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in reply to: Meat care and cooking #49387

I bear hunt every year. It has become tradition in our house that when I harvest a bear, the liver comes out right away, gets cleaned and sliced (about 3/4 inch) and goes into a milk bath for a couple hours (3 or 4 if you can).

By then, I’m done with skinning and cutting and my wife prepares the liver with some sweet onions, bacon, mushrooms and de-glazes the pan into a rich gravy. If you like liver, its hard to beat fresh bear liver.

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in reply to: Rookie Mistakes #49367

First deer I ever shot an arrow at caught my draw ! I knew I couldn’t hold as long as he could stare so I let ‘er fly while he was looking right at me. I never would have believed it if I didn’t see it !! That bugger dropped almost onto his belly ducking my arrow !! I couldn’t believe it !!

I’ve gotten stuck like your story as well. Something spooked a 6 pointer out of the brush at first light one morning.He came rushing right at me !! I was hunkered under a large spruce and before I knew it, he was at about ten steps and staring at me !! Soon as I tried to pull back he was gone with a loud snort !!

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in reply to: Bear Care #38748

WOW !! I guess I should feel lucky !! Up here we have to fill out a report after the season closes and that’s it !! I’ve never had to “check in” an animal of any kind……ever !!

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in reply to: Re-tuning my arrows #30504

EXACTLY !! You’re on the right track. It doesn’t really matter how you add the weight, as long as you know the exact grain weight once you’ve got arrows impacting where you’re aiming. Could be 175, could be 375, you’ll figure that out. Then the fun begins !! Choosing a broadhead and insert combo and building the hunting arrow and testing it with fletching. Maybe even reducing your fletching and using a turbulator !

Good luck, let me know where you end up for point weight and FOC !!

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in reply to: Re-tuning my arrows #29113

Hi Aaron, I’m Norm. Let me start by saying I too have the issue of having to order from the States to get the things I need.I feel your pain !! One of the best things I got was a point weight test kit. Although it cost more than double after shipping and duty, it really helpful for proper bare shaft test. I read your stats and notice your arrows are shooting left. This tells me they are too stiff. The only way to fix this is add weight to the tip. There are a number of ways to add point weight, but you need to know exactly how much total point weight it takes to make your arrows shoot properly. Another thing is, shoot that bare shaft lots ! There are a good many things in a person’s form that can affect arrow flight. It only takes one of them to be less than perfect to give you a bad bare shaft reading.

I place a line of tape vertical on my target and add point weight until I’m cosistantly in that line. Unfortunately, its a trail and error process that can take some time but it is very worthwhile in the end. I also adjust my nock point so that my arrows impact slightly nock high.

As I ssaid, once you know how much point weiught it takes for proper tune, there are a few different ways to put that weight on the arrow in a more permanent fashion. I’ll leave that for another thread. Good luck, Hope this helped !

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in reply to: Squirrels and Flu Flu Fletch #25025

I know I’ve posted this before but for squirrels and small game, I use a field point with a beer bottle cap and a washer from a roofing screw. They work great, they never bury in grass or pine straw and while they are a bit soft, they are easy enough to replace ! As for shooting up in the trees, I try to make sure to keep the trunk of the tree behind the squirrel so that if I miss, I hit the tree. With the bottle cap point, the arrow will bounce off and fall to the ground.

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in reply to: What broadheads do you like? #16135

I’ve shot Bear Razorheads for many years and they’ve served me well ! I’m down to my last 2 so I’ve been looking for a suitable replacement. I like the Ace Standard and the Woodsman has caught my eye as well but I just recently saw one from Australia named Kayuga. These look like a very good, sturdy head ! Worth a look !

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in reply to: Squirrels #16126

We have loads of Red Squirrels here in Ontario. They’re not legal to hunt here though. Only Blacks and Greys. Can’t imagine they’d be worth hunting anyway. The Abert, I’ve never even heard of it until now. Looks a bit more substantial.

My Mom used to make meat pies with the squirrels and pigeon we’d shoot when I was younger. Hope you whack a pile of ’em !!

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in reply to: Bow Quivers #63448

I made my own strap on bow quiver. Works great and I like the look of it. There are some details on another post titled making bow quivers.

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in reply to: Furthest shot on game? #55681

Mine’s not quite as cool as some of the previous stories but I drilled a grouse at 26 paces last year. I missed on the first shot and the bird didn’t know what to do. He strutted about five more yards into the bush and as he stepped into a small opening, I dropped the string and hit him square at the base of the neck with a second arrow !! Like I said, not a real big deal but probably my best shot on an animal since taking up traditional about 2 years ago !

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in reply to: Wolves? #55672

They’re protected here too! Well, at least the area where I live. I’m not far from Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario Canada. About 15 years ago, some biologist found a link between the Algonquin Wolf packs and the Red Wolf. The thing is, the Red Wolf is a protected species and therefore so is the Algonquin Wolf. The result was that any township connected to the park became “off limits” for wolf hunting.

Since then, the population has bloomed and the “elusive” wolves have become quite brave and unafraid of human interaction. Just this spring, while turkey hunting in my back yard (my back yard is a few acres next to a few hundred of bush) as I hit my call a second time, a wolf came trotting in as though he were the neighbor’s dog, and tried to take out my decoys 15 yards away from me ! I gave him a sharp “Hey!!” and he just stopped and looked at me for a couple seconds, then went on his way. I’ve had a few of the neighbors tell me stories of their close encounters with them also.

My point here is, I wish it were legal to hunt them here. Not only are they becoming a problem, but I’d LOVE to take a wolf with trad gear !! I’ve had a few occasions where I had a shot opportunity but couldn’t take it !!

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in reply to: Judging Distances #55650

I’ve heard Fred Eichler say that when he shoots a recurve, he doesn’t need to know the distance. Its like throwing a ball, you just know how far to shoot. But, when he uses a compound, he needs a range finder. He doesn’t know what sight pin to use unless he has the actual distance !

Am I the only one who thinks this is weird……but at the same time, understands it !?!?

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in reply to: using peroxide for blood trailing #45734

Very cool !! I’d heard of guys using it before but never actually witnessed how well it works !!

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in reply to: Making bow quivers #45721

Thanks Jim ! They say you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, but you can make an old leather purse into a nice quiver hood !!

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in reply to: Making bow quivers #45337

Here is the new quiver I just finished. A bit nicer than the old moccasin !

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