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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-13-05 08:39 PM
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Bow season is a couple of weeks away.
I filled up the feeders last weekend. It was 55.00 for gas there and back. Beans, wienies, hamburgers, and bologna sandwiches this season.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 01:37 PM
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1. Well, good luck this year
Do you use a rifle when regular hunting season starts?
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MrSandman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-18-05 12:09 PM
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2. Just don't get caught feeding them around here....
The DNR will try to confiscate your vehicle the feed was carried in.
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TX-RAT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 02:55 PM
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4. Is it feeding them, or hunting over feeders?
How do they feel about hunting over a feed field?
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Redneck Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 07:49 PM
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5. Here in NH it is just bait.
Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 07:55 PM by Redneck Socialist
You can't bait deer, but you can set up your stand in an orchard (with permission of course) and hunt to your heart's content. I'd have to check the regs to make sure, but I'm pretty sure that if you owned a patch of land and planted crops specifically to attract deer that would be fine, but if you go out in the woods and dump a bunch of apples or set out a salt lick, that's a no-no.

On edit: After a quick perusal of the regs apparently baiting in NH is OK with landowner permission.
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-26-05 08:11 AM
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7. Common joke in Wisconsin and Michigan
Sign the reads:

Attention Deer:
This is not a bait pile.
This is a compost pile.
Pursuant to Wisconsin Wild Life Conservation
Order 3.100 W.A.C.O.
You are prohibited from eating this pile.
VIOLATORS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
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TX-RAT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-05 09:48 AM
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3. Just put a new string on my Martin Take down.
Decided to not use a compound this year.

My feed bill was running about $500 a month, since i've put in the food plots, it's been cut in half. I still feed protein pellets year round. With all the rain we've had this year i suspect some of my bucks may make 160 B&C, they sure look good now.
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arkie dem Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 10:25 AM
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11. Which Martin are you shooting? NT
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-24-05 10:06 AM
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6. Been shooting for a month or so but......
Edited on Sat Sep-24-05 10:08 AM by Bonhomme Richard
strictly target. I decided to get my old Bear Whitetail bow off the wall and seriously get into target shooting. I'm using the Bear to work on technique until I figure out what I want in a target bow. Probably a Hoyt Gold Medalist. God, in the olympics they shoot 70 and 90 meters.
I have to tell you, I have always shot by eye and never used a sight. Takes a bit of getting used to but all I am doing now is marking the bow with tape to get elevation. Really weird.

Any target shooters out there? If so what do you use or suggest?
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arkie dem Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 12:26 PM
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8. I'm not what you would call a target shooter,
but I do shoot 3D (foam) targets. I also do not use a sighting device.
The main thing I can tell you is to work on proper form, and concentration. As for aiming I guess I'm what one would consider an instintive shooter. I try to fully concentrate on the spot I want to hit, without sighting down or using the arrow for aiming. This method works for me at reasonable hunting distances.
I also have a Hoyt Avalon Plus Olympic style bow that I shoot barebow, but I'm having a hard time getting used to the extra holding weight of the Oly bows 4lbs compared to 1 pound for a one peice wood laminate recurve. I have the Avalon listed for sale on some of the archery related sites. I'm going to stick with my stick bows.

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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 07:05 AM
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9. Thanks for the reply. How much...............
are you asking for the Avalon? Probably way out of my range but curious.
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arkie dem Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-05 09:57 AM
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10. I was asking $500 for the whole setup,
that included the AvalonPlus riser and three sets of Hoyt Limbs. I sold the riser yesterday, but still have the limbs. The limbs are as follows 30# medium length Gold Medalist maple/glass laminate, 40# GM's med. maple/glass, and 36# med. GM's Carbon Plus. If you decide on the GM riser I'll make you a good deal on a set of limbs. The Carbon Plus limbs may be sold also , I'll know for sure in a day or two.
If you don't have a Lancaster Archery catalog get one. They also have an online catalog, but it doesn't list all their items. Also
check out www.altservices.co.uk Their prices are great on the Korean built equipment, but they are higher on the Hoyt equipment.
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