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in reply to: Instinctive Shooting: Practice Distances #42118
At club shoots, among my favorite events are the really long shots at the giant old-fashion bullseyes. What’s there to lose? It’s always on a big mowed field so you don’t lose arrows, and it’s FUN. But practicing for hunting I limit it to 20 yards and frankly feel that’s stretching it. I do however sit up targets all over the place so I can shoot down, up, sitting, etc. To practice for hunting only by standing in the traditional side-on tournament position is practicing to miss. Once you have your bow and arrows tuned so they humm real sweet, the best practice for hunting, at any range, is stumping. The single biggest mistake we make is practicing from the same distant at the same shot-angles in the same, usually standing, position. Another good question, St. Pat. ttf
in reply to: Cameras or No? #42114Ah, cameras tend to come into our minds this time of year, eh? For myself, I love my trailcam year-round just for watching what the local wildlife is up to. Can’t count the times I’ve laid in bed just before sleep and thought, “I wonder what’s going right now at this place or that “up on the hill.” But I’d never consider using a cam to “scout” for hunting. A big part, maybe the biggest part, of the adventure of hunting for me is NOT know what I might run into out there. No disrespect intended, but I view those who need that certainty as too concerned with “success.” To me, they mystery of the hunt IS success. I think about hunting like trotline fishing for catfish in big deep water on a black night, which I did a lot of growing up. Two guys in a small boat with a Coleman lantern sitting at the front. The guy in front has his hands in the water which is lighted by the lantern maybe a few feet down, and pulls the boat forward slowly as he pulls up the line … you can see down the white line into the darkening water only so far but feel this strong tug and jerk and know something down there BIG is hooked on. Is it the 20lb cat you hope it is, or a snapping turtle, big carp … who knows? Those moments of hope and absolute mystery remain among my brightest memories of youth. THAT is what real hunting means to me. To heck with anything less. Ain’t got near so much to do with age as it does with instinct and soul. Yep. TTF
in reply to: When The Compound Was Born… #42109Patrick — What kind of job do you have? It seems you must have a lot of time to sit and contemplate the archery world in order to come up with this unending (we hope!) supply of great questions for discussion. Thanks bigtime for your stimulating input to this stimulating website. 🙂 So far as what I thougth about the early arrow-shooting machines (I”m with SteveSr. there) … not much. And that hasn’t changed. ttf
in reply to: Turbulators #32206Patrick says to George: “We can ALL relate.”
I say, Speak for yourself! 👿 I for one am ALWAYS successful in my attempts at humor. (But don’t ask my wife for her opinion on this, as she is, well, my wife. :lol:)Here is what me thinks: Patrick’s humor, sorry as it is, comes through better than George’s. But George plays the guitar WAY better!
It remains to be seen which of these would-be commedians is the most entertaining in hunting camp the night before opening day … which has to do with other influences, like raging adrenaline and the willingness and ability to entertain certain, uh, semi-natural social substances :D:D. I appreciate you both, and most everyone else here. Never been such a place before where we can disagree and have fun and respect with it. Like George says, we’re all trad bowhunters bottom line, and comedians only second. 😛
jgilmer — NOW we’re talking. No TV at all! I’m guessing you don’t have kids. 😛 Think about all we give up for the Toob: reading, relaxed conversation, backyard archery practice, all sorts of hands-on hobbies. Marx said religion is the opiate of the masses. If that’s so, then TV is the heroin! I have a TV to watch my choice of dvd’s on–mostly music concerts and documentaries–but don’t have TV reception and haven’t for years (no kids). But I travel in my work and from boredom, rather than go down to the hotel bars, I often surf the channels. The “best” I can find are the stupid ghost-buster type “un-reality” shows. If I land on a, what Mr. Peterson calls Outhouse channel, I keep going so fast it’s only a blur. Clearly I need to start carrying books on my trips! 🙄
Hello Daddy. I trust you had a good family day yesterday. In the used bow category you can get some amazing deals on top-end custom bows, so I wouldn’t bother with looking for a cheap factory bow. For some reason there are often better deals on lefty than RH bows … smaller market to sell to I guess. I don’t think you can rate the quality and value of a used bow by brand. You just have to shop around and shoot a bunch until one that you can afford “speaks” to you. For most of us this is the hard part — finding bows we can shoot before we buy. Tell us what poundage you want, whether recurve or longbow, length, max price etc. and maybe someone here will have some info for you. Good luck. ttf
in reply to: wood arrows? #27465Lots of good thoughts here for various points of view. The two that resonate loudest with me are “Let’s not get overly serious about our personal preferences in arrows,” and “Let’s give our money to the custom artists among us, bows as well as arrows, rather than the big companies.” I shoot both wood and carbon but if you ask what I’d rather shoot, all else equal, it’s definitely wood. Doesn’t have to be poc, just wood. Alas, all else is rarely equal. m2c
in reply to: Mega Morchella! #27451There’s a fungus amongus! Trophy morels, for sure. Tastes differ as to whether blondes, like these, or blacks taste better. But most agree that the blondes are easier on the stomach for folks who have a low tolerance for shrooms. I love ’em all and am jealous as we had none this dry spring. No need to say, “Enjoy!”
Cottonwood — If you’re searching for watchable bowhunting dvd’s, you must check out Primal Dreams, which was co-produced and stars Mike Mitten, who posts here occassionally. Lots of respect for the game (in both senses of the word), good photography, many hunts all over N. America and no macho gore. Highly recommended.
in reply to: Colorado Backcountry Hunters and Anglers #24714What Hiram said! TTF
Chris — are you aware of how much your ethics have matured in the time you’ve been on this site? Well I have been watching, and bravo. TTF
in reply to: EFoc and Carbon Arrows #17783Michael and Dave — I’ve never heard it as an acronym or term either, but it works. I guess we have too many words in the English language, as we all seem to want to shorten them down when possible. The military is the worst. But hey, DILLIGAS? 😆 Snuffy
in reply to: Bow Season vs. Crossbows #17780Steve — your points are understood. My point echoes Dave’s and some others … do what you want so long as it’s ethical and legal, but not in MY archery season. Along with ORVs, mechanical broadheads and lots of other junk the publishers of TBM won’t allow ads for in the magazine, is crossbows. I applaud them for that. From here, Steve and I and others could enter a gentlemanly discussion about whether passing along bowhunting to future generations and getting more hunters is worth the trade-off of a technologically dumbed-down hunter who knows more about computerized gadgets than he or she does basic woodsmanship skills. But I won’t go there as others have said it already better than I could and it’s a slightly different discussion. I’ll simply say again that I grew up hunting with stickbows and I’ll die hunting with a stickbow or quit when I can’t pull the weight any longer, and I’ll continue fighting the intrusion of gadgets into bowhunting seasons wherever I live. While compounds was long ago a done deal, back before we had any unity or organization to fight them, and most of us in fact were shooting them, it’s still a winnable battle against X-guns in most states. Sorry to gab so long. Snuffy
in reply to: Technical question plz #17769Dead — on replies, be sure that the box to the right of “subscribe to thread,” at the bottom of the posting screen, is set to “yes.” To the right of that click on “yes” for “send email.” It has always worked for me. If that doesn’t get it we will have to ask Robin, our caring webmother. Snuffy
in reply to: blackbear hunting #15261Somewhere in a back issue of TBM, Dave Peterson writes about effective methods to hunt bears fair chase (no baits or hounds) and in states that don’t allow baiting. Lots of good ideas there, provided mostly be a leading bear biologist and hunter. I’ll be Robin can tell us the issue and name of the article?
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