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in reply to: Falcon/Hawk ID #32006

Coopers Hawk. Sharp Shinned hawks are smaller, jay sized and a bit more pigeon shaped around the ‘shoulders’.

Coops are one of my favorite birds. Great pic.

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in reply to: a miss and a kill shot #57001

Scarrows! Rad.

As for worms and such, I gutshot one and it had tapeworms. Other than that I’ve had no issues. I check them over pretty well.

I’ve heard that same rule about eating them only in cool months and don’t see any reason not to eat a healthy rabbit in July.

I’ve read that same report on cottontail diseases. Great piece.

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in reply to: Low Poundage FOC #56082

I’ve put my 53# bow away and been shooting a 44# one. 675gr arrows with 19% FOC. 200grain hex heads and meatheads. I e only been getting bunnies but my effective range is 30yards. As for speed, I got a bunny running straight away from me on Wednesday night. Paced it off at 23 yards. Seems fast enough for me!

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in reply to: Heat gun glue for arrows? #56061

I’ve been using the yellow glue sticks for awhile with no issues on bamboo and wood. I’ve had the clear pull out on me.

I’ve used the yellow in temps down to the mid 30s. That’s cold enough for me.

If you’re using wood shafts you better be making self nocks. Pretty sure that’s in the tradbow T&C

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in reply to: PTSD and the 4th of July #45998

There was a great piece on NPR today about this very topic. Ill try to find the link

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in reply to: Oil rub arrow finish? #45997

I use tung and Danish oils a lot. The superglue I use holds fine and yes, a water based stain will work fine under the oil.

Show ’em off when they’re ready!

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in reply to: Red Cedar Shafts ? #41730

Wow! I didn’t know that about POC. Thanks

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in reply to: Red Cedar Shafts ? #41482

Neither of those trees are true cedars, a juniper and a cypress. That’s why we get the low spine.

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in reply to: Tracking #34635

Anything by Tom Brown, Paul Rezendes’ book, the art of tracking and seeing,

Jim Lowry if you are in the west.

Browns book is great, gets you into the super technical aspects of tracking. Tracks are line drawings though which leaves a lot for speculation.

Rezendes gets into more animal bx and has great photos.

Get ’em both.

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in reply to: Too much fun #52262

archer38 wrote: YES ! THEY DO !!

On another note, what is that quiver made of ? It almost looks like a spotted fawn !

I really want to get a snowshoe hare one day! The jacks around here are, to me, one of the finest archery trophies available.

The quiver is axis deer. A friend shot one on a canned hunt in Texas and I tanned the hide for him. He gave me half of it.

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in reply to: What to know about Stalking #43663

I agree with smithhammer (and everyone else) on those two books. Asbell describes “woods walking” and Brown describes “fox walking”. Both are the same technique that sounds like pussyfoot’n.

Practice practice practice

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in reply to: Too much fun #42503

Goraidh wrote: Looks like an excellent day. Wish we had some cottontails around here, but snowshoe hare isn’t too bad, and they’re certainly fun to hunt.

Do snowshoes taste similar to jacks?

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in reply to: woodies 101 #41397

Dave

Elk sinew is nice and long. I dont see any difference in performance though. Deer, elk, cow, bear, all does the same job.

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in reply to: woodies 101 #40934

I do both glue and simply wrap. Ill check and see which ones are tearing. Im guessing its the no glue ones.

Thanks for the quick reply.

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in reply to: woodies 101 #40912

Great videos Clay!

I have a question: Ive been stripping turkey feathers (no quill) and tying down with sinew. About half of the arrowsI do this way end up having a fletch tear after a dozen or so shots.

I like this method because its so quick but I burning through lots of feathers, any tips?

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