What did you do today to get ready for archery season?

[mavinwa2]

Packed up truck, shot bow w/24 arrows throughout the day to a bag target at 60 yards...
leaving Wednesday 4 Colorado.

 

[Grit2]

First opening day I've missed in MO since I can remember :-(

 

[Fatcamp]

Shot a bunch.
Grocery shopping.
Packed what I could.
Bike maintenance.
Shot more. A lot more. In the wind.

 

[Grit2]

I saw 3 shooters on Saturday evening.... just out of range. Hung a new set yesterday and diving in after them today!

 

[Fatcamp]

Working on accepting my archery season is over. I will carry my bow on all our trips, but archery specific trips are over. Learned a lot. Need to rethink my tactics for my area.

 

[Grit2]

Working on accepting my archery season is over. I will carry my bow on all our trips, but archery specific trips are over. Learned a lot. Need to rethink my tactics for my area.

all spot and stalk?

 

[Fatcamp]

all spot and stalk?

It's all spot and stalk, I'm just feeling like trying to locate and stalk bedded bucks is not what's going to get it done. When they are up feeding has presented me far more opportunities, but I always wait for them to bed. Them they disappear or bed behind a pile of grass that sounds like popcorn.

I've read of others in very rough country who believe the deers movement and chewing can cover a lot of your noise. I think that's the case. Friday I got within 40 yards but a doe looped around and busted me. 10 more feet and I would have been able to shoot over a hump. Found them bedded later in an almost impossible spot.

 

[Fatcamp]

And they somehow know to bed on private which is limited. Very frustrating to watch big bucks feed on public in stalkable locations only to go bed on private.

Either way, shot my rifles today. Wyoming here I come.

 

[StuckoYota99]

And they somehow know to bed on private which is limited. Very frustrating to watch big bucks feed on public in stalkable locations only to go bed on private.

Either way, shot my rifles today. Wyoming here I come.

I feel ya. I drove a loop tonight and found multiple deer behind no trespassing signs or in fields I know the landowners don't want people to hunt.
Back in high-school no one cared if you took a shortcut their feild or stopped and took a deer.

 

[msalm]

Bit more ‘Midwestern’, but I sat for the first time tonight and enjoyed watching a 2 1/2yo and doe w/ 2 fawns feed in my food plot hitting the chicory. Had a nicer 3 1/2 yo come hit a scrape at close and passed on him too. Was an enjoyable evening.

 

[Rob5589]

Getting ready to go back to ID early Friday morning. Little to no shooting, elbow tendonitis is getting pretty bad. Thinking it's time to seek some professional help.

 

[Fatcamp]

Getting ready to go back to ID early Friday morning. Little to no shooting, elbow tendonitis is getting pretty bad. Thinking it's time to seek some professional help.

Ya, I have had it in my elbow and shoulder from setting tile. Once it gets bad enough some professional hell goes a long way.

 

[cuttiebrownbow]

Really late to the game this year fine tuning my set up. Just put my peep in last night, won’t get to shoot today, but I will need to confirm my peep location. Need to fine tune my pins and then broadhead tune before Saturday.

Have a dozen bareshafts nock tuned and still need to fletch or refletch 4 of them since I hit vanes just shooting target. I remember why I only shoot 2 arrows at a clip out to 40 now.

I’m actually taking some arrows I need built to work on Monday since I can close my door and no one can see in LOL

Form wise though I feel like my shots are better than ever. I still have a little work to do on my back elbow position but I have really been working on my draw itself so when I hit full draw I’m already aligned properly.


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[Grit2]

Pretty cool encounter with a mature deer last night. He had me locked up until he walked straight away. No shot opportunity but awesome he didn't go blowing out.

 

[N2TRKYS]

I shot my bow yesterday at 80 yards for the first time ever.

 

[Fatcamp]

Getting ready to load my bow I'm the truck. If I kill early in Wyoming I will try SD again.

 

[Reburn]

ive been practicing daily for my NM hunt. Gonna try and get an arrow in a deer during gun season. On private though. Got a bigun located.