i have spent the last week reading on bow hunting, getting info. i decided on the pse coyote recurve after trying 5 different compound and 3 recurves. it is a good price and felt right when i held it. the problems i found online is that every few splinter after a few hundred shots, but the limited lifetime warrenty covers that. after shooting both styles i used a 29" draw length and 65lb weight, the recurves ranged from 50-60 and i liked the 55lb most. as for the laws and regs i am military so they change on me from post to post but i have the full regs for them.
i would like some tips and practice exercises for stalking and tracking deer mainly whitetail if you can help. thank you for reading and i hope to hear from you all soon
Just wanted to say thanks for joining up. Maybe some of the other members can give you some good tips on stalking. I very rarely do it and am not that sucessful when i do attempt it. I hunt just woods and have found I have to little patience when not in the treestand. When I am sitting in a tree I can sit all day. When I am on the ground my hyper activity sets in. I move to quick and get bored easy.
i am still relativley new at bow hunting myself, but the best option i can think of for stalking is knowing deer patterns. You can use stealth cams as well as visual obsrervation like tree stands or finding rubs. I wouldnt mind getting more tips myself, because i know only the tip of the iceberg of bowhunting. And this is probably an obvious one, but when stalking, use muffled clothing and walk against the windthe wind.
Move very, very slow and make sure you have examined every bit of the forest before you take a step. Step soft and slow. Walk into the wind. It should take you a couple hours to go about 200 yards or so if you want to be extreme about stalking.
Hey trig009 you might be a real good stalker if you've had high level military training. I know nothing about the military but I'm assuming that your taught to move slowly and quietly and all that right? Much respect for you too for being a military man!
thank you for supporting us. we are like every one else, just doing our job. and sniper school isnt that high a level of training, if you go to a sniper unit that is were the crazy is.
i just want a challenge when hunting and also to be able to get my boots dirty
hey trig just wanted to say hello and welcome to the campfire.service members get to drink for free:wink: thanks for your service you got questions feel free to ask anything.
I am also new to the sight. I have had good fortune to harvest multiple whitetail from the ground, but only from setting up natural blinds. No luck / skill in stalking them. Only twice did I come into sooting range while actively stalking them with the bow. Good luck.
my thoughts on recurves is dont get cought up practicing your shots from any given yardage shoot from a spot take a step or two and shoot again this will help you become instinctive and if you get lucky enough while stalking and jump one up you will stand a better chance at a snap shot !good luck &let us know how it goes.
thanks for the advice and greetings from everyone. so i went out and bought my first set of arrows and it totaled $170 that is insane, then i forgot about the inserts for the shafts. at least i don't have to re-buy anything, any advice on things i might have missed on equipment before i go broke on gas. :wallbash:
1-bow
2-arrows w/ fletchings, heads, and soon inserts
3-arrow rest
4-braided wrist thingy so i don't drop it
5-quiver
6-target heads
ok man my hats off to you im a rifle hunter and i sit in a blind usually but your a bow hunter and you track your deer and have to get close enough to make a shot witch is pretty close man that is sweet welcome to the site
I started out shooting with a hand me down ben pearson bow.its white and orange and you put the arrowss on the grip to shoot ,Havent used it in years it was given to me by a good friend who recently passed away.He lived for deer hunting he was a NY fire fighter back in the day befor scott packs etc,anyway i was tought that you visualize and pick a spot.ya know what i could shoot bulls eyes all day then i got a hand me down compound ya know the kind with no let off all aluminum.no fancy sights ,rest etc.ya know what it killed deer dead.I think its a disgrace to charge 800 $ for a bare bow by the time your done its a grand .Thats alot of money if its not more power to ya.i learned bare hand and i still believ everyone should learn the basics.sorry to rant but im disgusted with the industry
i don't know much about the industry yet, but my grandpa and i always went survival camping when i was a kid and i loved it. since then i always wanted to hunt, for me hunting means to use your head and skill to out wit the animal not buy all the best equipment to make it easier. if i wanted an easy kill i would just get one of the M24's from the ams room and shoot from 1,000m. anyway i cant wait to go and have some fun, in the off season i am joining the on post archery club so i can work on form and build good habits.
bruce thank you for the link, that is a little much to carry. i want to keep my ruck under 90lb lol. that seams like the complete list if you are using a stand and lure. i think you should have that link as a sticky so it is always on top of the threads, it is the biggest help for the new people who aren't sure if they have all the equipment (like me)
i have a quick question for anyone who can answer. is there anyway that you can make the sounds realistic enough with your mouth and hands for hunting white tail?
The only thing that I've ever done is a soft doe grunt to stop the deer for an easier shot. At least I try to sound like a doe but I think I sound more like a duck or something.LOL
I am with timberghost on this one.. Very difficult to do.. I try to imitate a doe bleat :yawn: to stop a running buck.. I think it sounds so terrible they stop and look to try and figure out what the heck made such an awful noise.
I think everyone tries that at one time or another.dang TV hunting shows are brainwashing us:wacko:
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