theres gotta be more bowhunters than this!!

billhilly7 · 11-14-2006, 01:43 PM

come on guys, i live for bowhunting and there only 2 posts in this forum?!?! i worked in a bow shop for years so if anyone has ANY questions, i will be happy to do my best to answer them for you. Anyone plunked anything with their bow yet this year? i have one doe down and many more deer awaiting their casket (aka my freezer). I also missed a grouse and elbowed my tree while drawing back on a racoon. hahaha!

rdnckhnter · 11-15-2006, 11:33 AM

hey how yah doin yah i live for archery huntin its all i think about and all i ever wanna do im kinda upset that ppl on this site dont enjoy it like me and u do if u want a site that im also a member of that ppl just love archery its archerytalk.com its awesome and it has everything u would need

i actually do have a question i have my bow sights all the way up and all the way right and i shoot good but is there ne thing else besides my sights i could move to "center" my shot and not have my sights so far out
thanks alot

i do have a question for yah i have my sights on my bow all the way right and all the way up and i shoot good but i would like my sights a little more centered and not so far away if u know what i mean
what can i move and what way so i will be able to "straighten out" my sights thanks alot

jerry · 11-15-2006, 03:45 PM

I'm here

Pumpkinheaver · 11-15-2006, 08:58 PM

Bowhunter here. I have seen several bucks but nothing close enough to shoot. I did shoot a doe sunday before last but I hit a limb or something and hit her too far back and never found her.

billhilly7 · 11-16-2006, 09:20 AM

rdnck, y r ur sights all the way up and right? do u use a peep sight? if so, the goal is that when you are anchored in place at full draw, that you can see your whole sight through your peep with the pins cantered through the peep. and i am not sure what you mean by "straighten out" or "center your shots". that kind of stuff is usually more of a rest thing. the best way to Straighten out is paper tuning your shots. Move your rest accordingly and then once you get that right move your pins accordingly.
hope this helps,
evan

rdnckhnter · 11-20-2006, 12:32 PM

i did paper tune but i just shoot high and right i wanna be able to move my sights down and be able to change something else

jerry · 11-20-2006, 02:31 PM

Where's the Spam dude?

Shaun · 11-20-2006, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerry

Where's the Spam dude?

I'm here

Rookie_Rover · 11-20-2006, 04:30 PM

I was temporarily absent for this one. Thanks for catching it Shaun.

jerry · 11-20-2006, 06:22 PM

Yes, thank you Shaun.

NJHUNTER · 12-11-2006, 10:32 PM

I'd recommend that you start in close and work your way out,.....adjust as needed. if you can use an elevated patio deck,...that would be the best for fine tuning. if you don't have access to a deck, use a steep slope!!! sights don't make the shooter,.......they just make the shooter better,.....or more accurate.

I've actually stopped using tree stands!!! I hunt off of a slope or ridge. natural backstop, and i draw them into a tight area (funnel). i've had great results using this method. You can even bring your target out into your shooting area on the off season....that's what i do.

hope this helps,

NJ

Plinker · 12-16-2006, 02:49 PM

My grandpa got me a bow some time last year, I was really into it for about 8 months but now, I haven't shot my bow for a long time. I've been to one 3-D shoot and almost beat my grandpa by 6 points man it was fun but here in cali, you can only shoot your bow at a range

Full MeTal Jack · 12-17-2006, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by billhilly7

come on guys, i live for bowhunting and there only 2 posts in this forum?!?! .............

Yeah billyhill
I'm here too. Seems senseless to post " missed again".
Have been bowhunting 5 years and only let a few arrows fly. "nothing flys, nothing dies".
Hunted 4 days in Mason Texas at Mason Mountain WMA this October. A RAW hunt! Scouting quickly and making decisions. As usual picking wrong trail, deer come in on the downwind or it's a 40 -50 yard shot, not comfortable shooting at those distances.

Bill, here's a question.

Thinking of making a cardboard cut out of doe to place near a tree stand and using doe-in-estrus scent around it. Any thoughts?

Have seen bucks chasing does. Grunted at him. He looks my way. But I'm thinking since he sees no reason to come closer because he's already chasing does.

Also and / or making several black painted cardboard cutouts of pigs or Turkey to place around me when setting in ground blind (or next to stump) so if that Muy Grande Buck comes in down-wind it might pause long enough to get shot off.

jerry · 12-17-2006, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Full MeTal Jack

. Seems senseless to post " missed again".
Have been bowhunting 5 years and only let a few arrows fly. "nothing flys, nothing dies".

I smell what your stepping in. Iv'e been at it with sharp stick for about 7 or 8 years. I hit a nice 8 point once, a little high, should have got him but never did track him down. Not for lack of trying.

I do get a little more adrennilin pumped with a bow than gun. With a gun, if it's brown, it's down.

I can say I have enjoyed every time Iv'e been in the woods though. Someday mabe one will walk close enough for that magical flight of the arrow.

Plinker · 12-17-2006, 11:38 PM

"I do get a little more adrennilin pumped with a bow than gun. With a gun, if it's brown, it's down. "

same reason my grandpa uses a bow and wants me to get back into Archery and he tells me "guns are for sissies"

lefty o · 12-18-2006, 05:54 AM

former bowhunter here. probably never do it again (arthritis), but i loved it alot more than gun hunting.

burd1959 · 12-18-2006, 08:33 AM

i was bow hunting just got back so now im here

Full MeTal Jack · 12-18-2006, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plinker

"I do get a little more adrennilin pumped with a bow than gun. With a gun, if it's brown, it's down. "
same reason my grandpa uses a bow and wants me to get back into Archery and he tells me "guns are for sissies"

I'm not sure what you mean, more adrennilin? So far, the four times I let one fly(arrow) and other times when deer have been close I have not had buck fever or even doe fever. That's just me. Maybe it's the odds of making a hit or that most of the deer just appeared and had to shoot.
Heck, I still get pumped up.
Guns are for Sissies! We can agree to freekin disagree!!!

Call me a sissy but my best shot was, from prone postion firing the 03A3 and making a left-eyed head shot at 125 paces.
I like eating venison.

(I better not boast too much.

This last week I missed a neckshot on spike buck from a blind. The next evening my experienced hunting buddy missed that same spike from off-hand position. )

lamehawk · 12-18-2006, 11:58 PM

Hi I am new to this group and saw this about bowhunting and just had to say hello.I have been bow hunting since 1974 and have taken many game animals over the years with my longbow,recurve and compound bows.My father made my first bow when I was 5 years old and I have been an avid archer ever since then.

11-14-2006, 01:43 PM	#1
billhilly7 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 107	theres gotta be more bowhunters than this!! come on guys, i live for bowhunting and there only 2 posts in this forum?!?! i worked in a bow shop for years so if anyone has ANY questions, i will be happy to do my best to answer them for you. Anyone plunked anything with their bow yet this year? i have one doe down and many more deer awaiting their casket (aka my freezer). I also missed a grouse and elbowed my tree while drawing back on a racoon. hahaha!

11-15-2006, 11:33 AM	#2
rdnckhnter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pennsylvania and new jersey right on the bored Posts: 182	hey how yah doin yah i live for archery huntin its all i think about and all i ever wanna do im kinda upset that ppl on this site dont enjoy it like me and u do if u want a site that im also a member of that ppl just love archery its archerytalk.com its awesome and it has everything u would need i actually do have a question i have my bow sights all the way up and all the way right and i shoot good but is there ne thing else besides my sights i could move to "center" my shot and not have my sights so far out thanks alot i do have a question for yah i have my sights on my bow all the way right and all the way up and i shoot good but i would like my sights a little more centered and not so far away if u know what i mean what can i move and what way so i will be able to "straighten out" my sights thanks alot __________________ My long hair dont cover my redneck and u know what im ok with that Last edited by rdnckhnter; 11-15-2006 at 11:37 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

11-15-2006, 03:45 PM	#3
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,870 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	I'm here __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

11-15-2006, 08:58 PM	#4
Pumpkinheaver Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,336	Bowhunter here. I have seen several bucks but nothing close enough to shoot. I did shoot a doe sunday before last but I hit a limb or something and hit her too far back and never found her. __________________ Just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!

11-20-2006, 12:32 PM	#6
rdnckhnter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pennsylvania and new jersey right on the bored Posts: 182	i did paper tune but i just shoot high and right i wanna be able to move my sights down and be able to change something else __________________ My long hair dont cover my redneck and u know what im ok with that

11-16-2006, 09:20 AM	#5
billhilly7 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 107	rdnck, y r ur sights all the way up and right? do u use a peep sight? if so, the goal is that when you are anchored in place at full draw, that you can see your whole sight through your peep with the pins cantered through the peep. and i am not sure what you mean by "straighten out" or "center your shots". that kind of stuff is usually more of a rest thing. the best way to Straighten out is paper tuning your shots. Move your rest accordingly and then once you get that right move your pins accordingly. hope this helps, evan

11-20-2006, 02:31 PM	#7
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,870 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Where's the Spam dude? __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

11-20-2006, 04:30 PM	#9
Rookie_Rover Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Western Tennessee. Posts: 300	I was temporarily absent for this one. Thanks for catching it Shaun. __________________ Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself – Twain.

11-20-2006, 06:22 PM	#10
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,870 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Yes, thank you Shaun. __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

12-11-2006, 10:32 PM	#11
NJHUNTER Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	I'd recommend that you start in close and work your way out,.....adjust as needed. if you can use an elevated patio deck,...that would be the best for fine tuning. if you don't have access to a deck, use a steep slope!!! sights don't make the shooter,.......they just make the shooter better,.....or more accurate. I've actually stopped using tree stands!!! I hunt off of a slope or ridge. natural backstop, and i draw them into a tight area (funnel). i've had great results using this method. You can even bring your target out into your shooting area on the off season....that's what i do. hope this helps, NJ

12-16-2006, 02:49 PM	#12
Plinker Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19	My grandpa got me a bow some time last year, I was really into it for about 8 months but now, I haven't shot my bow for a long time. I've been to one 3-D shoot and almost beat my grandpa by 6 points man it was fun but here in cali, you can only shoot your bow at a range

12-17-2006, 11:38 PM	#15
Plinker Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19	"I do get a little more adrennilin pumped with a bow than gun. With a gun, if it's brown, it's down. " same reason my grandpa uses a bow and wants me to get back into Archery and he tells me "guns are for sissies"

12-18-2006, 05:54 AM	#16
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,783	former bowhunter here. probably never do it again (arthritis), but i loved it alot more than gun hunting.

12-18-2006, 08:33 AM	#17
burd1959 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: burton michigan Posts: 606	i was bow hunting just got back so now im here

12-18-2006, 11:58 PM	#19
lamehawk Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: nyona lake,indiana Posts: 31	Hi I am new to this group and saw this about bowhunting and just had to say hello.I have been bow hunting since 1974 and have taken many game animals over the years with my longbow,recurve and compound bows.My father made my first bow when I was 5 years old and I have been an avid archer ever since then.