Doc

I seem to remember 2-1/2 pounds per complete turn also, but my info is for a 15 year old bow, and I wouldn't guarantee it today. That would be just a rule of thumb anyway, and may vary from bow to bow in terms of real numbers. Best way is to buy a bow-scale and dial that sucker into exactly where you want it.

Glad you've got resolution to the problem. As I suspected, 99% of the time, such radical problems are not the fault of equipment.

Don't be trying to put words in my mouth. The definition of terrorist is in the dictionary and is very specific. Use the language right, and you won't have to worry about those who don't. And by the way, those that would belittle the events of the Oklahoma bombing as not being an act of terror should remember that 168 innocent people were killed, from age 3 to 73, with three pregnant women, and 19 children involved, and 680 other people injured. 324 buildings over a 16 block area were damaged, and it was all done over some wacked-out ideological differences with the U.S. government. Now, anyone who refuses to call that terrorism, had better look up the definition of the word because it was a classic version of terrorism in every sense of the word.

I'm not surprised by this. If Cuomo and his gun-banning cohorts (Let's not be forgetting them) get re-elected, why on earth would they think there is anything stopping them from doing whatever they want with our guns? We know what they want to do. Without the threat to their holding office, what else would motivate them not to go full-steam-ahead with whatever gun controls they can conjure up. I have been warning about this kind of thing ever since the passing of the safe act. Make them pay for that act or prepare to live with a constant and unlimited assault on the 2nd Amendment from now on. Why wouldn't they?

Perhaps a call to the regional office of the DEC might give you an answer.

Yes, it is the DEC that has jurisdiction over those events. A phone call would have been the right thing to do. Even if you put it down, the DEC should be notified. It can be kind of embarrassing and perhaps even costly if the DEC is notified by someone else. Butchering the deer before the DEC is called is basically destroying the evidence that it was a justifiable mercy-killing. Ethics-wise, it sounds like he did what needed to be done by someone. No problem there. But self protection from prosecution should be the primary concern at that point.

It sounds like the Safe Act is working exactly as it was intended. It has become a major frustration for gun owners. Just yet another addition to a long list of legal frustrations designed to drive the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens. If things don't turn out well in this next election, look for that list of frustrations to continue to grow substantially.

I guess by most people's standards, my bow is getting close to being called an oldie-but-goody. 1999 Mathews MQ-32. My arrows are way older than that (Autumn orange Easton aluminum XX-75). It's not broke. It kills deer very dead. And keeps lowering my average venison $/pound costs every year I keep from replacing perfectly good equipment.....lol. Actually I was pretty slow coming to the realization that success or failure is more a function of the archer rather than his equipment. I remember that the most prolific deer-killing bow was my old Bear Whitetail Hunter from back in the 60's. Those old epoxy, indestructible limbs and that incredibly slow performance still has the best record of kill of any of the 13 bows hanging on the rack downstairs. And that includes the 5 that I have sold or given away over the years. Yeah, I had my "spend like crazy" years too.

Of course the ideologies are different, but they are both wackos that indiscriminately kill and maim innocents over some demented thought lodged in their sick minds. To me that is a pretty good definition of a terrorist. Actually, the only reason that Oklahoma bombing was a one-and-done was not the choice of the perpetrators. And calling that sort of domestic terrorism "done" isn't exactly true either. There are still militia compounds preaching hate and most likely are still planning to launch their own little version of Jihad even now. And as a matter of fact, the term domestic terrorism of the 60s was indeed used relative to the escapades of those wackos (Weathermen, SLA, Panthers) and others of the same twisted mentality. Their ideologies weren't all identical either, but they still dealt in terror and violence against our country. Muslim extremists do not have a lock on that term, and no one who embraces that kind of mentality should be over-looked, ignored or trusted.

I have arrows fletched up with all kinds of different colors, depending on whatever struck my eye the day I bought them ... lol. Sometimes it is just based on what was available when I made the purchase. It's not a real important thing with me as long as they are bright and visible.

I often engage in some heavy introspection regarding my own hunting motives and feelings and how the various activities affect me and those around me. I try to get a handle on how my hunting activities are perceived by others as well. It's just a natural curiosity about all aspects of something that so central to my life.

Was that the guy that lived in the "hermit's cabin" up at the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake?

I think that sign struck me the same way it struck a lot of you. The first thought was "why pick a fight with birders"? I know the intent was to highlight the financial contributions of hunters toward the welfare of wildlife and habitat. But the tone of the sign was such an in-your-face statement that it just seemed to be a whole lot more confrontational than it had to be to get the same point across. Is there some kind of active conflict going on between birdwatchers and hunters that might have caused a sign of this sort to have been put up?

There may be differences, but both are heinous acts of terrorism in any sense of the word. Both involved deaths of innocents, and neither has any sane justification whatsoever. Also both were attacks against our country. I'd say there are a whole lot more similarities than differences.

Yeah, my neck got a bit kinked up trying to look at the pictures .... lol. But anyway, I get the idea. Too bad about the corn, but maybe it will have all worked out for the better. Is your stand located along an entrance trail to the plot? Do you have more than one stand to accommodate different wind directions?

Looks to me like somebody had a lot of fun. Great job!

One thing we have to accept is that there will always be some version of al-Qaeda, Taliban, al-Shabab, ISIS/ISIL, and the Bin-ladens, and Terry Nichols/Tim mcVeighs, of this world who are focused on our destruction. The names and faces may change, but evil will always be here to test us. It doesn't matter what direction these forces of evil come from. Inside or out, sand dunes or local city streets, it is a worthless activity to spin around trying to assign blame. It comes from all around us.The world and its modern destruction technology have added to the payload of determined evil and hateful forces and continues to extend their reach into our lives. In short, the world has become a very dangerous place. It simply has become the very dangerous world that we live in. Our biggest and most important challenge is to fend off these forces of evil without destroying our own heritage and guarantees of freedom in the name of homeland security. Yes homeland security is necessary, but we always have to keep an eye on where it is dragging us. All those that we remember today from the 911 attacks and other atrocities around the world will have died for nothing if we begin to trash our own freedoms and ways of life in defense of those that would do us harm.

That may well be true, but I don't have to like it .... or promote it .... or support it ... or get involved in it. Generally speaking, we keep pretty good relationship between neighbors in my area, and like I said there is none of this deer hoarding attitude here.....yet. Food plots are not really an issue because most of the neighbors here are not interested in the time and expense of such things. However, if baiting were to be legalized, who knows what kinds of mentality might come along with those fancy bait distribution contraptions .... lol.

True, but that center lane is set up to provide a perfect broadside shot. It's all set up to a perfect measured 20 yards. It is always set up to provide a broadside shot. That center lane also makes a good place to drop off a scent canister to catch their attention. The observation lanes are only brushed out lightly to minimize disturbance. Usually they are opened enough so I could get a shot if I had to, but those are not the preferred spots. Because the sight lanes are spread out so wide, the shot angles and distances may or may not be ideal depending on what the trail does.

Picky-picky ....lol. You are right that Barry Goldwater popularized the quote by using it in his acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican Convention and is often attributed as the originator. The fact is that the phrase was lifted from the true author, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC - 43BC). I recall during the remainder of that campaign, Barry was severely hammered about the head and shoulders with that quote, and while he wasn't really expected to win that election, that addition with it's many interpretations didn't help his candidacy one bit. I was a dyed-in-the-wool Goldwater supporter and it was his candidacy that caused me to switch my registration to the Conservative Party. But anyway, all that pickiness aside, you are absolutely correct. If we exclude our very own, home-grown terrorists, the terrorists acts against the U.S. citizens and property are truly coming from one specific area of the world, and it is a fact worth remembering.

Go for it! There is a lot of interest in the subject here, and we all can benefit from periodic refreshers and some new opinions.

I don't really get too excited about others getting involved in food plotting, unless their aim is to pull deer off a neighbor's property. No, legally there's nothing wrong with that idea, but there feels like something very wrong with one hunter trying to do that to another hunter. I have not encountered that situation where I am, but just like the potential of baiting wars, I can see food plot wars ..... lol. Those things are not attitudes that I like to see flourishing in hunting. It has led to a term that came to me called "deer hoarding". Sure the aggrieved neighbor can always retaliate with a super-food plot of his own. Is that kind of neighborly competition really a good thing? I suppose it's great for the deer ..... lol.

I like that set-up. Nothing in the shooting lane to deflect arrows.....great! On these kinds of thick areas, I like to cut three lanes. The center one is for shooting, and the ones to the right and left are spotting lanes for seeing approaching deer. I have been screwed too many times by having deer walk right across single lanes and me not being ready to shoot because I didn't know they were coming. Is that area so thick that "observation lanes" might make some sense? Or are you high enough so you have no problem seeing them coming?

I post the road-side in front of my place. Of course the actual house, outbuildings and yard areas are 1000' from the road with the front being swamp and thicket.

Another reason why I practice at longer ranges is simply to keep my practice sessions interesting. Repeatedly shooting the short distances gets a little boring and cuts the practice sessions shorter than if I step back a ways and try more challenging shots. Sometimes I get right off my range entirely and start to walk around without any yardage stakes. This puts me shooting some extreme uphill and downhill shots because my range is chopped into a very steep hill behind the house. But the point is, that practicing shots that I never will take, along with the usual standard shots, keeps the practice session interesting and results in more hours on the range.