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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby BigCedarJack » Tue Nov 08, 2016 4:20 pm

congrats!


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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby Ack » Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:39 pm

Congrats! :clap:
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby Rich M » Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:09 am

You made it work and I commend you. Your kids are awesome.
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby seazofcheeze » Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:13 am

Congrats man, great buck and great write up too!

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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby bowmike » Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:17 am

mauser06 wrote:Congrats!!!!!




I gotta ask....why only 2 arrows?!?! I used to only carry 3...I liked the quiver..but I quickly learned a couple more arrows might be nice to have..or even needed...I'm upto 5 now and honestly thinking about going to a 7. Lol. Usually not needed...but, when they are, they are. Say a flock of turkeys comes...you whiff a shot.. coyote comes and you smoke him...turkeys come back and you drill one..a big buck comes...you whiff the first shot...dumbie stands there...you send another and spine him...send another and it's not great... finally another hits the mark..that's 7....and in the fall in PA not even out of the question lol...


I carry 5 now after I've emptied my 3 arrow quiver a couple times... and a couple more arrows in the truck as well as blades and extra heads.




Did you get a fall turkey too?? I may have missed that...you had a good archery season! Congrats!

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LOL well I had 4, but shot this doe, and squirrel, and had the one deer that got away. The squirrel arrow was never recovoved, and the doe I killed, the tip smashed a big rock after it went into the ground.

I didn't want to buy a 3 pack of 40 dollar broadheads.

LOL I am cheap. Just look at the pink release I bought to save money. :lol:
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby U.P. MAN » Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:28 am

Awesome, love how the kids are involved.

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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby bowmike » Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:44 am

I am going to by replacement blades and fix them up. Typically I am a 1 and done broadhead guy but at 40.00 for 3. I want to get as much as I can out of them.

I contemplated switching to Swacker broadheads after watching their tests, but Rage has not failed me. I have my bow set up for them. I love the entrance holes I get with rage, as compared to swacker. But I think the Swacker has a really nice design. I think I will get the replacement blades for next year. I am going to double check all of my arrows.

BUT on a side note, I wanted to try traditional archery, my brother in law gave me his old Onieda Eagle boy. I think I am going to get the string replaced on it, and try and shoot it traditionally with no sights and such. It is like a highbred compound/recurve. If I give that bow a try it will be heavy cut on contact blades. I love my PSE and don't ever plan to switch, especially after getting the cams, strings, and cables upgraded this year to 2016 models.
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby olivertractor » Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:55 am

Congrats man!

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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby cwoods » Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:02 pm

Congrats man!
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby ttsbuck » Thu Nov 10, 2016 4:20 am

Way to go Mike and thanks for taking us along on the tracking job
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby whitetailassasin » Thu Nov 10, 2016 4:20 am

Awesome bow mike!!

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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby creepingdeth » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:43 am

good work...funny how it pays off!!! great job and enjoy :clap:
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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby bowmike » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:35 am

Here are a few pics of the euro mount I did on him. Really happy with how it turned out.

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after putting peroxide on the skull and letting the sun bleach it a bit

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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby hunter_mike » Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:09 am

That looks really cool with the bottom jaw still attached. Congrats again on the buck

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Re: First buck in 4 years

Unread postby bowmike » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:03 am

Thanks I always like saving the whole jaw. It is actually the easiest thing to clean in the whole process. LOL
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