galiuro mountain man

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

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

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

No problem, I like to help when I can. GMM

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. GMM

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. GMM

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. GMM

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

I was at almost 60. I also practice with fingers, but my effective range is only about 40 that way. If I could have crossed the canyon I could have gotten right on top of him. Theres always next season. GMM

The first weekend in january a partner and I glassed a big buck 500 yds away. I could see he was taller and wider than my 97" buck I arrowed in august. I told him it was a good buck, real good, and we needed to cross the other canyon to get a different angle on him. We got over there and started glassing again, and I spotted a deer under an oak tree. I could only see from its bottom jaw down, and decided to wait and glass longer. After glassing this deer and the area for an hour, it was time to stalk. We craled through the manzanita till we hit the bottom of the canyon, then I took another look. The deer was 100 yards away, but I couldnt see it because of a little rise in front of it. So we snuck to the next tree 40 yards away. Looked again, but the little rise was just high enough to cover the deer. I told my partner we could crawl up to the tree that is 25 yards from the deer, so we hit all fours again. We got to the tree, and I told him to go to the next tree to our right and pull his bow. I pulled my bow, then bleated once, the deer stood up and it was a doe. I started to think maybe the buck slipped away at some point, started letting my bow down. At half draw I caught movement from the corner of my eye, it was the buck. He was huge, even his body was big, at first I thought he was a mule deer. I was so excited I couldnt pull my bow back. He stood there for 5 to 10 seconds broadside then trotted off. I wasnt dissapointed at all, I was 25 yards from a monster whitetail, waaaay bigger than mine, and I know I will get a second try someday. My partner couldnt get a shot at him, the deer was facing straight away from him, but he could see he was a monster. The way I got good at stalking is when I finally went strictly archery hunting. With a rifle you dont need as much stealth, if you are loud with a bow, you probably wont take anything home. It took me 4 years to make my first bow kill on a deer. I learned after that it was a rush to kill with a bow, and I needed to get better. Now when I scout I go in street clothes, and try to get within a certain distance of deer or elk or whatever. I have only been close a few times this way, but it makes you work harder to get close. Then just use the same ways when hunting decked out in camos. I can usually get to 40 yards in street clothes, but have been to 25. If everything is right and the deer is by itself bedded I can get to 15 to 20 yards pretty consistantly. It has taken about 8 years to get where I am stalking deer, and a lot of miles also. GMM

I really like the release, stuff happens sometimes though. Anyways, it was the last weekend I would be able to hunt deer untill Aug, and I wasnt finding anything. I had glassed all day, and only seen one muley doe. It was about 3 in the afternoon, and I had enough wind by then, so I was headed home. I decided to stop at a big canyon on the way back and glass one last time. I saw deer, a bunch of muleys in the mesquites. I watched them with my binos for an hour at 900 yards away. I could barely make out their ears at this distance. Then he walked out, the biggest muley I have ever seen. I would estemate him at close to 200" , just huge, it looked like he had a tree on his head!! The wind was blowing pretty good from him to me, so I kept watching the deer to see where they were headed. The lead doe turned toward the bottom of the canyon, so I decided to hoof it down there. I really wanted to cross the canyon but the bottom was all bluffs, I found one place where it was 10 feet wide, so I was going to jump it. I got ready to jump it, and all the does started running towards the bottom of the canyon where I was, so I hid in a tree. They all came to the other edge of the canyon with the big buck right behind them. Then they started eating again. I was shaking now, this huge buck is in bow range now, but with how hard I am shaking I cant get a shot off. I calm myself down after a minute, and the does are headed back up hill, but the buck lays down on the other side and starts watching the does work back uphill. He is laying broadside in bow range, so I sneak to the other side of the tree, I stand up so I can make the perfect shot, and start to pull my bow. At partial draw my arrow is flying into the canyon. What happened I start to think. I look at my release, and my little roller and pin are missing. My release will not work, so I check my pack, my back up isnt in it. At this point I just sit down on a rock untill the buck gets up and wanders slowly back up the hill, once he bedded on the top I made my way back to the road and went home. There is always August. GMM

I just sent my scott rhino back because it cost me a huge mule deer last weekend. GMM

I still have 1/2 a dozen of my origional beamans from about 10 years ago, the old style ones with outserts and out nocks. I still have some of my origional CX300's from 5 years ago. They are now rabbit arrows because I have shot the spline out of them(it only took about 10,000 shots each!). I am very impressed with the carbons today, they are straighter, stronger, and more consistant than ever. I have recently switched to Gold Tip 5575 XT shafts because of the durability, and if they do break they dont splinter as bad, usually a clean break. GMM

You can actually do pretty good calling them in. I have had lions into about 100 yards, then smell or see me. If I rifle hunted I could have easily got one of them, but I only archery hunt, so they need to get closer for me. I have only been out calling 3 times, and I am 2 for 3 on calling them in this year. I usually try to go the day after it rains or snows so any tracks I find will be fresh. A good place to look for lions is in canyon bottoms, saddles, and steep ridges. Pretty much any major deer movement areas. I have had the most luck in canyons so far. I will be going again next week, I will try to use a decoy and a treestand, so hopefully it will all come together. GMM

The rest is called the Ripcord. You can get them from just about any archery shop. I put moleskin on mine so it is silent, drawing the bow or shooting it. It is the best commercial rest in my opinion. It is also rubberized inside to be quiet. It is simple to tune because it locks in place. I used a digital video recorder to see if it worked fast enough, and it is out of the way long before the fletching gets to it. GMM

I shoot a dropaway that will lock into place and my arrows wont fall out. It only drops when you reach full draw. I havent had any problems with it, and it is the easiest to tune and set up as far as drop aways go. GMM

Depends on where you are. Saw lots of lonely does today, bucks by themseves, and only 1 buck chasing does. I talked to someone that was in another place in 32 today, and they said the bucks were going crazy. I cant wait for the August hunt. GMM

Try to get downwind of where you think he may be and try to smell him, he ought to stink pretty bad now. Withthe rain, this is probably your only hope at this point. If you really believe he is dead you should try again. I found my buck in aug this way, I could smell him from about 350 yards away. GMM

I was faced with this in Aug this year. I hit my buck @ 1230 opening day. I saw it was a good hit, so I sat for 30 minutes because I couldnt see him or hear him crash. After 30 minutes I went to where I hit him and began to look for blood. There was none. I looked for him for a few hours that day, doing a zig zag across hills and canyons around the area. I went back to the truck around dark and kept running the shot through my head. I knew it was a good hit, but I couldnt find blood. The next day I went to the next canyon south, then the next canyon north. I passed on a good 30 yard shot on a bear in the morning and another 90 or so inch buck at noon. I knew I had an animal down out there somewhere. I looked for buzzards and stuff to see if they were on something, but none were hitting the ground. Got back to the truck around dark. The next day I walked all over again, couldnt find it. At 200 pm my dad killed his buck so we packed it out and headded home. I couldnt go the next day, but it was on my mind the whole time. The next day, four days into the aug archery hunt I was back again. As soon as we got to where I had shot my buck, I could smell him. It took about an hour to find him because of the wind, but I found him. I looked at the entry and exit holes, they were in the perfect spot,so I am still puzzled at how he went about 200 yards, and where the heck my arrow went. The only thing I could do was take his rack, and tag it. There are pics of the rack in the bowhunting section of the photo gallery. Now I am ready for the Jan hunt to start. GMM

Thats pretty good, I think you are right on the money. GMM

I had a bear look into the lens of one, all I got was a pic. of his eye close up. Then he pointed it into the sky and all I got were pics of the sky when birds flew by. GMM

Oh one thing I forgot to mention, If you quit getting pics from a certain spot, move the cam a few yards. A lot of times they will just move out of camera range, they wont change that much, most of the time it is only 15 to 20 yards. GMM

I havent had any problems with the noise or the flash spooking big bucks. I got 16 photos of the 100" buck I got and 11 of one that had to be around 120". I also got multiple photos of 90" bucks. The one thing that you need to worry about with film cams is bears like the taste of film. They will play with digital cams but usually wont eat them. Another advantage to using digital is that you can look at the photos in the field, and you can get many more pictures on digitals. The bad thing about digital is the initial price, but it will save you money in the long run on developing prices. I have had my cams up for a total of 2 months each, and have over 1000 pictures on the digitals and only 100 on the film, and they have been out the same amount of time. I hope this helps you. GMM

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I was in 32 today scouting for Jan archery hunt. I made a 5 mile loop into the wilderness, and the deer are still lower. I saw some good bucks in one group right off a main road. Most were 90 to 100 inches, and one would go to 110 or better. I only saw 2 bucks up high, where nobody but me has been. I figured they would be there by now, but not yet. I figure it will be this way untill the first gunshot. GMM