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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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quote:Originally posted by redice
quote:Originally posted by redice
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.
I hope you can shoot better than that before you throw an arrow at an animal. [V]
Well sure the point of the pie plate at 20 yards is that's a good shot distance for bow hunting deer, all the deer I have shot at have been at 5-20 yards mainly because of where I hunt its very brushy and lots of blow downs, the one time I did get a 50ish yard shot I can go measure it but its close to that the deer heard aether the bows release or the arrow on its path and was able to move before it got to him, that was with an 85 pound bear compound bow its not as if the arrow was going slow. If he hadn't have jumped I would have hit him perfectly.
I usually walk and stalk hunt that's why its usually close shots. The time I had the long shot I was in a cleared area shooting from a low stand "about 7ft high I am not good with heights"
I can shoot reasonably accurately up to 75 yards but I would never take a shot that far at a deer because there's to many variables involved that 50 yard shot I almost didn't take I held for what had to have been a full minute gauging the deer and waiting for him to turn his head away "he heard me draw but didn't see me"
There were other factors involved why I did try for the shot and I'm glad I did because I learned something, and sold that bow soon afterword I could make the same shot now with my recurve and it wouldn't make nearly as much noise however it would probably take a tad longer to get there. It's hard to say if I would have taken that deer had I been using my current bow, however I believe my chances would have been a lot better.
My dad took his deer at a full run in mid jump at around 30 yards when he was 20 something and put the arrow right threw the center of its heart, he says I shoot better than him. I will not take a shot I don't know I can hit. I may have shot at 4-5 deer but I have not shot at probably 30 for many different reasons.
Part of being a bow hunter is knowing what you can and what you can't hit and letting those you can't walk. That's one thing I was taught early on.0 -
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redice, not to get off on a tangent, because this is cubs first bow.
But for the love of god you better be able to shoot better then a pie plate at 20 yards for a 100 shots before you should be able to go hunting. YOU are the reason bow hunters get bad names. YOU shot a couple of arrows before the day of season, then go out and WOUND an animal. I SHAKE MY HEAD.... I personally think archers should have to take a test in order to get a license.
Happy birthday Cubs, there are some 3ds coming up in the area. There will be one at Wingate next weekend and then every other week after that. Arrows III will start their 3ds in the next month or so, but I haven't heard an exact date yet. Arrows III's course is tough though, really tough, set up by a couple of shooters. Wingate's course will probably be easy in a sense that lanes will be clear and such. The one at wingate is put on by the Lafayette bowman. This is a new course this year, that I have not shot yet. Previous courses were moderately difficult, more so on judging distance then anything.0 -
quote:Originally posted by shoff14
redice, not to get off on a tangent, because this is cubs first bow.
But for the love of god you better be able to shoot better then a pie plate at 20 yards for a 100 shots before you should be able to go hunting. YOU are the reason bow hunters get bad names. YOU shot a couple of arrows before the day of season, then go out and WOUND an animal. I SHAKE MY HEAD.... I personally think archers should have to take a test in order to get a license.
Happy birthday Cubs, there are some 3ds coming up in the area. There will be one at Wingate next weekend and then every other week after that. Arrows III will start their 3ds in the next month or so, but I haven't heard an exact date yet. Arrows III's course is tough though, really tough, set up by a couple of shooters. Wingate's course will probably be easy in a sense that lanes will be clear and such. The one at wingate is put on by the Lafayette bowman. This is a new course this year, that I have not shot yet. Previous courses were moderately difficult, more so on judging distance then anything.
You apparently didn't read my reply, I said I could put the first or second arrow in that pie plate. I didn't say I didn't practice more I always shoot at least 50 arrows a few days before season usually more like 300 and at different ranges angles etc.
I have never wounded a deer and never intend to, you would have known that had you read my other posts, I was just commenting on if you know what your doing you don't need to train year around to be a good shot with a bow, nor do you need the most expensive equipment out there to be good with a bow.
Some people don't know what there doing and have to train year round and still don't get it right, go to any indoor archery range when there's people there practicing and see how they do half of them can't hit the broad side of a barn and yet have bows that cost over 800 bucks
My buddy had a good example of this, he was taking the classes required to get his in town hunting permit and most of the guys there couldn't shoot worth poop they had to practice every day before the test and still got a warm up round of 10 minutes before taking the actual accuracy test...
He walked in was asked if he wanted a warm up said no and put his first 3 arrows in the center circle passing the test instantly some of the other guys there were lucky to keep it in the pie plate sized required target after warming up beforehand "taking practice shots" he put his in an area the size of the top of a pop can. He hadn't shot the bow for over a month.
I doubt I could do that without at least shooting the bow the day before but then again he uses pin sights and I don't.
I recently went with my father to gander mountain to look at x-bows because he has a bad shoulder and can't really pull back a bow much anymore, anyhow they have about a 20ft wide shooting lane about 20 yards long and they have 2x4's on each side and the top and bottom the targets are about 5 feet from each side and one right in the middle, there are arrow tips/broad heads embedded in those 2x4's about every inch all the way up and also ones in the bottom and top 2x4's Personally I don't know how that many people missed the targets by over 5 feet but it kind of proves my point.0 -
quote:Originally posted by cubslover
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.
THATS Why she was there! Told you she was gonna get you somethin! [;)][;)]0 -
redice like shoff said this is cubs thread but I have to comment. And I will say up front that if I misunderstood your post then I appoligize.
And it may not be in your area but here the people that shoot right before season and say pie plate is good enough are call slob hunters. Please retire your equipment. Or send it to me and I will dispose of properly[;)].0
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