Bow Hunting
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Re: Bow Hunting
Not a Spydie but I do love this knife.
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sal wrote:Knife afi's are pretty far out, steel junky's more so, but "edge junky's" are just nuts. :p
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: Also, do you think a kangaroo would eat a bowl of spagetti with sauce if someone offered it to them?
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Re: Bow Hunting
I used to bow hunt until an accident (not my fault) made it hard to keep the bow bent. I used a PSE with an overdraw and I also used a Bear 50# recurve. I came to enjoy the recurve more than the screaming fast compound bow. I always had my skinning knife on my belt.
I have actually run into people who killed deer and etc. and forgot to bring a knife.
I have actually run into people who killed deer and etc. and forgot to bring a knife.
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Re: Bow Hunting
I've never gotten into bow hunting, but I'd like to someday. I'm currently sitting in the deer stand with my rifle and Native Salt. I typically carry a fixed blade Buck knife that my dad got me, but I left that in the truck.
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Re: Bow Hunting
I have my licence for bow hunting, but after trying it I find it messy. It's next to impossible to kill an animal cleanly. Unless very talented, which I'm not, you're basically waiting for the animal to bleed out in pain and I can't personally stand it.
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Re: Bow Hunting
I used to bow hunt pretty regularly when I was in high school and college, but things have tapered off a bit in the past several years. I still enjoy shooting, but a lot comes down to prioritizing the time spent on that and other things. I bought a new bow last year, thinking I’d find some time to get back into the swing of things… But I haven’t even shot it once this year, ha.
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Re: Bow Hunting
Sadly not legal here, as of yet.
Would really like to, though.
Would really like to, though.
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Now I’m post #1. I guess we got spammed.
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sal wrote:Knife afi's are pretty far out, steel junky's more so, but "edge junky's" are just nuts. :p
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: Also, do you think a kangaroo would eat a bowl of spagetti with sauce if someone offered it to them?
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Re: Bow Hunting
I respect and admire any bow hunter . Since I am left handed and right eye dominant it doesn’t work for me . I have high power rifle hunted for Moose in Alaska and Missouri and shotgun in Illinois . Anybody that can sit in a tree stand or ground blind waiting for a good range shot is a better hunter to me than one taking a hundred yard plus shot . Bow hunting is a fantastic sport that may not be for everybody. Love your Bark River by the way . MG2
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Re: Bow Hunting
I’ve shot a bow since I was 10 and taken it hunting a few times but never actually shot at anything. I never had the confidence to actually shoot at something alive. I always shot a recurve without sights.
Re: Bow Hunting
One of my body techs I've worked with for years Turkey hunts with a bow, he says it's very difficult and very exciting. He also said if you think you're a great hunter, give this a try, it'll humble you!
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I have tried Turkey hunting with a bow. Definitely hard to draw without getting busted. We are allowed to take one with a bow in October which is archery season for deer here. I see them somewhat often while deer hunting. Even from my tree stand I have found it hard to draw on a Turkey. They are very afraid of anything overhead and are very quick to see any movement. One of these days I will get one with the bow. I might try getting one with my crossbow next spring.
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sal wrote:Knife afi's are pretty far out, steel junky's more so, but "edge junky's" are just nuts. :p
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: Also, do you think a kangaroo would eat a bowl of spagetti with sauce if someone offered it to them?
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Re: Bow Hunting
My wife was fortunate to have taken a turkey with her bow a few years ago. It was definitely a challenge (and a good way to risk losing an arrow ).
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"...as I said before, 'the edge is a wondrous thing', [but] in all of it's qualities, it is still a ghost." - sal
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I love to hear your wife got a turkey with a bow , that’s fantastic. Few years back during shotgun I was hunting between two fingers coming off a extremely tall ridge . At daybreak I heard the first turkey getting out of roost and heading down a finger . All said and done I had 20 turkey in front of me without a care in the world . Eventually they moved behind me to the picked corn field behind me . Great experience but didn’t help my deer hunting that morning . MG2
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Re: Bow Hunting
I haven’t shot a bow in 20 years, I’m curious to see how much better they have become.
How many pounds is your bow?
Is your bow a recurve or a compound?
How many feet per second are your arrows traveling?
How many pounds is your bow?
Is your bow a recurve or a compound?
How many feet per second are your arrows traveling?
40 Spyderco knives in 11 different steels,
1 Byrd and 30 “others”
1 Byrd and 30 “others”