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in reply to: Kayak hunt fail.. #59856
Doc Nock wrote: [quote=Steve Graf]
If you want to get over it, come on down here and help me butcher chickens this weekend 😯
Where in NC??? How far from Greeneville, TN? LOL
And by butcher, you mean scald, pluck and dress or just kill?
Oh yes, the whole thing. change ’em from noisy rooster to tasty roaster 😀
in reply to: Kayak hunt fail.. #58575Smithhammer wrote: I’d hardly call that a “fail” – it looks like a great trip! In fact, it seems like a great location for TBM Rendezvous 2016…
First a 5 hour drive in PA, then a cold shot at 30 below, and now a trip down under… Sounds like someone has an early case of cabin fever.
If you want to get over it, come on down here and help me butcher chickens this weekend 😯
Jim – beautiful pictures! I admire your iron confidence in getting that goat if you had the chance.
in reply to: Quiet my quiver! #53228two4hooking wrote: Try this:
Nice! I hadn’t read your blog before. I guess I’ll add it to the list. Nice to see someone out there doing it this way, (besides me of course)
Your quiver article reminds me of a weekend spent stumping this summer up in the mountains. My friend had his bow equipped with a quiver while I was using my back quiver.
My Bud is too classy to say anything negative about my setup (his steady stream of free bows might dry up) but I could tell he was keeping an eye on me. As we moved through some thick mountain laurel and briar patches I did as you do moving through the thick stuff. He had to stop multiple times to untangle, I just gave him a smile.
When it was time to shoot the leaf or stump or whatever, no problem. My arrow was always in the target first as I didn’t have to fool with disengaging it from the bow quiver.
I have a feeling I’ll be seeing him with a back quiver here soon.
You are spot on with your advise to use the quiver for a year before deciding about it. I am into my 3rd year with it, and am still finding myself getting better with it.
in reply to: poor performing EFOC arrow #53216Otherwise known as a “Hill Style Bow” I have spent several years building/designing a bow that won’t mess your bow arm elbow up (Learned that lesson on the fist few bows which gave me terrible tendonitis in my elbow)
It’s an easy design to build yourself, yet offers infinite opportunities for exploring design and function. And in my opinion is the perfect mate for an efoc arrow fronted with a single bevel pile.
As Leopold said “he who catches a trout with his own fly has scored two coups, not one” The joy of killing a deer with your own bow is known only tho those who make it themselves. I am sure you know what I mean, seeing you’ve done so with your self bows.
in reply to: creeks and streams #53145lbman77 wrote: That may be a stickey one. It would fall under the “envoronmental issue” category. Which brings environmental groups (I’m definitely not a fan of them, just my personal view)…
Best of luck.
Boy-o-boy if I was to respond, Mom would delete this thread and kick me off here 😯 This thread is too important for that, so I’ll let the cooler and infinitely better man Leopold speak for me:
“Industrial landowners and users, especially lumbermen and stockmen, are inclined to wail long and loudly about the extension of government ownership and regulation to land, but (with notable exceptions) they show little disposition to develop the only visible alternative: the voluntary
practice of conservation on their own lands.”
Thanks for raising my blood pressure this morning 😳
in reply to: poor performing EFOC arrow #53103I know the hype around self bows is that if they are well made, they are every bit as fast as a laminated glass bow. I guess I’ve just never seen a “well made” self bow.
I know the tug you feel. The self bow is so romantic. If I could make it work, that’s what I would use. But alas, imho they just don’t come close to a laminated bow for power.
My compromise is to use an American Semi-Log bow of my own construction. It is at least in the same general shape as a self bow. And when it comes to shooting heavy arrows, it shoots about as powerfully as any hybrid or recurve bow.
I shot a 6 pointer a few days ago in which I had an imperfect shot. The deer moved (predictably) and the arrow split the scapula’s on both sides and some ribs too. The arrow did not pass through. If the arrow does not pass through, that is clear evidence that something went bad. But the deer went about 200 yds and expired. Whew!
Point being, if the bow didn’t have the required power, I would not have recovered the deer. It is a 55lb bow which shoots a 650 grain arrow about 165 fps.
I like to shoot bows at 160 fps or better. Deer move too much to accept any lower speed. I would use a lighter arrow and give up some FOC in order to get the speed back.
As others have said, accuracy is more important than FOC.
Self bows just can’t get to 160 fps. So I just can’t use them. That’s just me.
Bottom line for me is I don’t shoot any setup without getting some speed numbers on a crono. I know that will rub some the wrong way, but for me it’s necessary.
in reply to: Arrows and Snow #48709Around here, there is a best time to hunt squirrel. Unfortunately, it’s pretty close to the best time to hunt deer too.
Sometime in late October or early November, the squirrels come to ground and start feeding heavily on acorns. At this time, you can pretty easily walk up on them and get 5 or 10 yard shots. Always on the ground, or a log.
As you already have snow on the ground, I guess this time is past. If it was me, I’d stick to the .22 and eat squirrel. Then plan for a day or two next year when the time is right and do it with the bow.
On a side note, anybody watch the squirrel slingshot video’s on you tube? Very funny… Squirrels are always in such a bad mood, but end up being such good sports about what happens to them.
in reply to: Get a grip! #45316Glad to see you back on here regularly Patrick! Your voice was missed.
in reply to: New Elkheart #45313I like the pumpkins, make me some pie! Cool arrow flight picture too.
in reply to: Would you shoot a bedded animal? #45308I managed to sneak up on a big bull elk bedded down. I was about 10 feet above and 15 yards away from it. While I sat there trying to figure out how/where to shoot the elk, he got my wind and politely excused himself.
I’d a taken the shot had I been able to figure it out. Just wasn’t sure I could hit the vitals.
in reply to: Quotes by Fred Bear…..I like #3 #42971One of Fred’s habits was to keep copies of A Sand County Almanac handy and give them to folks who he thought might benefit from it.
I thought that sounded like a good idea so I’ve been doing the same thing for 10 years now. I am sure many of the copies I have given away have not been read, or had no impact. But those books will endure until they are destroyed and so there is always the chance that someone will pick a copy up, and see the world in a new and better way.
in reply to: Scary Close #42965donthomas wrote: …I got down, sprinted up the side of the coulee and ran them down. I won’t tell you what happened next, but it’s lucky I didn’t wind up in jail…
I hope you didn’t violate your hippocratic oath 😳
in reply to: bodnik bows #40658I’ve had a hard time finding a website that shows their full lineup and pricing. But they have a listing of bow performance on their website that is pretty incredible. Maybe a bit hard to believe.
Anybody have a link to their full lineup / pricing?
in reply to: Daypacks and Binos #40656Jim – Like the idea! Simple and doesn’t need extra stuff.
I bought the badland pack with the built in bino straps. The pack itself is great, but the strap thing doesn’t work right.
The shoulder straps are the bino harness. Whenever you try to make something serve two purposes, it never does either well. When the straps are tight enough to hold the pack close to your back, you can’t pull the bino’s to your face. When the straps are loose enough to use the bino’s, the pack is hanging off your back.
in reply to: Totally Traditional #40642lwinters6969 wrote: I have been shooting Traditional Archery for 2yrs now. … I have made a decision to sell my compound bow and go TOTALLY TRADITIONAL. My wife is a little apprehensive since i have never harvested a animal with my traditional equipment. If i don’t sell my compound equipment it will always be my crutch. Is this a wise decision ❓
I wouldn’t get too worked up over definitions of what a hunter should or should not be. Hunting is natural, so let nature take its course. After you have hunted for a few years with your recurve, you may find that you have no inclination to use the compound anymore.
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