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in reply to: How about hunting bear in Michigan? #10222

IF, I’m not mistaken, I could be, a certain percentage, 10%?, goes to non-residents. If you go on the DNR website, you will see they have various seasons for the areas. They will also have how many licenses will be alloted. Lets just say, you are going for the 1st season, in Baraga, with 180 permits being issued. That would be 1, possibly 2 going to a non resident. There is a reason, that there are ALOT of bears in Michigan. The same goes for wisconsin, where 8 to 10 years of applying is the norm.
BUT, all is not lost, start applying, someday it will happen. heck, I’m already making plans to hunt bears in the U.P. Of course , Ill have plenty of time as I will be retired. Lot of points (years) to go to by the way. CRASH87

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in reply to: How about hunting bear in Michigan? #7695

Not a michigander, but, hunt and bum on the Wisconsin/U.P. border. Have been for the last 25 years or so. With that said I have been applying for a bear license since 2001. Not many given out, especially to non-residents like myself, but in the mean time I just make sure I get it in before the deadline each year. It will happen but in the meantime………………….Good luck 😉 Crash87

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in reply to: National Archery in the Schools Program #9693

I thought I lost my son to shooting bow, because of lack of interest. I bought him a fibergalss “kids” bow when he was 4 and started teaching. As he grew older I could see He wasn’t interested as much as he used to be, until one summer he shot with me once. Everytime I asked if he wanted to shoot he said no. I wasn’t going to push the issue and let it be. I did some thinking and relized that he felt he just wasn’t enjoying it because of not being very consistant in hitting the target. I enrolled him in the NASP program and never saw a more excited kid when bullseyes were hit with consistancy. I bought him a Genisis bow and things turned around. Target shooting, Stump shooting, And when I introduced him to the spring sucker run and fishshooting, well lets just say he gives his dad a run for his money, with not only fish, but enthusiasum as well.
My feelings are that the Kids must not only be interested in a sport, but also enjoy it. Getting him a Genisis compound put the interest back into it and made it enjoyable. Let’s not forget, when shooting on a team there is also competition. A lot of the girls can really shoot. In fact we have had 2 state champions, both H.S. girls. the boys want one too. I decided it would be best, for him, to make his decision on what he wants to shoot, not I. If He wants to go trad. He has a bow, well a couple to choose from. If not maybe down the road he will have a change of heart and say, “you know my dad used to shoot one of those, I think I’ll give it a try.
Getting thousands of kids interested in archery is what the NASP is all about, Mfg’s needed to get invovled too or it wouldn’t have happened, rules established etc. ALL kids are shooting on an equal basis, equipment wise. What other shooting sport or othe sport in general can you say that about? I think it’s great, Besides I now have 2 new shootn’ partners.
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in reply to: National Archery in the Schools Program #9681

My children both shoot in the NASP. Son, 14, daughter 11. They have been in it now for about 3 years. I go to their practices. In our area it is put on through the city Rec dept, sanctioned through the NASP. Genisis bows are furnished, and easton genisis arrows also. The bow has different poundage from a min. to a max. with no let off and not draw length specific. You grow with the bow, in fact, I can shoot it, unfortunatley, for me, not as well as my kids. But that is a good thing. While some schools have established teams, ours would be what you call a pick up team. If you are signed up for the program you are entilted to go to state and compete. We usually have all kids signed up as a High School team, our youngest was in 5th grade this year. We are able to do this because otherwise we do not have enough High school age kids to make a team. The kids also shoot in there respect gruop as individuals. With that I am proud to say that our team took 4th palce in state competition, (2nd striaght year) and one of our high school girls was Co-state champion. Unfortunatley budget cuts and lack of fundraising did not allow our team to go to nationals in Kentucky. We did go last year however. Our co champian did however did get to go with the generosity of the other co champions team and also with monies donated from various local orginizations.
With that said, I think it is a good thing, There were over 5000 shooters at the nationals, That would be 5000+ school age shooters interested in the sport of archery. But what about the teams that did not go to the nationals? You have to place and meet a minimum score, I really do not no, what the total number would be for all the kids that are in the program one way or the other, But I do know it’s well more than 5000+. While these kids shoot a compound they also, DO NOT shoot, with all the gizmo’s associated with todays “kill em all, it’s not quality but how many and how far”. Fingers, no sights, no 99% let off’s, no triggers, scopes, infrared heat seekin nothing.
More to come……….Crash87

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in reply to: Cold Hands #50620

I’m with Ricklep on this one. Hunting northern Wisconsin has taught me alot about hunting in the cold, so I thought it permissible to add a few thoughts to the matter.
Usually nothing on my shooting hand but my shooting glove, keeping it in my pocket for warmth, “when” it gets cold. I have also wore a Light cotton glove or a ragg wool glove (it’s a little heavier which equals=warmer) with the three fingers cut off for my shooting glove. If it is realy cold I have some of those shearling wool mitts that Screamin’ eagle sold all those years ago. Basically a pouch sewn so the wool is inside. I usaully take one and clip it to my belt and use it “when” in stand, be it ground or tree. If it is really, really cold i’ll add a heater pack or 4, you can also add them to your pockets if you wish.
Last evening I was out for about 4 hours with just a 3 fingerless glove on my shooting hand, east wind off lake Michigan at about 20mph with temps in the single digits, “without” wind chill. Never really noticed cold hands until right at quitting time. So another method is to just put it out of your mind, cold is just another mild obtacle of the hunt and should not be worried, about as you have more important things to do, HUNT. 😉 CRASH87

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in reply to: carbon arrow building/cut offs #53329

I tried using carbons earlier this year and had the same questions as you. I used a small die grinder clamped to my table saw and used the miter to hold the arrow square , one way, and my grinder had to be squared the other, believe it or no IT WORKED!!. Time consuming and a big pain in the backside though. THEN, in the tips of the week column I found my solution, thanks to Larry O. Fischer.
“My son Blake found this little gem at Harbor Freight. The Benchtop Cut-off Saw (item #42307) cuts through wood, aluminum, and/or carbon like butter. The blades are very inexpensive and seem to hold up extremely well, even when cutting hardwoods.”
For the price of 3 Broadheads, 2 brands come to mind, you can have one of these and know you’ve got a square cut. Even if you don’t use it very often, the price is right to have one on hand. Crash87

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in reply to: Carbon Shaft 2nd's #56184

E-Bay? Why not go to the source.
http://www.bowhuntingstuff.com
If you can’t get your money back, you at least get a free (FREE?) hat.

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in reply to: Why are small game hunter #'s falling? #56171

Nowadays, the emphasis has shifted to trophies, scores, and, unfortunately, ego gratification. Grouse and rabbits don’t have much to add to that. Of course, the outdoor media have played into this all too easily.
That nail you hit squarley on the head. Just saw a show on network T.V.,(not cable) the other day. Appalling to say the least, people who don’t hunt see this garbage and think we are all like that?? Unfortunatley the majority probably does.

That’s why there will always be at least one small game feature per issue, and one issue annually that focuses on small game. Don
YES!!Keep ’em coming

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in reply to: Your Maximum Yardage #33119

Greatreearcher, PM sent

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in reply to: Your Maximum Yardage #32846

Fox Longbow 56# 62″. Arrow made it through but did not exit Pulled out and found it after approx 50 yds, deer made about 30 more. Crash87

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in reply to: HUNTING FROM THE GROUND #31851

Iv’e been a tree stand hunter up until 2004, As I was walking to my stand, I came upon a standing unwary doe and one that was bedded. It was completley excilarating to stalk into range, with no shot, then wait for the opportunity, if and and when it comes. You then stand there in disbelief as the deer does exactly what you want it to and then, the arrow finds it mark. Since then I’ve been able to do it one more time,2006, with my biggest buck ever, of course that was just icing on the cake. Anytime you can sneek up on one is an accomplishment even if you blow it. As a tree stand hunter for far to long, I cannot begin to explain to you the feelings one has when shooting off ones own hind feet on solid ground, you will have to find that out for yourself, good luck, but more impotantly have fun. Crash87

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in reply to: Your Maximum Yardage #31840

My optimum, not maximum, range would be 20yds, the majority of all shots at game has been at that range or under, that is, of course by design. The furthest shot, now starting my 35th year as a bow hunter, at game has been 39 paces. It was a shot I felt totally confident with as conditions,to me at least were good, Broadside, some what alert, but not quite sure, and standing in the open with a corn field as a backdrop. I practice, again under perfect conditions out to 40 yds with the majority of practice at the optimum 20yds. I feel one is always faced with difficult shots in the feild. Being prepared to meet that challenge, by practicing the situations you might face is what it takes to be prepared to take that not so perfect shot and succeed. Being confidence in your abilities through proper practice, cnfident being the key word. Or, as my Son’s baseball coach once said “practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect play.” Crash 87

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in reply to: NRA pros and cons #49307

The one thing one must relize is the fact that an orginization, a large, one in particular IS NOT going to do everything you like. If they did, it would be your, orginization, and good luck with that. What’s wrong with donations from a manufactuer. It’s working capitol, something you need to fend of the other’s. To back a cross bow issue is not wrong, my personal feelings aside. They look at it as a way to get more people in the hunting fields and YES, it is a way to get members. I would hate to see where we, as hunters, would be without orginizations such as the NRA. The more “THEY” try & whittle away at our great constitution the less rights and/or opportunities we would have. Remember it is the largest pro gun lobby out there and it is a force to be reconded with, that is a fact by the way, not an opinion. Everything is related to one another, limit guns, you limit hunting, you limit hunting, you limit opportunities to hunt, don’t think your bow can be effected, Guess again! CRASH87

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in reply to: Why are small game hunter #'s falling? #49290

I would say a lack of places to go. As a fledgling young hunter I was able to walk out my back door in Rural Wisconsin and hunt a number of properties, of course I didn’t look at them as such. It was just one big woods to me. Before school, after school, any time I could, rabbits, squirrels, (gray & fox) Hungarian Partridge, Ruffed grouse, Ringneck Pheasant (the 1st bird I ever tried to harvest with a bow, I said try didn’t I?), woodcock and being on a river Ducks & Geese. Now access is gone, bought up to build homes and as recreational hunting, FOR THE TAXPAYER OF THE PROPERTIES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ONLY!
Even Deer hunting, fond memories of where I shot my first deer, memories only as I cannot even access the property to show my son the exact spot. We now hunt the northern forest and small game is now more or less non-existant for me. Although we do occationally persue Ruffed grouse and snow shoe Rabbits, that would be after a 3 hour drive to get there. Interest would still be there if you didn’t have to plan on making a weekend of it and, of course, the time and money invovled to just get there. Just can’t walk put my backdoor anymore. It’s To bad, not for me but for our future hunters our son’s and daughters. CRASH87

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in reply to: Nocks #38755

While you heard they weren’t going to be made anymore, I just could not find them. Of course I was not looking in the right place, while the “BIG” traditional archery supply houses (one of, I prefered to all others when they were small, but not anymore))have a lot of diferent things, they all fall victim to the all mighty “high overhead” . Where, if they don’t think something will sell they won’t inventory it. The reason you see these inferior nirk nocks, they think we want only snap on P.O.S. nocks, that break. A lot of times we want something, can’t find it, assume there gone and forget it. The big boys aren’t going to stock something they “don’t think” will sell if they their selling what they have.
Go through the pages of Traditional Bowhunter and you will find some of those traditional archery shops That sell the things the big boys won’t.
Valley Traditional Archery Supply in Colorado and the Nocking Point in Kansas are a couple thet stock Mercury nocks. Although I’m not sure if He stocks them, give The Footed Shaft in Rochester Minnesota a call, a very good business to deal with. CRASH87

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