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in reply to: Special Hunting Permits #42072
Have yet to apply for anything, but most of our stuff doesn’t have to be postmarked till May 1 (moose, sheep, goat), or June 1 (deer, elk, and I think antelope, too).
Michael.
in reply to: Please introduce yourselves, I'll start #21221To the Veterans here, I say, ” Thank you.” To the rest, “Howdy.” I hail from Montana, I’ve been shooting a Bear Grizzly since July, 2002. I’ve taken 2 whitetail does, numerous grouse, squirrels and even a couple snowshoe hares. I’m married, and we have 3 kids between the two of us. My baby girl just turned a year on Saturday. I hope to have her shooting a bow in a few years or so.
Michael.
in reply to: Hunting Public land #20682Probably 95 percent of my hunting consists of public land hunting. Between state-owned and USFS, we have a lot of public land here in western Montana. Eastern Montana has tons of public land as well, probably a lot in the form of BLM. I’m fortunate to live somewhere that I have so much access to so much good hunting. There are some areas I look at from miles away and think, “I bet there’s some good hunting over there. I should get in there and check it out.” But there is so much area between where I’m at and where I want to be that I could never hunt all of it properly. It would take me a lifetime to hunt just a small portion of the mountains here in Montana.
Michael.
in reply to: delaware crossbows proposals #59895Anything representing a “gun” (firearm or crossbow) should not be allowed at all during an archery ONLY season. For people that cannot draw and/or hold a bow due to health reasons, there are devices that can be attached to the weapon to do it for the shooter. I’ve known a couple people that had such devices on their compounds. One guy had his draw arm (right arm, I believe) amputated at the shoulder, and his release mechanism was activated by a certain jaw movement on his part. Another fellow, probably in his late 20’s or early 30’s, had had several surgeries on both shoulders, and could not draw his bow without an aide. He had a device that he stood on, used both arms to pull the bow upward, and it locked when it hit draw. I believe he was shooting 55 or 60 lb. Either way, there are options for people with disabilities that want to participate in archery only seasons. There is no need to include firearm-style weapons.
Michael
in reply to: A-lot of SNOW!!! #54352HEY!!!!!! GIMME MY SNOW BACK!!!!!!!!
in reply to: Keepin' It Trad… #54328Bert, do you need an oxygen tank so you don’t pass out? LOL
Michael
in reply to: Woodie Weights #50494Bert,
You mentioned EFOC with aluminums. I tried, and I blew the side out of my aluminum shafting several times with angled impacts. I asked Ed about this in a post, and he said he had similar problems when he tried to get EFOC aluminums. I got great weight and somewhere around 24% EFOC, but when shooting into an angled piece of plywood, the aluminum proved to be too easy to tear, or perhaps too brittle of a material. The side that got the leverage just peeled away like it was pop can material. I’m going to try carbons. Let me know if you have any better luck with EFOC aluminums.
Michael
in reply to: Full length taper? #47806I can try. I’ll have to learn how to post pictures, but I’ll see what I can do. I also took some test shots, one with a SHARP 3-blade Wensel, and one of the UNsharpened 2-blades that I won from Standing Bear, and the outcome was an amazing eye-opener. I have those pics on my wife’s camera. Just have to load them.
Michael
in reply to: A GREAT DOG STORY! #44423I haven’t had a dog in several years, because living arrangements haven’t allowed it. However, I love dogs as much as the next dog person. Steve, thank you for sharing this story with us. It’s a real soul-toucher. God Bless the men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces.
Michael
in reply to: WHATS EVERYONE SHOOTING? #44408Bear Grizzly 58″ AMO, 55# @ 28″. I draw 29 1/2″, which puts me right at about 60# of weight.
Michael
in reply to: Texas Hog Hunt Journal #43588Dennis,
Thank you for sharing your photos and videos. What part of Texas was that? Sorry about your family’s loss. It’s good that you and your cousins had the opportunity to share Jack’s last walk.
Michael
in reply to: Moving target plans #41283Chad,
My uncle used a cable run like you would use for a dog to run his moving target on. It works well. It is a stuffed burlap sack hung on pulleys from the cable. The cable is run at an angle somewhat following the contour of a hillside. We did find that we had to add some weight…4-5 bricks wired to the bottom of the downhill end of the bag…to speed up its progress down the cable. It probably runs for about 40 yards, total distance.
Michael.
in reply to: Full length taper? #41275Duncan, I was thinking of doing the same thing basic thing with my doug fir when I finally get around to actually making the arrows (whenever that is…lol). I have two blocks of wood from a firewood tree a friend and I cut down that are about 45″ long (our rounds we marked out were 15″ each…3 x 15″, etc, etc), and they’re approximately 2 1/2-3″ x 4″ or so on the other dimensions. I’m hoping to get a fairly large number of shaft blanks between the two pieces I have so I have lots of stuff to play with. After I cut them down to 3/8″ blanks, what would my next step be? Aside from buying a hand plane to use…lol. Do I need to determine the diameter of my front end or the rear end first? What are good diameters for each? The arrows I shoot now are 2117 aluminums cut at 31 1/2″, and I have 150 gr. broadheads and 145 gr. field tips, currently. Feel free to PM me with your responses if you think it would be easier. Thanks.
Michael
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