bojangles

you have the smoothest shooting bow, the 'ol switchback. you don't need an excuse to buy a new bow, just go buy one and get it over with.

hunt your deer hunting spots and anyplace with rabbits.

i took my cousin's son out on his december whitetail tag, unit 22, a couple of times, but we struck out. his dad took him as well, and they just saw some does. but @pwrguy saved the day by helping him fill his tag. this is his first deer.

cool. but it's not the end of bow season, or even the beginning of the end, but perhaps, the end of the beginning.

I think today's bow makers get a kick back from shoulder surgeons. Actually they are just so into speed they have removed valleys. I love sitting at a archery range watching how many people about get shoulder dislocated from bow trying to shoot on its own due to zero valley OH BUT THEY FAST!!! L.O.L. Tell your friends dad he can pm me if he needs to find a bow still user friendly. i agree. i got a pse premonition hd last year, and man, is it fast. but i'm only good for about a dozen shots before it's time to put it up. it's almost like i need 2 bows, one to practice with, and one to hunt with.

Props to the guys that helped with the packout. I was a little overstaffed but thankful none the less. One of these kids got a nice buck this year on a December tag, ill post about that soon.

great character on those antlers! i had incredible success with the shwackers also this year. tell us about the rest of your archery set up?

Fantastic. Ive been thinking about going this route. Ive been inspired by clay hayes on YouTube. I bought an old ben Pearson on eBay to get started with.

that's cool. this gun also has a braised tang rear peep. it must have been the thing back then. i'd really love to take a nice mule deer with this gun, it would just be awesome. i got a couple of scabbards with it, one of them with the old family brand stamped on it.

you know, i think i just blew a radiator hose. right in the middle of winter, every time. i've seen a few, kind of cool, really.

i remember watching it live after i got home early from kindergarten. when my mom walked in, i said, "it blew up" . she didn't believe me till she saw the replay. i didn't understand why she was crying.

what page is this on? i can't find it.

shout out to Bob Oconnor, my neighbor a few doors down and star valley town councilman.

awesome.

Crazy, my dad, and grandpa are from oil city.

Cool.

Great buck, congrats!!

What size is the frame? What group set?

Thanks. Was good to meet you, sorry i had to run.

Cool.

once again, i feel like my first day of kindergarten. I had hunted my favorite stand a couple of times this year, only to find another tree stand in the area, and i think the owner killed a buck in december. But i tagged out in January last year, so i couldn't hunt again until January. So, i had to sit on the sidelines and wait as bucks dropped. I finally was able to get in my stand the first week of January. But it was slow. I saw a few does, and that was it. I switched tree stands to a more heavily hunted area where i tagged out last year, and it was just as dead. So, i looked at my schedule last friday morning and decided i could get out in the morning for a few hours. I had all my gear set out the night before, but when i loaded up in the morning, i realized i was missing a piece of my safety harness. (The piece that attaches to the tree.) I wasted all kind of time looking for it, and eventually found a climbing strap that would work in its place. well after all that time wasted, i was driving fast and taking chances. it was daylight by the time i hiked to my stand, and there must have been 30 elk under it. they left with a small stampede. I'm a firm believer in the laziness of coues deer, so i went ahead and climbed up. but the climbing strap wouldn't let me turn in the stand. i was just kind of stuck in the tree. but, i'd taken the morning off, and wasn't going to give up. so i sat there. i was just about to call it a morning, and start the hike back to the truck, when i saw a little movement to my right. i glanced over just in time to see some tines glistening above a coues buck's ears. he was grunting like crazy, and on the heels of his girlfriend. I thought i wasn't going to get a shot, i could't turn and they appeared to be moving quickly. I don't know why i get so religious when a big buck is on the line, but i confessed all my sins and cried to the Almighty to lend a hand. maybe it's because i realize that these circumstances are out of my control. the doe then stopped, and they began to graze. but at 85 yards, they would soon be dead down wind, and i still couldn't move. the buck began to pick up my scent and got really nervous. he was on full alert looking for me at this point. it looked like he was going to bust out of there, so i thought of a few more sins i had forgotten about and confessed them, too, and prayed for the wind to change. so the wind changed so hard the other direction i got nervous. the tree was swaying like on old drunk on a friday night. this gave me an opportunity to adjust my harness so i could move. so i got turned around, by this time the buck had moved in to 57 yards, and stopped to nibble on some brunch. i had to stand on my tip toes to shoot over a branch. somehow the wind died down, i was able to put the 60 yard pin near the bottom of his belly. i wasn't sure if i could hold it still with all these variables, but i got that pin rock solid, and the buck held still. well, it wasn't a great shot. I punched the trigger just a bit, and the wind was still blowing a touch, which resulted in the arrow hitting about a foot to the left, right in his paunch. but he was quartering away hard enough, that the arrow cut his liver in half, and stuck him in the opposite shoulder. he bolted, and i was nervous, and prayed again. suddenly he stopped. he looked hurt. he then began to trot away, but stopped again, only to tip over for the last time. i had to put the tag on him to drag him out. some buddies showed up with a camera later on when i got closer to the trailhead, where this pic was taken. i'm very thankful, it's my best buck yet.

nice video!

we need to rise up and get rid of this 1/4 mile archery nonsense, before it goes statewide. i shoot my bow in my garage, for goodness sakes. most states in the midwest have urban hunts and urban tags (archery, of course) so you can hunt downtown, but here the Calizonans are pooping their pants at the thought of a deer steak. it's a trend that will only get worse. we need to get trapping back, while were at it.

just kicking tires here, but i have a carpet/tile/ store in Payson, and i was kid of thinking maybe someone would like to consign maybe some lamps, chandeliers, or something make out of elk antlers. no junk, please. UL listed, legit stuff. it would have to be the right deal that would work for both of us, but, if this is something you're interested in, shoot me a PM.