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And yet I want to shoot more NOW TO TRY TO FIX IT. UGGHHHHH!

That’s a mind F if I ever heard it. Not being able to voluntarily move the POA sucks.

Well for everyone’s amusement, I seem to have hit a really bad funk over the last 10 days with the trad gear. I can’t seem to get off the string cleanly which is causing a host of other issues. First 7 shots at 20. Yes I was trying to hit the middle circle. Feeling a little like David Duval when he went from a top golfer to a hack in a year or two. Thinking I need to stop trying for a week or more and hopefully forget what I don’t even know I am doing really wrong. The joy of traditional archery. Frustration!

2” at 35 is very solid.

Seriously? That would suck.

We all have some float over the target when shooting our bow at 20yds. 1”, 2, 3, 5, etc. I was noticing today that when I settle well the float is an inch or so but if I am not on my game it can be 2” or more at 20. Perfect DL also makes a marked difference for me in size of float. Just curious. I still tend to try to time the float too which I know is not recommended.

I hunted over bait in Canada for bear. Didn't help at all. I am good without it.

Compound at lunch. She is tuned finally! Bare and fletched.

That's awesome, well done to you both. That looks like a large black bear! Bow or gun?

Only $50k? I will take 2 - always need a back up.

I have a mesh leafy jacket and pants and you can put them over anything you want. ASAT pattern. I am lazy and rarely use them but if I am hunting the ground, they are a nice option. Didn't cost much either. Otherwise, my concern with clothes is comfort and functionality not camo pattern.

My experience is that whether cut or not, beans yellow before Oct. 1 and then are not a preferred food source unless left up until late season. I never rely on beans planted by the adjoining farmer and the shift usually happens only a week or less before season opens. I would focus on corn and acorns if you have them dropping.

May there be a dead deer at the end of every one!

Easier to just hunt an orchard. Same thing.

Biz may be waiting at the car awhile when he hunts WNY. Lol

That's a 10% discounted rate as per bankruptcy rules.

You ever watch when the feeders go off on the hunting shows. Its seems like every buck in the square mile is there within minutes. I have no personal experience but they sure like pavlovs dogs. Maybe its edited that way, who knows.

I am glad to see that you are holding to high moral values - your firm will be proud. How about the buck shot with plenty of light but 2 minutes after legal sunset? THIS IS A TEST BIZ!

So do we consider all deer that feed on crops/gardens/shrubs/orchards non-wild? I am guessing you don't hunt farm country much. In those areas, deer are eating a lot of what man planted - suburbs too. Big difference than the dinner bell at 6pm when the feeder goes off. Again, just explaining my view of the differences but I don't care how others hunt.

I am not offended but since you asked the difference, at least with the plots we have, its still difficult to pinpoint where you might kill one that is coming to feed. They are a bit too large in bow to kill everything that is feeding. Many a night I sat in a stand on the edge of a plot watching deer feed out of range. Not much different than hunting a crop field edge except smaller. Baiting pretty much assures they will walk in to exactly where you want. That said, I could not care less whether baiting is banned or approved. Oh and baiting spreads CWD. lol

Is this a trick question? Does it depend on the size of the buck killed? Just guessing here.

Just as an example, I bought a new pse last year and set it up like a shop would - to spec, centershot, confirmed DW, DL, ATA and brace height. Shot it that way and never hunted with it. It shot and grouped ok. Yesterday I decided to start tuning it at 9pm. First bareshaft was 6-8” left of fletched at 20. I then was up until 3am tuning, tearing it down, reshimmed it 3 times until I finally got near perfect bateshaft flight out to 30yds along with fletched and BHs. Could I have hunted with it as it was. Probably and it would probably kill deer. But I was losing a lot of energy with less than perfect arrow flight and I was not convinced pass throughs were assured with mechanicals. Pass throughs are expected now. And it should shoot any BH perfect. It’s worth spending the time if you have the ability.

Then we have some work to do at my place

May all your wishes be fulfilled!

Frigid forage is good stuff!