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in reply to: Turkey season starts this saturday #36916
T– the best turkey trad bowhunter I ever knew says the same thing, almost to the word re dekes: “Let ’em search for that hen they hear.” But I believe we all are talking about Merriam’s turkey in wild mountain habitat. Probly could be different for Easterns in mostly agriculture areas, I don’t know. Could be what Mr. Petersen said, about using one if the wind is blowing to move it, could be good. Unless the wind quits are the wrong time like it did with him today. He must be crazy anyhow, hunnting turkeys in a snowstorm. 😛 Just kidding. “Good crazy” as my wife would say. H
in reply to: Left Wing, Right Wing,,,no difference #36912Interesting! I hope someone who is knowledgeable about this chimes in with an explanation … like Fletcher maybe. I thought the individual “quills” on the feathers were aligned differently depending on which wing they come from and having them on “backwards” would at least be noisy? 😕
in reply to: Ultra-EFOC, Heavy Bows and Long Draws #30907Pikeman — You a mighty big boy! 😀 While I can’t help with shaft stats that grand, it seems obvious that your problem getting EFOC will be finding a shaft that’s both strong enough and light enough at 31″. Almost certainly will have to be carbon, so you might hit the websites of some of the leading carbon makers and look for sizing charts. If all else fails, with your bow weight and draw length, and a good heavy single-bevel head and heavy shaft, I’m better you could shoot through anything even without EFOC, though I have witnessed its magic for myself and applaud your efforts to attain all the best stuff in a single package. I’ll be watching to see what others here have to say. Homer
in reply to: Shorter Drawlength #30902Danny — your number confuse me to???
in reply to: Bohning Paints #30900Derek — I too am anxious to see the results of your testing with the feathers. They only do the florescents in yellow? No biggie. Just curious. Thanks, Homer
in reply to: Whole deer vs. boning #28608Hey Don, I really enjoyed your new book, “Have Bow…” I trust you’re not changing your name to Paladin or Boone. 😆 Maybe that’a s joke only us more “mature” fellers will get, but seriously I don’t generally give a hoot for “globe trotting” hunting stories, but you are always a good read. Homer
in reply to: Reshaping Broadheads into Single Bevel #28606Hi Sharpster. Great info and photos, thanks. I for one always really appreciate “hearing it from the horse’s mouth,” in order to improve my own jackass knowledge. 😆 Homer
in reply to: Eclipse Werewolf Single Bevel Broadheads #23185Polar Bear — There was a previous post with the same photo, by Eclipse owner Blake Fischer that listed the several weights to be available. Search back a ways and you should find it. Homer
in reply to: The New Addition – 1970 K-Mag #20834Hot dogs that is a beauty! 1970 … does that make it a Grayling vintage? I don’t recall exactly when the change took place. How long is it, and poundage?
If you change your mind about liking it, I might be persuaded to give you $10 more than you paid for it! 😛 Somebody had a Grayling K-Mag advertised in the classifieds here a while ago, but never responded to my inquiry. Guess I was too slow on that one. I think this one found itself a good new home, but now will have to work for its room and board. Congrats, Homer.
in reply to: Bald Eagles #20826Great thing for you to have there, Dennis, and thanks for the photos. Fingers crossed that no geeks with guns shoot them, or “wildlife lovers” with cameras crowd them out. Here in the mountains they mostly next in the very tops of tall broken snags, and are easily seen. Neat that you’re already greening up there. Homer
in reply to: Sad to say….. #20819Hmmm. From a “deer control” point of view, it would seem that with close to one deer for every 10 acres (640 acres to a square mile) a feller could just sit on his front porch or park the truck most anywhere in the countryside with a rifle and not have to wait long before he could start working on his 12 deer a year and no bait needed. It’s a shame when wildlife management comes in conflict with hunting ethics and reduces all the great challenges and joys of pure true hunting to just “getting the mandated kill out.” Of course we can continue to hunt under whatever personal rules we choose. We don’t have to bait just because it’s legal. But it just ain’t the same when everyone else is baiting and buzzing around on ATVs and using trail cams and other super hi-tech gear and whatever else they can to make the killing even easier. In cultures like that, so many of us at times find ourselves in the situation where we can’t find anyone else to hunt with who shares our values and respect for the animals we hunt and for ourselves. That makes it a special joy when we do find such a one, and a website like this and most the folks who post here are a big help in that direction. Hang in. Homer
in reply to: Does this make you feel as bad as it does me? #18787Funny how threads tend to warp around, sometimes going sour and others, like this one, taking sweet turns. David Mc, reading Leopold and Abbey’s best books back to back, your tastes in both literature and philosophy sure do agree with mine. Except for the scene where Abbey throws a stick and kills a rabbit, which itself implies some serious thought about man’s proper relationship to nature, DS has nothing to do with hunting as we love it. But it has everything to do with hunting for truth and beauty and personal peace in life. And I think it’s one of the most beautifully written nonfiction books in the English language. (Richard Nelson’s “The Island Within” is another, and it is about hunting, if not bowhunting.) Now, to get us back on topic, sort of, I doubt that either Abbey or Leopold ever baited anything bigger than mice 😛 Homer
in reply to: rests/plunger #17561Sotex — It doesn’t seem there are many folks here who use an elevated rest, much less a plunger. I’m not sure why the arrows you use would complicate shooting off a shelf? Are the plastic vanes? You might at least try lowering your nocking point 5/8″ or so above the shelf and shoot a few shafts. It’s easy, costs nothing, and you might be surprised. I don’t think a bowmaker would even put an arrow shelf on a bow if it wasn’t positioned well for use. Maybe someone else here can be of more help. First and last time I saw elevated rests and plungers on trad bows was back in the days just before compounds erupted, when everyone seemed to be looking for technical ways to improve accuracy with stickbows, mostly high performance recurves, including elevated rests, plunger rests, sights and even stabilizers. None of that would seem a good fit for a hunting bow. Good luck, Homer
in reply to: Turkey season starts this saturday #15326Good visuals, Mr. Downing. Thank you! Hard to believe how little there bodies are when all those feathers are fluffed out! I can think easily of human-related jokes on that “fluffed feathers” thing, but will keep it to myself. Looking at all this, I understand and applaud those very few hunters, even among traditionalists, who shoot either blunts or “gillotines” at the head/neck and say, “either I hit and kill quick, or miss clean.” But gee, for me it’s all I can do just to arrange a good shot at the Body! 😳 One nice thing about turkey hunting, beside being something challenging to hunt in spring, is that there’s really no “trophy” bragging rights to them and, unless you like your meat soaked in fried greese, there not so delicious as venison. So we just go out and hunt the pea-brained genuses and win or lose and have fun either way. Homer (and make no mistake, I am HOT to hunt turkey!)
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