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in reply to: EFoc and Carbon Arrows #17507
what’s BOP?
in reply to: Leaving you with regret….. #17495Steve,
Sorry things are going poorly for you. Hope they get better. I’ll keep you and your family in my prayers. I think you still have my e-mail address. If not, feel free to send me a PM. Good luck and best wishes.
Michael.
in reply to: Eclipse Broadheads #13529Not sure I could make the shot Chad made on that bear. Just not sure.
in reply to: A few things I've learned #7790It still sucks if you don’t even have a candy bar to chew on if you get stuck out over night. LOL. But yes, most times, the food we carry is, in fact, “comfort food”, as Snuffy put it.
Michael.
in reply to: Fawn Creek Campground, Libby MT #7783I wasn’t aware that there was a Primitive get-together up here. Might be worth looking into, just to learn more about it. Do you have the dates handy for the primitive shoot, Dave? I try and make the Traditional-only shoot in May, and this weekend’s shoot, plus a couple other local (within 60 miles or so) shoots that are put on by other archery clubs.
Michael.
Stupid computer. Just because I double-click, doesn’t mean send it twice. Tard!!
in reply to: Fawn Creek Campground, Libby MT #7782I wasn’t aware that there was a Primitive get-together up here. Might be worth looking into, just to learn more about it. Do you have the dates handy for the primitive shoot, Dave? I try and make the Traditional-only shoot in May, and this weekend’s shoot, plus a couple other local (within 60 miles or so) shoots that are put on by other archery clubs.
Michael.
in reply to: ARCHERY IS FOR GIRLS!!!! #60540That’s totally cool, Steve.
in reply to: A few things I've learned #60528Don’t pack your Lanski sharpener…too much weight. Just get a 2 sided coarse/fine sharpener that you can use for broadheads, knives or fish hooks. Mine is a Smiths, and it works great on my pocket knife and hunting knives. Still learning how to sharpen broadheads with it, but that just takes practice. Also, it never hurts to carry 10 feet of fishing line and some hooks/sinkers with you. If you can fish, you can eat. And don’t forget the first aid kit. Something I still haven’t perfected yet, and I manage to cut myself regularly, whether it’s on a sharp knife, broadhead, stick/branch…you name it. Add some moleskin for blisters, too. Various cloth-type bandaids…knuckle, straight, butterfly…etc.
Michael.
in reply to: Fawn Creek Campground, Libby MT #60511This shoot is known as the Fisher River Shootout, hosted by the Libby Archery Club. This shoot recently (3 or 4 years ago) replaced the previously known Pipe Creek Shootout, once held at the Pipe Creek Campground, a few miles northwest of Libby. The Libby Archery Club puts on a traditional-only shoot every May, and then they open their second shoot to all archers in June. Can’t exclude the wheel-gun shooters ALL the time, can we? LOL. And yes, at this point, I’m hoping to be able to make the shoot. I’d like my wife and all my kids to be able to go, but if we go up as a family, we want to go up overnight…tent-camp weather permitting. If the weather doesn’t straighten up, I’ll probably just go up with the boys for the day. It’s a 2-day shoot, so anybody within driving distance that wants is invited to come up and shoot.
Michael.
in reply to: TBM..Subscribe or buy off the shelf? #57579Jon,
Glad your son finally shot your Kodiak. He’ll get hooked soon enough, then he’ll be selling that Mathews to buy himself a recurve or longbow for himself. Then your daughter-in-law will follow. LOL. My wife has an old Shakespeare recurve, and I recently acquired an old 62″ 25# Grizzly for my oldest son. My youngest boy won a Shafer Liberty longbow at the Fawn Creek Traditional Shoot back the first weekend in May. We’re pretty well set for bows, on my end.
Michael
in reply to: GLOVES OR TABS??? #51664I’ve never shot with a tab. Never gave it a thought. I bought a glove, and that’s what I started with, and what I’ll finish with. Tabs are small, and could easily get covered by a couple leaves on the ground if you set it down and then move around. And, knowing myself, if my head wasn’t attached, I’d leave it somewhere, too. Thus the attachment of the glove. It’s there, it doesn’t come off unless I’m taking care of nature’s business. I’ve forgotten to take it off after hunting, and stopped at a store for a drink, and the clerk asked me, “What’s the glove for?” I said, “Oh, I was out hunting and forgot to take it off. It’s my glove for shooting my bow.” He said, “Don’t you shoot a release?” “Nah, releases are for guys that shoot training wheels on their bows.” He laughed. Anyway, for me, it’s a glove, or in a real stiff pinch, bare fingers, though that wears on you for a while if you don’t practice that way a lot first. And I would like to get to where I can shoot comfortably all day long at a 3-d shoot or something with no glove.
Michael.
in reply to: WHATS THE RUSH? #48908To be honest, I’ve never hunted from a tree stand. But, anything with a trajectory, be it a rifle, hand gun, compound, recurve or longbow, it will “hit high” shooting up hill or down hill. Figure it this way…if the animal is uphill or downhill from you, you can create a right triangle out of your position in relation to the animal’s location. The vertical distance is the vertical side of the triangle. The horizontal distance is the horizontal side of the triangle, and the distance from hunter to target is the diagonal line. NOW…we all know that the diagonal is the actual distance from shooter to target. However, what most novice shooters don’t realize (and I learned this the hard way by missing a huge whitetail buck with my rifle) is that when shooting, the only distance that matters where trajectory is concerned is the true horizontal distance from you to the animal. Elevation only affects one thing….the actual distance from shooter to target. Trajectory is only affected by the horizontal distance to the target. If a deer is 20 yards from the base of your tree, the only distance that will affect your arrow (or bullet) is the 20 yards. It doesn’t matter if you are up in the tree or on the ground, you would shoot for (or aim) like you are shooting 20 yards. If you are 20 feet up in the tree, and the deer is 20 yard (60 feet), the actual distance is 21 yards (63 feet). That 21 yards doesn’t matter. This is where range finders can hinder more than help. Many range finders do not take out the factor of the elevation…they only shoot the distance from you to the target. If you’re uphill or downhill, and your range finder doesn’t compensate, you might miss. Hope this helps. If I managed to confuse somebody, please let me know where I confused you, and I’ll try and explain it better.
Michael.
in reply to: New Ashby update just posted; health issues #48897Ed,
I’ll keep your surgery in my prayers that it goes well and that you have a speedy recovery. Best wishes to you.
Michael
in reply to: Happy Birthday, David Petersen! #47638Happy Birthday, Dave. Hope you enjoy your elk steaks. Looking forward to several more years of your advice and insight into shooting and hunting.
Michael.
in reply to: Heavy Judo points #47628Patrick,
We all know you like to flap your jaw.:lol::lol: But you do make excellent points and have good information (most of the time).:twisted: I have yet to get into the carbon world, but am working my way in that direction.
Michael.
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