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in reply to: Arrow Weight Question #22745

Thanks for the help guys. I did end up biting the bullet and ordering a dozen 7595 blems.

It’s pretty amazing the difference in speed between a 28″ 5575 and a 32″7595. It’s a lot slower now, but it’s also much quieter and penetrates deeper into the target. In the long run, they’ll be better for hunting. I don’t see myself shooting past 15 yards anyway so the difference in speed is negligible.

I figured with this setup, I could always take on much bigger game too and some of the bears we’ll be after in september could be up to 600lbs.

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in reply to: Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous #19654

Would love to be there. Just joined BHA recently myself, but Boise is a bit far for me to fly to twice in one year. Have fun everyone.

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in reply to: Grinding turkey feathers #19653

Prairie Prowler wrote: Ya’ know, I always separate cuts at the joint. Every animal, wild or domestic. (Of course sometimes shot placement will negate that.) A very detail-oriented buddy of mine (also one of the two town pharmacists) happens to be a hobby butcher and he has taught me a lot about processing meat. Keeping things neat & tidy all the way from the field to the table seems to add a little more value to the whole experience.

I woke up this morning pretty plugged up in the head but cleared out after an hour or so. Wear a mask!

I was referring to cutting the spurs off for display.

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in reply to: Grinding turkey feathers #18760

I hate the smell of cutting through their legs with a hacksaw too. Probably similar.

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in reply to: from the home page #18756

Ive been using vaseline, but guess I’ll try mineral oil.

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in reply to: It's Time Again! #18554

Michael Scott wrote: If the “old folks” weren’t willing to teach us young whipper-snappers, there’d be no learning to pass on to future generations. Take the time to sit and LISTEN to a few old timers while they sit and jaw over coffee in an old cafe or at the feed store or somewhere they congregate, and you MIGHT just learn something about life lessons.

It’s an ongoing joke with Broadhead and me. He’s close to twice my age and he’s one of my best friends. When we meet somebody new, I often introduce him as my dad.:D

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in reply to: Nice End to Small Game Yesterday #18543

They are incredible creatures. I had over a dozen gobblers in shotgun range last year and only killed two! I imagine it’s going to be a larger ratio with a recurve.:D

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in reply to: Nice End to Small Game Yesterday #16204

We’re allowed three turkeys here in GA. If I get lucky enough to get two out of the way with the shotgun, I’ll try for the third for a while with my recurve.

Have never bowhunted them before, but it seems like the supreme big game challenge! And yes, I was looking for pigs to kill yesterday.

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in reply to: Good for Illinois ?? #15588

broadhead wrote: [quote=Etter1]I despise anybody that would kill an animal in a small enclosure and claim it was hunted, but I see it as another form of farming, albeit a disgusting form.

At the same time, I feel it’s another slippery slope. Just like everything that has happened in California. There are now several states in the Pacific Northwest that have outlawed hound hunting. I have to believe that this was largely due to the fact that the rest of the hunting public (non-hound hunters) didn’t stand up and fight for their brothers and sisters.

I don’t consider high fence operations hunting, but where does it end?

Just think about that guy bragging to us about picking out exotic animals in an inclosure and asking his host, “How much for that one? Oh, that’s too much. What is the price for killing that?”

This is is a practice hunting can survive without.

Absolutely true!

But so can we say the same things about guides who tree a mountain lion and then call the client to come in and kill it. Same as the deer in texas that gets sold on sight to the client at the feeder. Same as the antelope that comes to the same stock tank every day.

These are all lines that we draw personally. We are under such scrutiny that I have to think we need a united front.

I don’t own an AR15 but I don’t want the government to stop me from owning one.

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in reply to: Music to "fall" For #15581

broadhead wrote: [quote=Etter1][quote=broadhead]Gotta have a little Fire on the Mountain and Sugar Magnolia by the Grateful Dead. Also, the local NPR station plays jazz in the wee hours of Saturday mornings. So, on my early morning commute to my hunting grounds, I usually get Miles, coltrainnn Or Billie Holiday to ride shotgun.

Widespread Panic is usually in cue if not playing.

Is it hard being a living cliche? you tell me Tom Sawyer. 😀

His mind is not for rent! To put him down is arrogant!:D

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in reply to: Arrow Weight Question #15575

AlexBugnon wrote: Sorry Etter, I should have bothered to read your initial post to the end. My impatience! 😀 I thought you were talking about hunting weight. good luck with that great bow! Alex

No, at the ranges I shoot deer, I’m not concerned. Last year I shot 5 arrows through big game animals. Most were with a 50lbs at 28inches bow that I draw to 26 inches. I was shooting 30″ 3555s with standard inserts and 170-190 gr broadheads that were 2″ wide.

Sharpen em right and they’ll go through like butter!

I never would have believed just how deadly traditional bows really are.

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in reply to: Music to "fall" For #15572

broadhead wrote: Gotta have a little Fire on the Mountain and Sugar Magnolia by the Grateful Dead. Also, the local NPR station plays jazz in the wee hours of Saturday mornings. So, on my early morning commute to my hunting grounds, I usually get Miles, coltrainnn Or Billie Holiday to ride shotgun.

Widespread Panic is usually in cue if not playing.

Is it hard being a living cliche?

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in reply to: Music to "fall" For #15555

tradhunter1 wrote: [quote=Etter1][quote=tradhunter1]Quiet is the best music, but if I really feel like listening to some kind of noise on the way to the blind I like Mark Baker.:D

AC/DC, Ratt, Nickel Back or any hard rock will be for city driving, especially during rush hour.:x

Steve Miller, Eagles, or a little Toby and Willy for long drives or just tulin around in my jeep. 8)

Just like “the dude”, “I hate the @#&^*)$ eagles!”

I guess that when I’m in an Eagles kind of mood you’ll have to find another ride:D

Lol. I love Rush, so we probably have a lot of differences in musical taste.:D

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in reply to: Music to "fall" For #15532

tradhunter1 wrote: Quiet is the best music, but if I really feel like listening to some kind of noise on the way to the blind I like Mark Baker.:D

AC/DC, Ratt, Nickel Back or any hard rock will be for city driving, especially during rush hour.:x

Steve Miller, Eagles, or a little Toby and Willy for long drives or just tulin around in my jeep. 8)

Just like “the dude”, “I hate the @#&^*)$ eagles!”

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in reply to: Best Fletching Cement? #15517

Thanks guys. I’ll never shoot anything but carbon, I don’t think. Guess I’ll look for this goat stuff!

BTW- There is nothing wrong with NPV and it is strong as can be once it’s dried. Just wondered what was out there.

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