hunter_mike

good call dbHunterNY on the Nikons. Ive been planning on buying those binocs since last fall when I borrowed my buddy's pair and the cabelas deal is the cheapest i've seen. Needless to say I've got some nikons in the mail with my name on them now!!

Agreed. I want one of those wolf tags asap

this is a pic of where the buck landed. I had to leave it out of the original post because it wouldnt let me put in 6 pics [ATTACH=CONFIG]11290[/ATTACH]

Just got this email. I actually worked on this road project this past summer. The email story goes as follows: [ATTACH=CONFIG]11285[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]11286[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]11287[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]11288[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]11289[/ATTACH] "This buck literally jumped off our Washington Ave bridge today at 1:30. We watched it walk past our field office at about noon today. Then at 2:00 we got a call from our grading contractor foreman that a huge buck just jumped over the edge of the Washington bridge (just on the south of Marshfield, new Hwy 10) and is laying dead on our new slab. An old lady that lived on Washington Ave. just south of the bridge was driving over the bridge when she came upon the deer, her car scared it, and it jumped over the parapet and landed on his nose without breaking his antlers 40 feet below. So the old lady went to her other neighbor who is a hunter, and he went and claimed it (the one in the orange hunting jacket)"

i have been in the nearly the same situation before. I was sitting in my climber in a new area I had not hunted before and about a half hour into my hunt, I realized there was a hang-on stand 30 yards away. An hour later, sure enough, a guy comes walking in. Lucky for me, he was as reasonable of a person as i am, and we quickly decided that we would both hunt. We quietly sat and hunted without argument and saw lots of deer. At the end of the day he walked over by me and I told him that I would keep a courteous distance from his stand from now on since he was there first. I honestly didnt know there was anyone hunting there when I first set up shop. In your case, I think that you both should have sat quietly and hunted that night, but at the end of the day, you two should have worked out an agreement. He may not have even realized that he was so close to another person's hunting spot. If he insists that he should hunt in that spot, there really isn't much you can do about it. Bringing the landowner into it may not be such a great idea because it is likely a non-issue for him and if he finds you guys bothersome he may just decide not to let anyone hunt.

Thats such an awesome buck!! i'm jealous i just want to go hunting but i'm stuck in school. Oh well, i get my degree in may and then I can go kill a big buck like yours next fall ha ha. NICE DEER!!

I attempted to bare shaft tune my bow (hoyt x-tec) today and I am completely baffled now. Trying to achieve good arrow flight as i was not happy with the twirling flight i had. I have 70# draw weight 28" draw and using carbon express terminator express 6075 which is the correct size arrow for this combination. 1. I began setting up my new string loop using a string square, making sure my nocking point was level with the bolt hole for my rest. 2. I put my rest in an initial position by eyeballing it the best I could. 3. I began bare shaft tuning. Using a bare shaft I took my first two shots at 8 yards. i eventually backed up to 30 yards so that I would be able to watch my arrow flight. 4. Using my initial rest position, I watched the arrow flight. Vertically, the arrow flight was good. Consistently, my nock trailed to the right every shot. So I moved my rest to the left of initial position. This worsened the flight. 5.So then i moved the rest to the right of initial position. Arrow flight got better. Nock still trailing to the right. 6.So i moved my rest to the right again. Arrow flight got even better. Nock still trailing to the right. 7. I moved my rest as far to the right as possible. Arrow flight was at its best but still not great. Nock still trailing to the right. 8. The problem now is that i can see that my rest is obviously WAY to the right of my actual centershot. Anyone know whats going on? I am thinking that either I don't have a clue what i'm doing or my bow is a pile of junk. I am posting this on a few other forums as well.

I attempted to bare shaft tune my bow (hoyt x-tec) today and I am completely baffled now. Trying to achieve good arrow flight as i was not happy with the twirling flight i had. I have 70# draw weight 28" draw and using carbon express terminator express 6075 which is the correct size arrow for this combination. 1. I began setting up my new string loop using a string square, making sure my nocking point was level with the bolt hole for my rest. 2. I put my rest in an initial position by eyeballing it the best I could. 3. I began bare shaft tuning. Using a bare shaft I took my first two shots at 8 yards. i eventually backed up to 30 yards so that I would be able to watch my arrow flight. 4. Using my initial rest position, I watched the arrow flight. Vertically, the arrow flight was good. Consistently, my nock trailed to the right every shot. So I moved my rest to the left of initial position. This worsened the flight. 5.So then i moved the rest to the right of initial position. Arrow flight got better. Nock still trailing to the right. 6.So i moved my rest to the right again. Arrow flight got even better. Nock still trailing to the right. 7. I moved my rest as far to the right as possible. Arrow flight was at its best but still not great. Nock still trailing to the right. 8. The problem now is that i can see that my rest is obviously WAY to the right of my actual centershot. Anyone know whats going on? I am thinking that either I don't have a clue what i'm doing or my bow is a pile of junk. I am posting this on a few other forums as well. :helpsmilie:

go visit a zoo or deer park where there are some live tame deer. Spend some time there and get close to these tame deer. Or try to watch deer more often. As you get more used to being up close and personal with whitetails you will feel more comfortable and be able to focus more on your shot

Nice pics!! Yes that sucks man. I can relate, I just had my camera out for 8 days and went out to get my cam and realized that my SD card was locked so no pictures were taken.:bang:

That is awesome!! I think i'm gonna start doing that, but its gonna take some time to get that many!!! wow

We always hear a lot about making your bow quiet-shooting, but hardly ever hear much about making your arrows quiet-flying. I was just out in the yard shooting and realized how noisy my arrows are. I use natural feather fletching and I am confused because some of my arrows are quiet and others make a buzzing noise as they fly through the air. I was wondering if anyone has any good information or advice on what types of fletching make your arrows fly quietly. [ATTACH=CONFIG]10422[/ATTACH]

never seen anything like that before! at least if you find one shed u are guaranteed to find the set. I wonder if it hurts the buck to lose all that antler! thats really crazy thanks for sharing

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this post.............. Well the search did not end the way i wanted it to. A few hours after posting this thread i went back out and found a couple faint drops of blood and no way of distingishing the wounded squirrels tracks from the many other sets of tracks around the base of that big oak tree. I feel bad that i couldn't recover the thing. I am sure many of you can relate to the feeling i have about this hunt. While i sit with this feeling of regret and doubt about ever even taking that shot, its not going to stop me from trying to kill a squirrel with my bow. As any bowhunter knows, sometimes we wound animals and never are able to recover them. It is a sad truth. HOWEVER, it is our responsibility to try with all of our will to take game cleanly and humanely every time. - - - This is what i am going to do differently next time to make sure that squirrel dies when i hit it: Thank you guys for your input and advice. It has helped me rethink my squirrel hunting. - Range: While i feel totally comfortable shooting at 40 yards with my bow, i have realized that this is an unreasonable distance to shoot at a squirrel. Too many things can go wrong. I am almost sure that i would hit a big fat squirrel 9 out of 10 times at this range. I have now realized that i can not garantee that i will kill a squirrel at this range. When i took that shot the other day, my subconscious told me that as long as i hit the squirrel with that big fast blunt tip it would die right? Wrong. Squirrels are way tougher than i thought!!! I am gonna limit my range to not much more than 20 yards. I need to be able to focus on the vitals the same way i do on deer. - Broadheads: I think i am going to abandon the blunt tips. I feel that unless i make a head shot, this tip may be somewhat unreliable. I know that many people have probably had much success with this broadhead but i am now nervous about trying it again. I am going to use a broadhead with a cutting edge. I think if i was going to be shot at, i would rather be hit with something that cuts instead of something that smashes. - Respect: Squirrels are tough! I never would have thought a squirrel could survive getting smacked in the rib cage with a blunt tip. I will shoot at a squirrel with the same focus that i use when i shoot at a deer. Thank you all for your advice and i think i have wisened up. I'm going squirrel hunting the next chance i get and this time i think i have a better chance of bringing one home.

I was in the backyard today with my bow and i wanted to try to get a squirrel. Right away i was able to get a shot. It was a 41 yard shot through the rangefinder but i was still able to hit the squirrel in the rib cage. I thought it was a done deal but to my surprise the squirrel ran and kept running out of sight. I was shocked! It looked like a great hit and even made a thud sound like it smacked him. My buddy was watching me as i took the shot also and he saw the same - a solid hit in the rib cage and a definite body hitting sound as the arrow connected. I just cant understand how this squirrel is not dead and i'm really discouraged about shooting at another squirrel. The only thing i can think of is the type of broadhead i was using. It was a "shocker" type with a blunt metal tip and springy metal prongs. Has anyone else had bad luck with these broadheads? And does anyone have a recommendation for a better type of broadhead to use specifically for squirrels?