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in reply to: Pack for elk #21135

Bison Gear Elk Hunter

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in reply to: Pack for elk #21133

The thing is most of the exterier matterial is too noisy for a day back. So, I just get a freighter frame and tie my camp and day pack to that. After camp is set, I hunt out with my day pack, The Elk Hunter by Bison gear. Exterial can be wool or saddle cloth depending on what you like.

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in reply to: Eastern Trad Archery Rendezvous #37033

I won’t be able to make it this year, but have had a great time in the past. Bring lots of arrows. Ha!

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in reply to: Stalking #37029

I sure do like to stalk. The only whitetail I took last year was in the snow and the result of a stalk that brought me to 18 yards. I like to stalk depending on game and habitat. Some may feel it is a lost art, which I can’t deny, but know that it can be brought up again as soon as the need matches the desire to feel a higher acheivement. Mike

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in reply to: Who Hunts Alone Most of the Time? #45686

Yep, I owe you one Dave for always being such a nice guy!

Bullseye- Yes even in solitude you are never truly alone.

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in reply to: Feather???? What Feathers!!!! #44851

Thanks Troy. I get it. I just want folks to know that its takes a lot of effort and energy to maintain perfection, and a few feathers might defend against a little entropy. Ha!

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in reply to: Feather???? What Feathers!!!! #44802

It seems like you guys are on the right track for arrow tunning and max penitration for your setup in your perfect world. I just like feathers for when things go a little off in tough hunting situation like 3 weeks beating the wet willow and alder brush in Alaska. Maybe your string stretches a little, or the nock set gets pushed off a bit, or your release isn’t quite as clean, or your arrow hits a twig or blade of grass, then your feathers will come in very handy. How fast do arrows correct after a defection, with and without fletching? We lose a little control in the hunting world, that’s why we love the adventure. Mike

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in reply to: Who Hunts Alone Most of the Time? #44780

I started out hunting big whitetails in the mid-west. It kind of lended itself to solo hunting. With that self-reliance, I have hunted alone in the wilderness from New Mexico to Alaska for weeks at a time. I may not always get the big bull, buck or bear, but I’ve learned that if I redefine my notion of failer I will be 100% sucessful on every hunt! Mike

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in reply to: Don Thomas Deer carry method? #44771

We used tohave to check our deer at the station with the DNr. Now we simply call in and get a confirmation number over the phone. I will cut them up where they lay, unless its a big buck I want to show the family. Ha! MIke

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in reply to: lucky weekend #38271

Yes I am doing well. I also want to thank all of those you appreciated, connected to and were motivated by my Heart Shot article in the current issue of TBM. It was a very special article for me and I am touched by the response. Mike

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in reply to: lucky weekend #37730

I think Twister was 5 1/2 years old and Tree-Shaker was 6 1/2.

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in reply to: lucky weekend #37725

So after taking Tree-Shaker on Friday night, I returned to the woods with my second tag. The morning had a light frost and slight Easterly winds that slowly built intensity during the morning. I was sitting in a favorite walnut tree that was in medium cover between two large areas of intense thickets. Again this subtle transition area in the thick terrain usually shows increased deer movement. I saw two different does getting chased by several different bucks. I called in a couple bucks using wheeze calls as well as grunting. I filmed some of the 2 or 3 year olds when I could, but always kept my bow in my other hand in case a mature buck presented. At 9:50 I saw the 12^th buck of the morning pop up over a spoil 70 yards away. It was Twister! (This is the same buck I passed up two years earlier and described in the Dec/Jan 2011 issue of TBM in my article called “Heart Shot”. He had twin Y-folked brows at that time.) I was worried that he would break off some of his longer tines in confrontations with heavier bucks, but this was not the case.

I nocked an arrow and let out two soft grunts. I am not sure if he heard them or just followed a natural crossing pattern over the spoil banks like I have seen many other bucks due in the past, but he was coming my way. I remember he had a slight limp as he climbed up the final spoil. He stood there for a bit, then made a 90 degree turn and headed east on the spoil ridge top, crossing about 15 yards from my tree. I tried to hold for a 5 count, but the arrow was gone at about three (which was long for me). I got a pass-through double lung hit. I tracked him up and down spoils and through some very thick under brush before finding him. Oh what a great feeling again!!!

I know I am very lucky to have two close encounters that turned out so well in just two days, but I have had that kind of luck before. I hope I don’t have to change my Avatar. Ha! LOL

Actually, even though my brothers and I have a couple of buck tags, I can’t tell you how many years we have gone without taking a buck. So when I get a chance to take one of these great animals I cherish every moment. Mike

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in reply to: lucky weekend #37711

Im having trouble posting picture.

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in reply to: Immortal Words… #10935

Thanks for inspireing.

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