[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: What's with the phones? #33516

I hate to state the obvious, but if you didn’t fool with facebook, you wouldn’t have to worry about it 🙄

I have to admit, I don’t know what I am talking about as I have never looked at facebook, never watched a reality TV show, and don’t own a smart-ass phone.

Ignorance is bliss 😳

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #32405

Fallguy wrote: That can work Steve but if he is hunting on state lands in Minnesota that are (WMA’s) Wildlife Management Area’s. Then we are required to remove our stands everyday after hunting. It cuts down on people hanging multiple stands and homesteading an area.

Good point. We don’t have that level of management here in the south, so I didn’t think about that. If I had to pull the stand every time I went in, I probably would leave it at home too. Hate climbers.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Single bevel Question… #32403

wojo14 wrote: … Steve, I in fact intend to use the heads to make meat… and I did ask the pretty girl… I married her!8)

Good Man!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Wood Arrow Journey #32400

Perty!

I stained mine canary yellow with alcohol based analin stain. Gotta wear sunglasses to look at ’em.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Single bevel Question… #31968

So maybe the real question you should be asking yourself is: “What are you going to do to make sure you get to use all your broadheads?”

Be kind of silly having all those broadheads and nothing to do with them.

If you spend too much time deciding which beautiful girl you want to go out with, you may end up on no date at all 😳

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Wood Arrow Journey #31965

Woodies rule!

Though I put a lot more gasket lacker on my arrows than you did…

I put three coats on and then wait a few hours. Then rub them real good with some fine steel wood and then coat them again. Smoother than the inner thigh of a, well never mind.

I was impressed at how well the gasket lacker held up to shooting hay bales, and dirt. Dirt will wear the finish off pretty fast, but not as fast as I thought. If the rabbits, groundhogs, and squirrels would stand still a little longer I wouldn’t have as many sorry looking arrows.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Seats vs The Ground #31960

I hunted public land many years. I put my stand up and left it. Wrapped a chain around it and locked it to the tree. Never had any problems.

Another option is to leave the stand up and just bring the last climbing stick home with you…

I like hunting from the ground, but you won’t get fat doing that around here.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Solo Hunt #31957

I think the value of solo hunts is dependent on how much alone time you get anyway.

For me, I can be alone as much as I like, so I like to hunt with friends. Makes the campfires and whiskey drinking a lot more fun.

I don’t think solo hunts are all they are cracked up to be. Even when hunting with a friend, you likely spend most of the day alone. And if/when you should get so lucky as to kill a critter, the extra help should be welcome.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: I think a Dingo ate my Baby! #31118

A fellow around here said that just a couple coyote’s could clean a deer out in a night. He said they will eat as much as they can and return to their den to regurgitate the meat to eat later. Then return to the deer and repeat process till nothing is left.

What a nasty habit!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: I think a Dingo ate my Baby! #30419

I’ve learned a lesson this year. Seems every year brings more lessons 😳

Now that ‘yotes are a permanent fixture of our local ecology, I’ll have to take that into account.

Maybe I’ll experiment with fishing arrows 😯 I figure if I use my safety harness to keep me attached to the tree, and the line from the arrow is attached to that, what can go wrong? 🙄

Going hunting tomorrow AM in the same area I shot that deer. Hoping things have calmed down and I’ll get another opportunity to make meat.

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: How we sharpen our broadheads. #29725

Wose wrote: …

I did take a 6″ piece of hard wood dowel, drilled a hole in it and put a screw in insert in it. It was handier than sharpening the broadheads while they were mounted on a 31″ arrow.

Might consider just using a cut off piece of arrow for that tool. One of these days, that wood dowel might give out on you at the wrong moment, causing some personal harm 😯

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #29079

10-4 on that one. I’ll give it a try!

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies #28999

Well I’ve killed a groundhog and a few grouse with the woodies so far this year. Last night I killed a 6 pointer. The arrow zipped right on through like butter.

So far, no reason to consider going back to carbons.

I do have an issue with my fletching though… I’ve been using wild turkey feathers that I chop myself. Been using them for a few years now, but always wondering about the lack of visibility.

White feathers are so much easier to see than natural feathers. Last night I just couldn’t quite make out where my arrow hit the deer. Lungs? A bit too far back? Too high?

As it turned out, the shot was spot on. But the doubt raised by not seeing the arrow hit the deer clearly contributed to my hesitation to follow up right away. I ended up waiting till the morning to discover that the deer hadn’t gone far at all.

Downside is the Coyote’s found him first. Nothing left. I left the antlers in the woods for the squirrels. Seem the right thing to do.

I might abandon the natural feathers and just use store bought white feathers. Hate to do it.

Tried bleaching the wild turkey feathers, but no luck.

I’ve tried the furry tracers, they don’t last long, and if the arrow goes through the deer, they have to be replaced. And I can never get them on perfectly oriented, so that when the arrow flies, it looks wobbly. Don’t really like ’em.

Any ideas?

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: How we sharpen our broadheads. #28994

I bought the grinding wheel sharpening system from the Abowyer website.

30 seconds to crazy sharp.

I have a diamond hone for the field, but I’ve only ever used it on knives. Haven’t had to resharpened a broadhead in the field yet.

I figure if I’m shoot’n so bad I have to resharpen a broadhead to shoot again, I’m going home and drink whiskey. I can’t hardly screw that up 😳

[Stephen Graf]

in reply to: I think a Dingo ate my Baby! #28988

This happened to me last year when I left a deer over night. Seems the ‘yotes are too plentiful to ignore anymore. I think I’ll have to plan on spending the night looking for the deer, if that that be the case.

This deer was shot in a suburb environment. Houses with a few acres of land backing up to a green area. I was afraid I’d have the cops called on me if I started poking around after midnight with a flashlight. Or somebody would shoot at me.

So this place is going to be a strictly morning place from now on. That way, I’ve got all day to look for any wayward critters.

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