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Circle W
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My view for the evening. Hopefully I can catch one sneaking down my freshly cut path.
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My view for the evening. Hopefully I can catch one sneaking down my freshly cut path.
rmorey
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My wife and I both shoot an Excalibur crossbow. Havent had a chance to get out yet, season is open 1 Oct - 15 Dec in our area. Lots of time yet.
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Circle W
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Also if anyone would like to share this seasons harvests on here then by all means go ahead! I'd love to see some of them.
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Circle W
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My brother shoots a crossbow and man does that bolt hum! My arrow stop has a tough time stopping them, and significantly quicker than my compound.
rmorey
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I got two mice in the woodshed the other day, but I didnt take any pictures! :laughing:
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Circle W
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That's funny you say that because we are currently waging a war against a rat in the house. The neighbors cut hay and then here they come. He's a tail-less rat now, he got stuck on the sticky trap and when I went to pick the trap up he went crazy and ran between two boards and off came the trap and his tail.
rmorey
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So now he's a mole on steroids! :laughing:
UpToNoGood
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Back in 1992 I shot an Oneida Screaming Eagle, but no longer have that bow. Last month I picked up a Scorpyd Velocity crossbow and love it. I will take it on a Elk hunt this year. If the Elk hunt is a bust I will schedule a hog hunt to add meat to my freezer.
vabiker23518
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View of my turnip and rye food plot this past Saturday (opening day in VA) with crossbow. I have used a compound bow in past, but at 60, I've gotten to the point I don't like to stand up in a tree stand and draw back. Was way to hot(87), but had to be there!
LD1
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I shoot a hoyt turbotech. And also have a PSE re-curve but I need more practice with it before I take it hunting.
Been out twice this year. The other night I had a VERY small doe come in 9 yards out. I passed on it. I have seen deer with spots bigger than this one. And it actually "ran" in on me, and I had no time to even get the bow up. I ground hunt. She got close enough to catch a wind of me, then darted out to ~40 yards and stayed there for the next 2 hours. I was really hoping she would draw something else in, but nothing...
Those are some wicked looking bows. And pretty smooth to shoot, but way too complicated. I had a friend that had one ~5 years ago
Been out twice this year. The other night I had a VERY small doe come in 9 yards out. I passed on it. I have seen deer with spots bigger than this one. And it actually "ran" in on me, and I had no time to even get the bow up. I ground hunt. She got close enough to catch a wind of me, then darted out to ~40 yards and stayed there for the next 2 hours. I was really hoping she would draw something else in, but nothing...
Those are some wicked looking bows. And pretty smooth to shoot, but way too complicated. I had a friend that had one ~5 years ago
SoGeorgia
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I sold my Hoyt and bought an Athens Exceed. It's a really nice bow but I wish I had kept my Hoyt. Out of all the bows I've owned, nothing has been as smooth as the Hoyt.
Yea! Also glad to see a bunch of traditionalists on here! Kinda what I'd expect for TBN.
My next door neighbor got me re-interested in archery many years ago. He was a SERIOUS traditionalist! Made his own longbows and arrows. Brain tanned his own hides. We joked about him secretly wearing a loincloth around the house.
So, for a while, I shot an old Bear Kodiak that was given to me, but it was so short that it stacked quite a bit with my long (30") draw. Still got it and my wife shoots it well. I bought a "Jeffery" takedown recurve. They were local guys (Athens, GA); not sure if they're still in business. Very nice. Very smooth. Always seemed to shoot where I "thought". Wound up ordering a second set of lower-weight limbs for it after I finally acknowledged that I wasn't Superman. It's what I still would use if I had time to practice enough and to hunt. And if my creaky shoulders would allow!
So does anybody on here make their own bows or arrows? Remember when you could buy really high quality Port Orford cedar arrow blanks for next to nothing? I still have a few of the ones I made long ago. Traditional "Zwickey" two-blade broadheads. Hand crested and fletched. It was a fun and satisfying pastime. I'm afraid to shoot them now! They are my personal museum pieces.
Any disciples of the Fred Asbell traditional archery methods? I still enjoy reading his little "bible".
The "stick and string" is a wonderful way to solidly reconnect with God's creation, nature and the traditional ways.
- Jay
My next door neighbor got me re-interested in archery many years ago. He was a SERIOUS traditionalist! Made his own longbows and arrows. Brain tanned his own hides. We joked about him secretly wearing a loincloth around the house.
So, for a while, I shot an old Bear Kodiak that was given to me, but it was so short that it stacked quite a bit with my long (30") draw. Still got it and my wife shoots it well. I bought a "Jeffery" takedown recurve. They were local guys (Athens, GA); not sure if they're still in business. Very nice. Very smooth. Always seemed to shoot where I "thought". Wound up ordering a second set of lower-weight limbs for it after I finally acknowledged that I wasn't Superman. It's what I still would use if I had time to practice enough and to hunt. And if my creaky shoulders would allow!
So does anybody on here make their own bows or arrows? Remember when you could buy really high quality Port Orford cedar arrow blanks for next to nothing? I still have a few of the ones I made long ago. Traditional "Zwickey" two-blade broadheads. Hand crested and fletched. It was a fun and satisfying pastime. I'm afraid to shoot them now! They are my personal museum pieces.
Any disciples of the Fred Asbell traditional archery methods? I still enjoy reading his little "bible".
The "stick and string" is a wonderful way to solidly reconnect with God's creation, nature and the traditional ways.
- Jay
hunterridgefarm
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I learned how to shoot with a Hoyt and bought a Browning re-curve many years ago.
I now use the crossbow to hunt but really enjoy shooting the re-curve.
On the re-curve I shoot by whats called "walking the string" any one shoot with this style?
I now use the crossbow to hunt but really enjoy shooting the re-curve.
On the re-curve I shoot by whats called "walking the string" any one shoot with this style?
Dr_Zinj
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65# recurve.
I've killed lots of targets and hay bales.
The styrofoam targets tend to be kind of dry and chewy; but at least the hay bales have plenty of fiber.
I've killed lots of targets and hay bales.
The styrofoam targets tend to be kind of dry and chewy; but at least the hay bales have plenty of fiber.
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Circle W
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Ha! You sound like me.
Ed of all trades
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Learned to shoot with a bow my dad made from a green oak 2x4. Used to shoot rabbits and squirrels. Shoot a Matthews feather light that I have had for years. Have not had time to hunt and practice so hunted very little with it. Killed a stump one time but never a deer.
arrow
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I've attempted it. Too many variables for my likes such as arrow spine and at the moment of truth, string walking creates too much cogitation for my feeble brain. I just made it a rule of no shots beyond 20 yds at anything.
Hill Farmer
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Had to sneak away for a little tree sitting time yesterday.
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Circle W
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Good lookin spot! Do you like that 6 pin sight?
LD1
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IF you look at the pin spacing, I dont think he uses the last two, maybe three pins.
