That’s the kicker right there, I’ll be thinking about my ‘sub-standard’ arrows instead of shooting, and prob not shoot hehehe…

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in reply to: Dang Dr. Ashby Reports #25118

After checking my arrows 30.5 length gold tip expedition hunter carbon arrows, 5inch syn. Feather fleching, 100gr muzzy 3blade ‘head I end up with 12% foc…

I don’t have any idea as to total arrow weight…

Arrows do hit where I look, there is some visable “wiggle”,but out of all the deer I’ve shot, I would guess that only 10%have been pass-throughs…(I do go for that behind one shoulder to pin the off shoulder shot)

Should I get a scale to weigh arrows and try to increase over-all weight, by using heavy inserts??? Heavyer b-heads????

Got me wondering now…

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in reply to: School me on tanning #24455

… Unless he is setting it up for a wall hanging, backing, edging, etc…$150 isnt a bad price…

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in reply to: School me on tanning #24394

A taxi will be sending hides out soon whats another hidein the box???,$150 sounds alittle high, last time I checked it was around 45.00 plus shipping to send yourself(a box with dryice, dry ice not in contact with the hide)from probably the same furrier your taxi is sending it to, I think the addy was in nebraska???…

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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #24164

Bow coues and muley are easy to get, elk is all draw…

The drug cartels have kept me out of some of the best deer country in Az for over 20years, Areas being closed to the public because of the high traffic, check-points, etc… Yeah we can carry handguns while bow hunting, but it sux to have cartels and the Border patrol running around spooking the game,and frankly me also… I go for the joy of being out in wilderness, not being in a combat mindset(been there done that)…

I have some friends in AR, I stop off in Tulsa, OK to check for arrowheads, fossil buff heads in the Arkansas river when I’m driving back to Ny each year, nice to walk the gravel bars and maybe make some finds…. Good deer in both AR and Mo…. Good Luck in either place…

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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #24113

Bow deer are over the counter in Arizona, no draw, one deer per year limit… Bow bear is over the counter also in this unit, lion is all year, no limit, turkey is tag draw(no tags this year)…

And I was lucky enough to grow-up on a farm in southern NY, the land we have now in NY gives out somewhere around 180 game management permits per year(we dont get them anymore, but up to 5deer tags are given with each licence, so more then enough to fill freezers and give to needy local familys)…

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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #24103

hehehe DocNock, I’ve taken 75-100 deer with a recurve, so I can afford to be alittle picky, although most any Coues 8pointer(eastern count) will make P&Y…

Say “Hi” to Levi(Amish Mafia) for me!!!! Stay away from Ester, she’s the evil one hehehe…

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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #24093

All from the place that draws me back, the Santa Rita mountains in southern Az(during an early morning monsoon rain), blessed to live 12miles away and I visit a few times a week to set trail cams, there are Jaguars here and a friend has over 50photos, I’m trying for my first, scouting Coues, bear, lions, shed hunting, viewing indian camps, and during the month of January, chasing the wary Coues with recurve in hand…

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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #24087

Bear set up for a friend for his first bow kill..

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in reply to: A couple of critters on the hoof #24083

Muley looking at me looking at him…

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