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in reply to: Are The Young Hunters Out There? #54248
A good reason to take a kid under your wing and teach ’em the ropes.
I try to help at least one “kid” a year get into hunting/archery. It’s a good way to clean out all those buckets of extra arrows at least.
One of my “kids” shot a really big buck this year, and I just gave another a field dressing/skinning/butchering lesson last Sunday.
It’s a lot of extra work and cuts into my hunting, but it has to be done.
Sad for me, but it looks like neither of my kids are really interested in hunting. My boy has shot 3 deer over the last few years with the smoke pole, but not with much enthusiasm. My daughter likes to shoot her bow, but not interested in hunting.
in reply to: Grip vs form #53070I don’t have any wise words for you, but I can commiserate…
I have the same issue at ranges over 12 yards or so. If I just let ‘er rip, I shoot about 2 inches high. Whether 50 yds or 15 yds.
Some bad news is that your better shooting with the FOC arrows will probably fade as you get used to them and your brain adjusts.
I don’t mess with recurves much, but I have found that changing my grip to a dished grip on longbows has helped some. So maybe a different grip might help on the recurve too. But the main thing that helps me is to really slow things down. Shooting high is a result of an early release I think. I get things lined up and loose the string before I’ve settled down on the target.
But knowing it won’t fix it. It’s a hard habit to break. If you get it worked out, let us know what worked!
in reply to: Takedown sleeve choices #51981Big Jim of Big Jim’s archery did a long video tutorial on making the carbon sleeves. I expect you’ve already watched it if you’ve done a bunch of research. But I thought it was a good one. I think there is a link on his website.
Wear a dust mask!
in reply to: Rookie Mistakes #51089Jim – That’s a good one! You must have been hungry…
I chased down a whistle pig I caught in the garden once. Not sure who was more surprised that I could catch up to him, me or the hog. But once I did, I didn’t have the heart to do him in. I suspect you would have run into the same dilemma with the billy. Close is good, but there is apparently such a thing as too close.
I probably should have bonked that hog on the noggin though. The next week he ate our whole broccoli patch and I ended up shooting him with the .22. 👿
in reply to: Good news for hunting #51078I think too that locavores and the like are more into family, friends, and nature than average. So hopefully the surveys will go full circle in the future and “being close to nature” and “friends and family” will again top the charts just above “for the meat” Locavores and hunters are a very good match!
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #49936grumpy wrote: [quote=Clay Hayes]
And, for the record, that’s called southern ease, not redneckese…
I’ve always called it Dixie…
I have to respectfully disagree with both you and Clay. I grew up and live in the south and so I think I have a right to my opinion. And my opinion is that an Accent is ok. But bad grammar and poor syntax is not an accent. It is ignorant.
The south has been given a pass on ignorance (and bigotry for that matter) for way too many centuries.
in reply to: Rookie Mistakes #49924Whew! R2 I’m glad you said it. I was beginning to think I was alone… 😳
in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #48669And yet almost half of the comments at the bottom of the article complained about its “ignorance”… Lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him… oh never mind.
Here’s a paragraph that applies to the trad community too: “Professional Hunter
Unless you are a licensed African Professional Hunter, you should not use the term. Period. Not only is it technically wrong and misleading, it is just plain arrogant. You may be a guide, a TV host, a marketing person, a CEO, a paid celebrity, a writer, or any number of other legitimate jobs in the outdoor industry, and you may happen to hunt pretty much full-time, but technically, no one is paying you to go out and shoot a deer.”
For example, I know the PBS is supposed to be a good organization, but I just can’t take the name. Hunting is not a profession. Bowhunting is not a profession. You can be dedicated to it and passionate about it. It can define your existence. But it ain’t no profession, y’all.
in reply to: CO wildlife department promotes Ashby research! #40585Thanks for all the suggestions. And I didn’t mean to hijack this thread. Probably should have started another. I have to whole heartedly agree that EFOC arrows are way better behaved than lighter ones. But there is a little something I just can’t put my finger on…
But hay that’s the fun of living, always having something to work on. Maybe it’s actually too much practice. I wasn’t able to shoot the bow for almost 2 weeks and then I went to our local shop for archery night and spanked the boys good.
Maybe that will be my new training regimen – Less practice, more beer 😀
in reply to: CO wildlife department promotes Ashby research! #39267So in the 5 years or so that I have been using EFOC arrows and single bevel blades I have found only one potential drawback. It seems to me that I am a bit less accurate with these heavier arrows that I am with lighter arrows.
After mulling it over a long time I got to thinking it may be due to the increase in time that the arrow is on the bow after the string is released.
I haven’t figured out how to accurately calculate it. But consider an arrow which leaves the bow at 150 fps compared to an arrow that leaves the bow at 170 fps. Not knowing the exact “acceleration profile” of a bow I just used averages.
Say you have a draw length of 28 inches. If the arrow starts at 0 fps and leaves the bow at 150 fps, then the average speed is 75 fps. For the 170 fps arrow the average is 85 fps. Converting draw length to feet gives about 2.3 ft. So the average time the arrow is on the bow for the 150 fps scenario is 2.3/75 or 0.03 seconds. For the 170 fps scenario is 2.3/85 or 0.027 seconds. The percentage difference is roughly 10%.
I have no idea if these numbers are meaningful, but it sure seems to me that the arrow is on the bow longer. For an archery hack like myself, it is a constant source of accuracy aggravation.
Any idea’s?
in reply to: Squirrels and Flu Flu Fletch #37980It’s interesting how different peoples experiences are. I can still count on my hands how many squirrels I’ve killed with a bow. But no idea how many arrows I’ve shot at them…
I found that flu-flu’s are too noisy and the squirrels are gone when the arrow gets there. I just use a field point with a washer behind it on my regular hunting arrows. Even then it is unlikely the squirrel will be there when the arrow gets to him.
I sure like the looks of those arrows though!
in reply to: Made an archery glove #36944Wow that’s nice work! Reminds me of the glove that Howard Hill Archery sells. Might check out their website for ideas…
in reply to: a video of a "outside of the box" hunt #34532So… What was the story with the shot? Where did you hit the deer that it looked good but the deer went so far? Did the arrow kill the deer… or did the coyote’s?
in reply to: Help finding deer please! #34531For me, scouting is a constant effort. I spend more time trying to find the deer than I do hunting them. Their movements are changing all the time and so you must constantly keep after ’em.
If you are not seeing any deer from your stand, you can just move it over the next ridge and see what happens. Scouting from a stand is very effective. I move mine a lot.
But as was said above, and I find very true, look for travel corridors. Deer are creatures of the edge. There are edges everywhere. Creeks, ridges, changes is tree types, trails, brush, blow downs, etc. Find some edges and you have a good start.
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