fun2hunt

You are right Scot, the irony is this was a non-hunting family get away and all this happened. It was great, I thank the Lord for showing me all that. Also today is the first day I feel a glimpsfall in the air. We have rain and its in the 70's. Friday and Saturday will be in the 60's. First signs fall is around the corner and as bow hunter's that's always a great feeling.

badger109

Sounds like a great time. Did you get a picture of the big buck?

Today it is 91 here. Its pretty hot.

davepjr71

We had 4 members on at 1 time a little while ago. That's some sort of record!!!

The weather is so up and down here. Two weeks ago it was in the low 60's in the morning. Last week at the end of the 3D shoot it was nice and cool and felt like fall.

davepjr71

I finally got back on here. Trying to go directly to a forum section just isn't working tonight.

Anyway, here is the picture of the bear that Scot got from his trailcam. That's pretty cool Scot. In my 25+ yrs of hunting the mountains of west central PA I never once saw a bear in person. My dad or brother would say about seeing one but I never did.

badger109

Ill just throw a few questions out there:

Will adding a string loop change my tuning (as far as nock and peep location or anything?)

Dave didn't you say you can 'train' the peep by constantly turning it to the desired location?

When do fawns leave the does?

umm thats all I got for now.

tsoc

Thanks for posting my picture Dave! I can't go to the forums directly either.It's kind of weird,and annoying at the same time.

davepjr71

Jarrod,

Adding the loop will not change your nock location but will probably change your peep location.

The reason for this is that by adding the loopyour anchor point will change. If you nocked right below the arrow before now you are moving that anchor point up and back with a loop because your release has moved up and back.

I'd recommend putting the loop on and drawing with your eyes close to get your anchor point. Get your thumb underneath your jaw and solid then open your eyes and have someone mark the peep location. Repeat drawing the bow and marking again. If you consistently draw to the same spot with your eyes closed now you can move your peep up/down to align properly. Never move your anchor point to match your peep.I ran into that not to long ago and it messed my anchor point and sights all up.

Once the peep is moved you will have to move your sights up/downto get back on target.

Scot,

You're welcome. Do you also bear hunt?

fun2hunt

No Jerrod, he ran through too fast. Nice bear! I couldn't get on the forum at all yesterday afternoon/evening. They must have been working on it.

tsoc

I can't say I have ever specifically bear hunted.The archery season before last I killed a pretty good size sow appx. 225 pounds.I wont bore you with the whole story but the afternoon I killed the bear I had seen three different bears from the tree stand I was hunting.I didn't expect to see any bears at that location,there were two good bucks that I was hunting.
I now have more of an interest in hunting them although I would much rather shoot a nice buck.Their population has increased considerably in the last several years,I would like to be involved in helping to keep their population in check as well as help the deer herd out because they kill so many fawns.
I actually have an interest in taking one with a rifle and will likely devote some time tothat this year.Moments before I shot the bear two years ago,before it moved far enough away to give me it's chest cavity it was sniffing my tree steps.I honestly believed it was going to come up the tree,talk about an adrenaline rush!

fun2hunt

Man, I bet that was a memory you'll never forget. Pretty cool.

Dave when do you leave to go bowhunt with your dad?