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in reply to: Elk Season is only 36 days away! #31604
Alex — that’s right, and AZ and most others as well.
T — brother, that’s a lot of elk meat on the ground. You and your dad make a deadly team. Here’s wishing many more to you both.in reply to: Mid Summer Feeling #23957Jawge — Doing it as you do, “a whole lot more with a whole lot less,” is surely experiencing what archery and bowhunting and life have to offer at their richest and most personally meaningful. Applause. Homer
in reply to: first trad kill with selfbow #23950Hi Sam — Can’t open your photo link. Check out the photo instructions at the top of this forum list and it might help. Did for me.
And I’m sure we all have the same question: Bunnies in July? Daddy used to always warn us against eating or even gutting rabbits before the first hard frost, tularemia or however it’s spelled. In any event a bunny’s a hard target and not to be ashamed of.
in reply to: Congtats to young bowhunters !! #21488Indeed, far nicer deer than I’ve bagged in a zillion years of trying. Well done! My only concern is that if a young hunter starts by killing a trophy, will he or she expect him/herself to equal or exceed that early triumph the rest of their hunting lives? If so, it’s a very mixed blessing. If not, then double blessings are upon them. IMHO
in reply to: Interesting Waste of Time #21479Ahh, good on you both, Ray and Dave, for living up to my closing quote, below. 😀 Homer
in reply to: scent masking #21472M — welcome here under any name. Actually, lots of guys here use their real names, or one of them (like Homer, for example) and the moderators early on encouraged that,feeling that real names make for more gentlemanly (and womanly?) exchanges. In any event your precise info on comparative animal sense of smell is, to me anyhow, fascinating. Can you tell us where bears fit in here? I’ve heard that grizzlies have a better sense of smell even than black bears. We’re all getting older, even the youngsters among us. 😳
in reply to: Tuning Bear Kodiak Hunter #21359I second Brenn. Most Bear recurves brace between 7 and 9 inches so 8 should be fairly close, though you’re better to start lower and gradually work up the string twists until it’s quiet and no hand shock. Depending on the string you’re using, you might have to readjust brace height (and thus, nock location) a few times as it stretches. Yeah, I’ve heard nothing but applause for Joe’s work. Wish you had before and after pictures to share. Homer
in reply to: scent masking #21356Cyberscout — Thanks for this interesting info summary. I too am surprised they printed it. They must not have a lot of high-end scent product ads. I’m not at all surprised at the results, either. So far as scent ranking, I believe it would run like bear, dog, deer. Nonetheless I will always believe in staying clean and as naturally odorless as possible, as it’s not only the immediate impact of wind notifying game of our presence, but also the scent trails we make walking around and touching stuff with our hands, boots and gear. Homer
in reply to: Southern Plains Traditional Championship #21350Thanks for the heads-up on this, Polar. Hard to figure how they can set up ranges in a place with so many deer, without having them wander in front of the targets. 😈 I like the old farts with old bows category, so long as they don’t let expert shooters like our own George in on the deal. 😆 I’d come if it wasn’t nearly a thousand miles. Homer
in reply to: Roosevelt Elk vs. Rocky Mountain Elk #19207Indeed, welcome. Another member, Thomas Downing, is very experienced on RM elk and got to hunt Roosevelt’s last year on an island off Washington, I believe. I recall him saying that overcrowding with other hunters, dense foliage and nearly nonstop rain worked together to prevent a kill. Maybe T will spot this thread and offer some insights. From here, I am thinking that habitat and weather will definitely change the hunt but an elk is an elk, especially in rut. You lucky fellow. Homer
in reply to: Grunts, Snort Wheeze and Rattling #17035Don’t know about Texas in particular, but in general these tools are effective only during the pre-rut, rut, and post-rut, generally fall into early winter depending on latitude etc. But animals are curious and a doe or fawn bleet might bring a deer in anytime, especially does. I wouldn’t give it high odds, otherwise the call makers would be pushing it as “effective all year.” Just opening the conversation here and hope to learn something from those with more direct experience. I’ve quit using calls even during the rut, as when they work the deer come in hyper-cautious and high-wired, in my experience.
in reply to: Draw results are IN! #17028Fubar — What? You live in Bear Lake yet not enough bears there to go around? Maybe they should rename it Nobear Lake? 😀 Seriously, I know the frustration of applying decade after decade for a favored species and not drawing. Makes a feller consider moving to a more lucrative hunting area. 🙂
in reply to: APPRAISAL HELP?68 BEAR SUPER GRIZZLY(PER PATRICK) #14898Nick — Did the old gent have an asking price? Or are you expected to make an offer? A friend recently paid $200 for a ’68 K-Mag, in good but not excellent condition, and I’ve seen them sell for more and less than that, but unfamiliar with the SG. If the seller is wealthy I’ll try to pay as little as possible, but if he is selling off his stuff because he’s desperate for money, I’ll pay more. A bow is “worth” what buyer and seller agree on, though someone here should know the “norms.” Good luck, H.
in reply to: New to the site and new longbow #13693Hiya Kirk and welcome to our very friendly group here. I learn something from somebody hear frequently, and I’ve been doing it forever. You’re starting out with a top-end stick there. Hope you have someone to help you get it tuned up, as a good tune and matching arrows are essential to reliable accuracy with a stick bow. And the process is fun, at least I think so. Homer
in reply to: Good Buck(s) Sighting….. #11311Well shucks, you’re lucky, all we get here is bears, and they only come at night, which ain’t much fun at all from a watching point of view.
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