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Old 12-01-2007 | 06:34 AM
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Default RE: Buffalo harvest! Fun for whole family!

Let's see,

1. It is a Mathews Conquest II, 70lb, Bemans, 125gr Muzzy. The arrows are heavy, not sure exactly how many grains total, as I prefer kenetic energy transfer on impact over distace, vs speed (arrows chronograph at 261fps, I shoot my buddy's lighter arrows and they chrony at 310 out of my bow, his are about 410 gr I think). GMMAT the bow is a little longer in design as I am 6'-6" and prefer a longer draw/longervalley. Also, this buff is an 18 month yearling bull, so he's really not all that big.

2. The Flying D is a place you can go to "harvest", not hunt a meat buffalo. They actually do have some free ranging hunts for more money. This bull was a $995er, but they have some 5 1/2+ year old dry cows for $795. They eat okay, but the yearlings eat much better. You shoot them out of a 200 acre pasture, and the ear tags are color coded to denote the type of buff you get to shoot. I got a blue tagger as you can see.

3. And buckhunter14, no they don't usually take that much shooting to put down. I just sucked yesterday, off my game I guess. I put both arrows below the lungs and behind the heart, and he was going to take awhile to expire. They give you two arrows, period, so I went with the wife's .308 on the ear shot. No meat ruined though!
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