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in reply to: Giving It Up #54829
I like hunting out of tree stands. I consider them a sky box in the best theater ever created. They allow me to relax, enjoy myself, and watch things I otherwise would not be able to see. I’ll admit, I learned more about a deer’s defenses the few years I hunted off the ground than I ever have in a tree stand. There’s nothing like being repeatedly busted to teach you how to avoid detection. But these days when it comes to hunting whitetails, I’d much rather hang out in a tree stand than a ground blind. Besides, with static lines and harnesses, safety concerns are largely moot.
in reply to: Off Season #54047One of the advantages of being a landowner in Wisconsin is that you’re allowed to hunt certain small game animals year round on your property. Granted, when I’m up there during the “off season” I’m usually doing habitat improvements or something of the sort, but it’s nice to know I can go chase small game whenever I want. Of course, spring and summer are excellent times for getting in a little bowfishing too.
Usually I shoot the occasional local and state 3D stuff when it’s not deer season. For the past few years, some friends of mine have been trying to get me back into more serious competitive shooting. This year I relented and have been really enjoying myself. I honestly forgot how much fun competitive shooting can be.
in reply to: Heavy Arrows #53611As long as the broadhead is sharp, the arrow flies straight, and you can shoot it accurately, you should have no problems.
in reply to: Aluminum Arrows #52766Some archery organizations require wood arrows for certain shooting classes. IFAA, IBO, and now the NFAA all have longbow classes where archers must compete with wood arrows. I’m not really sure why that’s the case. Maybe it’s something historical. I do know that shooting wood arrows puts another variable into the equipment equation. Granted, a well-matched and properly maintained set of wood arrows gives up nothing in terms of consistency to aluminum or carbon, but they will give up a bit in the velocity category. You can’t get wood arrows as stiff and light as carbons, which is why you generally won’t see top 3D shooters using wood arrows unless their particular class requires it.
in reply to: How times change. #52527R2,
Very wise observation.
in reply to: Fletching Tool? #51772I’ve never used the EZ, but have heard good things about them. About 20 years ago I bought a pair of BPE Pro Fletchers and couldn’t begin to guess how many hundred or arrows I’ve fletched with them. They work great. In addition, I have one of my grandfather’s Bitzenburgers from the 50s that still work well. Last year at Comptons I picked up two more Bitzs for $25 each, so I’m pretty well stocked on fletching jigs.
in reply to: Aluminum Arrows #49509Penntradarcher wrote: Funny….I noticed while re-reading my original post I meant to say 2117’s, not 2217’s. Do they make such an animal?
Last I knew they made a 2213, -15, -17, and -19.
in reply to: Aluminum Arrows #49416I used to shoot XX75s years ago, mostly 2215s with Zwickey Eskimos out of an older recurve. They weren’t the fastest things, but they’d zip through a deer like it was a wet paper bag. I still have a bunch of them in my basement shop.
These days you can get some carbons for about the same price as aluminums, but not anywhere near the gpi of a 2217 without shelling out a bit more money. And you’re right; aluminums are very user friendly. Sometimes I do miss the simplicity of picking the exact spine and gpi I want.
in reply to: Proper Length #48452Nope. I don’t know a single bowyer who adjusts the limb length of his designs based on split finger or three under. They may tiller slightly different though.
in reply to: long shots #48451dwcphoto wrote: I do have a great respect for precision and the skill it takes to build such a rifle and hit a target at a great distance, but to use animals for your target in this case is truly repulsive. dwc
Much agreed!
in reply to: Cliff Zwickey Head #47595Stumpkiller wrote: Alex brings out good points.
I enjoy reading the old bowhunting articles and books and one I came across of a “name” in bowhunting history told how he used all 12 arrows from his back-quiver shooting at a distant buck and went back to camp to refill his quiver then fired six or seven more at the buck – at a distance I wouldn’t attempt with my flintlock rifle!
Ethics are like suits and hats. They change with the times.
You make an extremely excellent point. I remember several years ago when I bought the Chet Stevenson book. By the time I finished the second or third story I cringed a bit. But then I remembered it’s not fair to judge hunting exploits from 80 years ago by today’s ethics. Once I conceded that point, I enjoyed the book immensely.
in reply to: Fast arrows #46227dwcphoto wrote: When I shot my doe this year, I released the string and had time to walk over and drag her back a little by the tail to make the perfect shot.
That’s funny, and reminds me of a selfbow of mine. I used to joke that if I didn’t like a shot I could always run down and grab it before it missed.
Dang, now I’m thinking about playing with that bow again… 🙁
in reply to: Couple Newbie Questions #46118I completely agree with the ILF suggestions.
in reply to: Fast arrows #46101My hunting arrows are 500 grains, which is certainly not light (it’s more than heavy enough to blow through a bull moose with ease). My estimation may be on the high side if a person’s experience centers around excessively heavy arrows or inefficient bows, but they’re what I’ve seen based on watching thousands of traditional bowhunters at a few hundred shoots over the years. I’m refering to normal setups, 9-11 gpp, what the overwheling majority of traditional bowhunter shoot. Truth be known, my hunting bow shoots 9gpp a lot faster than 170 fps.
Now, if the question was what speed are the most accurate traditional archers I’ve seen shooting, that would be a different answer entirely.
in reply to: Fast arrows #46006I would have to guess the average arrow speed of traditional bowhunters would be somewhere between 170 and 190 fps.
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