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I pretty much have the gutting down.....but much like shaving, I occasionally still cut myself...usually when I try and rush. I can live with the cut, just the open wound and the blood of another species entering it had me a little skeeved out.

I have a PSE Fang...$350.00. I, like you, was not about to drop a big chunk of change on a weapon that would see little use and it seems fine, to early to tell if I love it. I've only shot to 30 yards and that's pretty much as far as I care to shoot and could see the noise of the thing being a problem with farther shots. I had to dump another $175 on a scope as the one it comes with is an absolute POS as is the quiver, but I take that off to shoot. The thing does get very good reviews......with that being said, I would have probably been better off spending more on a better package right off the bat. The guys I shot next to at the range at more expensive ones and they were far from quiet as well. I actually went in looking to spend about twice what I did and the guy suggested the Fang, told him I didn't need the best, but certainly didn't want the worst either. Oh, and another thing I learned after, is that a milled rail is what you really want, this has a molded one which is what keeps the price down. I think these things are fairly new to NY dealers so they are still in the learning phase as well.

you went there twice today??

I used my old 37 for duck when steel first became law..........put a lot of rounds down the barrel and never noticed a problem, but it's a gun that saw A LOT of use. If it's only a one time thing, pick up some other type of non toxic shot....a bit more expensive, but for once or twice, that's what I would do.

I don't doubt it......the stores are full of stuff that catch more people then deer.

ok, so then he doesn't have a say with EVERY deer....there are some days he has more important stuff to worry about?

if scents didn't work they wouldn't create a million dollar industry.......but, of course some are much better then others.

how long after he was killed did you find him, still fresh? oh, and did they issue you some type of tag for it?

my only complaint is not making the Archery Course mandatory for the crossbow......why should someone get a free pass into the Archery Season? The majority of guys have paid their dues, why not the next guy?

so I finally picked a good time for vacation, will be out Sun-Thu.

so all geared up with my gutting gloves on yesterday elbows deep in a blood filled cavity and proceeded to stick my knife into my thumb....so much for that. I think I might add some of that antibacterial gel or a small bottle of peroxide to my pack from now on. Oh, those Havalon Knives are pretty sharp!

looks pretty big to me...3-400 pounds??

I don't understand why you equate ones "challenging" themselves with wounding deer.....to most, the challenge has little to anything to do with the shot, it's about not always getting that shot for a variety of reasons, and when you finally do get it, it's all the more sweeter, maybe the challenge is killing a deer at 10 yards instead of 60....and with your rationale of JC having the final say of what happens with a deer's demise, are you suggesting that he makes these hunters wound the deer for one reason or another? why doesn't he just guide their arrow to a clean miss?? I don't get it. Does he punish nonbelievers by making things go wrong? can a guy blame him when things go bad instead of questioning what they themselves did wrong? he obviously wanted that deer wounded for a reason......so many questions........oh, and did you not challenge yourself last year with a shot that, as you said, was further then your effective range? and as you said, worked out because JC guided your arrow...why can't that work for everyone else with the weapon of their choice?

there are trees that I've screwed steps into 30 years ago and they are fine.....but I guess it is possible.

I think the biggest concern, mine anyway, is that with the introduction of crossbows into Archery season, that will bring those who are too lazy to pick up a longbow and put in the time and effort required, along with that will come guys stomping around the woods like they are carrying a gun disrupting and destroying what most enjoy about the archery season...time will tell. I did get a crossbow that I plan on using towards the end of the season if things don't pan out, but have no intention of changing how I hunt during Archery season.

good point....make sure you're drawn back and ready for when you stop him, they usually go on alert when you do it.

no.

I've whistled softly to stop them, but usually a quick "baa" sound works better.........sometimes the bucks won't pay any attention to any of it if preoccupied.

does the Olive Oil freeze? I'd be concerned about leaving it for too long.

30 yards? that's pretty good...........there's nothing wrong with me (that I know of) and I limit my shots to under 30.

11/4/15....First kill using the Rage Broadhead, it just about cut the lungs in half.........

I would look at the Remington 870 packages or the Mossberg 500 packages.....Maverick? not so much.

true...the high end companies make lesser quality stuff and let the big box stores sell them under their name.....make no mistake that a John Deere from Lowes is NOT the same item bought from a John Deere dealer.

shot my first deer with a Rage tonight....it worked very well, no complaints at all.