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in reply to: What are your favorite trad pictures? #51381

I played cat and mouse with this buck and the 3-4 does that were with him for quite awhile in order to get this picture. I’m not even going to try to fool myself that at the beginning of this episode that they knew not that I was there. They just weren’t too worried about me.

Trying to get on a buck with that many does around is nigh on impossible anyway, especially in this mostly open country.

If I’m hunting still I’d rather just let them roam of and try to out guess them than spook’em. Mulies don’t just slip away and hide, they clear out.

There’s a sixth sense animals have I believe that tells them whether or not they’re on the menu or not. This guy wasn’t as I’d already filled my tag and I’d of never had a bow shot anyway.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What are your favorite trad pictures? #50803

Man that’s a crooked stick. 😀 Nice bow.

Really nice picture.

[Ralph]

in reply to: arrow problems #50705

Your reference to clear coat, is what? I use polyurethane on my wood shafts so by clear coat I know not what you used. I might have an idea or two if I have that info.

What method of straightening did you use and what kind of wood are the shafts? A little more info and I might have some experience to share.

I’ve been building wood shafts for a long time and have some explainable booboo results and some WT….’s also.

Also, how you installed you nock in relation to the grain, perhaps you have two installed the proper way and two not. Let me know.

Not trying be picky, just you said first time and there are yays and nays when building wood arrows.

Be glad to help if I can.

Ralph

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in reply to: favorite hot glue #50696

X2 on the fletchtite:D

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in reply to: The ups and downs #48536

I found some info about rabbit cycles. We used to always think in 7 year cycles but this info is saying 10 years. So???

“Cottontail numbers, like most animal populations, run in cycles of highs and lows. The population builds up to a very high level, then disease, strife and poor reproduction down to a low level. This low may continue for two or three years before a slow increase begins to bring numbers back to another high. Peak populations usually occur at intervals of about 10 years. Within this 10 year cycle, there may be local areas having highs and lows opposite to the overall state cycle. Also, some areas may hold a continued high or low for several years and not seem to go through the cycle change. Optimum food and cover and balance between the number produced and the number harvested by hunter, predator or disease may hold the population stable.”

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #47554

What I found out on truck today you’re going to have to give me the bow and throw the 20K nickels.:cry:

[Ralph]

in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #47363

That’s really nice. I like that handle big time.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #47177

You get the right buffalo nickle might be worth it ya spose? 🙂

80,000 x .05= $4000 😀

Better hang on to that bow hadn’t ya? 😉

Now if your interested, I have at least two that I’d let go for half that much. Throw in an arrow or two proven to hit a stump or two. 🙂

[Ralph]

in reply to: Noisy Recurve #46954

😆

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #46423

Wouldn’t some rain be nice again. We’re back in the extreme drought category. A least we had a break and Momma Nature let it be green for awhile.

I intend to get back out soon, just ain’t got my truck fixed yet. May not like what I hear when I hear. Yuck!!!

Your country looks good to me! Might be hard to get back to not being able to see the forest for the trees though. 😀

Went stumping at the range yesterday, suffered today from the effects of chest high ragweed.

P.S. I got a whole bunch of Indian Head nickels. Trade you a couple for the bow. 😀

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #45248

That country is so full of little draws, deep draws, little gullies, dips and such it’s unreal. Deer can and do hide in any or all of them.

But point well made, the mule deer get high and bed in the brush with the wind at their back. Very hard to get close. The whitetails bury up in the draws closer to the riverbed and down in the riverbed itself (that is the Canadian River or what’s left of it).

Those mulies will bed in the brush in the river to. The salt cedars down there are almost impossible to move through and visibility is zero.

Glad I have it.

One is liable to find the Rio Grande turkeys anywhere. They roam all over the place.

Pigs, mostly down in the bottom but they get around some too.

It’s a game of spot and stalk, ambush, or sometimes luck. I do a lot of looking and roaming about.

[Ralph]

in reply to: What ya got goin? #44158

Got up to the lease Saturday. Didn’t stay as long as I wanted cause the 4×4 cratered on my truck, but better now than when nasty and I got in a bind. Here’s some pics: I can hunt all that can be seen in the picture. I’ll be awhile doing it. Hopefully. I’ve tramped most. Across in the breaks on the far side I’ve not worked as much. Hard as all get out to get into. Which is a good thing.

Piece of petrified wood and a way old point.

Love it when it works, 27 paces. makes for sticky arrow though.

I always wonder why this pile of rocks. There are no others around for a couple hundred yards. My 50# Osage Yellow Jacket bow.

Another big canyon area on the east side, looking north

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in reply to: Now I've seen everything. And I'm disgusted #44129

I have since done away with my dealings with them. I saw those things in a flier a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry about pic quality, I took with my phone.

Bruce and I discussed it.

[Ralph]

in reply to: The "Form" Thread #44077

I definitely appreciate the critique Arnie. I need all the constructive criticism I can get.

Thank you. I got more to work on now,:D

[Ralph]

in reply to: The "Form" Thread #43885

I agree on the “perfect” form analogy. Far as I’m concerned if you make the shot that’s about as perfect as it gets. I’ve been shooting these bows for a long, long time and have seen about a jillion different perfect forms and read about many more (a bit of sarcasm there:)). There’s really only one for everyone and that’s a consistent one of your own.

You gotta have a consistency in form to be consistent in the results of all shots however. Sometimes luck plays a part but if I depended on that I’d be sitting at the computer looking at the foothills through the window that Vegas bought me.

Bruce, short drawing and jerking the string back and throwing bow arm. All that when among a group of people and more so than I thought when I was by myself. I took some video of myself about 6 months ago and said, s..t what happened to you buddy.

Anyway, I’m working on it, not worrying about it (biggest help I think) and going forward knowing that I can do it right. You cannot hit when worrying about the shot. Think where the arrow’s going to go and what you once learned will take over I believe.

Having spoken MHO I’ll be working on anchor and bow arm and quit stinking worrying about.

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