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in reply to: Greed…the difference between rifle and bow hunters #59638

Well I guess now that I’ve calmed down a little about the situation, I probably shouldn’t have made such a broad statement. I guess the point I was trying to get across is that its pretty cool to me that bowhunters “handicap” themselves by utilizing equipment that limits their range over gun hunters and in my opinion makes you become a better hunter to be more successful. Appreciate the comments.

And for Dave, most of the states I have hunted in in the South (TN, GA, AL) allow you to use Archery Tackle during gun and muzzleloader seasons. I didn’t know that you couldn’t do that out west.

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in reply to: fred bear montana bow` #58443

I have a montana longbow and while its decent for the money I would recommend getting something a little better if you can afford one. I am a huge fan of bear products, I have several compounds of theirs as well but after a couple of seasons of shooting you will probably want an upgrade. However if you are just getting started in trad bows I think the Montana Longbow will do you just fine for a while.

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in reply to: Elephant with a bow #48561

If you read in Chuck Adam’s Biography Life at Full Draw, he has a story about elephant hunting. He was using a compound bow with a 100lb draw and was unable to kill the animal, the guide had to shoot it as it charged and almost killed one of the people in the hunting party. Apparently if you hit rib bone the arrow will not penetrate, period. They did several penetration attempts on the dead elephant and were only able to get clean “kill shots” if the arrow passed between rib bones. Additionally, the animal has so much hide, fat, and muscle that you can’t see the rib bones to be able to aim and shoot between them. While I don’t have any issues hunting an elephant I would not recommend it based on what I read due to the high potential for danger to not only yourself but member of your party but more importantly because the odds of wounding the animal is too high for me to judge as ethical. Hope this helps and if you choose to go after it anyway i wish you good look.

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in reply to: Broadhead Problems #31789

I got my feather fletched cedar arrows from King Kustom Archery and tipped 125 grain field points or 130 grain Zwickey No Mercy’s the bow shoots fantastic. I appreciate all of your help or else I would still be standing in my backyard scratching my chin.

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in reply to: Broadhead Problems #27284

Sorry. my bad.

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in reply to: Broadhead Problems #26366

Steerstalker,

Thanks for the advise. I will put that all to use. Hopefully I get the broadheads and new shafts soon because I am getting pretty impatient. This traditional stuff is pretty addictive.

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in reply to: Scent-Lok #25148

I think I’ve tried just about every gimmick there is and found that most if not all of them don’t work. What i’ve found works the best is I put all of my hunting clothes and equipment in a rubbermaid box and stuff it full of pine limbs from the overgrown pine trees in my yard. For some reason that seems to work for me but playing the wind is probably the only guaranteed way to eliminate getting busted.

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in reply to: Feeders / foodplots / supplemental feed!?!?!? #25147

To me, and of course this is just my opinion, hunting over food plots, piles of corn, salt blocks, etc. isn’t much different than hunting acorn producing trees in a pine thicket or water holes in dry conditions.

That being said, its a matter of hunting ethics that differentiate the two examples. We typically see acorns and water holes as okay because it is naturally provided whereas food plots and the like are artificially introduced.

On the other hand most people I think would sympathize with the guy who uses corn to hunt deer because if he doesn’t kill something his family doesn’t eat while we wouldn’t give as much sympathy to the trophy hunter only interested in racks.

While there are numerous reasons as to why it is right or wrong or what conditions are necessary to make it right or wrong I would argue that ultimately it is a personal choice and if you are comfortable with it then do it and if not then don’t.

For the record I have hunted over food plots in the past and I didn’t feel right about it, like I was cheating, but on the same token I don’t feel right criticizing someone who does it.

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in reply to: Broadhead Problems #25132

Thanks for the advice. I shot a bare shaft today and the they are too stiff. I ordered some 130 grain Zwickey 2 blades and once they come in I will try it again and let you know how it goes.

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in reply to: Broadhead Problems #24099

Greatreearcher wrote: what type of broadhead?

Muzzy 3 blade 100 grain.

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in reply to: hunting hawaii #24042

I was stationed in HI for 3 years and I can tell you that the best place to go is the Big Island if you want to use a guide or Molokai if you want to do it yourself. My recommendation would be to use a guide. The Parker Ranch on the Big Island has about 70,000 acres and a guy by the name of Jack Ku is a fantastic guide. At Parker Ranch you can hunt Pig, Goat, Sheep, or spring turkey. My wife and I hunted turkey and had a great time. Both of us got one. Hope this helps.

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