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in reply to: Wild Voices #38824

paleoman wrote: [quote=tradhunter1]Paleo,

You come up with some of the best topics and some of the off the wall topics. 😀

Thanks for the comment up there. I actually had a traumatic brain injury in my teens. So, all my shortcomings and stupid posts I blame on that:lol:

I have enjoyed all your posts that I’ve read especially the off the wall ones. :D. Hmmmm maybe your traumatic brain injury helped expand your imagination. 😉

I’ve been told that I was dropped a few times as a child, but thinking on it, being the baby of four boys I’m wondering how many of those times weren’t drops but throws. 😕

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in reply to: Celebration #38712

I ask for forgiveness for killing then give thanks for the life and sustenance I and my family have just received.

It’s a very personal ritual as are the pictures I take to honor the animal and remind me how beautiful every life really is. That’s one reason I seldom share my actual “hero” (I really dislike that word) pictures with any one out side family and extremely close friends, like my few hunting partners that actually “get” the reverence I feel on the hunt.

Wow… some of the most personal stuff I’ve shared anywhere.

Troy

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in reply to: Wild Voices #38695

Paleo,

You come up with some of the best topics and some of the off the wall topics. 😀

I too love the sounds of late summer and early fall, the sound of the morning doves seem crisper, the calls of the ducks and geese beginning to flock up for the pending trip south, and later in the fall the sounds of the cranes and swans migrating through along with the snows and blues, hmmmm I need to start my wood cutting…. 😯 Maaayyybbeeee next weekend. For now a cup of coffee, calm morning and my loyal huntin lab, Dakota, at my feet- ahhh heaven…. 😀 until season opens of course. 😉

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in reply to: 300 gr. blunts? #33073

It doesn’t come in a 300 grn glue on that I know of but here’s one that goes to 250.

http://www.rayzor-vpa.com/main.sc

The hammer from 3 rivers is 2 bucks cheaper.

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in reply to: COULDN'T HELP MYSELF #32930

Grumpy,

Best wishes and luck for tomorrow. Wow, great looking bow! I love that hooked arrow shelf.

Troy

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in reply to: What is Traditional Archery? #24290

Smithhammer wrote: [quote=jonking]

Now I don’t mean to say being a snob about anything is a admirable quality. But lowering the bar so people don’t get their feelings hurt because they aren’t trying hard enough is why this country is going to hell in a hand basket.:twisted:

Well said!!

Agreed8)

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in reply to: 2013 hunting rigs #24213

Nice looking set up Jim. I hope you great success in all your hunting endeavors this season.:D

Unfortunately my full hunting set up isn’t 100% complete as of today, but as soon as I get my new bow tuned- probably 2 weeks away yet- I’ll get some pics to post. 🙂

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s set up! 😀

Troy

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in reply to: Where to start for an elk hunt? #24204

Well Dave,

Going by what Dave P spread out in his response, and I agree with what his assessment of minimum requirements for elk, for your bow- as long as your draw length is 28 inches or longer you have enough bow. For your arrow- with out knowing the weight of the arrow I will go by the basis of my experience with cedar arrows, so, unless you make your own arrows the weight is more than likely under 400 grains and with a 130 grain broad head you would have approximately 530 grn arrow or less and will not be close enough to what I and a few others recommend for an elk weight arrow. If you weigh your shafts and add a broad head of a weight to bring your total to 600 grns or better then I would believe you would be in the ball park.

Keeping in mind that plenty of elk have been taken with cedar arrows and lighter heads, I also believe that more animals have been wounded or lost using to light of an arrow.

Others may have different views and opinions on this and maybe some better recommendations, and this is just my opinion.

Good luck

Troy

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in reply to: Where to start for an elk hunt? #23258

I try to get to Colorado at least every other year for a hunt and my experience is that no matter what, you want to be in the best shape you can get in, walk or hike and eventually alternate a lite trot, with at least 1/2 the weight of your loaded hunting pack (what your going to pack in and/or what you hope to pack out) on your back at least 3 times a week, don’t push it to hard the first day or three of your hunt, no matter how good of shape your in your lungs and muscles need at least 1 day usually 2 to acclimate, especially if you are going from under 3000 feet above sea level to 8000 plus feet. Normally “for me” the first 2 days are slow, taking lots of rest breaks, then it seems that I’m able to go much further between breaks and I’m more comfortable.

Commit the area where you plan to hunt to memory as much as possible using the maps already suggested. IT IS VERY EASY TO WALK OUT OF THE DRAINAGE YOU ARE HUNTING INTO ANOTHER WITHOUT NOTICING IN THE HEAT OF A CHASE…. Took me a day and a half to find my tent and sleeping bag again. 😳 most enjoyable trip to date!!!

Oh… Remember to practice shooting your bow with all your hunting gear on. I didn’t do that one year thinking “hey I know how this works from years past” and had my one button up shirt pocket flap catch my string and ruin the only opportunity I had for a shot that year. 😳 (Fortunately that arrow was a complete miss)

Good luck

Troy

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in reply to: Very scary grizzly videos #20915

ausjim wrote: You just know if you stumbled across that in the woods you’d never make it out alive.

“Well, one of those humans just saw us doing that.”

“We’re going to have to kill him, this can’t get out.”

It’s a bearspiracy.

Bearspiracy!!!! HA!! Love it Jim:lol::lol::lol::lol:

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in reply to: Bucket list hunt #20904

Moose, caribou would be a bonus but a moose hunt anywhere would be my bucket list hunt. 🙂

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in reply to: Harvest limits #19795

shreffler wrote: [quote=Etter1]I’ve spoken with many people who have legally killed 10+ bucks per year.

😯

I’d need to sell my car to pay for the processing fee each season

Naw just learn to do the butchering yourself. 😀

In South Dakota last year with archery you could get one any deer state wide or in specific county plus up to four doe tags in some counties. Plus you can still draw rifle tags (up to three-four in some counties) on top of the limit of archery tags.

Elk are draw only and it takes about 14 years of applying to even have a chance of drawing one.

3 a day pheasants (roosters only)

I haven a clue for turkey

Our duck and goose seasons are very liberal.

I haven’t even looked at the regs yet this year, just been to darn busy with working in several different states this year.

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in reply to: Some people's thinkin' #18777

Buck up Ralph,

There’s more folks than you would think that feel the way those of us here do, they just don’t speak up very often.

I don’t like to hunt with other folks unless they are close friends or family. Not to hard on me since I only have a couple of people I actually consider friends and they both live in other states, as do most my of my family. 😀

I understand how it hurts to have someone you thought you new turn out to be someone completely different. 😡

All we can do is keep pluggin along. 😕

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in reply to: Arizona E Z Fletch #63982

When I still used glue to fletch I would rub my string wax down the clamp before starting. When I’m done I just wipe the clamps off with a tuff towel. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work for the E-Z fletch contraption.

I second Bruce’s recommendation, the tape is quick and easy and the glue required is just a couple drops on the ends.

Good luck

Troy

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in reply to: Boots #56759

I have a pair of the Bean Main Hunting Shoe’s that I wore on an Idaho elk hunt in very rocky, steep terrain, and they gave my ankles plenty of support and I could feel the ground very well. I actually believe the flexible rubber sole of the boot helped out more than a stiff soled boot while climbing around in the slide rock and cliffs by giving me a better grip.

For extremely warm weather hunting I use a fancy moisture wicking sock liner next to my skin and a light weight good quality hiking sock over those, my socks are damp at the end of the day as well as the inside of the boot but my feet are comfortable all day.

I usually get an hour or so in the early afternoon that I can take my boots off if I feel I need to, and take a short snooze under a shade tree, just to give the animals a chance to realize I’m harmless of course. 😉

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