60+ year old thread.

Morning all:
Lets see, having off for the first day of archery, muzzle loader, buck, doe, and flintlock all sound good to me!
Oh yea, and if you took off on the first day of buck either while in school or at work it was an unexcused absence and you needed a doctors excuse to be covered , usually the family doc understood, no problem!
SO; if 30 guys took off the first day of buck, and 29 had doctors excuses, the one guy got the flack, total BS but that was the game!

 

The schools here would accept a written note from the parent. In my case the boys were usually "out of town" since our hunting club was "out of town".

I am sure the school teacher knew better but it was somewhat a rite of passage at the rural schools.

 

My new toy....



Showed the 50 group.
Showed the 60 group.

 

Purdy string, bet that's why you bought it!
Them deer don't have a chance now Mike, unless it's me shooting at them! Still can't believe I missed two buck so far with mine, and close!
GOOD LUCK, and keep your fingers away from that string! I see that one has a pretty good guard on it and a hand hold off the bottom, shouldn't be any problem in that respect. I've seen pics. of guys that got their thumbs ripped up by the string, not pretty!

 

Is that the Cincinnati Bengals model?

 

That looks like it could bring down small aircraft.

In other news: after finding yet more largish piles of scat in my yard, and having another person agree with me that it certainly could be from a bear, *and* hearing from others in the neighborhood that bears have been spotted in the area, I finally sprang for a trail cam. First night, NADA. Is it even working? I checked online and saw some complaints about the particular model I bought. Second night: I marched around the yard after dark just to see if it triggered. It did. But I was still the only thing it caught. Two days, no interlopers; I guess this whole game tracking thing takes patience? Also, cars on the road appear to trigger it during the daytime, but not at night. What's up with that.

 

No it's not. The guard makes it a little uncomfortable to hold in that area. It's a good design and made by Ten Point. My target can't handle it. So I only shot it like 3 times. But it's close at 20 yards. Need to upgrade to a better target before I go any farther.

 

It's the hypnosis model. As it shoots it paralyzes the deer for an instant.

 

#155 draw. 320 feet per sec. Lots of mass going through the air.

Can't comment why the cam does what it does but I think heat off the cars during the day may have something to do with it.
My boy has 3 cams out. He checks them every 2 weeks.

 

OK....Made it to another significant birthday last week.....And qualified for this forum. Busy with work and getting things done to my truck. Winch bumper, winch, rear bumper, full skids, sliders, and raising the front just a tic higher. Ordering new headlights too.

After losing my #1 employee to cancer in March, now my next in line is going blind. (Just turned 40) He'll be leaving soon. So I have to train ANOTHER replacement. It don't get any easier. At least I'm better off than my two helpers.

At any rate, life goes on.

 

Morning all:
Hypnosis model!

I bought a Delta McKenzie "speed bag" for a target, so far it has stopped the bolts from going through from the Matrix 380 and am happy with it, I picked it up at Dicks Sporting Goods. PITB, but at 20yds you should only shoot 1 arrow at a time unless you want to be replacing arrows, you've been warned!

 

That stinks, what's the old saying-"count your blessings", especially when it comes to health.

A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bill!

 

OMG we're being invaded by another one of the Chatty 50 bunch. Prepare for a post onslaught...

Do you the brand/model he uses?

 

Oh I know. Did that with the compound

 

No I don't sir

 

Lucky you - 3 detached retinas in left, 1 in right, cataract replaced in left, replaced twice in right and I did not start off with good eyes - 20/975 when I was 18 - draft exempt because woman and children can see what they are shooting at. Screw you, I took third place Calif ROTC small bore, they let me in finally....

You get color vision back? I saw in black and whit for a year, firs full color rainbow was a moment I won't forget.

 

Bill, I appreciate your post so much. I really have a lot to be thankful for.

Your post reminded me of the old saying: I complained because I had no shoes.......until I met a man who had no feet.

As I said in an earlier post. Life is good.

 

Afternoon all:
Ordered a new scope for the AR-15, will see if it helps tighten groups up a bit, 3x9 Leupold mark AR 1 with the illuminated firedot.
Read tons of good reviews on this particular scope, and if I don't like it on the AR it will find a home on another weapon.
Did a lot of price checking and ended up buying it local for just $4.00 more than listed on Amazon, there was one cheaper price on another site but that sites reviews weren't that great so I decided it was best not to purchase from them.
Looks like when it cools off a little I'll need to be up at the range doing some sighting in!
AND! , it is now legal to use semis in PA to hunt coyotes and other furbearers, so I can now use the AR which is mainly why I bought it hoping this would happen.

 

The latest issue of The American Rifleman has a good article on the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge. I have a rifle chambered for it and agree with all of the attributes mentioned in the article.

Almost time for us hunters to verify the zero on our rifles.

Of course I will be doing this using my Tacoma for transportation. ( do not want to post something without giving my truck it's due )

 

My crossbow is right on. Now to stretch the distance and see how it reacts