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Old 10-22-2007 | 03:25 PM
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standsleeper
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Default For the betterment of the sport or keep my mouth shut.




I wasn't sure what to say to the guy. I decided just to keep my mouth shut. I told him how to paper tune a bow and left it at that. Let me take you back to Saturday night. I went to Gander Mountain to get some stuff. At the check out line; I met a guy buying a bow. He had a bow[fully dressed],arrows,and broadheads. He had no field tips. I'll say that again. HE HAD NO FIELD TIPS. I asked him"Is this your first bow?". He said"yes". "When do you plan on hunting?" I asked. He replied"tomorrow". I was dumbfounded. I didn't know where to go form there. I asked him if he had ever heard of paper tuning a bow. He ;of course, had not. I explained it to him. His buddy chimed in "I think I have somewhere we could shoot it a couple of times before we go out in the morning". I just looked at them with a blank expression. I left them while saying"Make sure you at least paper tune your bow. You don't want to wound any deer." I knew I could never make them understand the importance of practice or ethics. I would have just ended up being viewed as the jerk that thought he knew everything. What would you have said to thisguy?


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