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in reply to: Favorite meal while out hunting #45860
If the hunt is good, fresh tenderloin can’t be beat. From there, whatever’s handy or easily caught. In the past, when I’ve been fishing during the summer for trout, if I’m in a good place for it, and remember the tin foil, salt, pepper and butter, do like Greattree said, catch a few (with trout you can leave’em whole after you gut them), wrap’em in foil with the above seasonings and throw’em in the coals for 15-20 minutes. If you leave the head attached, the eye will turn white when they’re done cooking and ready to eat.
Michael
in reply to: The anatomy of a broadhead's edge #45854StandingBear,
I look forward to seeing your pictures and the information you bring with them. Thanks.
Michael
in reply to: To burn or cut is the question? #44536how long are the full length feathers? and can you set up a chopper to cut different sizes? or do they sell separate choppers for separate style/size feathers? i haven’t looked into it myself, so i’m curious…
Michael
in reply to: Grizzly Broadhead Giveaway #42080StandingBear,
Thank you again for this opportunity, and thank you for drawing my name. I guess the arrow gods are smiling on me!! Perhaps all of my offerings to them are paying off…now to find an elk…LOL. Again, thank you.
Michael
Also, congratulations to BOWHUNTBEAR and Steve on your respective drawing wins.
in reply to: GOT A NEW BOW…… #39295beautiful bow. i like the contrast between the riser and limbs. should post a picture from the front of the bow, too, so we can see the full profile of the riser.
in reply to: Grizzly Broadhead Giveaway #37145Heck, at this point, everybody’s gonna git broadheads outta this drawing. Of course, I’m sure that over the weekend, there’ll be more sign-ups. LOL.
in reply to: Why are small game hunter #'s falling? #36506crittergitter wrote: one more thing montanaford did i understand correctly in one of your posts you said you dont actually have a small game season.
Yes, you heard right. We don’t have a set small game season here in Montana. Squirrels and rabbits/hares are pretty much open year-round. The squirrels here aren’t much in the way of size, though. Their bodies aren’t much longer than a person’s hand, from head to base of tail. We have jack rabbits, snowshoe hares and cottontails, depending on where you’re located. We do have upland bird seasons for our various grouse species, pheasants, chukkar, and whatever else there is, as well as our waterfowl seasons. I take a fair number of grouse every year. The squirrels…well…aside from being quite small…have you ever taken a bite out of a pine cone or tasted pine-sol cleaner??? That’s about what they taste like. Anyway, I owe, I owe, so off to slavery I go.
Michael
in reply to: Idea – already tried?? #35990I’m thinking next time I may forego the extra field tip in the back of my insert, as I don’t think it was particularly stable and may have attributed to the insert/145 gr. tip blowing out the side of the shaft. Will have to figure something else out, perhaps. May even give the weedeater string a shot inside my inner carbon shaft. Anyway, lots to ponder and think about.
Michael
in reply to: Idea – already tried?? #34739Well, I managed to get 20+ FOC today on a 30 1/2″ aluminum arrow, but lemme tell ya, that was a trick. On my insert for my 145 field tip, I opened up the back end of the insert, screwed in a smaller field tip (i think about 100 gr.), slid in two 8″ pieces of 2 different size carbon arrows (one inside the other), stuck in my “double field tipped” insert, and tried to bare-shaft it…well, i shoulda glued the carbon shafting in, at the very least….part way to the target, i heard the carbon shafting hit the nock-end of the shaft with a solid “TINK”, and out of the sky my arrow fell….the field tip end was toast, the insert having split out the side at about a 30 degree angle to the shaft…lol…all in all, a learning experience. however, before the carbon shafting slid to the back of the arrow, it looked like it was gonna fly pretty nice….hafta try again tomorrow.
Michael.
p.s. i don’t know what my overall weight was, but i’m quite certain it was well over 650 grains.
in reply to: Grizzly Broadhead Giveaway #34291StandingBear,
What is the bevel on the broadheads, and also, what is the weight on the Steel Force heads? Please put my name in the hat for your drawing as well. I currently shoot 150 gr. Wensels, but have been looking into going to a single-bevel 2-blade as of late. Thank you for making this offer available to us here at TBM.
Michael
in reply to: Idea – already tried?? #33273I’m shooting 60# @ 29 1/2″ out of a Bear Grizzly, and currently, I shoot Easton Gamegetter 2117’s cut at 31 1/2″, with a standard aluminum insert and 145 gr. field tip (150 gr. Wensel Woodsman). My FOC calculated out to 13.49%. Over the weekend, I got ahold of some carbon shafting that fits snugly inside my aluminum shaft. I’m planning to put between 6 and 8″ of carbon shafting inside my aluminum behind the insert (possibly with a 15 gr. insert in the carbon shafting). How much is this likely to affect my arrow spine? Is it likely that I’ll have to cut my aluminum shaft shorter to compensate for the extra weight up front? Any advice or other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Michael
in reply to: Holding at full draw #32492SB…For me, it all depends on the shooting situation. Some shots, I hold at anchor for a second or two, but most of them, when I’m shooting, I touch my anchor point just long enough for my brain to register that I reached my anchor point. As soon as the touch is registered, I release, or at least that’s when my release is intended to take place.
Michael
in reply to: Shooting Game Already Dead..issues? #32204I would have to actually kill something besides a squirrel or grouse before I could do any kind of testing. Usually, this means I need to slow down when I’m walking, actually sit still when I’m sitting, and overall, actually have a successful hunt.
Michael
in reply to: 2 Blade Blood Trails? #28072Ron,
I’ve had problems with adapters breaking loose from glue-ons in the past, and really don’t want to have that worry/headache. Truthfully, I’d like to move up to a heavier broadhead, as long as I can find a field point that’s relatively close to the same weight. I want to be able to swap my field tips for my broadheads and vice versa, to go from field shoots to hunting without having to have separate arrows for each activity.
Michael
in reply to: HUNTING FROM THE GROUND #28037I’ve only ever gotten “above” the deer a couple times. Both times were while gun hunting. One was a “telephone pole” blind (a shack on a telephone pole) when I was 12…missed a doe with my rifle. Second time, I climbed a tree to shotgun hunt some slough crossings…didn’t see anything, but my butt fell asleep. I really don’t like being up off the ground when I’m hunting. I like my feet on the ground. It’s less distance to fall if you do happen to fall. Besides, any time you find yourself laying on the ground unintentionally, it seems to be painful.
Michael
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