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I did stare one face to face, from about 10 yards away. Unfortunately my bow was hanging from my stand about 20 yards away.Leslie said:
I think closer to $20 a pound, but surely more expensive than a beef or pig.chcr said:1. I don't know anyone who hunts because they'd starve without it.(What's hunted venison cost, about $150 a pound?)
Gato_Solo
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chcr said:
Okay. I'll bite. Where did you bow hunt, what type of weather, and how close did you actually get? Perhaps you were/are a better shot than me. Perhaps, after a good rain, or a heavy snowfall, the ground vegetation was silent.
Taking those scenarios into consideration, I'll grant that tracking can be easier. Deer population is also key in this, as you've mentioned.
MrBishop
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PuterTutor said:
I'm assuming that you're not using these on the tips
I've got a Bear 30/60 and with these heads on, I get far too much drop to really make it worthwhile shooting at anything beyond about 20 yards.
If you'r just using regular arrow-heads...that's not so bad.
MontecsMrBishop said:I'm assuming that you're not using these on the tips
I've got a Bear 30/60 and with these heads on, I get far too much drop to really make it worthwhile shooting at anything beyond about 20 yards.
If you'r just using regular arrow-heads...that's not so bad.
That tip weighs the same as my field tips. 100 grains.
chcr
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Upstate New York in late fall (probably early fall to you, but it's practically Canodia up thereGato_Solo said:Okay. I'll bite. Where did you bow hunt, what type of weather, and how close did you actually get? Perhaps you were/are a better shot than me. Perhaps, after a good rain, or a heavy snowfall, the ground vegetation was silent.
) at first, and the last couple of years in AZ (much harder there, BTW). To be fair, the deer population in Upstate New York was fairly high back then. I probably couldn't do it now, but back then I could hit a stationary target accurately with minimal wind at 45-50 yards, moving target out to thirty or so. Needless to say I would try to get closer. Even today, fat and out of shape I can frequently get within 20 yards of a deer before it spooks (I just play now, I never really liked venison that much anyway). Tracking and skulking (for want of a better word) quietly in the woods is an acquired skill as I'm sure you well know and I used to be pretty good at it. For me, the hardest part was always staying downwind regardless of terrain. Well nigh impossible in AZ as I can't fly. Sometimes there you have to just give up on one you're almost close enough to shoot.Otherwise, a Jennings Arrowstar compound bow (compounds were pretty new back then). I had learned to shoot with a recurve and I fell in love with the Jennings, although I have no idea what happened to it now.
65 lb, 26 inch draw. Other than that, I had good teachers. For me, the most important part of hunting was always the skill and the woodcraft involved. And, since I'm an opinionated, disdainful jackass, I frequently present my opinions in an opinionated, disdainful and jackassed way. I long ago stopped apologizing for things I'm not really sorry for, so I won't. It was not my intention to denigrate someone else's way of having fun, just putting in my two cents. Edit: Ooh, look, piccy.
MrBishop
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PuterTutor said:Montecs
That tip weighs the same as my field tips. 100 grains.
Wow...fairly lightweight. Then again, it's been a while since I tried buying one or using it. I havn't shot my bow in almost 1 year now...trying to setup a target at my father-in-law's cabin to keep in practice.
ResearchMonkey
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I have given up big game hunting with guns, I now shoot 'em with a Sony 330, and hopefully soon a F828 or better (often armed while doing it thoo)
I remember as a kid there being far more deer in my area then there are now. Thanx to the moratorium on mountain lions, they have reduced the deer population even more. (every cat eats ~1 deer week). I haven't seen any big cats in 20 years but I increasingly do see their tracks, sometimes very close.
We've had an increase of attacks on people by big cats around here. When we're in their turf I keep a good eye on my tasty little children. Moratorium or not I would not hesitate with an approaching cat.
My brother hunts boar with a bow, he likes it.
I remember as a kid there being far more deer in my area then there are now. Thanx to the moratorium on mountain lions, they have reduced the deer population even more. (every cat eats ~1 deer week). I haven't seen any big cats in 20 years but I increasingly do see their tracks, sometimes very close.
We've had an increase of attacks on people by big cats around here. When we're in their turf I keep a good eye on my tasty little children. Moratorium or not I would not hesitate with an approaching cat.
My brother hunts boar with a bow, he likes it.
Gato_Solo
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chcr said:And, since I'm an opinionated, disdainful jackass, I frequently present my opinions in an opinionated, disdainful and jackassed way. I long ago stopped apologizing for things I'm not really sorry for, so I won't. It was not my intention to denigrate someone else's way of having fun, just putting in my two cents.
Edit: Ooh, look, piccy.
I hadn't assumed you were an opinionated, disdainful jackass. I was just trying to get a bit of clarification...but now that we all know...