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in reply to: Longbow vs. Recurve techniques. #35111

I have the problem because shooting trad gear is addicting!! And that makes it hard to balance the eagerness to shoot with maintaining good fundamentals. 200 arrows might help break in your upper back muscles, but 50 or less arrows with attention to form will help develop the fundamentals and consistency.

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in reply to: Longbow vs. Recurve techniques. #35066

I grew up with a compound and then switched to trad gear. While shooting compound and recurve it is an extremely rare occurance for me to hit my arm with a string. I have only shot 3 different longbows and it seems that I hit my arm every time with one. I always assumed this was from difference in grip style. Aside from hitting my arm with the string, I enjoy shooting both longbows and recurves. As far as shooting low and left, I would recommend slowing your practice session down. Shoot only one arrow at a time and focus on good form during every shot. I sometimes shoot left when I shoot a lot of arrows at a time, and I can feel my bow arm sort of “pull” that way. Slowing myself down seems to help. Good luck

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in reply to: Quality Deer Management #62566

I have had the opportunity to hunt before, during, and after the baiting ban in Michigan. Personally, I saw more deer during the baiting ban. A large portion of area “hunters” were lost without their bait piles and did not hunt during this time which also relieved some pressure on the deer. I am not against baiting and have baited in certain areas where natural food sources are scarce, but I would rather not as bait is expensive and I have seen a doe and two fawns eat a half bucket of bait in a short amount of time and bait buckets are a nuisance moving in and out of the woods.

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in reply to: Quality Deer Management #55691

I personally agree with 1shot. If a hunter chooses a personal APR due to his own feeling of accomplishment, more power to him. I chose to take up traditional archery for a higher level of personal accomplishment, and now in Michigan, mandatory APR’s mean that I can’t shoot forkhorns or spikehorns, which we have a lot of, and I would be more than happy putting a tag on. Every hunter should be able to choose what deer is worthy of his or tag and states should base their deer management on scientific evidence provided by the state biologist, not a club interested only in “trophy” racks.

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in reply to: Quality Deer Management #54719

I recently researched the QDMA website for a college paper. Sounds a lot like deer farming to me. Also, deer that live in areas with a lack of nutrients like low acorn production or swamp deer are not necessarily going to grow bigger antlers. It also sounds contradictory to let young bucks go and harvest the bigger ones for the purpose of getting good genetics in the herd. Wouldn’t that mean the younger or scrubby not legal bucks are potentially putting more bad genetics into the herd? I also don’t approve of “trophy” hunting. Hunting is about having fun and I don’t need a 150″ set of antlers to have fun while deer hunting. And lastly, how many young hunters won’t be able to harvest their first buck because it is a four point and the QDMA doesn’t approve?

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in reply to: The Ugly side of Spring #52445

For sure the deer like these areas. Just a pain in the you know what to move around in or drag a deer out of. But being willing to do the work other hunters won’t do can be rewarding. I got a spot that was clear cut about 3 years ago and the saplings are good and thick now. The loggers left one nice oak out on that ridge that might get some attention again this fall.:D

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in reply to: The Ugly side of Spring #52173

I do not own property myself, so I hunt mostly on state land. Our wonderful state of Michigan decided to log half of Missaukee county, including two areas that I have hunted for a long time:evil:, which forces me to travel farther to hunt and also pushes hunters closer together. The clear cuts eventually grow thick popple saplings, which the deer love, but is less than desirable hunting terrain. I have friends who are loggers, and it is not their fault at all as the state is responsible for what gets cut.

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in reply to: Camera Vs Phone #52147

When I moved out of my parents I lived for almost a year with no tv, just a radio, but my wife had had enough so now we have tv. She almost always puts minutes on my phone and demands that I take it with me everywhere I go (answering the darn thing is completely up to me at that point:lol:) And the only reason I have this computer is for college homework. I just found this great site to talk to fellow bowmen. I also would like to see a pic of paleoman’s phone with an arrow thru it!

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in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #48134

Thanks for the feedback guys. I liked how simple the spiral wraps look to make but I don’t like the sounds of those arrows bouncing off hay bales. That’s definitely helpful to know before having problems in the woods. (Nothing worse than a real life wild goose chase:lol:)

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in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #44592

I watched the tutorial on spiral wraps, that looks pretty slick. But what kind of distance do the 3 fletch get? I don’t have a specific critter in mind for hunting with flu flu’s but I want to have a versatile arrow that I am not going to lose shooting at squirrels or grouse in the thick hardwoods.

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in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #42849

Awesome. Thanks for the input fellas.

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in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #42440

Thanks Arne. I have seen the spiral wrap in the 3 rivers catalog. They look neat but I haven’t heard anyone talk about them. Are they as effective as the flu flu’s?

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in reply to: New to Flu Flu Fletching #42406

All I know about flu flu’s is that they slow down the arrow and flight is a relatively short distance. Thought about just trying a 3 fletch so I don’t booger up my jig. Obviously 3 won’t slow the arrow down as much as four, but will it be adequate? My goal is a 50 yard max on flight.

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in reply to: numb finger #36117

I think xl. I am only shooting a 48# bow and I prefer my deerskin shooting glove. eventually planning to step up my draw weight for larger than whitetail size animals and that thicker leather might be more applicable for me then. but anyone having trouble with sore fingers should try a cordovan glove for extra fingertip protection.

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in reply to: numb finger #35968

I have a couple shooting gloves that were given to me that I believe are made with cordovan leather. They are extra thick and tough. I have trouble getting used to them, but they might be something to look into if the extra protection could keep you shooting!:idea:

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