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in reply to: Empathy for wildlife #12292

But Paleoman, How can you not get too deep into the sentience of an animal? Especially if you need to understand their behavior so intricately as to get within 20 yards of them, or set and ambush because you know they feed, bed, or walk by a particular spot? With all the time we get watching animals, how could you not develop strong feelings towards them?

I appreciate your responses, they get me to think.

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in reply to: new to archery in Metairie La. #12287

Hey Ellington,

I’m not in your area, but allow me to welcome you traditional archery and the forum. Enjoy!

Preston

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in reply to: Elk Camp right around the corner! #11034

Wow, that’s awesome…Maybe should keep it secret :lol::lol:

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in reply to: 2014 Hunting #10868

YEEEHAAA! Good luck R2!

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in reply to: Elk Camp right around the corner! #10865

John,

Is the sportsmans package one tag, and whichever of those animals you harvest is your one animal?

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in reply to: Ethical Shots #10861

If I remember correctly, Howard Hill killed an elk at 186 yards with his longbow. Certainly a different time, bowhunting has come a long way since then, and thankfully.

Something else occurred to, a possible by product of the Ashby studies:

As I stood there watching the deer’s shoulder blade block my shot, I thought, “I built this arrow to break through bone, if I chanced to hit one. Couldn’t I just shoot through the scapula then?” It was a tempting notion, but thankfully I abstained. However, I can see the Ashby arrows almost encouraging people to take shots blocked by bone because that’s what they are made to do. Hopefully not, but a potential side effect of the lethality studies.

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in reply to: the pine ghost…………… #63755

Great hunt!

Question- Did the broken tine in velvet grow back odd?

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in reply to: Need Cold Weather Gear Recommendations #63264

adirondackman wrote: A lot of the Wool companies have added wind barriers as an option in thier clothing. My KOM jacket has one.

Adirondackman- That’s great if they make wool with liners now. It would really help with the wind.

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in reply to: Elk water #62709

I don’t know a lot about elk, can they get most of their water metabolically from the food they eat, like deer and sheep? Or do they need some free water around?

On a side note, its not often I see animals drink water. But last evening I was sitting over a seep and had a beautiful bear come in and take a nice long drink in the pool below me :D. Really pretty bear. And my friend watched a bear this summer sit in a river and blow bubbles for a few minutes…playing?:lol:

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in reply to: Need Cold Weather Gear Recommendations #62703

Get her a snow suit that is %100 wind proof. Go for keeping her warm over “quiet or camo” first. Its more important she enjoys the outdoors than is able to sneak around. If she gets cold or wet, she might not enjoy being outside. I like wool too, but the wind cuts right through it, when it is wet it is heavy, and in really cold env. you have to bundle up in layers in wool. The new synthetics are wind & water proof and less bulky.

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in reply to: Best Natural Cover Scents #57072

California Bay is my favorite around here.

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in reply to: Is there anything more humbling… #55581

2 years ago I hunted the Umpqua NF. Had a great time, got into some elk, but didn’t bring one home. They changed that zone over to an antler restriction. I’m just not good enough an haven’t been hunting long enough to be picky. That’s why I went over to where its still any elk. I’ll let you know how it is.

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in reply to: Is there anything more humbling… #55577

Murderers Creek unit. Its an any elk tag, AND the first week of the season is primitive bows only!!! I want to hunt there partly to support a Game & Fish agency that created a season specifically for us!

Shane- pm’d you.

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in reply to: B and C #55561

Great start for a discussion among the hunting community (all hunters not just trad folks).

We had a 3D shoot here last weekend. Most of the folks shot compounds but some shot traditional. No matter though, this was for everyone. It was an eye opener for folks that thought they were a good shot while in their yards, by themselves, on level ground, and shooting at the same target they always do. But when you have a crowd of folks watching you… The pressures on and compound shooters were missing all over the place at shots greater than 30 yards! I’ve already heard of one guy who has taken 8 shots at deer this season, and doesn’t know if he killed any of those deer, because he’s so far away he can’t see where his arrow hits. Its outrageous, but the new technology gives people a false sense of security. I also heard some folks at the shoot say, “I take 80 yard shots cause I can’t get any closer to deer than that.”

Like you say Shane, it would be great to put numbers on it, but how could it be enforced? Well, we just have to police our own ranks. Openly talk with other hunters about our limits.

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in reply to: "Hunter's" groups: the good and the very bad #50872

It really sucks you cannot take an organization at face value. I’m relatively new to the scene, my 6th year hunting, and at first you see a magazine by a group that states to be in favor of conserving a species or landscape. It looks great. But then there’s all these secret backdoor meetings and agendas. Dave, you make it hard to just belong to a group without doing a thorough investigation of them. And continual monitoring.

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