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I'm still being dumb, only dumber. The third series of broadheads I bought came. Helix FJ4. "Damn these are dull. Really dull." I tried sharpening them. I'm no novice at sharpening things. Tried and tried and worked on one of them. After quite a bit of effort I could feel it was sharper, but nowhere near what I'd call sharp. Then the next day I saw a picture of one with the tip curled over. Hmmm.... (though it could have been a knockoff) So last night I ordered even more of another brand. (and I keep buying more expensive ones every time. Pissing away the money.) Been experimenting with different fletching styles. Not really wanting to remove some because I may go back to them, I figured heck I'll just order another dozen arrows. Then I'll be set probably for the life of this bow (or more likely for as long as I'm physically able to shoot one). So I did. Shooting 300 spine, what I've been trying to shoot was being fussy. Trouble with tuning. Zero confidence in it. Then for the heck of it I tried some heavier, 100gr inserts. Same exact problem but amplified. Hmmm... I wonder if I'm just underspined? So for the heck of it I bought a couple 250 spine shaft. Ended up moving nock height a smidgen and its shooting bare shafts perfect at 30 yards. M@tha#^&#^**&!!! So I ordered enough to make a dozen. Now I have more in arrows than I paid for the bow. Doh! (last night I went through everything I've bought, good and bad and totaled it up. I was stunned. Did it twice because I swore I must have made a mistake. I've almost spent seven times more on other stuff than I did on my "cheap bow". Some of which you may see for sale here soon! lol)

I shoot that way, palm out. For me it has to do with the muscles and tendons, it feels much more relaxed. Palm in pretty much makes everything hurt from my wrist on to my bicep hurt. (just doing it empty handed, no bow, it actually hurts.) Years ago it was less so, I shot with a trigger release, more palm down. When I started shooting again recently there was all this new pain (different from the old pain, which is still there lol) But upside down feels better now. Man I wasted some money recently. My plan to use all my old accessories fell apart quickly. My old wrist strap trigger release still works great and I like, but it's made for grabbing the string. I need the tiny bit of added draw length the loop gives. My last bow I used a metal loop. (yes they ones everyone says are awful and break and never use. Well mine's near 30 years old and still fine lol) Worked fine with that. String loop I quickly learned it did not like. Kept slipping through on me. No fun. So I bought a newer style trigger release, but for a number of reasons I couldn't warm up to it. Plus I found "upside down" much less painful, and the trigger wasn't working so well for me like that. Always felt like I was going to accidentally set it off. Since I was shooting that way, I started messing with my original near 40 year old thumb activated release. Three finger one with a rotating head... made me wonder why they don't make them like that anymore? (I don't think). Only it too was made to grab the string, and is extremely fussy and slow to use with a loop. But I was really liking it. So I bought a modern three finger , thumb activated release, with strap. Kind of the best of both designs that way. It's funny, I liked the wrist strap release over the hand held one because I didn't have to worry about dropping it out of my tree stand. In reality, the only one I ever did drop was the wrist strap one. Go figure.

I'm just getting back into it after a long time away. Open up my gear box has been like opening a time capsule. Found the Barrie Rocky Mountain broadheads I bough in the mid 80's. (the only reason I remembered the brand was because I saw an add on Ebay and it all came back to me. Some Muzzy's that the only thing I ever shot with them was the ground behind a coyote. I found some mechanicals I had NO recollection of buying. But then found a digital photo I took out of a tree stand and you can see the end of it in the photo. Last month I bought a cheap bow. ("cheap", being more than twice with I paid for the bow before it, but relatively speaking today, cheap) Due to multiple physical issues, I wasn't sure I could even shoot a bow anymore. So I didn't want to spend a lot. Plan was a new cheap bow and use everything off the old bow. Little by little, item by item that plan fell apart and I ended up buying everything over again. Doh! Worst part is I'm being dumb. Like buying some broadheads, a design and weight I wanted to use. Then a couple weeks later I decided I wanted to go heavier. So I bought different ones. A week or so later I decided I wasn't sold on what I bought, plus wanted to go even heavier, so I bought even more. Despite the fact that I was NOWHERE near the point of needing broad heads lmao. I was still setting up the bow. And since I keep changing things, I'm STILL setting up the bow. lol Of course I had to keep buying heavier field points at the same time. Not lots of money, but still wasting it and it's adding up. Anyway I decided I wanted heavy fixed blades to allow me more room for error. Penetrate and break bones if need be. Because of my issues, I can't shoot a lot and I can't shoot far, so drop and speed isn't an issue. Besides, in testing, even light arrows with light heads aren't going particularly fast. The most recent unexpected purchase was a target. My old bag target gave up fast. I think the UV light killed up. Them heavier arrows are just pushing the stuffing out of it rather than poking through. When my new target shows up, I think I'll doctor the old one with some gorilla tape and see what kind of damage these broadhead will do.

I used to shoot them, I have a dozen? Dozen and a half? 28ish inch? Some used, some new uncut. Various different fletching. I will never use them, but hate to throw them away.

Heck of a deer but a really hokey photo. Look how giant his hands look.

Mine throw them high enough that I can shoot, turn around and watch them land. The Para, I put a crazy heavy recoil spring in it, crazy heavy main spring and a different squared off firing pin stop, and its still threw them into the next county. Probably because the lockup was so crappy.

I joined the other site without realizing it was "the other site". I was searching for something and ran across it, and saw the sub sections were all named like the ones here, I thought "Oh that's why it's not working, they abandoned ship and cloned it over here." It was only after I joined and read people knocking this board that I realized it was the other site that had been alluded to. Why the bashing, I don't know. Other than people being people (meaning most people suck).

I've shot a 48 in a past, and I liked it (not being a Glock guy, though I have owned several). But since I didn't have any real use for one I didn't think about it again. The 48 is a G19 sized gun, general size wise, so it's not "small". Being stuck with 10 round mags I'd take the 48 over the 19 I think. (and I've owned a couple 19's) The shorter barrel won't be an issue at 25 yards, at least not because of the barrel. lol I have an XDs .45ACP and recently pickup up a Hellcat in 9mm, and to be honest I shoot them more at the 100 yards steel than any other distance. Stretching the legs on the little gun is fun, not difficult really and a trust test of gun, ammo and shooter accuracy. And if I can hit the 3/4 size IPSC targets at 100 yards I can hit them at 15. And whatever you buy, buy the right holster for it.

Heck just the fact that I can't post from Firefox pisses me off. I never remember until it doesn't work, then I have to open a different browser to finish what I typed. And when I do finally get it to go, it double taps like this. (and all my recent posts) #@^%@*#!

Any site that can't accept new members dies. Some slowly, some quickly. Sadly been through it before on MUCH MUCH bigger forums than this one. Just the way it is. People move on, lose interest , pass away. The slow down only makes more people leave. Sucked watching the ship sink from the inside, had all the admin controls except for the ability to fix the registration problem (third and fourth party software issues) The fact that people can't join adds to disgust, and bad mouthing of the forum. Even if it's reformed elsewhere in a new form with the old name, people are resistant to join. Again, having seen it first hand.

Many years ago I tried hunting with a pair of electronic muffs, sitting in the woods with them cranked up. I could hear so much! Then I hear what sounded like a bull moose approaching to stop on me at any second! Spinning around quick, it was a red squirrel about 15 yards away. "Hmm.... maybe they're turned up too high." lol That night laying in my bunk, my ears were ringing something awful. Apparently listening to everything all day did a number on my ears. I actually ended up with several pair of electronic muffs, and I never use any of them. I don't care for them, they just don't work well enough for me. "muff" wise that is, even turned off. The only time I'd ever use them was occasionally working matches, doing scoring. I've always been protective of my ears, and hate loud noise in general. I carry foam ear plugs in my pocket every day and use them for ANYTHING that makes noise. (Hammer, vacuum, lawn mower, anything and everything) ANY shooting, I shoot with foam plugs and max rated muffs over them. I handgun hunted exclusivity or many years, a lot of it with single shots firing rifle cartridges in 10-16" barrels, some with muzzle brakes on them. You DO NOT want to shoot them without ear pro under any circumstances. lmao My usual setup while hunting is an average level foam ear plug in my right ear. Then I will keep a rubber ear plug in the corner of my mouth. It takes a half second to move it from my mouth to my ear, and in 30 some years of doing it this way, I've never missed a chance at a shot because of it. Funny thing about hearing and hunting, sometimes it's very important, but other times it's not important at all. Deer in dry leaves, sure. Same spot in decent snow, there's nothing to hear. Windy.. can't hear anything anyway. There's a stream 70 yards away, can't hear anything anyway. Trucks going to down the highway 3 miles away, yet still drowns out everything else. I came to that realization last muzzle loader season, I never realized how much noise airplanes made. There's a jet at 30K feet and I can't hear a damn thing because of it! How is that possible? At home they fly overhead all day long and you never notice them or hear them, drowned out by all the ambient noise that we don't "hear" either. I also didn't realize how frequent they flights were. I commented turkey hunting that the woods were so loud I couldn't hear anything. between the birds, the spring streams, far away motor vehicles, far away aircraft... it was deafening in a way.

I regret it mostly because of my own stupidity. I KNEW better, but started to listen to the internet and a couple people who's opinion's I respected, somewhat, up until then. lol

Some states it's legal to hunt turkey with a rifle, as well as some states it's legal to hunt with a suppressor. If it were ANYTHING other than a gun, the government would be FORCING you to make it quieter. You can't sell a car or a lawnmower or any other damn thing without some sort of muffler on it. Except a gun, then they take a 180 on it.

I hunted four days (3 1/2 really) on I guess what would be the second week of the season. Did not get a shot, but I would call it our most successful season ever, seeing birds every day, several times a day and "interacting" (calling and getting responses) a couple times a day. Considering we barely SAW anything last year, and hadn't heard a gobble in a couple years, that's a huge step up. Down side was, it was it seemed to be the same male and two females each time. 3 birds isn't much of a flock, so in that respect I don't mind not shooting him.

Double tap.

Not to wish any bad luck on anyone.... I did something I KNEW I shouldn't do, but did it anyway. Bought a Para Elite Hunter long slide. (Remington had just acquired Para some time before) It was very tight when I got it. In around 450 rounds it was more loose than any 1911 I've owned. It rattled when you shook it, a lot. It was also the most inaccurate semi auto pistol I've ever owned. Did lots to it to try to make it shoot better, didn't help. (trigger job, tight custom sized bushing, even threw an old "Dwyer group gripper" in it in final desperation). Every round fired through it was in load development trying to get it too shoot worth a damn. No joy. IIRC I paid $1200 for it (very stupid, but wanted to get one before they got worse, figuring Remington's effect on Para's already crappy reputation would only make it worse. The news Remington bought them spiked the prices) Sold it with full disclosure for $625 "The pretty turd." I built a long slide 10mm Glock. Never did fire it. Bought a stripped frame and an aftermarket slide and barrel. Filled it with "higher end" aftermarket parts, Ti striker & saftey plunger, match trigger, Kensight adjustable rear, fiber optic front. Went to try it and something or another was wrong. Took it home and decided that try as I might, I just didn't like the large Glock frame and the smart thing to do would be to part it out and sell the parts as new, rather than shooting it a little, decided I still didn't like it, then trying to sell used parts. So I did, took it apart and as my luck would have it, THE VERY DAY I listed the slide and barrel for sale was the day Glock announced they were finally making a factory long slide. OF COURSE! So noooobody wanted to buy my parts till they got down to a giveaway price. The double joke was on me, because once I sold it, I went and bought "the pretty turd". I should'a kept the parts Glock. After I sold the turd, I bided my time until I found a Dan Wesson RZ-10 with adjustable sights. A good, accurate gun, but the long slide itch was still there. So a few years later I threw common sense away and bought a Dan Wesson Kodiak, despite having the Razorback. And if I'm telling my full story, my first 10mm was a Ruger "Buckeye" that I turned into a Bisley. Though honestly, after firing 50-100 rounds of CCI Blazer 10mm through it when I first got it, I never used the 10mm cylinder again, favoring hotrod "Ruger only" .38-40 loads in it.

Its all about money. That's why states keep expanding what's legal in "primitive seasons", they want to sell more tags. Period. If it were a "conservation tool" like they claim, they'd just extend the regular seasons or increase bag limits to achieve the same goal. It's a money grab. The state just wants more money. Shocking I know. We should oppose the idea on that grounds alone.

Talking with someone once about them using a traditional side lock rifle, they said "But what if it doesn't go off?" To which my response was... "Then you're muzzle loading!" (I'm someone who hunts with lots of single shot rifles, single shot shotguns, has hunted the regular gun season with a flintlock several times. I find this idea not just a "no" but almost offensive)

Thinking more about it, I believe it was the CZ. https://cz-usa.com/product/cz-reaper-magnum/ Many of their break action shotguns are made by Huglu, who makes guns for lots of other companies across a range of quality. so even though it's not the same gun... it could be the same gun. lol

While I know people who tried it once without success, I've often wondered what the DEC's opinion of a honey burn was. You're using "food" as bait, but the it's not intended in any way for the bears to eat it, so it's not really bait. but knowing this state...

Is this a new release? Or a rebrand of another gun? Or.. is there another O/U Turkey gun on the market? I recall seeing one a couple years back and getting really excited about it. When I looked into it I found videos and write ups about POA/POI and regulation issues. A sadly gave up on the idea.

Settled kind of makes it worse. lol Back when I would regularly hunt the muzzle loading season that was the norm, get there around midnight and spend an hour or three digging a single parking space out of the wall of snow a couple feet high and 10-15 feet deep. Then make many many many trips the 80 yards up the hill in the deep snow unloading my gear. So much fun. I was younger then and not so broken.

Well that's no good! lol That means there's 3 feet plus at the end of the driveway. I REALLY don't want to shovel a waist high wall of frozen ice in the middle of the night. Roseboom area, about 1900ft. I REALLY don't want to cancel my trip either. Things are, well... "not good" at the moment in day to day world, I really need to get away for a few days. This is crushing.

Just not getting out of bed, that's a whole separate issue. I've long said "guilty sleep is the best sleep". Usually the third day of turkey season, secretly being happy to hear it raining, then going back to sleep. (only to wake up about 9AM to bright dry conditions like it never happened. Doh!) Or saying "nope, screw it" and going back to sleep in deer season. Or worse, going out for like an hour, saying "nope, screw it", going back to camp and back to sleep. Then as the last days of my trip roll around, being so pissed at myself. "Why do you do this every time!? You wait for this all year, then don't go out in the mornings! Idiot, every time!"

Two year bump and many years since the OP.... but back on topic! Trying to get back up after Christmas and wondering how much snow is on the ground? (I know this is a tough question and it depends on where. "Up on the hill" at the cabin is we can have several inches of snow, then a few miles down the road (and elevation), nothing)