The reason the wounded rate is so low for traditional hunters is because most miss the whole deer.
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my kill to wound ratio was better with the recurve...likely due to the fact that I had more opportunities to screw up with the compound than I did with the recurve...Catdaddy’s point holds some water too.
“I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!
I really don’t mean to sound like a smart ass but it’s going to sound like I am. Literally every one of those issues were operator error that could’ve been avoided by a simple technique I’ve always used called “paying attention.” “Paying attention” means drawing your bow in the stand to make sure your sight picture/anchor points/ etc are clear. The difference between 20 yards and 30 yards is as fuzzy as the difference between midnight and high noon. Trees don’t just pop up in front of the arrow. The only way that going trad is going to help is keeping all your shots close, therefore eliminating a large percentage of the opportunities you have. I too have thought of going that route to eliminate all the headache I go through from scent control to equipment etc. If that’s your goal, my hats off to you. But I’ve been ventilating shit with sharp blades for 23 years and literally never had one of those things happen. Most of those things that happened to you are likely to happen with the indian (feather, not dot) bow too. Bow hunting is hard work. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
Last edited by SCSwitchback; 09-26-2018 at 09:51 PM.
Y’all ain’t right
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No, you don’t sound like a smart ass, but you do sound like a typical message board poster who responds to things in a way that gives you a little ego boost. You last sentence highlights this fact. I’ve killed multiple deer with and have hunted for years with a recurve shooting instinctive, and I’ve hunted for ~ 16 years with various compounds and have killed a pile of deer with the high-tech gear ranging from a 50lb yearling to a 137” 8pt. I regularly hunt on ridge tops in southeast Ohio that require me to start my mere 200 yard walk to the hilltop an hour before daybreak...two to three steps at a time with minute long pauses...dressed only in the lightest summer underlayers I have in low 20degree temps to avoid breaking a sweat that would ruin any chance of me being able to sit from daybreak to dark...which I will do for two straight weeks or until I tag out. Yet your reply, which contains some good points and thoughtful information, ends with you giving me advice about what hunting with with traditional equipment is probably going to be like and patronizing me regarding the difficulties of bowhunting in general. Regardless, thanks for the reply.
Last edited by WhitewaterDuck; 09-28-2018 at 08:35 PM.
“I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!
i still disagree with this entire thread but i cant read it all to see what else has transpired.
Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.
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simply enough? Im with whitewater...
Black widow bite
"hunting should be a challenge and a passion not a way of making a living or a road to fame"
Rubberhead
Instinctive shooting is about picking a hair, aim small miss small, unless you are a pure gap shooter and I don't know but a couple of those. If your eyesight sucks you need something that picks up light and if you're not willing to cheat with a compound, leave the bow at home.
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” Lord Byron
Again, I can see shit ten feet away with great clarity...just not a .19 fiber at 28.5”. That said, I disagree. Instinctive shooting is similar to shooting a basketball or throwing a baseball. Yo don’t pick a spot in the middle of a hoop or a flick of dirt on a catchers mitt. Go watch some videos of archery only dove and duck hunts and tell me instinctive shooting is about picking out a hair. That said, your assertion of aim small/miss small is a well known, long-standing truth and should be utilized in every hunting situation no matter the weapon or circumstance.
like ridin' a bike...
“I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!
U look like a serial killer.
I like the hat, too. A modern day Fred Bear in our midst.
When u two weeks out 20 hours from home, you don’t screw up your dwindling hunting clothes cleaning a nanny goat...but I was cold and threw on my jacket till cleaning commenced. I agree on the non flattering picture...I need to grow my beard back and cover as much of that face as possible. I’m missing the family, I have meat for the winter, my last shot was a good one...so, I’m hanging it up while I’m ahead. Time to get serious about killing some ducks and geese.
“I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!
Badass.
simple and effective
What's so hard about shooting a deer with no front legs?
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