[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Camo Face Paint #43569

I totally get what you mean about committing to the paint. If I only have a couple of hours before I have to be somewhere civilized I go with a mask. But for an all date hunt it’s paint for sure.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Hello, newbie here #47666

Welcome aboard. Spent a few years in your neighborhood a long time ago. Got my first deer with a bow 1980 at Camp Lejeune.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: A new path #46501

Congratulations on the new job! Sounds like a dream job.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Hello everyone. #11912

Hello and welcome aboard!

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: RIP my trusty Shrew Classic Hunter #39298

Alex you mentioned a broken carbon arrow. This is likely what broke your bow. The carbon may have had a small defect or stress fracture which snapped on release due to paradox. The effect was a dry fire as only the back half was being pushed forward by the string.

It’s happened to me twice. Once with an aluminum and once a carbon. The carbon caused my limb to delaminate just like yours.

I’m no engineer but I imagine we increase the chances of this happening when we trend toward efoc. These days I only shoot wood from my longbow though I do shoot carbons from my recurve.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Success to me means getting the meat???? #14173

I’m with you.The local butcher excuse doesn’t cut it either. You kill it,you clean it. If you don’t know how to process your kill, you have no business killing it.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: I draw the line way, way before helicopters #13952

If we are all limited to hunting only those species we can reach on foot then there would be little need for hunting mags, internet hunting sites, or product marketing. Technology that helps get us to our destination is not the same as technology that gives us an unfair advantage over the game we pursue.

The individual in this ad appears to be getting picked up by the chopper. While I’ve never participated in a fly in hunt,I have been transported by helo a few times and the only time I’ve crouched facing the bird was while waiting for it to land.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Solo Hunt #33701

paleoman wrote: Mostly I’m just saying my old hunting tribe has kind of fallen apart and I’ll miss the cameraderie of coming back to camp, hearing what the others saw, etc. I have walked many miles in many places and in the dark too:lol: so I’m not spooked to go it alone, just a bit less excited to be honest.

Hey, you still got us ??!

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #33674

Yeah I agree but FB is the only way my kids want to communicate now that they’re on their own. The posts are actually on one of the more popular archery sites that i follow on FB. The fact that so many of those posting appear to be more concerned with what their audience thinks of their gear than are concerned with respect for their quarry is what I’m talking about, i.e. “shwacked one tonite. ” Many posts contain admissions of behavior which we might considera unethical “shwacked a management doe at 70 yards”. (This one was the caption for a pic of a bloodsoaked fawn.) Then there is the parade of pro staffers plugging merchandise.

Bowhunting used to be about the challenge. Guess I’m just worried about the direction its headed.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #33342

I guess what concerns me the most is the endless proliferation of technology. I saw a pic of one guy’s hunting bow that has 3 cameras mounted on it. One of the was on a massive swingarm aimed at the shooter. The entry was captioned “All set up to kill my first buck.” I assume if he ever does he already has a timeslot booked on the outdoor channel.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Solo Hunt #31492

As long as there are no health concerns, go for it. I’ve always considered aloneness one of the benefits of our sport. A few days with only nature for company cleanses the soul.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #28849

I carrey a daypack that’ incorporates a folding stool as a frame.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Just brought home my first deer killed with a trad bow. #13818

Took me five years to take my first. That was 34 years ago but seems like just yesterday. If I’d had this resource back then it may have shortened the learning curve a bit. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: Green Fletch #31052

Love the Truenorth finishes. Easy to work with and no noxious fumes.

[Steve Capps]

in reply to: How we sharpen our broadheads. #27660

I start with a file then finish with a diamond steel.

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