Check this out!!!!!!!!
As you know, today is my birthday. I just finished opening presents.
Fly tying equipment, shirt, cash, gift certificates for Sportsman's Warehouse.....
AND A NEW COMPOUND BOW.
I've never bow hunted before, but have been dying to get one. The prices of getting started have scared me away.
Wife bought me a new 70# PSE Nova, pin sights, quiver, case, release, all the accessories.
Oh man, I'm pumped.
Fly tying equipment, shirt, cash, gift certificates for Sportsman's Warehouse.....
AND A NEW COMPOUND BOW.
I've never bow hunted before, but have been dying to get one. The prices of getting started have scared me away.
Wife bought me a new 70# PSE Nova, pin sights, quiver, case, release, all the accessories.
Oh man, I'm pumped.
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Congrats...and Happy Birthday!! I guess everything is going well?!? 0 -
Happy Birthday![:)] 0 -
Nice!!!!
I have been bowhunting for years and believe me, Once you have tried it you are hooked for life.[;)]
Better start practicing though. To be a skilled bowman you have to be practicing all year long. Takes lots of time and patience to become a good shot. I would suggest going to the local bow range and taking some tips from the pro's. Also, Try joining some of the 3D compatitions. Nothing hones your skills better than when you are competing against the pro's.
Oh by the way, Have a happy birthday.[:D]0 -
Bow hunting is a blast. Rifle hunting will never be the same if you become a competant bow hunter...there's no challenge to rifle hunting unless you get into long range hunting. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ECC
Bow hunting is a blast. Rifle hunting will never be the same if you become a competant bow hunter...there's no challenge to rifle hunting unless you get into long range hunting.
+1
Started out rifle hunting
Got to easy
Went to muzzleloader hunting---- Again to easy
Went to bowhunting, Started six years ago, and have only bagged 2 animals
Now i am hooked on bowhunting for life.0 -
quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
quote:Originally posted by ECC
Bow hunting is a blast. Rifle hunting will never be the same if you become a competant bow hunter...there's no challenge to rifle hunting unless you get into long range hunting.
+1
Started out rifle hunting
Got to easy
Went to muzzleloader hunting---- Again to easy
Went to bowhunting, Started six years ago, and have only bagged 2 animals
Now i am hooked on bowhunting for life.
Started hunting with a shotgun and pumpkin ball as a very young boy...I really cannot remember how old, but I killed two deer my first year (the limit then) and switched to a bow the following year. I did not do any more gun hunting (for deer) until about 10 years ago when I got into long range hunting. I hunt with a bow until it gets too cold to sit still for 4 hours straight and then I pull out my long range hunting rifles.[8D]0 -
Wife bought me a new 70# PSE Nova, pin sights, quiver, case, release, all the accessories.
Oh man, I'm pumped.
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I think I could love her [:)]
just kidding, way to go!0 -
Happy B Day, Cubs. Didn't know you were into fly fishing. 0 -
I started out with a bow and arrow and BB guns and really got to enjoy hunting. Then I got a .22 and a 20 GA SXS and things really started getting interesting. Then (actually, many) years later when I was in Canada I got to big game hunting with a rifle and things really started getting REALLY interesting. Then I moved to Massachusetts ... back to muzzle loaders and its fun ... but I don't think I'm going back to the bow and arrow any time soon!
I never have found hunting too easy. It is just too much fun whatever choice of firearm (or bow & arrow) you choose. Camera works for some ... actually, I enjoy just scouting on my bicycle heading through the woods on the way to the gun club for breakfast! It is just a lot of fun to see deer!0 -
Happy Birthday!
I guess we can expect to start seeing you posting over in the Bow Hunting forum now, huh?
I started bowhunting first, when I was 12. I never took a gun in the woods for anything larger than squirrels until I was 27. Now the only reason I pull the rifles out is so that I can test fire some new reload that I just had to try. If I actually do take a centerfire in the woods it is in the form of a handgun.
Plus, you get at least an extra month in the woods when you bowhunt!0 -
lucky little bast... just playing youll love bowhunting
tazz0 -
quote:Originally posted by Polite Psycho
Happy B Day, Cubs. Didn't know you were into fly fishing.
Not fly fishing, crappie fishing. I want to start tying my own crappie jigs.0 -
This thread is worthless without pics (of Tori). 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
This thread is worthless without pics (of Tori).
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quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
This thread is worthless without pics (of Tori).
+1
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How about pics of tori in her birthday suit.[8)][:)][:)][:)][:p][:p][:p][}:)][}:)][}:)] 0 -
Ha. She's in the shower right now, will that work??
Hey, what do you all think of the Nova??? Apparently it isn't the cheap one, she said.
Ok, she's out of the shower, you all know what that means!!!!
Peace, and good night!
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quote:Originally posted by cubslover
Ha. She's in the shower right now, will that work??
Hey, what do you all think of the Nova??? Apparently it isn't the cheap one, she said.
Ok, she's out of the shower, you all know what that means!!!!
Peace, and good night!
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yea right[}:)]0 -
Been there - pre-compound bow - Bear 50lb. - made my own arrows - fletched,
painted, knocked'em - chased'em for about five years - searched a thousand+
bushes ... got me into rifles! Happy B'Day ... and shoot straight through the
bushes![:D]0 -
they have bow hunting season before you can hunt with a rifle. that's a great time to have a bow. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
Nice!!!!
Better start practicing though. To be a skilled bowman you have to be practicing all year long. Takes lots of time and patience to become a good shot. I would suggest going to the local bow range and taking some tips from the pro's. Also, Try joining some of the 3D compatitions. Nothing hones your skills better than when you are competing against the pro's.
I duno about that, I have bow hunted since around age 14 and have never had a problem hitting what I wanted to hit with little to no practice before season.
I have a friend who is the same way but he knows people who do have to train constantly to become even marginally good.
Duno must be a gene or something my father is the same way me and him can both grab our bows any time of the year without practicing for over a year + and most likely hit a pie plate at 10-20 yards the first shot, unless we can't remember the sighting point then its the second shot.
Always a few days before season shoot a good 50+ arrows though to make sure we know exactly where our arrows are going and what our bow/arrows are doing before we go looking for a deer, my father has actually taken a deer with a bow I as of yet haven't not for lack of shots... Have shot at 3 or 4 but always crap in the way or to long of a shot etc.
The thing about arrows is they will change direction completely with the littlest impedance, like grazing a twig. Doesn't matter if you shooting a crossbow or a re curve all arrows/bolts do it.
Personally I have given up shooting compound bows its way WAY overpriced, I have gone to a modern traditional style Korean recurve at 75 pounds shoots almost as straight as my compound did but is dead silent and weights like 14 ounces and I can shoot wooden arrows which are like 80% less than aluminum and about 300% less than some of the other arrows out there for compound, not to mention a lot more durable.
I could shoot a wooden arrow at a tree 100 times with a field point and most likely it would still be dead straight afterword, if you did that with aluminum it would be bend the first shot.
Not to mention recurves/longbows are practically silent compared to compounds, I have had deer jump at the sound of a compound releasing and the arrow go right under them, or over there ass when the jump/ran forward "that particular shot was at 35-50 yards and would have hit right behind the front leg had he not heard the bow"
I also don't use sights at all find them much harder to use than just knowing where the arrow will go. I am a much better shot without them.
I haven't tried traditional arrowheads or homemade's yet but once I use up the good arrowheads I have now I will since those are also WAY overpriced, and I prefer 2 blade ones, which should be very easy to make using sheet metal at a dramatic cost savings.
Personally my advice to you would be to return that compound and pickup a recurve/longbow for a couple hundred dollars less and wooden arrows also a lot less and practice with those. You will probably enjoy it more than you would the compound anyhow.
A lot of bow hunters seem to think the more then spend on the bow/arrows the better the shot they will be, when in reality if they actually learned how to shoot a bow properly it wouldn't matter what they shot.0 -
Hey there Cubs! Didn't know it was your birthday!
H A P P Y
B I R T H D A Y ! ! !
Hope you had a really great one! Many. many more to you.0 -
looks like I need to take someone shooting! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by redice
quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
Nice!!!!
Better start practicing though. To be a skilled bowman you have to be practicing all year long. Takes lots of time and patience to become a good shot. I would suggest going to the local bow range and taking some tips from the pro's. Also, Try joining some of the 3D compatitions. Nothing hones your skills better than when you are competing against the pro's.
I duno about that, I have bow hunted since around age 14 and have never had a problem hitting what I wanted to hit with little to no practice before season.
I have a friend who is the same way but he knows people who do have to train constantly to become even marginally good.
Duno must be a gene or something my father is the same way me and him can both grab our bows any time of the year without practicing for over a year + and most likely hit a pie plate at 10-20 yards the first shot, unless we can't remember the sighting point then its the second shot.
Always a few days before season shoot a good 50+ arrows though to make sure we know exactly where our arrows are going and what our bow/arrows are doing before we go looking for a deer, my father has actually taken a deer with a bow I as of yet haven't not for lack of shots... Have shot at 3 or 4 but always crap in the way or to long of a shot etc.
The thing about arrows is they will change direction completely with the littlest impedance, like grazing a twig. Doesn't matter if you shooting a crossbow or a re curve all arrows/bolts do it.
Personally I have given up shooting compound bows its way WAY overpriced, I have gone to a modern traditional style Korean recurve at 75 pounds shoots almost as straight as my compound did but is dead silent and weights like 14 ounces and I can shoot wooden arrows which are like 80% less than aluminum and about 300% less than some of the other arrows out there for compound, not to mention a lot more durable.
I could shoot a wooden arrow at a tree 100 times with a field point and most likely it would still be dead straight afterword, if you did that with aluminum it would be bend the first shot.
Not to mention recurves/longbows are practically silent compared to compounds, I have had deer jump at the sound of a compound releasing and the arrow go right under them, or over there ass when the jump/ran forward "that particular shot was at 35-50 yards and would have hit right behind the front leg had he not heard the bow"
I also don't use sights at all find them much harder to use than just knowing where the arrow will go. I am a much better shot without them.
I haven't tried traditional arrowheads or homemade's yet but once I use up the good arrowheads I have now I will since those are also WAY overpriced, and I prefer 2 blade ones, which should be very easy to make using sheet metal at a dramatic cost savings.
Personally my advice to you would be to return that compound and pickup a recurve/longbow for a couple hundred dollars less and wooden arrows also a lot less and practice with those. You will probably enjoy it more than you would the compound anyhow.
A lot of bow hunters seem to think the more then spend on the bow/arrows the better the shot they will be, when in reality if they actually learned how to shoot a bow properly it wouldn't matter what they shot.
Your talking about hitting a pie plate at 10 to 20 yards. Which can be done easily with little to no practice at all. I was talking about shafting arrows at 50 yards. Which does take time and practice to be able to do that.0 -
quote:Originally posted by shoff14
looks like I need to take someone shooting!
Yes you do!0 -
happy birday 'clubs' [:o)] 0 -
Nice. And happy birthday.
Sounds like you're over your "rough patch" with the missus.
And that's good to hear.0 -
quote:Originally posted by redice
quote:Originally posted by stevenrayspeck
Nice!!!!
Better start practicing though. To be a skilled bowman you have to be practicing all year long. Takes lots of time and patience to become a good shot. I would suggest going to the local bow range and taking some tips from the pro's. Also, Try joining some of the 3D compatitions. Nothing hones your skills better than when you are competing against the pro's.
I duno about that, I have bow hunted since around age 14 and have never had a problem hitting what I wanted to hit with little to no practice before season.
I have a friend who is the same way but he knows people who do have to train constantly to become even marginally good.
Duno must be a gene or something my father is the same way me and him can both grab our bows any time of the year without practicing for over a year + and most likely hit a pie plate at 10-20 yards the first shot, unless we can't remember the sighting point then its the second shot.
Always a few days before season shoot a good 50+ arrows though to make sure we know exactly where our arrows are going and what our bow/arrows are doing before we go looking for a deer, my father has actually taken a deer with a bow I as of yet haven't not for lack of shots... Have shot at 3 or 4 but always crap in the way or to long of a shot etc.
The thing about arrows is they will change direction completely with the littlest impedance, like grazing a twig. Doesn't matter if you shooting a crossbow or a re curve all arrows/bolts do it.
Personally I have given up shooting compound bows its way WAY overpriced, I have gone to a modern traditional style Korean recurve at 75 pounds shoots almost as straight as my compound did but is dead silent and weights like 14 ounces and I can shoot wooden arrows which are like 80% less than aluminum and about 300% less than some of the other arrows out there for compound, not to mention a lot more durable.
I could shoot a wooden arrow at a tree 100 times with a field point and most likely it would still be dead straight afterword, if you did that with aluminum it would be bend the first shot.
Not to mention recurves/longbows are practically silent compared to compounds, I have had deer jump at the sound of a compound releasing and the arrow go right under them, or over there ass when the jump/ran forward "that particular shot was at 35-50 yards and would have hit right behind the front leg had he not heard the bow"
I also don't use sights at all find them much harder to use than just knowing where the arrow will go. I am a much better shot without them.
I haven't tried traditional arrowheads or homemade's yet but once I use up the good arrowheads I have now I will since those are also WAY overpriced, and I prefer 2 blade ones, which should be very easy to make using sheet metal at a dramatic cost savings.
Personally my advice to you would be to return that compound and pickup a recurve/longbow for a couple hundred dollars less and wooden arrows also a lot less and practice with those. You will probably enjoy it more than you would the compound anyhow.
A lot of bow hunters seem to think the more then spend on the bow/arrows the better the shot they will be, when in reality if they actually learned how to shoot a bow properly it wouldn't matter what they shot.
I hope you can shoot better than that before you throw an arrow at an animal. [V]0 -
Sounds great. I will make one suggestion though. Take that bow back and swap it for one with 60# draw weight. I find that most begining and even a lot of experienced bowhunters tend to over-bow themselves. With a 60# you can drop the weight down to just over 50# to start with and work your way up. I don't think a 70# will drop down that far. Take note that many of the archers of my age that started with 65#-70# bows now, 25 years later have serious shoulder problems. My bow is set at 55# and has been there for years. At that weight I can draw my bow effortlessly from just about any position you can conceive. Something you will find is often more usefull in deer hunting than having a few more un-needed pounds of draw weight. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dakotashooter2
Sounds great. I will make one suggestion though. Take that bow back and swap it for one with 60# draw weight. I find that most begining and even a lot of experienced bowhunters tend to over-bow themselves. With a 60# you can drop the weight down to just over 50# to start with and work your way up. I don't think a 70# will drop down that far. Take note that many of the archers of my age that started with 65#-70# bows now, 25 years later have serious shoulder problems. My bow is set at 55# and has been there for years. At that weight I can draw my bow effortlessly from just about any position you can conceive. Something you will find is often more usefull in deer hunting than having a few more un-needed pounds of draw weight.
Thanks for the suggestion. It is an adjustable bow. 60-70#. I'm taking it to get fitted sometime next week.0
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