abrown

Passed on a nice 8 yesterday evening, about 16 or so inside spread, around 8 inch G2s, and the coolest thing was his brawl tines, 4-6 inches.

I agree with everything that's already been said too. Taking people hunting and leaving gates open are from I've been told are DEAL busters for keeping permission to hunt.

Been out 3 times, hunting 160 acres of standing milo. Last night was the first time I saw anything. Two does, a fawn, and an really nice 10, none of which was standing still!!!

Makes me feel a little better, my FOC for my tradional arrows will be around 17-18%. I called 3 Rivers, and asked them if it made as much difference, he said it doesn't, just typical of having a 500 grain arrow on anything over 50 lbs.

With all that, do you figure your FOC? I have to shoot traditional for a draw hunt I drew out on, and typically for tradional you want around a 500 gr arrow, which puts your FOC,(Front of Center) all the way on the tip, is it good or bad, I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that it applies to compounds though.

I don't know if it's as important to practice from a stand as it is just an elevated postion. After a while it's more muscle memory. Ranging things like fly said before hand vs. waiting until the moment of truth comes, or make a range card. Figure out when your going to draw, due to where you want the animal to be, aka, deer's head is down or behind a tree to keep from detecting your movement. Double check your pins before and after you draw to make sure it's the right one, last thing you want is to sling an arrow at a bruiser using your 20 yrd pin, when he's at 30. Practice with your broadheads, then practice some more.

Government Motors, love it, but am not more concerned with my pride vs. a good deal. I have 2013 crew cab, Z71, for quite abit less than an F150. I would like a Ford, but a $350 vs. $250 a month payment is not worth it. That chevy will carry just as big of a deer as that Ford!!

Checking in, keep throwing them out, like Red Shaft. Red Arrow? Where's everyone from, and where you guys hunting? Oklahoma here, will be hunting in OK, and KS.

I hunt regardless, but I believe common sense applies too! More light they move later or during the night, less light, they move earlier. Why, well it has to do with seeing, lol. If you believe big or mature bucks go noturnal once pressured, then you believe in moon phases, simply because of how hard it is to see with less light. Young deer it would not affect as much, but your older mature bucks it will! Big deer don't get big for being stupid. Of course rut would be an exception. Try walking into a stand on a full or new moon in the morning on the edge of field vs. a quarter moon, and see if there's a difference in how many deer blow at you. From experience, BIG difference.

abrown 33 Sept. 15 - Jan. 15

That's what I shoot, LOVE IT. Have pins out to 70 yrds.

I read an article a while back, A WHILE back, when Hoyt was the only one doing split limbs. Their reasoning behind split vs. solid limbs was durablity. They took two bows identical, except for the limbs. Then started dry firing them to see which one busted first. The split limb bow outlasted the solid limb bow with no problem, took like 5 shots with the solid limb to crack em, dry fired the split limb quit a bit more. They had a scientific reason for it, something to do with the center of the limbs. It would make sense, cause there's only a few companies still with the solid limbs, majority are split limbs.

No particular deer, the place I hunt in KS has milo, corn, and soybeans all within 2 miles of where I hunt, so I highly doubt I'll get too many photos of deer on the feeder until after harvest. I did draw out for a highly sought after deer tag here in OK, we're only allowed to use tradional archery equipment, so I've been hitting the recurve quit a bit.

I have some, I use cold weather, and when I go elk hunting I have some warm weather stuff I wear as a base layer. The warm weather stuff we wore in Iraq, was awesome. The cold weather stuff works great too, just I usually sweat in it.

My question is, what else do you have to choose from, is he the only buck on the property? Where I hunt, no I probably wouldn't shoot him, but I don't know the potiental for your area.

I think that was a good decision. You was asking about Schwackers. I shot two bucks last year, one was slightly quartering away, hit him a tad high at 50 yrds., opposite shoulder stopped the arrow, no pass through, should have been a quick recovery, but never found him. Second buck was broad side, hit smack dab in the shoulder, LOL, well 4 drops of blood, and 4 hours later and still no deer. I'm sticking with my fixed blades. I shoot a 29 in draw with 70 lbs. I honestly don't blame the broadheads, I should a been a little more patient, it just reinterates to me how important shot placement is with any broadhead you use.

Question for ya all! What seperates a "Professional" from any of us, other than money? That's what gets my goat! Any of us could probably do the same if we where hunting with outfitters, that tell you when the animal is going to show up, or you pay $$$ to elk hunt on the Apache reservation, or King Ranch, REALLY!!!! Their are some that I think are the real deal, like Cameron Hanes, or I like watching Relentless Pursuits! How many can knock a goose out of the air with a bow, or go predator hunting with a bow, that's pretty cool.

I would say it's going to be based on where's the better soil types!

Seeing how you have an older bow, I'd sure have a 10 yrd pin. I would also recommend that closer to season we get, to start practicing with your broadheads. Like db said, with the new sights and peeps, you could find a peep that when fully drawn it fits your sights. You might be able to readjust your sights, most sights have atleast 2 sets of holes, so you could move it closer to you, might help. Every person has their own way of shooting, but that's the closest thing to general I can think of.

I've done a little. When I was doing an intern for The Nature Conservancy, we burned ALOT, spring, summer, winter burns. Pretty cool to see green grass in the middle of January with snow on it!

That's a pig, he's big bodied! I'd say 115-125is.

Ultra, I understand where your coming from, I've probably shot more small deer than big, but after you've shot a couple, btw, I still have to get one with a 30-30, want to bad, and with a pistol, and recurve. Anyways, after a while it's not about killing something or a monster at that. It's about enjoying the experience, and applying self disapline to hold out for a mature buck. I only killed a big doe last year, I'm not down about killing just one deer or nothing, that's hunting. What I do not understand is like the statement you made against QDMA, they don't manage for trophies, they manage to maximize the health of the deer herd! Which it is a fact if you like to hunt, regardless of whether your a meat or a trophy hunter it is still good for both, and if your not for that, well it's sad. Because the main goal is to ensure that our children and grandchildren will get to enjoy the same experiences! SO, I will continue to hold out for what you call a "trophy", because whether it's a boone and crocket or not, I am more excited when I see what the scale says when I kick the deer off the back of my pickup. So, me not shooting a young buck gives me the satisfaction of knowing I'm giving him another year or I'm giving guys like you the satisfaction of shooting him, and people like myself and the biologists will continue to worry more about the health of the deer herd, than a hunter's ego of KILLING SOMETHING!

You could put out corn, but the problem with that is everything else would more than likely eat it. A minerial block, I use the, rock, it's a mineral rock. I put it out last fall, went to get my feeder put up this summer, and there was literally a hole in the ground. I know that it probably had more to do with late winter and early spring, but they wiped it out. Another thing you could sure look at is cattle cubes, 20% protein. It is cheaper, and if you get the bigger ones it takes a little longer for them to clean it up, and you don't have to worry about the varments as much.

Yelp, the Mcalester hunt, Jermie, where are you? LOL, I'm not proficient with it, but am working on it.

Man, speaking of the devil. I just was drawn on a special hunt here in Oklahoma, the only thing allowed is traditional. So needless to say, I'm going to be doing ALOT of practicing with the recurve. I need some input, serious input. I don't know beans about it, but love shooting it, what would you'all recommend, aluminums or carbons? Obviously 2 blade broadheads.