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100 million likes!!!!!!!
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Thanks [mention=762]Chef[/mention] @left field and the others!!!!
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Videoed the whole thing
Makes you wonder what we miss while we are napping in the woods.
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As you age, boots like that with zero real support will be a no go...........you'll be using a boot with laces and good insoles down the road.
Enjoy while you can........
I thought that was going to be this year with my broken foot but some stiff insoles and I’m feeling really good.
I hope by the time I need to go to a more supportive boot I won’t be hunting the way I do and won’t need them anyways.
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Lacrosse burly air grips. I don’t know if it counts because I buy a new pair every year.
I’ve had those boots on for probably 45 out of my last 50 deer.
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For sure, I've actually missed more with a gun than a bow and I think that's because mentally I know I have to have all my shit together with a bow and with a gun I've taken some less than ideal shots. But my point is that a killing weapon with an optic and trigger has less variables and is more forgiving under stress. Hell simply forgetting to bend at the waist could be the difference between wounded and dead, let alone a blurry peep, lower light collection without a scope, dropping the bow hand, follow through, incorrect grip or wrist position. Things that are all easy to control while target practicing but become more challenging on a 15* moring in a stand in November after sitting for 3 hours.
To be fair, I think there has only been 1 or 2 guys in the long tenure of this debate on this board that have argued the compound was easier than the crossbow, so I'm kinda preaching to the choir. And there are folks that think my stance against the crossbow is negative and elitest. I don't find that negative at all as I do agree that the archery season should be reserved for those in pursuit of a challenge. It's meant to be hard. Society today is always looking to dumb shit down and make it easier for everyone. Inclusivity and all that BS that a certain political group shoves down your throats every day.
Why? Why can't we have something that's intentionally difficult and challenging? Isn't that what makes arrowing a 3.5 year old buck feel so f'n spectacular? Why does it feel so good? Because it's freaking hard.
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If you’re after the challenge why don’t you hunt with a trad bow?
Why do you think the technology you use with a compound is acceptable but Xbow technology isn’t?
Again, I’m against full inclusion I’m just curious why/how your line in the sand is cams, peeps, release, etc but not scope and butt stock?
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I've set all my stands for broadside or quartering away shot.. plus im left handed really get my friends upset as they are all right handed. They want to "see" the deer coming. Imo your a lot better hunter usuing your ears especially in thick cover
I have less than 50% of my hearing so I stand most of the time I’m in a stand looking around the tree, another reason why I’ve went to a saddle.
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Lol. You would think.
I , admittedly, am not the best archer(with a compound ) I have yet to be able to calm my excitement enough to be any where near as good as I am standing in the yard. I can shoot the $%^ out of a target in the yard. For me a crossbow just blends in with my firearm habits. I can calm myself down with close to 100 % kill rate.
Too much so, in fact, it is no where near as much fun as when I'm bowhunting. After clearing my head of all the excitement it never really settles back in again.
That solidifies my point, It’s all mental. There’s nothing different. Shooting is shooting I don’t care if it’s a BB gun, a bazooka or a compound. The exact same fundamentals apply, yes there are a few more/different muscles you’re using but that’s it.
If you’re struggling on game day Google stress drills.
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If we were listing reasons A through G why some are against full inclusion and tallying up all the answers, I actually think that's closer to G than it is to A. But in this vein there lies some truth. Despite some of the bad ass cig smoking, irish spring using, I don't practice and shoot big bucks guys on this site, most of us know that is incredibly more difficult to get a successful shot off on a nice mature buck, or doe for that matter at 30 or under with a compound.
I will agree that it doesn't take a ton of work to become a decent shot with a compound these days. I will say that to become a decent shot so that when it's go time and your muscle memory kicks in from all that practice to overcome all the adrenaline does take more work than the guy flat footed in shorts and t-shirt in his backyard though. I'm not a vet, but I've spoken to many who have seen combat that can attest to repetition and muscle memory from training kicking in during a cluster f*ck engagement and have to think that it's a similar concept.
To answer what's closer to A than to G though? It's draw, distance, lack of optics, lack of rest etc. Those are the differentiators for most of us. Not so much the "I earned it in the off season". Just my tired old .02.
Hell there's a crossbow now that has 2 bolts ready to go. I haven't seen that in a compound yet.
The mental part of that I think someone’s going to mess up if they can’t hold it together no matter the weapon. Sight alignment, trigger control and breath control all matter the same with any weapon that has sights and a trigger.
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Do you have a crossbow? If you do, which are you more accurate at 20-25 yds. Freehand crossbow or compound?
I am more accurate with my compound at those ranges than I am freehand with my crossbow. For whatever reason it is much easier for me to hold the pin on a compound steady. Now you put the crossbow on a rest and its a different story but we very rarely get a rest while hunting.
I’ll take a crossbow 10-1, give me crosshairs and a trigger any day if tight groups are what I’m after!
My dad taught me a long time ago to set stands quartering away over his left shoulder, right for me shooting lefty from the expected shooting lanes and using the tree to rest my grip elbow into when shooting a compound. I’ve never really known anyone else to do this but I love doing it. It’s also why a saddle was such an easy transition for me.
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Quick question for you experienced turkey hunters: What is the earliest you have seen a tom fly down on his own?
I got caught setting up on a bird opening day. He must have been able to see my decoy and flew down around 5:10. I got my face mask on and made the best of a shoddy setup. He put on a heck of a show for 20 minutes, strutting and gobbling for my hen decoy about 80 yards out. Two live hens flew down and hurried away from him. I yelped at him and got him to come within 50 yards, but as he circled further to my left I had to move the gun and got caught. It was still fun.
Didn't connect the first two days and now it's back to work. Saw lots of deer (which was encouraging), more turkeys than I expected, and a bear that spent every evening grazing in some hay fields.
Congrats to those who connected. It's a long season. Looking forward to getting back out, but I'm busier than usual with work. We shall see...
Too many variables. I’ve had birds fly down in the pitch dark and I’ve had them stay in trees until 8.
If he could see the hen and there is other gobblers around it would make sense that he’d want to get down to her first.
Another thing to remember is 530 on the eastern edge of the state is a lot different than 530 on the western edge. So exact times really don’t mean much.
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Found these birds yesterday afternoon while scouting a recent land swap of public. He gobbled a bunch from the tree down in a swamp and I got in to about 100yds and setup. Once it got light I could hear hens so I moved and got in between them and him. Once I heard him fly down I made a few soft yelps on the diaphragm and that’s all it took.
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My trigger pulling for spring of 22 is a wrap.
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Absolutely no gobbling today! Found a gobbler that was henned up and they were interested in anything I gave them and worked off onto the neighbors.
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I love my small game. It’s an awesome little rifle. I don’t use the factory peep it goes back and forth between a Williams peep and a scope.
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What’s turkey behavior like when it rains? Do they stay on the roost longer? Don’t gobble? It’s been quiet around here…
Depends on the day, I’ve heard some of the most gobbles when it was pouring and I’ve had them be silent when it’s barely a drizzle.
They do tend to go to fields earlier, generally on the highest point of the field so they can see better.
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Up and at em’ trying to get a buddy his first turkey this morning.
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I plan on every now and then getting to my area around 9am and hunt to 12noon.
I have been out 5 total times and feeling beat up from the early wakeups.
I had a lot of gobbling from in the dark until 6 and they started back up at 10. I might make it until Wednesday before I fall back into my 8-12 routine. Getting up at 4 to hear them gobble from the tree only to go silent when their hens show up is something I tire of very quickly.
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6 paces at 1158, boom baby!!!!
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That was a close one! Found a bird from the road had to take the long way around because I don’t have permission on the property he was on but can hunt the woods behind the field. Got in as close as I felt comfortable found a tree and he cut me off but was a couple hundred yards further than where I’d seen him, we went back and fourth for a minute or so then I shut up. He kept gobbling but never got closer. Then I heard a gobble to my right, a few light yelps and purrs and he was coming on a string. He got to 30yds but wouldn’t come under the fence. And eventually worked his way off. I dropped into the ravine and got in front of him. My Hail Mary is in the air…
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I don’t understand how some of you guys on the forum think they can tell a gobble is 400yds away or 800yd or 1500yds. to think you judge distance that far based on sound with so many variables (wind, topography, etc.), seems quite silly.
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You can’t, best you can do is have an idea where he is based on topography and know how far said topography is from your location.
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I'm not sure what part of time and effort is bullshit?
Shooting a compound is easy. Many against inclusion think it’s the time and effort to get proficient with a compound that is the difference between them and Xbow hunters.
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Oopsy. Fd that up. Belly crawl . Whiff . Had 7 hens with him. Simply misjudged distance . No feathers , he ran , hens ran and all flew. Odd , found an egg where they were scratching or hen dropped it as she ran . Dunno. F me. Maybe I’ll tip him over tomorrow. Todays toast. Got a great show though. Second career miss. Couldn’t have played it any differently accept crawling farther. Too many eyes and he was getting spooky.
Catch and release turkey hunting, it’s all part of the fun!
6 jakes ran off the Tom I was on. On to the next property.
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Birds gobbling! I
Should have looked at a weather report. I’m pretty cold but still happy to be out.
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At least it’s not my swear quota!
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