Worth mentioning on the Silky's....they make different grade blades....the professional blades are thicker and heavy duty, more appropriate for the stuff we do. I have a Professional 180 and it's cut through miles of stuff and is still sharp...though it has needed a few cleanings with mineral...
I like lower 1/3rd...but those heart shots can be erratic. If you stop the heart....blood pressure goes to Zero, so the only blood you get is what drips out.
It's rare but I've seen the no blood scenarios but most of the time they leave a great BT. I had one where 2 bull elk were fighting...
Exactly. Stiffer makes for a better hunt arrow in a modern compound; Tunes with BH's and is more durable.
Some guys get themself in trouble cutting it too close and end up under spined....the bow shoots fine with FP's but then cannot get their bow to tune with BH's.
FWIW, Those software...
Well said.
As we know, its all about shot placement. That frontal is deadly when you can make the perfect shot before the bull can move and wreck the shot location. For me, thats inside 20y and the bull hasn't made me. Many of my frontals were solo with the bull focused on my decoy.
A guy...
I have a scrapbook...but what you young guys have to realize;
Back then we didn't have phones...that take pics...and upload digitally to the cloud.
We had crappy Kodak Instamatics....then had to take the film to a processor....and it was a week before we found out whether those pics were any...
Kids imprint early. Your actions will have a much bigger effect on them even at a very young age than one would think.
a couple examples; My buddy kicked the soccer ball with his sone every day when he got home from the time that kid could walk. Jacob went on to get a scholarship to a D1 school...
Nope...if you aren't tuning... you are shooting a bad arrow with your Mech heads and you don't even realize it. You can wring another little bit of accuracy out of that bow AND get better arrow performance if you tune
I will make a guess....
It might be because you are getting a slow steady pull with the draw board...vs a sharper pull by hand.
What does it matter?
IMO, a draw board is all about getting cam timing dialed...once you have that, you are golden.
Who knew....that it's all about fit....grin
Danners is your problem...man those boots have gone downhill from Decades ago.
I like both light and heavy for different hunts. The insole really matters.
I wear my heavier Hoffmans when I'm doing a lot of off trail stuff and my feet and ankles...
I started hunting out of state in the early 80's; a couple rifle seasons and there were a fair amount of guys in the woods- rifle hunting was still popular back then but then I moved to bowhunting and it was like we had the woods to ourselves even in OTC Co.
I remember guys talking about...
I'm about 7 for 7 with the shot...and I've seen another 10 shot like that- all dead in 50yards.
Its lethal as heck if you know shot placement....
Have you seen the 12 year old kid that shot one frontal and the bull just stood there with a garden hose of blood dumping on a log?
Nope, nothing.
I noticed the one flap in the vestibule was a little damp one morning but probably due to it swooping down close to the ground. My tipis I've owned will do that.
This trip was pretty dry, only one small storm so that probably contributed to no condensation....but the tent has...
IME, the blood trail has more to do with shot location than the BH itself.
So for example; I've seen great BT's from low shots..or a pass through with a low exit- no matter the head design. High shots...especially ones without a pass through....much of the blood stays inside the animal.
I...
I’m going to revise my statement after packing my bulls skull 4 miles this year. I'm also reevaluating my solo elk processing...it would have been easier bucking the legs off shorter than that last joint with a knife. so I could flip him easier. A guy can do a lot with a knife...but solo has...