After shooting this bow for alittle while, I can almost call myself a amateur. Almost. I have equipped my bow with a Tru-Glo 4 pin site (pins are set for 20, 30, 40, 50 yards), Trophy Ridge drop-away arrow rest, a String Suppressor Stopper and Puff String Silencers. I am shooting Carbon Terminator 4560 arrows, with 100 grain tips.
My bow is set at 29" draw length with a 63 pound draw weight.
After getting bow sighted in, I need to work on sound. I am getting a twang sound, from the string I think. First I am going to remove the puff balls and put on some Beaver Balls onto my strings and see if that helps. After doing some research on the Puff Balls I have on there now, they are no good when they get wet. The Beaver Balls are suppose to be good in all kinds of weather.
With my bow weight being set at 63#, and my arrows are for draw weights 45-60#. Different size of arrows are designed to absorb the kinetic energy bow. Since my arrows are little on small side, I think the energy is traveling through the bow. So instead of purchasing new arrows, I will crank my bow down around 60#.
If these two things don't help, I will make trip to archery shop and ask them to check out bow. If you have any suggestions, please leave comment below.
DAY 2 OF HUNTING
DAY 2
Well same routine as day before, except weather conditions and I went into woods about 2:00 pm. Wind is out of north/northwest about 8 mph and 20 degrees. BRRR.
I sit and waited for the slight movement of deer. Nothing. I know they are there, I think they know I am there also, from the grunting and sweating of me trying to climb the tree with a climbing tree stand. I have seen the tracks and signs. Fresh layer of snow covered the ground. There are new tracks on ground and droppings that still that are fresh. I sit till dark and make my way back down the tree and back home.
There is only few weeks left of this season left in missouri, January 15 being the end of bow season. I will go home and try to figure out how to out smart the deer.
Day 1 OF HUNTING
DAY 1
I spent some time checking out this land and looking for signs of deer. The green diamonds represent what I found.
I went out on my first day of deer hunting on a friends property on December 28, 2009. I gathered everything up that I thought I would need to bag me a deer. I am completely decked out in Real Tree HD Camouflage from head down.(Except for my muck rubber boots) The topography image is of the land that I am currently hunting. Its a older satellite image. There is much more trees now.
First thing I do is get out of bed at 4:00 am and take a shower with a special soap and shampoo that is to help eliminate human scent. I then take my hunting closes out of a trash bag that I have washed with no detergent and sprayed with spray for eliminating human scent. It was tucked away from things in a backpack in back of a closet.
After getting dress I check Weather.com for teperature and wind direction for the day. 24 degrees and 15-20 mph winds out of the south/southeast.
I arrive to deer stand about 5:15 am and sit there till 9:00 am.....Nothing. I see no deer and hear no deer. Packed it in and called it a day.
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