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You'll get a lot of answers on this I am sure. I'd get a heavier arrow and on the stiffer end of the spectrum followed up by a cut on contact SHARP broadhead. Depending on your setup; I.E. bow weight, draw length, arrow length, and point weight, will need to be taken into consideration for which arrow spine is best. I'd suggest a Full Metal Jacket, or Axis with a 125 grain G5 Striker broadhead. The arrows are thinner and slicker than most which means less resistance/better penertration. The Strikers are razor sharp out of the packs, and the heads aren't bad. Plus they fly very well.

We went up north last weekend to scout some area for Elk. Took my camera and was able to get some pics of a few animals. Not all of them wanted their pics taken. Had to put a stalk or run after a few to get these. I am new to photography but trying. I wish more animals were willing to cooperate for the camera Antelope in the pines, she looks like she is about ready to pop. Some elk in a meadow the first evening Antelope behind a fence Antelope running Small scruffy Mulie buck bedded Same buck eating Another Mulie buck Elk calf, there were 3 and 1 cow Elk calves running off A couple of pics I thought were neat A dust devil formed as were taking a few pics

Great story, what a deer! GREAT JOB.

What a beautiful cat! Congrats!!! I hope to take one myself someday...

Works fine. Good pics and great video!

Very nice looking shed. Thanks for sharing!

Hey Loco, thank you. It took a lot of work to just get these few pics. I am currently shooting with a Nikon D200, the animal pics were taken with a 70-300mmVR nikon lens (higher zoom in unpredictable situations). Starting out I wouldn't reccomend anything more than a D-40, 60, 80, or even the new 90. Anything more, definitely not starting out user friendly. You can get a pretty good used one on craigslist usually for a good price, compared to a new price. Make sure to spend more money on glass if you can!

I actually bought one of those Nikon retractable systems a few years backs. It was designed to go on your belt loop and retract. I have this on my video demonstration. I actually tried the same thing you did Tracy, but I wear my binoculars high and tight so they dont swing and bounce. With that being said, the Nikon hung too low and it swings/swivels and flopped around. It banged against my binoculars and did not work for me. I was restricted by what position the buckles were on my harness. I learned from this and made my Range Snap as short as I could and is actually pretty rigid to help prevent this. Plus with the secure strap the Range Finder holds tight/square against my chest so I have no problems running, or crawling and does not flop/swing one bit. I have no problems with these getting in my way. There is no worry about the Range Finder at all. If you are right handed it goes on your right shoulder and you can draw and shoot w/o any trouble. I shoot a draw that is correct for me and my form is good. I attach my Radio or GPS on my opposite shoulder very high and does not interfere at all. I suppose if you shoot a draw that is way too long, bad form/ overdrawn, and an accessory that is snapped too low, you may have trouble with interference. But then again you would have interference with a jacket, zipper, or pocket if you are that overdrawn. I cannot confirm this though 100% though.... thank goodness! That may be bad news. When I was 14 yrs old I shot a 30" draw because that is what everyone shot back then, or at least I was told that was what I needed to shoot. I always hit my arm, sleeve, jacket, pocket, etc... I now shoot a 28 1/2-29"depending on bow or release and am 35 yrs old now. My forearm thanks me! I still think too many people shoot too long of a draw and may lead to trouble if it is snapped too low (maybe mid chest). MAKE SURE TO SNAP HIGH ON YOUR OPPOSITE SHOULDER, PLEASE. Yes, it is very universal. It can snap on your left or right shoulder. High, or low. On your belt loop if needed. Thank you for all the positive responses so far. Thank you for your purchase already Game Hauler! This product was designed to be very simple and price effective so everyone could afford to have a couple. I hope to see some of you guys, or Gals in the field or at the range wearing your Range Snap as well.

We were at the descent around 6:30 pm last Friday. We were in a red Toyo 4-runner. A white truck pulled in front of us at the pull off as we were pulling out. It would be funny if it was you. I was in the back seat with my lens hanging out.

I have been wanting to upload this for some time, and finally got it so now I can share it. This was my first Bull hunt and was excited. This is a small 6x7 Bull that I took on a Sept. archery Bull Elk hunt. I had two goals for this hunt. 1st was 340" or bigger, but my ultimate goal was to get good video of the kill. I had bought a new video cam for this hunt. The first day I passed a good Bull I called in, he was approx 320+". Had him at about 35 yards for approx 5 minutes just screaming and chuckling at me. I was behind a big tree and could have shot at any time. Wish I would have grabbed for the camera instead of just watching. I let him walk as it wasn't big enough and first day. Had a couple of other close calls. I did call in a huge 6x7 Bull pushing 400" and he came in to my right instead of straight in, like we were set up for. When he came in, it was to my right I had no cover except my back against a log. I was on 1 knee, arrow knocked, and release hooked. All I had to do was draw and shoot. He was broadside for about a minute. This was pretty thick and was not sure of the yardage, and having a tought time judging. My range finder at the time was in my leg pocket and couldn't get it out. I was estimating approx 55 yards but wasn't confident. It killed me, but had to let him walk. That was sad to see him walk away forever . I made the right decision, after that I ranged where he was and was right at 45 yards. An easy shot but would have hit high and probably just wounded him. I would love to have that monster on my wall right now. The Bull I shot was on the sixth day and only had 2 more days to hunt. Earlier that morning I had a Bull pushing 340" come to the right of the wallow and pond I was sitting. A bit to far away to shoot. He peered at the wallow and pond and then continued to keep walking to bed. I made a short soft cow call, he looked back but not real interested as he'd just looked for Cows at the pond I believe. I felt he would be back in the afternoon, or evening so I was all ready for him. Well about 3:30 a Bull bugled and this small 6x7 came right in. At first I was not going to shoot and hold out for the larger one I felt was going to come back this evening. As you can see it took me a minute to knock my arrow and make my final decision. Like I'd said previously, my ultimate goal was to get this on video and I didn't think the opportunity for better video with me shooting would have presented itself. I filmed this myself with a cheap camera arm mounted to the tree. The camera was a few feet to my right. After I shot him the first time I felt really bad because he did not go down right away like I'd hoped. It was killing me to watch him stand there, I wanted to put a second arrow in him so bad to speed up the process but at my angle, all that I had was a neck shot. I had to wait a couple of minutes for him to take a step out from behind the tree and made another good shot. If I remember correctly, the shots were 47 and 52 yards. Both shots were within 2" of each other. This was as close as I could put the stand to the wallow with out being to close or right on top of him. I knew I could make the shot w/o question so I set up there, but would have prefred to be within 35 yards. The Bull only made it about 50 yards max after the second shot when he runs off screen. After I shot him, I went and got my hunting partner who was in a tree about a half mile away. While we were skinning my Bull, we heard a big Bull bugling and coming right in towards the wallow. There was no doubt in my mind it was the 340" Bull that walked by earlier. My buddy went after him but spooked him right as he was starting to come into sight. Oh well, that would have been to good to be true. I always wonder what if I had passed this Bull. Would the 340" have came in? I think so, but beings as it was at the end of the hunt I probably made the right decsion. By the way, can you tell what type of broadhead and stabilzer I was using? I did not even notice them until playback. Not sure why but the video sure became jerky once I uploaded to Youtube. Enjoy the video.

A buddy and I went and checked our cams the weekend before last. This cam had the best pics/footage for bucks on them. He threw some of the videos together and some music to make it a bit more entertaining. Turned out pretty cool. Here is the link.

I finally got this youtube thing figured out with converting files.... Well kinda. I glassed these dogs up in Jan 09 archery deer. I was hunting by myself on this day. I closed some distance and got right at 250 yards and set up the tripod, spotting scope, digiscoping adapter and my little Sony Cybershot pocket digital camera and took a video for a few minutes through my spotter. I only had my longbow with me. After a few minutes of video, I packed up my gear and went after em. I was able to put a stalk on them and came over a small hill, , as they were a bit lower in the wash, and stuck the one on the right at 26 yards. I had never glassed dogs before eating like this. It was pretty cool to witness and a neat experience. Here is a link. Hopefully it works.

Wow, great job on a big bird.

Very cool pic! Thanks for sharing.

You sure that isn't a night crawler? All joking aside, I have never heard of those. Pretty cool

Here is what I have used last couple of years. I have the jacket and pants. They roll up pretty compact (about the size of a couple of potatoes each). They breath decent and I usually have em with me. They have saved my butt a couple of times. A hutning partner and I really like them. Cabelas in town has them in stock if you wanna check em out. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...rset=ISO-8859-1

Mike, that really stinks dude. I feel sorry for that guy if you catch him, and I really hope you do!!! He'll get what he deserves and hope he does. I have been lucky so far, have got guys on my cam but none missing....yet. A buddy got a few stolen last season but he refused to even lock any up so he was asking for it in a sense. I had let him borrow a couple of my cams, when I found out he wouldn't bother to lock em up I told him I wanted em back. This only keeps the honest people honest IMO. If not the pics of the perp., then how about posting up the approx unit or area and the type of homebrew or pic of the cam so we can all keep our eyes open and have an idea where to start lookin? This ticks me off and makes me get that un-settling feeling everytime I walk up on a cam wondering if it is there or not. Good luck.

I am shooting a 57lb @ 28" Thunderhorn Longbow. I personally do not care for aluminum arrows just because of the bending issues but you can find the right spine with all the arrows and sizes available, plus you can get a nice heavy arrow. I currently shoot the Gold Top Traditionals 55/75. I use 125 tips with 100 grains of brass up front and 29 1/4" long and shoot very well for me. The Godl Top weight system is cool for helping to tune that arrow. I can get the same arrow to fly pretty good out of my 55lb Widow.

These are some of the nicer bucks we were getting on our cameras. There were 5-6 nice 4 points starting out that were on the cameras we were sure excited about, but did not continue to hit our spots..... unfortunately. We were getting so many good bucks and so consistantly I knew we would tag, there was no question. I already had a couple of bucks in mind with my arrows name on it. It wasn't a matter of if we would or wouldn't, it was which buck will I decide to take and which will I pass. Well needless to say as always for me.... a week or 2 before season it dried up and stopped getting pictures. I just don't understand it! I typically hunt far enough off the roads and may have to walk as much as an hour ea. way to a stand or hunting ground. Did not see even 1 person near this hunting area so I just don't know what happened, again. The first morning I had a nice 2 point walk by at about 50 yards and did not even consider him due to all the nice deer I had been getting. My hunting partner that year was Greg. He is 42 years old and had not killed a deer yet. We were archery hunting and I was hoping like heck he'd tag. The first evening he had a spike come in under his stand for over 5 minutes eating around and he chose to pass his first deer. I have to hand it to him, had it been my first deer, especially with my bow I would have shot without question. He did not tag that year and I think I was more bummed than he was. I would have loved to have been there for his first deer. Nice 2 point nice 2 point in background Nice 3 point with bladed rears Good lookin sharp 3 point, I still can't believe what beautiful pictures this Cuddeback takes. This is an old C3000, one of their first made and the pics are gorgeous, and only 3 megapixels at that! Nice 4 in velvet Nice pair in velvet, not sure what is up with the genepool in that area but most of the bucks had little to no eyeguards. A couple only had 1. Most of the ones that had em were either pretty small or crooked. Good 3 started Nice 3 and 4 together. I got a lot of pics of these 2 together, and every time I got a pic of either of these 2 deer they were together. We hunted hard archery in 07 for deer. It was around the 3rd day I was walking to my stand. Was about a half hour late. Very close to my stand I looked off to my right of a faint trail and saw the four point that I had been calling crooked horn, (due to how crooked he was that I saw in all my pics of him) for some time. The sun and wind was in my favor. I put about a hundred yard stalk on him and got within 60 yards of the 4 point. I had an arrow knocked and on one knee, I was waiting for his next move to determine how much ground I could close. His head was down grazing and no clue I was there. I could have taken the shot but wanted to get closer so I could guarantee a good shot. About two minutes later, I hear the forest come alive to my left. It was that big 3 point that I had in all my pics with crooked horn, he must have been watching me the whole time, he was about 30 yards to my left :-(. He bounced by crooked and spooked him off as he blew past him. Had it not been for that big three watchin his back, he probably would have been in my freezer, and possibly be on my wall right now. That's how it goes though... Crooked horn A few bucks together Good 4 in velvet, I was bummed when I realized I did not set date and time on one cam Another good 4, no eyeguards of course... 4 point, only 1 eyeguard All in all it was a good hunt for not killing. I had 2 chances at Turkey on different days, both times I was in my tree stand and they busted me before I could draw, it really frustrated me! Came out with some good pics, some Turkey feathers, and 2 new friends. Thank you Andy and Bill for your hospitallity!

Looks like a very nice area. That memorial is very cool. Great pics, thans for sharing!

Thought these were pretty neat. A buddy and I thought we were gonna tag last year with all the bear pics we were gettin, till about 2 weeks before season then all the activity stopped.... Go figure. Here is a series of one of the neater ones.

Here is a Lion I got on my cam last year. There was a Whitetail in the spot he's sniffin bout 45 minutes before.

Rabbit, that one was pretty dang funny!

Pretty cools pics of a bear rubbing against this small tree.

I guess I have been lucky. Have had about 4 cams in the dirt by bears. the worst damage they've done is shreded or broke the straps.