[billoyd]

in reply to: Elk hunting tips #24938

Couple of tips:

When you’re working a herd in the late morning and they quit calling, they haven’t blown out of the country – they’re bedded down snoozing. If you can be patient, sneak to within 30 yds of them very slowly during the day and wait them out until 3 – 4 pm when they get up. A couple cow calls and the bull will be in your lap.

Tip #2, learn to use a diaphragm call. If you’ve called the elk in, as you start your draw, give a cow call. the look in the bulls eyes when I do this never ceases to amaze me but he’s in such a rut focus, the movement is not an issue. This tip works wonders.

[billoyd]

in reply to: Blood…huh…hair on my grizzlies!!! #24920

Fletcher wrote: Alex, someting that might help is to clamp the file to the bench and move the broadhead along the file. This should allow you to keep the angle consistent and the pressure even.

I have the Lil Shaver sharpner that is similar to a Gatco or Lansky but comes with a file instead of a diamond hone. I clamp it down then get after it with the file (wear gloves!) to set the edge using the upper hole in the Lil Shaver. Once I get it sharp I’ll go from coarse thru fine of the Gatco hones using the lil shaver clamp.

To finish it up I use the Alaska Bowhunter supply double bevel sharpner but hold the BH at the tightest angle I can. For some reason, this works much better for me than the single bevel sharpner of theirs.

This gets these bad boys S-C-A-R-Y sharp and I don’t have to worry if I’m holding a file at the proper edge.

I just got back from S. Africa and used these for Belsbok, Waterbuck, Black Wildebeast and gemsbok and they worked great. Once you get these sharp like this, there is now way to justify spending the high dollars on some of these other broadheads.

Good Luck!!

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