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in reply to: Time to set out! #57284
This too is my first year with a trad bow.
We had a good time in the woods over the past few days, and while I didn’t get any action, Aaron saw a total of 10 deer but didn’t get a shot. Looks to be a promising season though. Heading back out early thirty Saturday morning.
in reply to: @ George D. Stout #53549dwcphoto wrote: George,
Is there a place where all your videos are kept, such as youtube.com? Thank you, dwc
I’m not George, but I subscribe to his youtube channel. His user name is gdstout on youtube.
in reply to: My boy and me #53543Awesome! He definitely has ‘the eye’! Good time very well spent Prowler!
in reply to: Big Woods Bowhunting #53541I wish you good luck in your hunting. I may never get the chance to hut any Big Woods here in Kansas, as for the most part, they don’t exist. I have however read a book that may be of interest to you on the topic. Aggressive Whitetail Hunting, by Greg Miller. Chapter 7 in this book is titled Solving the big woods riddle. In this 13 page chapter, Greg gives instruction on how to handle scouting, finding forage and locating deer in an area where there are few. One of the topics he covers is how fewer deer may translate to a better hunt. It is an excellent read if you get a chance to get ahold of this book.
in reply to: Will and his new recurve (thanks Troy and Ben) #46099That’s one happy kid! Truly a good deed on you guys’ part! He looks so serious about his shootnig- that’s awesome!
in reply to: Found treasure #46093Awesome treasure! That’s a beautiful bow.
in reply to: Upgrades to the new longbow and arrows #46074Wildschwein, those dang snakes better stay outta the way! If a rattler happens along, I may give it a shot (good to roast over a fire).
Thanks Codger. I actually put the suede wrap on first, as it was what I had, but I didn’t like it much either. I went searching for a good piece of leather and found the black deer-tanned at the craft store. I love it. I was originally going to use all wild turkey feathers on my fletching, but was running out of right wing feathers quickly as I experimented with methods for cutting and burning.
in reply to: @ George D. Stout #46055Well said.
in reply to: Today was a good day . . . success:) #46052Nice work Chris!
in reply to: I might go crazy trying to figure this out #41707Hey Cav, I’ve been dealing with the same issue with my Indian Archery Mohawk. The shelf is flat and off the shelf is the only way I enjoy shooting. I have a toothpick under mine right now and boy let me tell ya, you can see right through my bear shelf rug and see the toothpick! You and Alex got me thinking on this now though and I think I’ve got it figured out. We can take a 1/4″ wide wood shim, trim it to length to hide the end of it under the open side of the rug. From here, we can sand down the belly and back facing edges to taper toward the belly and back of the bow, with the highest point of the shim being virtually untouched with the sandpaper. This will give the shim a half moon appearance when viewing it from the end, or outward facing end. If we do this, maybe we could eliminate our issue. I’m off to the hardware store!
Thanks for the spark and Thank You For Your Service To Our Free Nation.
Rory
in reply to: Junior archers #37410Yesterday eve at buddy’s place for a cookout we broke out soda cans. His younger sister in law wants to learn to shoot, so we get his wife’s 30# sammick and get started. Little Sis is so close to the can it’s amazing, then whack ting pang, the can falls off the stick. She shot the arrow right through the tab ring and separated it from the can! Small targets are awesome for tuning one’s mind to a bow.
Every one is entitled to their opinion and free will and while I respect and understand your position on the topic, I feel otherwise and am only going to type this response as an open view for others to ponder.
Game preserves, in my opinion, take away from what hunting truly should be. There’s little to no skill required to take game in an altered or otherwise ‘manufactured’ environment. I understand the position you take in stating that beginners can learn how to hunt on a preserve, but beg to differ, as the environment has no value to the educational advance of being in the wild of the woods, scouting, finding and taking game in a naturally ocurring circumstance. One might argue that calling game and the use of decoys alter the environment, but these are skills learned and use by the hunter to harvest game and are in no way, shape or form, in my opinion, akin to feeders, fences or baiting practices.
On the topic of youngsters, my daughter is 13 years old and if she decides she would like to try hunting, I would much rather take her to the woods prior to an open season to learn the habits and activities of the animals we pursue, with hopes that she may round the circle in harvesting an animal. “Sit here, they’ll be in to feed in an hour”, doesn’t sit well with me. I’d rather she learn something that I’ve learned and can pass on to her, as opposed to having someone else be her hero for setting her up to take a trained or captive animal.
While I don’t feel that those who wish to kill an animal on a game preserve are any less hunters than the rest of the world, I will say that one can only take from an experience what one is willing to put into it. I am one who enjoys going all the way in anything I set out to do, so my reward is entirely fulfilling. Likewise, if one only wants the opportunity to kill something and nothing more, then this is their right and/or priveledge.
Just my $.02
in reply to: It is almost time! #36590Congratulations LimbLover! I hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy this season.
I’m as ready as can be. All of our brush blinds are marinating in what I hope to be the last two weeks of heat for us. The woods are thick with poison ivy, ticks and snakes, but I don’t care. I’m just ready to be out there. 😀
TBMADMIN wrote: It better not get nasty. 8)
LOL!!!! Mother’s listening!
in reply to: Upgrades to the new longbow and arrows #36355Thanks guys! The feather cut has no name. It’s the result of my attempt at drawing a shield cut on masking tape, laid on the inside of the feather. The tape keeps the feather from ‘running’ away from the blades. I found the technique on youtube. I just keep the trimmed piece of masking tape to use as a template and let it build up from feather to feather.
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