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in reply to: Kansas legalized crossbows during archery season #49477
Its like building a brick wall. First its 50% let off then 80% let off. Then comes release aids. Now a lock and load trigger mechanism. Next laser sights and bi pods. No need to practice no need to do anything but load, point and shoot. At least that is the way they will be sold the customer when they come into the store. And Game and Fish departments only care about the dollars brought in by increased license sales. The bad PR that will come because of pour shot placement lack of knowledge of the bolts trajectory and over stated effective range, will affect the public’s view of archery seasons as a whole. They will not differentiate between equipment to them they are the same because they all have the same 3 letters at the end of their name “bow”.
in reply to: What's in a Name? #14394Mine came about the hard way. In November of 94 I had a tree step fail and fell out of my tree and shattered my right ankle. Ever since I have done the Tree Stand safety portion of our NBEF classes. I one of the people that took the class could not remember my name when we ran into each other at a sport show. He introduced me to his friend as The Fallguy.
in reply to: Good for Illinois ?? #14385We just had our Bowhunter Ed class this past weekend and we always stress your point of, policing your own bad apples is preferable to letting someone else make those decisions for you. We need to get past the big tent theory and go with Quality over Quantity. We will never out number the 80% of the population that does not hunt so we need to make sure they approve of our behavior.
in reply to: long shots #52904I have run into the long shot mentality also. I teach the Bowhunter Ed course in Minnesota and people are curious when they see I hunt with a long bow. They ask what my effective range is when hunting. I tell them under 25 yards. Many times I get the follow up response of “unless it is a trophy buck then you would shoot 35 or 40 yards right?” I always ask why would you take a chance at wounding a B&C buck and not a doe. Do huge antlers calm you?
Well Dave he is a former power lifter, like you he has the aches and pains of youth running at full throttle. I on the other hand refuse to age, my wife keeps asking when I will grow up? I give her the same answer my Grandfather gave my Grandmother ” Ten minutes after they start patting me in the face with a shovel”:lol:
in reply to: Rick Welch #53207I have not take Rick’s clinic I attended Rod Jenkins clinic and it has helped me a lot. I think the main point of any method is that you can diagnose what you did when the shot does not go as intended. If there are no points of reference there is no way to fix a problem.
in reply to: Scent proof? #41925Strait-Aero wrote: I’ve always used a spritz of red fox urine along the edge of the sole of my boot. It seems to help as the deer cutting my trail are not alarmed…Also, take a shower or wash off with Ivory bar soap.
About 15 years ago I was hunting central Minnesota the weekend after the gun season had finished. I was in my stand and watched a red fox cut my track he stopped and sniffed then went on his way. Ten minutes later a group of does and fawns came through they cut my track and did not even stop but when they hit the fox track they scattered 40 yards in all directions. My only explanation is that the previous 2 weeks of gun hunters trying to cover there tracks with fox scent had conditioned them to go on high alert when they smelled that scent.
in reply to: Scent proof? #34346My thoughts on the scent killing sprays and suits has been that our scent has not been totally eliminated but reduced to a level that would equate to 1 or 2 day old track. You have to remember that tracking dogs are trained to follow the scent trails they are put on. We are only trying not to alarm our quarry. With that said I worry more about to wind than the laundry soap.
in reply to: Have You Gotten Lost? #50665The first night on an Oregon elk hunt I found a spot to watch until dark then I turned around and headed back to the truck. The problem was the first trail I hit was not on the map when I hit the main road nothing looked familiar. I was an extra 1/2 mile from the truck in the opposite direction from the truck. So I ended up taking a 6 1/2 mile hike after dark. My hunting partners had not left the area so I did get a ride to camp. The other time I was hunting with a local from Oregon for elk, he dropped me off and said “walk toward the sun” I had not looked at map of this area so by 10:00 in the morning the the sun moved enough that I ended up on the wrong side of the ridge. I walked to the inter section of two trails sat down and waited for Jimmy to show up. He calls that area “Rob’s Ridge”. Have I been lost? “never” I just have been checking new country.
in reply to: E. Donnall Thomas #37102Sorry to here of your families loss.
The only place I have seen a column is in the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundations Bugle Magazine. They have a column called Situation Ethics, members write a 1 page story of a incident that has happened to them. Sometimes these articles generate a letter or 2 that get printed. Mostly though it allows you to put yourself in there boots and decide. I have posed a couple ethics type questions here and on other sites. I usually lasts to page 2 before the moderator has to shut it down. Some one always seems to think if you type louder and longer and attack the individual you can justify your position.
in reply to: Thanks to BandAid Joe! #20698I just received my package of 225″s was going to give the BandAids to the wife. Sounds like I should get my cut resistant gloves on before removing the heads from there safety wrapper.
in reply to: Newbie from Bemidji, MN #16398I hunt by Laporte but live down in Elk River. Give Greg at G&M Archery a call he is in Benedict but he should be able to help you find some local Trad shooters.
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