Wow, that’s a heckuva fine specimen for a southern bear! He must have access to some human-derived supplemental food source.
The increased black bear population here in the southeastern US is really starting to negatively impact fawn survival rates in places.
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- Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:58 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Pic From My Plot Camera
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2531
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:44 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Cheaper Off Shore Products
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5561
Re: Cheaper Off Shore Products
I thought I was the only one who remembered that!Cardinalsfanforever wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:10 pmremember years ago when Walmart just starting to spread out, they advertised "Made in America"
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My, how Walmart went 180 on that one.
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:31 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Just Lovin my Assassin 360
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5287
Re: Just Lovin my Assassin 360
1922 days till retirement But who’s counting, right? ;) I’ve been [mostly] retired about that many days. Funny, I never thought this would happen to me, but after five years of early retirement, I’m actually getting bored! At least in the summertime. I’ll never get bored during deer season though!
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Happy Canada Day !
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3657
Re: Happy Canada Day !
Wow, that Ontario pool water looks to be ice-free! Summer must have come a little early this year!
So what is “Canada Day”, exactly?
So what is “Canada Day”, exactly?
- Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:20 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Deer hunting out of state - where to go?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7219
Re: Deer hunting out of state - where to go?
Good Grief! If you live in Canada, why would you not go to Saskatchewan??? That beats anyplace in the US!
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:40 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: 2 blade broadheads
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4971
Re: 2 blade broadheads
I use an oversized fixed blade, single bevel broadhead called the Centaur Battleaxe. (See photo in my avatar.). I use Blazer vanes fletched at max LW helical, which matches the LEft-bevel of the broadhead. As improbable as it seems, the thing spins like a football and POI is same as my field points ...
- Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:52 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Excalibur Summer Promotion Email -Canadian's Read Fine Print
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4449
Re: Excalibur Summer Promotion Email -Canadian's Read Fine Print
Wow, that’s really crappy, considering Excalibur is a Canadian company—or at least was, until it was bought by Bowtech. I guess there’s your answer!
- Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Fun with the 'hot' BD400 yesterday. ...until my screws loosened up
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4516
Re: Fun with the 'hot' BD400 yesterday. ...until my screws loosened up
I had that exact problem years ago with my 2000-vintage Exocet. You would think that after all these years Excalibur would have gotten that problem solved! A big part of the problem—as I see it—is that the screw they use is way under-sized for the task. I think it’s only a #10 or maybe even a #8. It...
- Wed May 29, 2019 5:54 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7720
Re: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall
I had a problem this spring with deer eating my tulips at night. It looked like they actually deep-throated the entire flower and stem, and nipped it right off at the ground! I sprinkled the survivors with cayenne pepper, and they were never touched again! Another thing that works is buy a bar of th...
- Sun May 26, 2019 1:50 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7720
Re: Nuisance Deer I’ll Be doing my part this Fall
If you live in the “city”, but can walk one way for ten miles without hitting another road, you must be in Canada. Ain’t no cities like that in the lower 48! A fence around the garden works. If you hang burlap on it or make it opaque some other way, it only needs to be five foot high. Deer won’t jum...
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 6:54 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: FIBERBOARD SHEATHING TARGETS
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4733
Re: FIBERBOARD SHEATHING TARGETS
In our archery club we made the backstop as you describe, but laid up strips of carpet and compressed those. Much better I think than the stuff you’re talking about.
But as others have mentioned, disposal is a PITA once it’s reached the end of its useful life.
But as others have mentioned, disposal is a PITA once it’s reached the end of its useful life.
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Custom Excal's
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3800
Re: Custom Excal's
Here’s a couple mods I made to my Exocet 175. I made a stock out of a dead walnut tree I cut down off my cousin’s farm. It’s not nearly as nice as some folks on this forum have made, but I like it. The plastic stock that came with it was fine; I was unemployed at the time, and just bored so I though...
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:49 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: Targets
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1861
Re: Targets
Honestly, the best, cheap target with super-easy arrow removal is a burlap sack packed with old rags. I got a burlap sack for $1-$2 from a coffee shop (they get their coffee beans in them). Here in North Carolina there’s no shortage of cloth scraps from textile plants, but you can just use the old c...
- Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:40 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: This is ultra sad to say the least!
- Replies: 54
- Views: 17696
Re: This is ultra sad to say the least!
Hahaha! You guys have no self-control!
Actually, I’m thinking of getting one those myself, though my wallet might settle for a BD400.
I’d be curious to know how the stock trigger is on this bow.
Actually, I’m thinking of getting one those myself, though my wallet might settle for a BD400.
I’d be curious to know how the stock trigger is on this bow.
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:24 pm
- Forum: Crossbow Hunting
- Topic: VENISON REFRESHER ALERT
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4825
Re: VENISON REFRESHER ALERT
Butchering deer is so easy once you know how. I can’t imagine paying someone $70 to do it for me. Heck, it’s more trouble carting the carcass to a butcher than it is doing it yourself! I’d rather butcher a deer than a squirrel. Squirrels hang onto their hide worse than any other animal I know! Hella...