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Great post Grampy

Hunt the wind including thermals n think about your exit n entrance strategy

Week starting Halloween. Walking stage rut. Best time to be in woods

Rob I told you bout this before, chicks can talk with no repercussions on here you can too. If the following a few fruit loops on here makes you feel tough I'll do my best to give you that.

Yes its a bear

Awesome! Congrats

You're doing it right but many still both standing n sitting don't bend at waist

You're a mind reader huh? Just figured I'd jump on the bandwagion w the longer n longer shots. You haven't seen the video? Amazing

Turkeyfeathers when you kill a bumblebee w a horseshoe you always get the heart

Who on earth am I attacking? I'm complementing a great shot. When I figure how to load it I'll post it.

How could you achieve proper back tension while sitting if you were in tree? First off you need to bend at the waist in order to keep your form proper. If you can do so n still keep it all together so be it but practice. Most guys would drop one arm n not remain square so watch for that

Its shot from a heat sinking airbow rigged to throw horseshoes at high speed, very deadly. Tom Wells is the half brother of Tim Wells n made the amazing shot (160 yards)on a bumble bee flying through tall weeds! Heart shot to boot, amazing! Only took one try n he says it's as common as having coffee for breakfast

got the correct amount of toes n the pad is shaped right. How small is it?

UA is Chinese

Phade I wasn't referring to you

Guys 55 yard shot? Why not set up dif. And yes it is luck. Again let him shoot at unknown targets in front of people. If he can props to him. Now if everyone understood it was a freaky guy Itd be dif. Gotta see the guys shoot in front of us instead of on TV, than it might be more believable as a norm. Long shots mean your hunting needs work since you can't possibly get close enough.

Seams a wide range of views. Lots of newer Bowhunters by this n I offer no means of disrespect I'm referring less than 20 years. At that time or maybe even 30 TV started getting ahold of guys n making em believe the extreme is the norm. When I grew up we shot longbows or recurves eventually compounds w fingers. Guys practiced til they were blue in the face loved every minute. We learned the game n our effective range. Nowadays a hunter turns on the tube or Internet n hears about guys flinging arrows effectively at long range. I'll tell you now I've been shooting for 45 years n seen lots. Watched Stacy Grosscup shoot aspirins from the air, seem guys use their foot to hold the bow n shot two arrows off the string at one time n hit a thrown Apple. Pretty cool to watch. Some old time guys did shoot longer but they lived w the bow n in that high skill comes w it given natural talent. Today everyone is too busy to scout, hence the camera craze, too busy to shoot a bow, hence the crossbow craze among able bodied folks, too busy to find another spot bigger than 10 acres hence the "I gotta bait them on my piece" craze, too busy to learn to hunt the wind or find another spot hence ozonics. All Bowhunting I guess growing, or the manufactures of the products wallets at least growing. Very few top archers actually hunt. By top I mean world champs n even then don't shoot 130 yards at running game. Bowhunting was meant imo to test our ability to get close enough to make the shot n pride in our ability n respect for the game. Im sure everyone has 60, 70, 100 yard pins. Nonsense, many sight adjustments won't hit past 60-70. I've seen lots of guys shoot n it ain't common to be so good. Possible yes. In a hunt situation, not probable. Easy to say how great we are on the computer being able to shoot perfectly in the wind, cold, tired, etc. No dif than the guy in the bar says he shoots 1000 yards at mule deer w his rifle or the guy at work who says his girl is a 10. Be realistic, hunt at your pace, don't try n outdo some tv idiot n push shots. As I said one bad shot can lead to wounded game n the pics of such go viral. Tv n the Internet are big reasons for this junk. Big reasons for lots of the worlds negative stuff so don't use it as your bible of facts

What's unethical is shooting beyond ones effective range. Missed the first shot so it musta been further than his effective range. Yes this varies hunter to hunter but promoting it by airing it isn't good Maybe he can do a seminar somewhere like at a bowhunter jamboree type thing n show us his skill at shooting running erratic targets at 130? Most great shooters w natural talent beyond the imigination would love to show off n Itd be cool to see n his sponsors would love the publicity. Think about it he could silence all the critics. No questions from anyone if he was perfect right in front of us? I believe grown men that believe this is natural talent that we don't have the imigination for have an over active imigination n think professional wrestling is real n stay up late at night hoping to catch Rudolph on the roof or Bigfoot in the shed. Not saying the man couldn't sometimes hit at extreme range it's the overconfidence in some to think he can do this everytime, which he's proven he can't by missing the first shot. Where did the first shot go? Let's say it was 4" low. Pretty close at that range n maybe 8" from where he actually intended. Now that's a foot, a foot back could be a gut shot, vital yes but in a bunch of rough hours for the game. A foot forward n its in the shoulder or neck. Ah that's ok itll live it's worth the risk the guys on the NY hunt forum think I'm a hero

It's too far for any bow. Too many variables. Imo crossbows take limited skill in comparison to compounds they take less than recurves but have you ever heard of jumping the string. It all seems so silly just learn to get close enough n less deer get wounded. I see your emphasis on experienced but it's still an arrow

Bud it's all cool to grow whatever you want or don't want on your face but Id rather hangout w guys looking like them (not the lawbreaking part) then someone telling me his pink shirt is salmon n running his manicured fingers through his dyed hair but to each his own.

No one should be shooting 40 running either. It's not about what's more evil. 50 yards is too long even w a crossbow. They shed velocity quickly n wind, drop etc all comes into play. Yes off a solid rest they are certainly more accurate but in the woods Theres vines limbs etc. It's possible but Id not advise this

Id bet you're way right no one shoots 130 yards so it's pretty obvious more are wounded., yes we need to know our limitations but showing it is promoting it. Again how did he practice this?

Chris I understand your sentiment but what's irresponsible about it is some young hunter may think if Tim can do it he can. TV as stated is full of edits. How else if you could make 130 yard running shots, would you practice that on live game besides wounding a bunch on the way to the expertise if such expertise even existed? This is what's irresponsible. I've seen guys shoot long range n no one can always be perfect especially not in an adrenaline moment. All guys are affected differently but this but it's never a best case scenario. Look to nj w the crossbow craze. The president of my gun club just Monday wanted to sight in the crossbow for 50 yards cause he's positive it'll work that far. It may if hit properly but I've never even heard of him shooting a deer. He's a small game guy w no deer experience. The hype about long range shots has him ready to sight in n let arrows fly. Not fair to the deer or us. Has zero to do w guys not being able to fathom a lucky shot. Has everything to do w guys fathoming the inevitable wounding losses

Forget the scents imo. They aren't going to attract a bear that isn't there. Find em, set up on em n kill em.