[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #15756

Might be interesting shooting a longbow while sitting in a kayak!:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #15699

Ha, didn’t get picked for jury duty! Hunt tomorrow. Not that I wouldn’t rather be doing my civil service or anything like that………….

[Ralph]

in reply to: Bow Quivers #10048

I have been modifying bow quivers that I’ve bought over the years until I’m happy. I do not like the fletching end of my arrows sticking out in front of the bow anymore than I can get away with so here’s pics of two conglomerations. I carry a G Fred style quiver with me but I like to shed it at times when I be in a stalking mode but I like more than one arrow with me. These quivers are way quiet and not bulky. Works for me.

[Ralph]

in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #63001

Hey, good hunting this evening! Me, a perfectly wonderful day to be out and about but it’s our anniversary so priority’s first!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: Backcountry College #3 – "hangin' around" #61775

That’s great idea Clay. I learned a lesson last year that “I ain’t as good as I used to be” & need a little help now and then.

[Ralph]

in reply to: Acute target panic… How to cure? #61769

Mine attacks when I’m in a group of people shooting for score. When I’m stumping or goofing off or hunting, no problem. I guess that’s when I just pull back and shoot without thinking about it. That basically what the G Fred deal is methinks. You have a blank mind. Or perhaps better concentration at an “internal brain” target than an external target??

I have no suggestions for a cure cause, I ain’t cured, just better, but I one thing, some people say to never quit on a bad shot but if I’m struggling with target panic and I feel that I gotta get that one good shot in or that one good score before I quit, I get worse. So when I turn to crap I know where the problem lies, put my gear up and go do something else. It’s kinda like a batting slump, quit trying so hard to hit the ball and it’ll happen.

By the way, I shot just as well at a 30 yd. 3D elk target with my eyes closed as I did with them open! I think it was the same branch I hit. I made a mental image of the target, the shot and apparently the branch. Good day to you and a happy one, Ralph.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #61752

That is a fine find. Way to go!

[Ralph]

in reply to: Thank You tradbow.com #61273

So that’s what my problem is, I’m kerfuffled. Ain’t what my wife calls it. I was worried it was something I was gonna have to cook.:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: new guy string ? #59929

I imagine with a bow of that era you need to go with B50 or B55 Dacron. Measure the bow from string nock to string nock around the curve of the bow or if you have old string measure it. Poundage? A 14 strand Dacron string will be way good until you can string it and weigh it if it’s not marked.

I agree on a Samick for a get into it bow. I’ve been shooting a long time and I enjoy the heck out of my Samick. Shoots where I point it, doesn’t jar the hand and with a fastflite string and some wool puffers for silencers I get complimented on it’s quietness.

I like making old things work. Me especially:D:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: cold weather shooting gloves #59697

Since I started shooting 3 under I can shoot either with a tab or shooting glove. So if it’s cold (It only has to be below 40* and my old hands get cold, I frost bit’em both when I was delivering papers when I lived in Mnt. Home, Idaho as a youth) I been trying this combo with my homemade tab.

I used a double holed ?cord latch?, dunno what they’re really called, so I can adjust the holding loop to what I need for glove or no glove. I can’t get on the string and arrow as quickly but if my hands were cold and stiff I wouldn’t be able to shoot anyway.

[Ralph]

in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #59358

By the way, if you’ll notice in that picture how the antlers are definitely mule deer on left side but very whitetail like on the left. I knew he was muley when I shot him but when I found him that whitetail looking side was sticking up out the grass. Scared me cause I’d already filled my other tag and I thought I’d really screwed up. I have another set (smaller) that are cross looking like that. I’ve heard about cross breeding and maybe so:?:?

[Ralph]

in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #59352

Ben, they buried a pipeline in that. Natural gas I imagine since that’s the big thing in the Panhandle now. They seed it with some kind of grass but they never look good. Always an ugly scar. But I guess if we want the modern lifestyle we gotta give something. Just not in the middle of my mule deer country. We can’t burn buffalo chips anymore and if we could the **A would shut us down:D. I imagine it’ll settle down in a while. Hope.

There are some nice deer that live around here. One I took a few years back.

The deer cross from one drainage to another in this area but now not so good. Of course the weather changes patterns too. It was nice and cool then yesterday it was 85 deg. Dang it.

[Ralph]

in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #58926

Who woulda thought that there’d be only one set of deer tracks at this tank in a dry land.

Perhaps this being 50 yds. away, a new scar!

The landowner has taken the cattle out so I betcha when it cools down again life will continue, deer come anyway I hope. All the green, looks like forest is salt cedar (tamarisk). Bad stuff it is. Sucks up all the water from the land.

Anyway my main plan was busted this morning.

[Ralph]

in reply to: How many times per week do you hunt? #58901

When I was working, a lot of the early years the vacation I earned was dedicated to the Marine Reserves. Alas after a couple thousand years of that I thought, ha, hunting time. Well, my kids came about. Well, plan B. Keep working, acquire more vacation, OK. Good for a few years, got to actually dedicate some time hunting. Divorced, sharing time with kids and their mom and weekend hunting was even possible. Cool. Whoops, comes love of my life! More kids! Love them but hunting slows down again but I did manage to do some, enough for meat which is good thing. Retired, ha , hunt as I wish. Keep on dreaming old buddy. Grandkid’s dads are, can I say %#*&^%** worthless and non existent in their lives so my priority in life is their education and their chance of having a real life. I’ve been out 4 times in the last 3 weeks. Not complaining at all, just things ain’t always as one would have things be. I’ve taken close to 50 deer in my lifetime so it’s not a gotta do thing anymore, I just like being out there. Things are turning better with school, football, band and all so I’ll be able to go more I hope. But, Nov. 4th is the first Monday of Texas general hunting season and yours truly has jury summons. I guarantee that when the Thanksgivings and Christmas school vacations are happening, hunting is happening too!!!! 1 more ball game. Ha! Saturdays will be mine again.

[Ralph]

in reply to: The 2013 Season Bulletin Board #55107

Seeing muley does and muley does but that means the bucks will come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D Whitetails are starting to appear daylightish now. Cooler weather is great even though my bright idea to keep my hands warm didn’t work as well as my normal method. I had such faith in new that I left old at home. Blue fingers not shoot well!

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