galiuro mountain man
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I tagged out yesterday morning. I have been hunting hard the past couple of weeks looking for two certain bucks I have on trail cam pictures. They are both roughly 110 to 115 inch bucks, but they dissapeared a week before season. I think all the extra water we got the week before the hunt spread the deer out, and the two bucks split up and went to the bottoms of some nasty canyons. I did see some nice bucks though, just couldnt get a shot at any. My wife and I saw a buck around 100" on the first sunday, but it was right before dark across a nasty canyon about 350 yards away. Then on this past sunday I saw two 90" + bucks. One in the morning and the other right at dark, The first one was about 20 yards from me and my hunting buddy, but niether of us got a shot, he spooked about two seconds too soon. The other one was right before dark too far away to stalk him. Those were the big bucks this year.
My buck wasnt very big, he was a small 3x4, about 60 or so inches. I had passed a shot on him and another one his size once at about 40 yards at a waterhole on Tuesday of last week. On Wednesday last week I saw him and the other buck again in the morning and decided to pass on the stalk, he was about 150 yards in front of me feeding my way. I saw him once again though binos on sunday afternoon. I went home on sunday night to shower, and I was talking with my wife, she was telling me how we were just about out of meat and I was not liking the gas prices, so I told her then I would shoot any buck I saw.
Monday we got back out to where we had been seeing the deer the past couple of days, and there was the buck, not 1/2 mile from the truck. I drew, and let the arrow go, it hit good, but one blade from the mechanical BH cought the elbow, hung up, and just barely punctured a lung, I didnt realize when I shot he had his leg in a funny position, till my buddy told me, and I saw him run by. The chase was on, I didnt know I had hit a lung untill a little later in the chase when I caught him. I would have let him lay down and die. I only thought I had hit the leg, so I chased him to keep the broad head working, so he might bleed out. After about 300 yards of following him I saw him laying down 60 yards away, all I could see was his head and neck, so I aimed for his neck, shot, and he was up again, but only for 30 yards. He layed back down, and was looking at me. I couldnt see any blood from his neck, so I thought I missed the second shot. I found that I hit him right through the neck, but didnt hit anything vital. I snuck up on him and was able to get a 20 yard double lung shot, and it was over in about 10 more seconds. When gutting him I found out my first arrow had hit him and poked a little hole in the bottom of his lung. I think I am done with mechanicals now. Had I used a fixed blade, the first shot would have deflected off the bone and caught both lungs, and possibly part of his heart, instead of hanging up. I still had fun though, cant wait for January.
GMM
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I shoot a Mathews Outback, 30" draw, 70#, 385 gr. arrow. I chronoed last week at 294 fps with broadhead on. I am getting just under 74# of KE.
GMM
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Well, one of the best areas for mulies in 32 is closed off now. It has been closed up for over a year now, and G&F is trying to get it opened back up, but as far as I know, it is still closed. It is on the sunset loop, and you have probably been there before if you have hunted 32 a while.
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It takes a well tuned setup (all parts, bow, arrows, etc.) and a good shooting form to make just about any fixed blade BH fly like a field tip. I have had good luck with G5 montecs for fixed blade. They are a one piece BH and are really strong and balanced very well. I havent had any problems with them. Mechanical BH's have come a long way, there are a bunch out right now that will work and fly well, you just have to have enough KE to use them and not worry. I personally like vortex 3 blade 100 grain BH's. I dont even worry about them because my KE is about 75 pounds. I do however carry 1 fixed blade with me in case I am shooting through light cover, a fixed blade has less of a chance at hanging up and wounding the animal.
There are also the short BH's, I havent used them, but I have heard good things about them.
GMM
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Unless you shoot daily with pinpoint acuracy, you wont even notice a difference. Most people (even me, though I dont like to admit it) dont shoot near good enough to notice the slight difference in straightness. I can group 6 arrows into a 3" circle at 40 to 50 yards with .003" arrows, and cant tell a difference with the .001" arrows. I have shot long distances with my hooter shooter for arrow comparisons (40 to 50 yards) and can barely tell a difference. It only averages around 1/4" smaller groups with the .001" compaired to the .003". The only real thing I noticed is that there seem to be less "flyers" with the .001", but that is because of a stricter quality control on them, which is why they cost more. I feel you would be happy with either arrow, but for me, I will take .003" gold tip xt's.
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I dont use scent lock suits, but I have found a good way for scent elimination. Right after I arrive to where I start walking to where I hunt I find a little loose dirt and roll in it. Every now and then you might hit a cow pie, but it is just a stronger cover scent. If I sweat while walking up a hill, I do it again. All of my friends use the sprays, and think I am nuts, but I get deer and they dont. I sold my dad on the idea last year and he also tagged out. I dont know if it really works, but I have a feeling it does. Another good thing about it is it dulls out your camo, brand new camo wont shine like it normally does, it usually takes a few good washes to get rid of the shine. This year I might even try a small mud hole to roll in. If it dont help with scent, maybe the sun wont feel as hot.
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Just stay away from high density hunting areas and you shouldnt have any problems. I hunt way out of normal travel because of these nuts. I have had problems twice, and both on the Aug archery deer hunt. One time I was in unit 27 driving from one area to another and saw someone turn around and follow me. I stopped my truck where I got out to walk and they (4 of them) stopped about 100 yards from me. I just went on my way and ran into a small herd of deer with a couple of bucks in it. I grabbed an arrow and the people started yelling and the deer spooked. They started laughing and yelling at me, so I ran to get away from them. I ended up in a nasty canyon and picked my way through, I got on the other side and saw them trying to make it across. One of them fell hard so they left. When I got back to my truck I had 2 flat tires (slit sidewalls) and a note that said "we are watching you" so being 16 I got back into the forest and slept there all night, I was safer there than anywhere those wacos would find me. The next morning I flagged down another hunter on the highway and called the police. They finally got there and I showed them the note and tires, I also told them the make and model of vehicle. I havent heard anything since then.
The other time was in unit 29, I was hunting with some friends and were driving and saw some deer. We decided to drive past them and sneak up on them. We got out of the truck and got about 50 yards from them and a truck drove by, the couple stopped and talked with our girlfriends that were in our truck. He got hateful towards our girlfriends and spun out backwards, spraying our truck with rocks. He got to where the deer were and let his dogs out, they chased the deer then were growling at us, so I shot one of his dogs wth a blunt at 10 yards, so he called his dogs off and we ran to our truck. He was yelling at us while he was haullin butt toward our truck, I yelled for the girls to get out and he swerved at the last second away from our truck. He stopped about 50 yds ahead and said he was calling the police, which never came. He drove off honking the whole way.
One other thing happened to a friends dad in unit 29. He shot a nice deer,, so he went to Portal and was restocking his camp supplies so his friend could continue to hunt. He came back out to his truck and his deer was gone, the people left a note that said something like "we took your deer back to nature for a proper burrial" Im not sure i that is exactly what it said, but it is close.
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Redman, I usually look at topos first, but there is a lot of places not listed on them, so I walk. I glass for water kind of like glassing for deer. I look for differences in the plants and trees from the ones all around. I have found a lot of springs this way. I like springs later in the hunt because pressured deer will use them more than tanks or troughs. I have found over 30 big springs not listed on maps in AZ. I have cams set on some of them right now, so I will see what is using them. I forgot to tell where to look for springs. I have found most of them in canyons (of course) but I have found some on tops of ridges and 2 of the springs I hunt are on saddles. I also found a spring that has standing water in it only at night (set up cam on wet spot with lots of tracks, then noticed there was water in it on night photos).
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In my experience, whitetails will still hit tanks if they arent pressured. My wifes cousin and I were out before, during, and after a hard rainstorm last year, and found this out. I was trying to get him a bowkill so we went to a tank I know has deer using it. There were deer using it in the morning about 9 till 11, then it started raining, it rained hard for a couple of hours. I wondered if the deer would still use it with all the water around. I got my answer about 20 minutes later, the deer started coming in just like in the morning. He just couldnt get a good shot at them. There was even a couple of 90+ bucks in that afternoon.
I think the biggest factor for WT is pressure from predators. If the deer arent messed with they usually will do close to the same thing every day, year after year.
GMM
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I personally like water holes over mineral licks. The deer will use pretty much the same water every day unless they are pressured. Licks are good, but sometimes the deer will go 3 to 4 days without using them. I usually try to focus the Aug hunt around water, but if it starts to rain, I head for the salt licks. I have seen 16 deer at one lick from the time it started raining till 30 minutes after. I think it is easier for them to get the salt when the licks are wet, so they use them heavily when raining.
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I have a glendel buck, it is a great targert. It is a little more expensive than other targets though, but I think it is worth it. One side of the insert will stop 3 times more arrows than any other target I have tried, then you can turn the insert around and get about another 2 times more arrows in that side. I just changed the origional target insert after 8 months of heavy shooting, roughly 25000 shots. I shoot nearly 200 arrows a day at it on my days off, and I have half of each month off.
If price is an issue, make sure to get one with a replaceable target area, it is worth the extra cost. One other thing about 3D's, put them inside when not shooting them. They will last forever this way.
GMM
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If it is just a day trip I go in 2 to 4 miles. If I am backpacking, I have been as far as 19 miles from my truck. I havent been able to backpack in for a couple of years though.
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I only found one small shed. I left it for someone else to find.
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Went scouting today, and finally saw some antler growth in the area I hunt. It wasnt much though, but I saw quite a few bucks. I saw 21 deer all together between noon and 5pm, so I am getting excited about August. There was one buck in a small bachelor herd that had a good sized body and about twice as much antler as the rest, it could be the one I messed up on in Jan.
I also set up some cams, so I may have something to post in the next few weeks.
GMM
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My dad had this problem also. Three things to try are 1) put cock vane up on all arrows, 2) set timing on rest to come up 1" to 2" from full draw, 3) I have seen one rest where the cord was contacting the arrow, The cord was twisting and hitting the arrow.
The best way to check is like Red Rabbit said. The foot powder works.
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If everyone would just ignore his posts he would stop this stuff. I have ignored it from the beginning, and I will continue to ignore the junk postings. Maybe everyone will ignore me too, but I try to get good info out when I have it. He is getting what he wants by having people get riled up about what he posted, and he is sitting lonely at his computer getting his thrills for the day, while trying to find himself a life. So just ignore it, maybe he will go away for good.
This is a great site with lots of good info on it. I think it is the best around, with the best people on it.
I am stepping off the soap box now,
GMM
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Well I am hoping people dont wait until the day, or even the week before they shoot. In my opinion, waiting till the last minute is wrong. It is hard enough to put something down with a bow that is shooting perfect (I know from experience). Then to have someone out there without knowing exactly how thier equipment will perform.
Just a reminder to get your bows out and let some arrows fly.
GMM
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Only one, on my second year hunting them. His score was 97 2/8" net, and was #1 for the 24th biannual P&Y convention.
GMM
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Is everyone ready for the archery seasons to start? Less than 3 months till deer season. I am ready, and so is my wife. We have been shooting all year round for a few years now, and it makes getting ready for season a breeze.
It is time for everyone to dust off the bows if they havent been shot in a while. Take them on summer scouting trips, go stump shooting, tournements, and family camping trips.
Its almost time, hope everyone is ready.
GMM
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No problem, I like to help when I can.
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DONT USE WD40!!!!! Wipe anything that is easy to get to with a soft dry rag first. Then use low pressure air for anything else make sure to blow it in a direction that wont push the dust in deeper (be careful), and only use enough pressure to remove the dirt. Then once dirt is pretty much gone you can use a damp rag. If you have a bow press, press it and turn the cams by hand and see if they feel rough, likely the dirt wont get in the axle bores, cams, and bushings, unless you spray it into there with the air, or you pull it back with dust on sides of cams and it is worked into it. If you do end up removing the axles and cams, use only a dry or damp rag and air (just enough to remove dirt. Lube, I use dry graphite only, and it only takes a little, and wont attract dirt. Never use oils on a bow!! Unless you have a real thick coating of wax on your string, just wax it good in a direction away from the cams, so it wont get into cam grooves. If you have a thick coating of wax you can use your fingernail to remove the wax and most of the dirt. Then wax your string again.
I see bows all the time at my shop that people lube with different oils, even ones that arent supposed to attract dirt, with dirt in every thing. It wears out bushings fast. So using any oil lubricant is bad.
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Unit 32, opening week of archery in August. This is still my favorite for big bucks. You can pack less gear and you will rarely see other people.
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AR is a good bow. Made by PSE with great care into each bow. Nobody really makes a bad bow anymore, even the bottom line is better than the top of the line bows from even just 3 to 4 years ago. AR is one of the top of the line bows and I think you will be happy with it. Like was stated before PSE has had issues in the past with limbs and still have a little trouble, but havent seen much in cracked limbs recently, but check them regularly. I think the minimum arrow wheight for AR is 5.5 grains per pound of draw (I could be wrong) but I would try to keep it a little higher, 7 grains is enough. I have been shooting for nearly 20 years and owned a few PSE bows without a problem, so I would be willing to bet your AR is trouble free. The AR 34 was in my top 3 bows when I was looking to buy one this past year, but I bought a Mathews Outback for the smoothness, and how forgiving it is. Remember to have it tuned after 200 to 300 shots so the string gets broke in good, then hav it checked every so often, and it should be trouble free, and perform at its max.
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I use water or trails. I set my cams 3 feet high, pointing north(less sun glare). I check mine on every scouting trip, every one to two weeks, all summer long. I recommend putting it where people wont find it, some will steal or shoot it. After the first roll of film you will be addicted, and will have more fun just getting the pics, than using it for scouting. If you have a few hours of spare time, I would recommend building your own.
GMM
Got my deer yesterday
in Bowhunting for Coues Deer
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I will email pics. I had to take pictures at my shop after I got him cut up and in the cooler so it wouldnt spoil. They arent the greatest.
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