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    Bow toughness/reliability

    What’s your current 11 yo bow? I’d just do a once over, replace the string, and roll with that. Zero reason to replace an 11 yo bow that saw one year of use then sat for 10. My bow is a Mathews DXT that i bought brand new back in 2009, might have been 2006? It’s sent thousands of arrows down...
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    Help me get over my fear

    Pick a date that you’re going to walk into an archery pro shop, write it down, put it on your calendar, then hold yourself to it and just go. Writing it down will make it much harder for you to make excuses when the day comes. Now, when you walk in go right up to the guy at the counter and...
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    Be careful all

    WI is the same. Rifle hunt WI public once you’ll never do it again.
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    Are the higher end knifes that much better?

    Ummm, that is how you make knives??? There isn’t some kind of black magic where knives are grown out of molten cauldrons or something.
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    Are the higher end knifes that much better?

    Yes, they’re better and they’re worth it. Havalons and those like them are cheap, disposable blades that of course don’t hold an edge but my beef with them is they can snap. A good full tang blade made out of S30V or A2 steel simply will not do that. You can cut up an animal with any old...
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    Unique opportunity in the Midwest

    Ha, ive definitely contemplated that at times trust me. Would beat hauling one in and out a mile and half every hunt! lol
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    So I got a smoker

    Lol, im a bit different than most i imagine. As i age i find myself looking for LESS technology and modern gadgets tbh. My wife thinks im joking when i tell her im getting rid of my Iphone, im not. Ive also asked my son to become an engineer, get a job at Ford, and design an F150 classic that...
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    Unique opportunity in the Midwest

    Lol, trust me im not surprised. After hunting southern WI since the 80s im just now sort of where the OP is, musing where to expand out to hunt. Maybe ill decide its not worth and keep doing what im doing again next year idk? I do however love small game so maybe ill focus on hunting deer...
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    Unique opportunity in the Midwest

    If you truly want to hunt some nice WI bucks look into leasing if youre able. I know there are a few websites that specialize in WI leases as ive looked into them a few times myself. Me though, i just cant bring myself to pay to hunt so ive never gone that route in the end but i definitely...
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    Unique opportunity in the Midwest

    Sorry, that worked like 8 years ago. Do this now and youll be hunting with a few other guys, guys from private leaving illegal stands on the public and "claiming" the area, AND dealing with anti hunter landowners yelling at you that youre on private land, not allowed to hunt there for x number...
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    Unique opportunity in the Midwest

    Yeah, doing your homework i see. It is sad. Maybe the pressure will cycle back down one day idk. A guy can hope but until that happens we are expanding out next year.
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    How many days a year do you hunt?

    Falling in the 50-64 category i was legit surprised to see how many hunt much less than me! I thought i was about average at least. But then again, my wife convinced me to move my mother in law in with us this year so that probably has a lot to do with it.
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Come on man who are you trying to fool. We all know those dudes driving scooters arent buying 24 packs theyre buying small batch craft beers, so at best a 6 pack.
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Still have no idea who he is so wouldnt be able to comment on whether or not he is a wuss. The few facts you wrote there arent a lot to go on you realize but he very could be i mean he works for the Govt you say.
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    Unique opportunity in the Midwest

    Ive hunted SE WI public for 35 years and am finally throwing in the towel after this season. My son and I are planning on traveling someplace else next year for Archery Whitetail as the pressure on public land in southern WI has just reached a level i can no longer accept. Most Southern WI...
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Never heard of him
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    Barriers for new hunters? (Poll)

    Pretty much exactly how i was going to respond.
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    Barriers for new hunters? (Poll)

    Well, having gotten my personal start in the 80s i find it simple. Find an actual mentor then once you yourself have become proficient become a mentor. That is how hunting has proliferated for millennia. Phones, social media, etc have also had the paradoxical impact of isolating people...
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Whoa hold on, did that offend you?
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    What caused the Rokslide shift to smallest caliber and cartridges?

    Cause dudes are getting softer nowadays so you see less of the "I shoot magnum". In my day to day observations that is the ONLY factor ive been able to isolate. Same reason guys have no problem going to crossbows, ebikes, etc. They arent worried about being called out for stuff by their peers...

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