dbHunterNY

Don't have a hooter shooter or a chrono. Tune your bow and speed is what it is. Drawboard and press are essentially the most important tools. Next is the versa cradle bow vise I use. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

nice job.

you learn by doing and honestly you need things like a press, draw board, etc so you're not wasting time going 3 steps forward and 2 steps back. youtube is your friend but stick to advice coming from tournament/well know bow shooters and certified level (whatever) coaches.

nice guns. like both stocks in different ways. looks like you're almost dialed in for the one photo.

I've only used a Caldwell model that was cheaper. I always kept the battery fresh and used air to keep lint and what not out of the prop. Seemed to work fine but it only tells you wind speed where you're at. maybe out in flatter western NY it doesn't matter as much but here in NE part of the state elevation changes a lot and quickly.

i don't like snakes. Ive relocated milk snakes and garter snakes but water snakes no way. also i never have and hope i never do run into any of our NYS venomous snakes. even with gators I'd never make it down south or out west.

i'm a strong proponent of the football. i've never had any issues with one loosening or breaking. i've always used a sharpie marker to make a witness mark just for peace of mind. also it makes timing a breeze. tighten it just barely enough to pull the rest up to full 90 but enough to slide. draw the bow and it'll tell you exact position then give it a slight bump back down. that said i have had bows where the cables too close to give it room. i tie it in and then leave a little extra coming out the knob on the end to allow for tuning without having to serve it back in. your bow tune is constantly evolving as you shoot so how someone can serve it in and then expect to ignore it for the full life of the string is just ignorant IMO.

my wife has the hunter without the braking feature. I've never had issue with it when timing it the way QAD tells you to. can't really remember as it's been years since i've messed with her bow but it might have been last 1" or less of drawlength or something. only time i ever bought or messed with the hunter model though.

all the methods if done right should get you close but when you draw have someone look at your draw arm elbow postion and bow arm position with shoulder. all in alignment and not hyper extended it should look relaxed with elbow running in line with arrow shaft, not in or out as viewed from the back. @The_Real_TCIII posted a good video by Dudley but still people have bobble heads and do weird things to where it could be off a half an inch. They also have weird anchor points and tend to position themselves to deal with the bow fit, so have them close their eyes and anchor as you explain it to them where it feels comfortable.

I've got bourbon county I have to try from over a year ago. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

Landshark is a go to cheap light beer of mine. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

Premium hunting rifle ammo like swift Scirocco or non lead stuff is like $3+ per trigger pull to buy it off the shelf right now if you find it. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

Not much at all for service. Likely post stuff when I get back. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

Escort station is up there for sure. Ill be right next door to the SSE. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk

going rate for large rifle primers is .14 per pew. pretty high but i needed them and LR primers hard to come by. small rifle primers are around and more like .10 per if you need them. powder from what I've seen is around $50 per lb. pretty expensive from what it used to be. definitely by more than 8%.

Going up into the Allagash way up in northern Maine to hunt black bear. Likely stick to rifle and not bring the bow. Sounds like the outfitter not setup for bowhunters as well. Despite I've gotten them on trail cam and there's more each year around here in eastern NY, I have yet to see one. Just not as prevalent. Trip starts opening day, the week before Labor day.

no guide recommendations but i'd think about a gator hunt too. guaranteed down there but bigger the gator the more money. field picture holding open the mouth of a 10+' gator would be awesome though.

funny how i've walked out without one though. haha new hunters i've mentored i've given a wind checker bottle full of talc powder and a seat. I've had them borrow shooting sticks and tell them that's also a must have, well for gun hunting. crossbow that would probably also apply.

i've passed multiple bucks i've assumed to be up to 3.5 yr olds that were under my apple tree in the backyard. i only own 1-1/4 acres at the house and my neighbors are all okay with me discharging whatever last time i checked which might not be good enough. i really don't think a 4.5+ yr old buck would be under my apple tree unless it was at night. a bow would be a little disrespectful for me because i know it's likely to leave my property. a rifle i could dump it right there potentially, despite it's more obnoxious. so it's a possibility but really likely not. no different than capitalizing on opportunity by shooting a buck you didn't pattern, track, or pull in on a managed property.

...and hunter orange if it's the regular season.

water resistant foam hunting seat/cushion on a milk crate most of the time if i'm off the ground. more often i'm on the ground with just the cushion that's attached to me. too much other stuff is a plain to carry in/out and holds too much scent to leave.

updates and conversation again this morning the pistol clerk blatantly said the logistics of just processing all the permits let alone the course evaluations are pretty much not possible. late yesterday into this early this morning they did way over 100. just to hold a class and live fire of a certain capacity they'd need a dozen certified instructors. live fire is practically 1 on 1 to ensure safe handling and no incidents happen should someone who isn't proficient/prepared show up. everyone better be practicing to at least 25 yards and no POI with fixed sights or sight in their pistols. you might only get one chance to keep permit and what's on it. ...other issue is some counties won't co-register any pistol. they state reasons like divorce or domestic disputes with multiple permits having the same serial number listed gets complicated.

you have to talk to your county clerk pistol permit office. it's changing by the day. I talked to mine across the river last week in person and again this morning. stuff i'm reading online and from gun shops is all over the place, some being speculation and some just plain inaccurate. not that they necessarily fed you BS, so much as yesterday's word trickling down from NYSP is changing.

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Everything seems in line with what I've been told. I didn't pick up on any discrepancy. Sent from my SM-G781V using Tapatalk