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in reply to: Anyone else hate gun season? #35777
I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what you use to hunt with. What matters is being good with it. As the saying goes, “To Thy Own Self Be True”. If I don’t close the deal with my bow some time or another, then there it is. I gave it my all. And I count my successes based upon the experiences and memories. Traditional Bowhunting Rocks! I think that as traditionalists we put so much effort and passion into our sport (craft, equipment, practice, preparation), that it literally takes on an extension of our individual persona, hence spirit & soul. It doesn’t get any better than this! 8) IMO.
I Thank God for the blessings of opportunity & ability to allow me to do it.
in reply to: taking off nocks #34554Why not just build up the serving material on your bowstring to accomodate the nock width?
in reply to: longbow or recurve #34551I prefer longbows myself. My first bow was a longbow. My hunting buddies all shot longbows. This was in the early 70’s when Recurves were all the rage. For hunting purposes the longbow is better suited and more forgiving than a recurve. JMO.
Regarding handshock. As long as a bow is properly tuned with the right brace height, and arrow matched in spine and weight. Handshock should not be an issue.
in reply to: Group sizes? #34541Rocks… I was taught many years ago. Look at the deer as a running back carrying a football (in the boiler room), focus on that only.. your job is to knock out the football by hitting that spot. Yes, pick the spot and focus. I have one of those giant 4 ft by 4ft block targets that I use at our club. My target is always a two inch piece of masking tape at all yardages. It reinforces Aim Small, Hit Small. I didn;t say MISS.. because MIISS should not even be in your mind.
in reply to: Chasing Whitetails in the season's first snowfall! #34519Hi GreetreeArcher… LOL!:D I knew that! Actually, when I first bought it. What sold me was the Reverse Handle design. Beyond that it was all luck on my part.It just fit like a favorite glove. 8)
in reply to: Chasing Whitetails in the season's first snowfall! #34018Do you guys remember Howdy Dootie??!!! I knew the Peanut Gallery would catch up!!! 😆
Yeah… Silver Blonde.. it happens to the best of us!
Yeah.. strung backwards! I get that a lot! But they clam up when I let them pull it back and shoot it! SWEET!
in reply to: Northern Mist String Follow Bow #33106String Follow is supposedly more forgiving on release. All I know is, if Steve Turay builds it. It’s a darn good bow! You will not be disappointed.8)
in reply to: Chasing Whitetails in the season's first snowfall! #32176Hi, Vesty… Yes… it is one of the older NM Whisper bows, when Steve Turay made them with a touch of Reflex, the companion bow to the Superior. It’s always been my go to hunting bow ever since I got it.
in reply to: Winter's harvest #28778Beautiful! Amen, Brother! 8)
in reply to: Arrow Selection #27851Or you could call 3Rivers and talk with them. 60@29 means you need a 30 inch arrow, add 5# spine for every each inch over 28 inches, plus 5# for a 125 gr head…. I would think 70-75 spine would get you there, 75-80 probably too stiff for an ML 14. You can get a 3 arrow test pack from 3Rivers and try different spined arrows.
I am glad you are getting better! And not a long lasting injury. I have a thing about keeping blades scary sharp. Broadheads and knives. Well, earlier in the season this year, I was sitting in my stand and I took out my trusty schrade stockman and began to slice through a snickers bar… love them but murder on bridge work! So I’m watching the woods instead of what I am doing and manage to send the blade right through the mid joint crease in my thumb. I thought on damn. It was bleeding a lot… being hard core I was determined not to ruin my hunt, so I broke out the iodine and gauze in my pack and just dealt with it (you can’t exactly stitch the joint crease. It healed fast and fine, but was so deep, I still get a tingling numbness. No worse off though.
in reply to: How windy is too windy? #24469I think if you get steady 30 MPH wind or higher, you can hang up the bow for the day. I know I would, because I am not sure my shot placement will happen, because of the wind. And I don’t want an wounded, unrecoverable or crippling loss animal. I may hate sitting the day at home, but I would regret a wounded lost animal even more.
in reply to: Anyone else hate gun season? #24466Well.. all things have there place and time. As explained in the 5 Stages of a Hunter, many of us just elevate or gravitate to one form of hunting or another that we prefer. I prefer to hunt big game with traditional archery equipment. But I do not begrudge or frown upon other forms of equipment or hunters, each has it’s place as a management tool.
Most of us, took a hunter safety course to get a license, and in all probability that meant taking a basic hunter safety GUN course first. As the saying goes… “Be sure to dance with the one who took you to the party”.
What a hunter carries in his hand, cannot determine what they carry in their heart. Most are just as passionate and just as dedicated.
I use to be obessed with fine double guns for Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock. I gave them to my son. Usually after the deer season is over, I take out the 12 gauge pump (my meat gun), and go gunning for Grouse over the Holidays! :D:shock::P
Be thankful in America we have the Freedom to choose.
in reply to: wood shafts #24169Hi, Cody… depends on what type of wood you’re looking for.
Cedar – Rose City
Doug Fir – Surewood Shafts
Laminated Birch – Alleghaney Arrow Woods
Chundoo – Twigg Archery
Spruce – Hildenbrand Shaftsin reply to: how to hunt mature does? #21981If she already caught you moving than all bets are off. Typically, you need to come to full draw either when their vision is blocked, or looking away, or they already passed you and quartering away. The “old girl” is usually the family / group matriarch, she is the wisest that all the others learn from.
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