jesse.james

Just my luck. The. Wind is swirling

Beautiful morning. 40 degrees here

Ugh sucks!

I can't agree enough with this. My father is old school and kinda laughs at me using a harness in all stands including ladder stands. I'd rather be safe then sorry. If anyone is in need of one let me know. I'll ship Em for free. Nothing fancy just the ones that come with my stands.

Well depends on how long it lives. People have left deer lay overnight in much warmer temps with minimal meat loss

I understand. I just couldn't help myself. I'm glad Murphy was on your side today.

Congrats I guess even with the newer compound bows and all the gizmos it's not quite just point and shoot [emoji12]

Congrats

Good luck!

Man I wish I had land where seeing deer was pretty much a given. I've never seen more than 5 together in a sit.

Thermacell is your friend

Wow...I'd take either one

And now some guy is running the loudest most undisciplined pack off digs through the fields.

What a start to the morning. Almost 60 degrees when I woke up. Got to my spot. It's a 10 min hike with all my gear into the woods. I kick up a deer due to crunching on the acorns under my feet. End up getting turned around and can't find my tree. Crunch around the woods for a bit then find my tree. Already sweating like crazy. Get claimed up the tree in my climber. Get the thermacell going. Get my bow hanger and what not screwed in. Hoist up my bow and the quiver gets snagged and pops off. Back down the tree I go. Now it's already pretty light out. I've made all sorts of racket and I'm sure I stink to high heaven from sweat.

Yup as good as I am it still happens. You increase the odds greatly by not doing due diligence. Everyone loses a deer at some point and time. If you haven't then you either have not been hunting long or it just hasn't happened yet but it will. Just for follow up. The very next shot on a deer I double lunged the deer and clipped the heart at 30 yards and it went 40 yards and piled up.

That happened on a late season hunt last year. Was in a ground blind about 6 degrees out. Doe comes by and I was frozen solid. Could not draw back for my life.

If you can be proficient and hit what your aiming at. I don't have a problem. These guys were not.

Success is measured different for each person. Some people are happy with hitting an apple every time at 30 yards. Some want 2 inch groups. It depends on what class of archer you want to be. There is a reason that the best of the best shoot non stop. You and Levi Morgan could be using the same exact equipment. without seeing you shoot I can say without a doubt in a 3d comp he could spot you 30 pts and you still would not stand a chance. Not trying to be a jerk but yes there is a reason for firing thousands of arrows. Although compounds are easier than trad bows being able to repeat your shot with identical form over and over. Missing your anchor point by a quarter inch could result in several inches at the other end. then on top of your anchor you have arm angle, your grip, how you squeeze your release and so on. Doing everything exactly the same way every time is the key to being a top echelon archer.

He was very sporatic. He got close sometimes. Again it's form and muscle memory. I helped with grip and anchor. His draw was about an inch to long but he wasn't going to have time to get that corrected. I just told him to get as much practice as he could in. Not much more I could do. There was no way I was talking him out of bow hunting this year

Archery is about repetition and muscle memory. This isn't a point and click xbow. Anchor is a tad off and that could be the difference between a kill and a wounded animal. Sure even people that shoot alot make bad shots. The percentage goes up for those who haven't developed their techniques. And yes I gave him a few pointers. But I could give a few pointers on how to hit a 90 mph fastball but it does not mean someone who has barely ever swung a bat is going to be able to hit it.

Well the paper plate pugilists are out in full effect. You know the type im talking about. If you are one of these Im speaking about then I mean no offense. Actually id be lying...i hope i offend you into shame. At the local open archery range at long branch park. Most of the year im the only one at the place. Coming 30 days before the season and good luck getting a lane. These are the guys that dont pick up the bow all year...then go out right before the season, fix the plate to a bale and then proceed to take pop shots with there 20 yr old bows/brand new box store RTS bows they got yesterday. Was there on monday. First guy..about 18-20. Had his friend that came with him to watch. Overhear him saying this is the first time he has been out this year. Puts on the paper plate. Goes back to 20 yards. Fires 2 sets of 5 arrows each. Out of 10 arrows hits the paper plate 3 times. Says yup its on and then leaves. Second kid and I mean kid. We get talking. He is 15 years old just got his bow course done. Shooting a brand new bow only 3 days old. Ask him what bow he had before this. He advises its his first bow. I then give him the look and say, "your not planning to hunt with it this year are you?" He didnt like that very much. So lets recap. one guy who is barely hitting a 8 -10 inch paper plate at 20 yards and a kid shooting a bow for the first time. less than 1 week from season. Cmon guys, bow hunting is hard for season vets who fling hundreds if not thousands of arrows down range a year. We owe it to the animals we tend to take with these weapons to be on top of our game. To take an animal is mercifully and quickly as possible. I just have to hope they lack as much vigilence in the scouting dept as they do in the practice department and that a deer never gives them an opportunity.

Geno your dead on point. I sure hope my daughter wants to hunt. Before she even thinks about taking one she will have not only ample time practicing the weapon of choice but also have ample time in the woods shadowing me.

It's a budget simmons. (made by bushnell) I have a covert black 80. That one is super customizable.

Yeah same day I put the camera was out. Think he caught my scent

Yeah it is an IR flash buy not a black. Think he saw the IR