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in reply to: fur fletch #20170

That’s good news SouthTexas. Did it effect your FOC one way or the other ?

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in reply to: fur fletch #19693

On the topic of fur fletch , I was thinking about the squirrels tail . After it is skinned out and tail bone pulled it leaves a nice tube of hide with the hair on it . There’s more hair on the top side than the bottom so with two squirrel tails we simply , and carefully cut away the top side , in the length we want and attach the two sections to the shaft . May take three sections ,,,,I ain’t sure .

There is no fat on the tail skin and it should dry quickly allowing gluing or epoxy to a shaft .

Of course this is all speculation on my part .

Now if I can only dispatch some squirrels 😉

It’s after 12 pm Dock ,,,ya better go eat .

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in reply to: fur fletch #19656

Technlogical Advancement For Old Men 101

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in reply to: fur fletch #19593

I grill my fish over charcoal with wine, garlic and butter! Not fried? That work?

sounds even better,,,,that’ll work,,,,I’ll get that girl in the kitchen to make some of her ‘TO KILL FOR’ coleslaw an’ I’ll go dig some new ‘taters an’FRY ’em up crisp n brown.

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in reply to: fur fletch #19078

Great ! I am as anxious to find out as you .

Doc will fry up some fish and we can picnic in different places together .

Thanks , ST

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in reply to: Rabbit fur string silencers #18677

If not the rubber cat whiskers , if ya do a lot of hunting in the rain , maybe just set up another string with no silencers at all .

I spent a bunch of time and went thru several materials this summer trying to get that SK quiet . All thru the brace height too . Ended up with B-50 endless loop and back with yarn balls for silencers . Still ,this bow is not as quiet as the 2012 model which gave up the ghost . The flemish twist string that came with the bow was out of the question . It was actually more quiet without any silencers , but still unacceptable.

After increasing arrow weight it is now acceptable but slow .

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in reply to: Vintage pics…cool site #18622

Thanks for posting this link. Truly amazing stuff.

Betty Davis ! Are you kiddin’ me ? Shootin’ at virgins ?

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in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #17984

congrats biscuit

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in reply to: cool air an' squirrels #17336

fine looking rig there Hooking,,,,,da’gum fine shot too

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in reply to: deer bedding area #16907

I know it is possible to get into the woods without leaving a scent trail on the ground . With clean rubber boots it can be done . Have seen deer cross my trail and never spook or stop to sniff on really dry days and I was wearing leather boots .

Bottom line is keep the wind in your favour. What does the horse do when it’s breezy ? Point his butt to the wind and watch downwind . Everything with hair on it does that,,,in the wild anyway.

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in reply to: Not gonna work #16892

I’d really like to go to one of the Rocky Mt. states on one of those big hunts .But I’d be ferfectly content to just loaf around the mountains flingin’ arrows at those grouse we see so often in TBM .

Oh , I have the greatest respect for you folks that hunt elk or any of the big game and work to get ’em down off the mountain , it just ain’t what I want to do.

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in reply to: deer bedding area #16500

Last fall I set some traps in my buddy’s pond to hopefully remove all the muskrats. The perimeter of the pond is thick , mowed fescue. I wore knee high rubber boots to check the traps . Every day there was fresh deer sign where they had tracked me from one trap to the next .

Years ago I watched a deer track my steps from the previous day right to the treestand .

They are not on a schedule like we are and they have all night to investigate any scent left by us , be it one hair or a drop of snot , they’ll find it .

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in reply to: Colorado '13, from concrete jungle to aspen jungle! #16489

Wishin’ you a safe hunt and may the time go by slowly.

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in reply to: deer bedding area #16412

I would suggest picking a different route into your blind to avoid spooking the deer out of bed.

Furthermore , you may consider having more than one blind . One where you are presently hunting and one at least a half mile away . Could be less or more depending on cover and terrain and of course deer movement patterns .

Avoid day after day use of any one blind or stand unless you are 100% certain you are leaving NO scent . The deer will return during the night to the spot they were spooked during the day and track you around the woods till they end up PEGGING your hiding spot , which they will soon shy away from completely .

Best of hunts to ya

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in reply to: Concave broadhead sharpening #15522

After reading your post I sat back to think about your problem . I can’t recall ever in 50+ year of ever sharpening anything with a concave edge .

I think you are on the right road with the dowel and sandpaper . Only I would recommend you use a light oil on the paper and at the end you might use some leather on the dowel . It’ll get there .

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