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Let me clarify… I listened to a Tim gillingham podcast with Aaron Snyder that changed my view on arrows. Tim pointed out that light fast arrows kill and penetrate better than what you think, plus you have the advantage of yardage forgiveness if you’re off a couple of yards. im guessing my bow , set up to hunt is around 325 fps, so tuning a fixed blade would be tricky, and require the utmost perfection during the release. I shoot a shwacker, which has the blade buried in the ferrule of the broad head for peak arrow flight. It kills at long ranges, including a 50 yard pass through on an elk. I shoot a 7.9 gpi arrow with a 100 grain head, cut at about 29”. im not saying a heavy arrow with a single bevel broad head doesn’t work, I’m saying a light fast arrow with an expandable does work. shoot what you’re confident with.

This happened to me a couple year ago, except I was the guy driving behind the other. It was prelight on a long skinny road to get to the tank I planned to hunt but got stuck behind a duelly of all things at 4:30 in the morning. Well eventually he pulled over and he was planning to go to the exact same spot. I got his number and told him he could sit my blind. I went to plan B and saw 14 bucks before noon and shot a 6x6 muley. He saw one doe. Sometimes it pays to play nice boys and girls

Went on our first scouting trip and wanted to post a few pics. I hope to add to it through the hunt.

A little video from one of my recent camera setups. If you want to skip the part where I talk, go to 2:21. Check out the bomber coues buck on the right side at 10:21 too. And then the bear cubs at the end. Thanks for watching.

I guess this is why they say ethics are different for everyone because I believe blocking a dirt road and not letting someone pass is highly unethical. When someone comes up behind me I pull over and let them go by I don't expect them to stop and talk. The woods are crowded these days and to expect someone to stay off your ridge because you parked on it or are driving on it seems unreasonable. Good thing I can take an approved G$F course now to teach me better.

Now you know why it comes in a bucket. LOL

Watch Sierra trading post, they frequently have deals. Fyi I tried some of the readywise meals over the last few trips, I suggest bringing a water hose instead of toilet paper.

I agree. I hate to be the person that has someone behind me and think what I’m doing is more important than what they’re doing. All I know at the moment is that someone behind me is faster than me, I’ll let them by as a courtesy. I know nothing of their intentions. This is just the way our culture is now. Pretty divided. I was out scouting yesterday and came up on a truck on the side of the road. As I got closer, the hunter rolled up his window as a gesture he didn’t want to talk. I remember when it was routine to talk to anyone and everyone that you passed on a two track road. Not to make a new best friend, just to exchange hellos and wish each other luck. Now no one wants to talk or be friendly. We’re too competitive for our own good.

Dumb advice. Definitely not that simple. There are tons of Facebook pages. I was just asking for the name of the page.

Wide angle never helps the dinks I kill

IF I were going to stop to talk to him, I'd stop in the middle of the road, hop out out of the truck onto the road, and wave my arms while walking out in front off his SxS to make my intentions very clear that I wanted to talk and temporarily not give him a passing lane.

Add me to the list of folks who wouldn't have pulled over. Especially given it was a dead-end and you were apparently fairly close to the end. If/when they followed all the way in, I would have taken the opportunity at the dead-end to engage and ask them if they wanted to coordinate locations as to not step on each other's hunt. If at that time they ignored or didn't want to talk/coordinate, then I would have chalked it up to them just being them, and gone about my business with or without coordination. Public land, etc....

Forgive me, but I am going to play devils advocate. Are you sure he knew you were pulling over to talk, and didn't assume you were pulling over to let him pass. I've been on both ends of this many times, letting people pass who were clearly in a bigger hurry than I, and passed people who pulled to the side to let me get by. It seems to be a pretty common courtesy most do. Maybe he incorrectly assumed this is why you pulled over? Since you asked, If I were in your situation as describe, there is no chance I would have slowed (I actually would have sped up) or done anything to let someone get past me until I was safely at the spot. At that point you can correctly make the claim that you were the first there, and not just a guy driving down the road.

I would not have let them pass. If they want to tailgate you, they can eat the dust.

I agree 100% I have tried weight sorting brass and can’t confirm or deny if it actually works for me. Best tool I bought to help long range consistency is a labradar. Ive shot some crazy low SD/ES with some “cheap brass”. And I actually had more problems with the harder brass like ADG and Petersen. They are definitely more ready to load and more consistent in a lot of ways but sometimes they seem to be too hard. Ive got 12+reloads out of RP brass running it hard before the pockets swelled. Find a load that shoots accurately and has low ES and just start shooting. Bullets down range, form, practice in the different environmental conditions is something alot of people skip out on and it shows. Ive seen many guys show up to the range with the top end everything and they get worked over in competition by guys that have rifles and gear that cost 1/2 as much. The guys with not as fancy gear obviously spent way more time petting their “fancy toys” and less time sending bullets down range. if you really want to be good at long range shooting , shoot in the wind ....a lot. I like to shoot at 1 moa to 1.5 Moa targets. Your not doing yourself any good shooting at barn doors. Lol

A lifetime of abusing my body has caught up to me. I have an upcoming surgery that will put me down for three months. Hopefully by archery deer season in January I’ll be able to get out in the field again. I’m going to try a crossbow. I have been anti-crossbow but instead of sitting at home and wishing I was hunting I am going to cross over to the dark side.

That’s tough! Crossbow time?

Tons of mental masturbation. Find a load that shoots well with little vertical and get after it. Don’t worry about brass weight and please do not neck size. Post results.

To all those out chasing deer I thought I'd post a pic for you keep chasing them and post your results

I’m in the light, fast, expandable, well tuned crowd. Animals have died.

Look up randy ulmers write up on elk hunting arrows.his write up on elk arrows is very good info. Explains knock tuning and arrow weight recommendations.

Any details on deer hunt in your neck of Spill the beans on the GA deer hunts. Then… I’ll post some generic snipet cut from the AZGFd site here.

Two boxes of that 556 ought to get you what ur lookin for. Good luck.

Lots of big bucks in food plots…just have to have access to the private property.