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in reply to: Stumpin' #25275

Stumpin in Northern Michigan w my Bama Expi Royal 64in called “Lacy” we have inifinite dead Birch trees for targets!

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in reply to: Fletching color #58663

I have at least one Chartruese on all my arrows now, usually 2 on most of them and any color barred feather for an accent! i like the high visibility also prefer flo green nocks they show up no matter what fauna or light! I have some interesting combos of color combos these days but they work for me!

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in reply to: New to me Schulz longbow #48252

My son LimbLover has a Shultz 65@28 68in “American Longbow” , I went stumping with it over the weekend nice bow, all my bows are 52@28 and down but I had no issues shooting the Shultz!

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in reply to: What Kind if Winter Have You Had? #43576

Since the end of January we have a snowstorm at least once a week here in Northern Mi, we have about 2 feet of snow cover in the deep woods however where the sun is hitting there is much less, deer are on the move and they seem to be in good shape so as long as we do not get slammed with anymore storms I think they will do just fine!

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in reply to: wool or camo? #40139

Asbell plaids all the way for me! I have a Evening Stand Brown Vest that I layer and a zip Cedar Swamp green plaid jacket! I love the way wool looks in the woods, plus its very quiet!

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in reply to: Gas Prices Keeping Me At Home #13794

I feel your pain I have GMC duramax, diesel is now $4.29 a gallon talk about a tax on the middle class this is one of them barely can afford to drive it to work any more!

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in reply to: How many bows do you have? #10502

Bama Expedition Osage Royal 62in 47@28

Bama Expedition Royal 64in 53@28

Great Northern Bushbow 60in 52@28

Hickory Selfbow 66in 50@28

Bama Hunter Longbow 66in 50@28

Shakespeare Necedeh 56in 45@28

Got a NEW 64 Howard Hill style Bama “Tribute” on order w a Black Locust riser, built with all USA woods! Naming it the “All American”

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in reply to: Mental Clutter and Stump Shooting #58988

Its funny but I have seen people that struggle on static targets, but go stump shooting and they shoot great! I agree its the woods setting, your mind is clear target choices are infinite, i think we focus much better to the task at hand! With targets there may be time for overthinking to set in! I hope our temps come up a tad a we lose a little snow right now you can’t see a stump, would love to do some stumpin & Roving, it would be great to cleanse the soul!

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in reply to: Use of Arm Guards-Pros and Cons #58981

I only wear arm guards with heavy clothing, I have a stretchy sleeve that goes over my forearm! I shoot longbows exclusively 2 R/Ds, a flatbow, Selbow, and a D-Style I have never got stringslap. I also shoot with a slight cant, as stated above it could be a grip or bow arm issue, try changing those. you will figure it out!:D

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in reply to: Kalamazoo? #34816

Went there on Saturday w LimbLover drive from Grand Rapids was good, lots of real nice bows as usual, Asbells got most of my money I picked up a zip “Cedar Swamp” plaid jacket been wanting that pattern for a long time to go w my Evening Stand Brown vest! Also couldn’t pass on a Dark Brown/Black plaid pullover from the closeout rack either! Teresa was one busy vendor there at the show! Met a lot of great people, talked to Robin overall I think the vendors may have been down a little but I heard the weather had played havoc w some of them getting there!

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in reply to: Great Northern Bow #30092

I have a Great Northern Bushbow, I got the bow in a trade, its a flat bow design w Osage limbs 60in 52@28 its a great shooter I plan on shooting a few of their bows at Kalamazoo this weekend!

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in reply to: Barta in a high fence? #61320

I do like some of his shows as he still uses wood arrows, longbows etc, but he lost me when they tree-ed the Black Bear and he came in and shot it out of the tree! He has been thru a lot thats for sure and I give him cudos for still trying to do it the Barta way but that was too much for me!But I do remember one show before he was hit with his paralysis, when he took a rather dubious shot at an Elk w a stone point arrow, he never recovered that animal!

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in reply to: Your First Few Years Into Trad Bowhunting? #58758

Its the only way I hunt game anymore, totally gave up on the firearms for the most part, I do use my TC Renegade cap and ball muzzleloader once in a while! I have shot some small game with my longbow,have had a few shots at deer all clean misses! To me anymore its all about being in the woods w my Bama longbow whether its hunting, roving or stumpshooting you never know what your going to see or expierance ! This year is my 4th season of Trad hunting, have not made the mistakes of past years as to my ground blind locations, movement, wind direction, concealment etc! , first year for using a game cam which has been a real eye opener to what visits your area when you are not there and the times they come in for a visit! I have yet to loose an at a deer arrow this season, could have at one small 3pt that I have seen several times but I passed hoping he will be nicer next season,did see a couple other nicer bucks but never got any shot opportunities, with a firearm they would have been easy pickins, thats what makes Trad bow hunting so challenging especially on the ground! most of the does I saw was during firearm season but they are not legal on public land even with a bow during firearm season! We can hunt up until Jan 1st, snow has settled down, can’t think of any way I would rather than end 2012 than be in the woods with my longbow!

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in reply to: Christmas Doe #54499

That looks a lot like my back yard only we have about 10in more snow on the trees and ground! I am in Grand Rapids at my sons house they have no snow to speak of! Great Pic!

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in reply to: Game camera #48675

I have an inexpensive Tasco, very easy to use and runs on C batteries! Seen them as low a $49.00

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