which do you like? - Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association

string wax · Guru

which do you like?

string wax · Guru

go to the LW and get a chance to win a dozen under fletch give away

bambi · Guru

I vote none of the above.

I don't see any Dwarf Nano's

string wax · Guru

hmm aint you the pickey one

bambi · Guru

You asked which do you like biggrin

Do you shoot left, or right, or a combination of both.

On the same arrow that is confuse

string wax · Guru

I shoot just a bit better than norm so it dosent make a difference to me lol

string wax · Guru

you got a baby naner chopper?

bambi · Guru

The only one known to exist. smile

randy grider · Guru

I like rw 4 " shield cut. I can usually get 2 fletchings out of each full length feather, and if ur arrow is spined right, 3 4 " feathers do a good enough job stabilizing> Trick is to bare shaft tune for excellent flight, than u don't need much feather. Banana fletchings are fun to shoot, cause they are so noisy, but not a good idea for hunting

bambi · Guru

Oh, Ransdell, wrong again.

We not talkin bout regular fletch. We's talkin Dwarfies.

If you use secondaries or especially tail feathers they are as quiet in flight as a falling star.

I also belive three fletch is the wrong way to go. In nature 3 of anything is not uhmm.. well , harmonious. The three leaves of poison ivy practically screams a warning.

Four fletch, tail feathers, split finger, wood shafts, and a proper all natural bow. At the shot a deer simply walks away to die.

string wax · Guru

bit hard on him aint ya

bambi · Guru

Hee Hee only trying to set him on the right path.

Besides he is tuff. Just wait till he writes back evileye

bambi · Guru

Do you use left or right or both at the same time?

string wax · Guru

I use left and right but not on the same arra

bambi · Guru

A dang bird uses both at the same time. hmm

string wax · Guru

hell I aint no bird you s#%$ bird

hillbillyking · Guru

I saw a Bird once wth left wing feathers on Both sides when flying he spinnned and could only fly a short distance because made him dizzy Fact Jack !!! blankstare

-- Edited by hillbillyking on Sunday 7th of July 2013 02:48:43 PM

bambi · Guru

Ya ol buzzard. biggrin

flingshot · Guru

JR , I bleave you ar spinin a bit of a yarn thar aint ya.

hillbillyking · Guru

Maybe I wuz O D ed on Moutian Dews Hehehe !!! confuse

flingshot · Guru

That musta bin it.

john nail · Guru

that's how DiVinci got his idea for a helio-copter......

randy grider · Guru

Silly, silly Den ,Den, you might ought to tell the 20 or so deer that I murdered with glass-backed bows,3 fletched 4" shield cut carbon arrows, and 2 blade magnus heads, that that combo just does not work. I can show you the headbones of a few of them, but for the most part they are somewhere in my septic system and lateral lines......, I hunted many years agoan entire season with my self bow , kinda went hungry that year. I still drag it out when the freezer gets filled, as an added challenge, but like to eat venison, so the freezer comes first. Several deer met their maker her at Grider's Gulch with woodies flying from one of them there "modern" longbows, but that was back when I was young, and foolish, now i'm just a crabby old fart that dont take no guff from another crabby old fart. I wont name any names, but his initials are... DEN DEN !

string wax · Guru

cat fight girs girls

bambi · Guru

Hee Hee. No eye scratchin Strang.

I,m sure Randells system works for him. I don't keep score or measure racks. Some would say that's the only measure of success.

I don't have a very good place to hunt. I could go out and try to find a better place, or try to lease a good place, or sign up for milatary hunts, or buy my own land I guess. I haven't done any of them though.

I really like hunting, and making my own equipment. Sometimes I forget that store bought is better. I guess.

Last year I saw one doe during bowseason. I found a place with real fresh sign and set down on a log. Well hidden. Acouple hours later I seen her. It took forever for her to make it near me and I was concerned about the air currents. Sure enough she got within 12 yds and caught a glimps of scent. She studied the situation some and then slowly walked back the way she came.

That's when I decided I need better equipment. Maybe climb up a tree, and get me some scentloek, and range finders, and grunters, and binos, and deer pee, and good camo, and game cams, and seed plots and everything I need to be successful.

But then I looked at my homemade bow and arrows and then decided NAAA... I'm kinda happy with what I gots wink

bambi · Guru

I figger I dont have very good chances of killin a big ol Davy Crocket deer this year. I'm not really lookin for one either. Give me a plump little forkey any day.

I got a little girl weenie dog that lives and breathes squirrel huntin. Only thing she cant catch one All she knows she has a chance and she will never give up.

That all I need is a chance and I'll be out there biggrin

Don't matter though. Aint no Grizz left anyway

string wax · Guru

don't matter how ya do it heck I like both kinds of junk I even like the x bows

randy grider · Guru

Nothing wrong with ur way either Den Den, ive done it as well, but like I said, I like eatin venison. I reckon I just aint good enough to hunt with all primitive and get to eat it. Everyone has their limitations, and goals. I have not gun hunted in years, I think 16-17, not sure exactly. I could just pull out a centerfire rifle, or even a smokepole, and pop one, than hunt with a selfbow, cane arrow and flint head the rest of the year and claim to be all primitive..., but would I be ? My limitation is do it with a traditional bow, or not do it all all, but that's pretty much my limit. I do use a treestand, carbon arrows, steel broadheads, and do use camo, but am not hung up on it. My favorite cold weather shirt is an old swiss army wool shirt, OD green, any old pants will do, and my el cheapo fleece cap from Wal-Mart, not because its camo, but because its warm, comfy, and has a little short bill that don't get in the bowstrings way. I don't use bait, scents, scent loc clothes, gadgets, hell, I don't even like to use calls or rattle. I just sit in a tree, at a spot that I feel gives me a good chance of seeing a deer within 20 yards. If it don't work out, I figure I messed up and setup in the wrong place. I see lots of deer, and game, but watch game far more than I kill game. Saw a bobcat 2 mornings in a row at land Between the Lakes last fall, a coyote, and 2 fine, big bodied bucks within 4 and 15 yards ! The one at 4 was at a full run, chasing a doe, with 2 more does and a bigger buck following, which locked up on the wrong side of the tree, than after a few tense moments turned and walked away, never offering a shot. To me that was a great hunt, and a success, because none of those 5 animals ever knew I was there..., I won! By the end of the season last year I had not taken a deer. But honestly, I don't feel like last year was a failure, not at all, how could I ? Several years ago I had a bobcat walk under my stand, less than a week before he was legal to take. Most would be sick at the lost opportunity to kill a cat with bow, but I got video of him on my pocket camera. Was that not success ?
Im not going to begrudge another's methods, gun, compound, I don't even mind the crossbow, but have to admit, the baiting issue bothers me, and in my opinion, does not qualify as hunting. I've made my stance on that subject known on several forums, and have made some enemies because of it.
I do have my own place to hunt on, but always look forward to hunting public land with the intent to pack in as far as possible to get away from the crowds and hunt wild deer.
I guess I just needed to write all this so you would know how I hunt, and why I hunt.

bambi · Guru

Randy, that is a sound philosophy and one I agree with somewhat.

I don't mind using a gun during gun season, yet I don't like gun season at all.

I'm a bowhunter wink

I dont belive in many limitations either. Only want to be compleatly legal and ethical for sure.

I don't care about being nostalgic or primative or do it like Howard, or anything like that.

My goal is to be very efficient. I think many modern things are not so good

Whats necessary? Is eaiser better? Are the old ways outdated?

I guess I'm some kind of throback or something.

Kind of like when Jim and John get together and listen to Lawrence Welk biggrin bleh

randy grider · Guru

Hey, wait a minute now, don't go dumpin on Lawrence, now i'm getting peeeeee'od !
I hate to see gun season come, but I hunt right on, because its the best time of year for a chance at a good buck, but I do it with my bows, and carbon arrows, because its what I like. One good thing about gun season in KY, the public land is quota hunt only with gun, so the wma's are abandoned during statewide gun season. Everybody is at home trying to pop ol mossyhorns with a .300 mag, so I got the place to my self. It may actually decrease my chances of killing anything because there is no one pushing deer around, but that's fine, its peacefull, quiet, and more like it would have been in the 1700's, which is to my liking. As far as the easier better, to me it is not. Yes, I use a treestand, but I figure more than one indian figured out how to get up in a tree over a salt lick or game trail, my treestand just makes it more comfortable and a lot safer. I like the old ways, and that's what I do.I have packed that tree stand Carbon arrows will not kill a deer one bit better than any other type arrow, its a convenience thing for me, easy to tune, easy to build,most durable, I weight mine up to the weight of any wood arrow, so they penetrate really well,, I just don't have the free time between,work,family,KTBA,Cutting firewood,raising and putting up a garden, to do wood arrows any more, used to do it, but really mourned the loss of a wood arrow for all the time I had invested in it, if I lose a carbon its like "Eh, whatever"