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in reply to: a DEADLY new reason to avoid deer ticks #16708

I can tell you I had Lyme disease two years ago and it was not much fun. I was bitten in my yard while doing yard-work and I was fortunate that I got sick almost immediately and it was treated within about three weeks from the day bitten.

Deer ticks are the tiny small black ticks that are so small, you almost don’t see the legs on it and many times won’t even recognize it as a tick. It’s not the larger brown ticks that most of us are used to pulling off of our dogs or kids.

In my case, my neighborhood is practically run over with deer that cross through our yards at all times of day and night and leave these little presents for us to find. This year a girl in high school who lives three or four houses away from me also got Lyme disease and though she tested negative for it the first time, her parents insisted on a second test and it came back positive.

Be careful and if you find yourself suddenly overcome with arthritic like pain and fevers and chills, be sure you make the doctor test you for Lyme. Mine only tested me for it out of response to my insistence and even told me she thought it was a ‘soft tissue’ infection, all of this despite the fact that I had the classic rash around the bite.

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in reply to: Non-chinese Wool Shirts? #29858

I like the military type pull over wool for hunting. They are extremely warm and can be bought from sportsmansguide for 20.00. They are slightly used military surplus but are as good as new and can not be beaten for the thickness of the wool. I have a British Commando sweater and an one from Israel. Don’t ask me where the wool comes from though as these are genuine military issue, I suppose it depends on each countries supplier.

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in reply to: Fletching glue #11932

The best glue that I’ve found comes from the Super Store (Wal****) and is hanging up in the painting section of the store. It’s “General Purpose Contact” not the “Superglue” and it is about 1.29 a tube. I buy them about 10 at a time (I fletch a lot). It’s waterproof, dries just a hare slower than Martin or the other glues, but holds better than any I’ve found. I won’t buy anything else anymore. It comes in kind of a gell form as opposed to the superglue which is all watery and runs everywhere.

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in reply to: 40 pound draw weight for Deer #11928

Thanks for your service and your post. I shoot a 55lb. longbow and have the same in a recurve. I think the shot placement is the number one factor followed by broadhead (for the blood trail). I hunt in the very brushy eastern panhandle of WV and blood trails often determine whether you go home with a deer or with a sad story. I think you’ll inspire a lot of people who maybe think they are too injured or not strong enough to hunt. It’s great to see so many posts from the guys who admit their low poundage bows in a compound world where everything is about speed. But I guess that’s what makes our community so special. We’re all honest, different and willing to share and we can appreciate each other for those differences. Keep the posts coming and don’t think for a second that they don’t matter. There’s no telling how many people you may inspire to pick up a bow.

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in reply to: Recurve or longbow your choice and why? #11913

I own both, started out in my trad life with the recurve. Once I picked up the longbow and felt how light it was, I fell in love with it. I believe I shoot it better than I do a recurve but that may just be my perception. To be honest, I sometimes find myself going back and forth mentally until I pick up my longbow again and the question leaves my mind. The flatter trajectory of the recurve is nice, as is the right of center shelf. All logic points to the recurve as the way to go but then I see my longbow hanging up or hold it and I forget I even have a recurve in the basement. The length is not really an issue as I like longer bows in general and my longbow and recurve are both 62″. Thank goodness for that or the decision might be more difficult. I say if it’s made of wood, it’s all good.

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in reply to: Should Traditional bowhunting be more mainstream? #11897

Personally, I would like it to be a little more mainstream so that there might be a few more hunting shows on tv, hosted by traditional hunters. I sorely miss Tred Barta, though he’s doing his best at his ‘come-back’ and it amazes me that there aren’t more shows like his on. They’ll put a guy on who hunts with a spear (???????) but they can’t throw a couple of traditional archery hunters on the Outdoor Channel. Other than that, I’m good with the way it is currently. Provided of course that 3 Rivers stays in business. I would hate to have to go shopping for supplies without them.

It gets a little tiring sometimes to see a world full of compound supplies, shows, advertisements etc. It’s even difficult to find good targets (Thank heavens for archerytarget.com!) that can stand the daily abuse. I can’t tell you how many targets I go through a year and my son-in-law who shoots a compound has had the same target for 4 years.

I think the unbiased observer would admit that we are harder on equipment, more particular about what we buy and from whom and don’t easily fall for marketing tricks. Thus, traditional will never be mainstream. We’re too hard to please.:D

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in reply to: strung- unstrung #11889

The Martin gets shot daily and stays strung, the rest are in the basement unstrung and hanging up. I don’t mind doing it (stringing, unstringing) but it’s hard on the strings and from what I read here possibly the bow as well. At any rate, fieberglass gives us a choice the older folks didn’t have.

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in reply to: new long bow #11875

Good for you. Now you just have to enjoy it, the hard part is over. Good Luck!

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in reply to: Ground Hunting #60544

I enjoy hunting from the ground and though I do love sitting in a tree stand as well (it’s as close to being “God Like” as humans are allowed) there is a huge amount of fun in trying to outsmart the deer on their own playing field.

I use blinds but usually don’t set them up early enough to really reap the benefit of them so I usually end up using natural blinds. My favorite is one of those big trees that has fallen over with the roots sticking up and creating a natural pit blind. I also look for small dried up creek beds that I can stand in or kneel in and be low to the ground as the deer pass by.

I concur with the above statement that it does often result in a lack of a good blood trail. That part of it can be frustrating particularly if you hunt in brushy areas and tracking is difficult anyway.

Most people who have never tried it wonder if they can get close to a deer this way. Those of us who do it frequently know the real problem is not getting TOO close to the deer to be able to draw……

It’s like being a small kid again and building your ‘fort’. I take as much pride in my improvised blinds as I do the deer I shoot. You are limited only by your imagination.

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