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Bowhunting...Hard lessons learned...
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TheAirMan
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When you get up in your treestand before daylight and you take your cap off to spray it with some scent-a-way, hold onto the headlight that is on it. Unless you want a glowing light at the bottom of your stand or have to climb back down.
Velocity kills
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We have all learned several lessons. I am glad this was started. I hope someone, atleast one person gets a helping hand by reading these. I know I wish I had read a few before hand. TheAirMan...I wish I read that one...A DARK climb down!!!!
Hill Country Hunter
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Velocity kills said:
Great story. Dad's right more often than not.
Out of curiosity, though, where was it 10 degees on October 3? I'm normally still wearing shortsleeves or a single layer on stand in mid-October. Normally don't see 10 degrees until late December or January.
Hill Country Hunter
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Things I have learned:
Put a spare release in your pack or pocket.
Don't leave your bow at your stand when you go to pull an arrow out of the sappling that blew your shot--that's when the big by will walk by.
Wrap tape around the the exposed metal on your stand to deaden sound.
Make sure you put your boots in the truck in the morning. You can hunt in your slippers/house shoes, but the squirrels will laugh at you. And the frost makes them damper than I personally prefer when it's 23 degrees.
Binoculars are just as valuable in dense woods with a bow as they are in open country with a rifle.
Thermacell is your friend--and a great wind indicator.
Don't assume the morning's action ends by midday--especially during the rut.
Sapplings have a unique root structure that allows them to quickly materialize in the path of even the fastest arrow.
The color of your clothes really doesn't matter. What does matter is whether your tree gives some cover, how smelly the clothes are, and when and how you move.
Put a spare release in your pack or pocket.
Don't leave your bow at your stand when you go to pull an arrow out of the sappling that blew your shot--that's when the big by will walk by.
Wrap tape around the the exposed metal on your stand to deaden sound.
Make sure you put your boots in the truck in the morning. You can hunt in your slippers/house shoes, but the squirrels will laugh at you. And the frost makes them damper than I personally prefer when it's 23 degrees.
Binoculars are just as valuable in dense woods with a bow as they are in open country with a rifle.
Thermacell is your friend--and a great wind indicator.
Don't assume the morning's action ends by midday--especially during the rut.
Sapplings have a unique root structure that allows them to quickly materialize in the path of even the fastest arrow.
The color of your clothes really doesn't matter. What does matter is whether your tree gives some cover, how smelly the clothes are, and when and how you move.
Velocity kills
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In Vermont, where I am from, the weathers a little different.
ALWAYS fasten your release ON your bow when not on your wrist.
Put your release ON your wrist as soon as you get it out of the case. And DO NOT take it off until you put it back in to the case.
ALWAYS envision the path the arrow will take THROUGH the deer. AIM FOR THE EXIT SPOT on the deer.
Like Radar said...LEARN BODY LANGUAGE!!!
ALWAYS CHECK BROADHEAD SHARPNESS!!!
Look down the bow before shooting if there is a question about clearance. If you suspect a problem, there probably is one. Like the button on your overall bibs at full draw...GRRRRRRRR!
WHEN IN DOUBT...BACK THE HECK OUT!!!
When dealing with pure gut shot deer, go to camp or the house, or the truck, and call an EXPERIENCED friend to discuss action.
The list goes on and on!
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Put your release ON your wrist as soon as you get it out of the case. And DO NOT take it off until you put it back in to the case.
ALWAYS envision the path the arrow will take THROUGH the deer. AIM FOR THE EXIT SPOT on the deer.
Like Radar said...LEARN BODY LANGUAGE!!!
ALWAYS CHECK BROADHEAD SHARPNESS!!!
Look down the bow before shooting if there is a question about clearance. If you suspect a problem, there probably is one. Like the button on your overall bibs at full draw...GRRRRRRRR!
WHEN IN DOUBT...BACK THE HECK OUT!!!
When dealing with pure gut shot deer, go to camp or the house, or the truck, and call an EXPERIENCED friend to discuss action.
The list goes on and on!
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oakclimber
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cut shooting lanes and scout
