DIY_guy

Ive been away for about a week while cleaning up storm damage upstate. My parents and siblings are on day 5 without electrical service but we hooked my parents up with a generator (they are in their 80's). After 9 tornadoes went through followed by straight line winds the next day, the place is a mess. The woods on my leases looks completely different with the bulk of the trees laid down and root walls standing. I will have to learn all new travel patterns for game animals and myself. What a mess but I got the first 18 cams up on one of my WI leases. More to put out on other lands.

When I got home I fletched some new ones and re-fletched some old ones and prepared a few 150 grain pointy things to fling at elk in Idaho in Sept. and whitetail in WI in Sept. and Whitetails in Indiana and WI in Oct. and Whitetails in Ohio and WI in Nov and Whitetails in WI in Dec and some sort of antlered or horned critter in Texas in Dec.







Storm damage pictures.

DIY_guy

100 grain Steel adapters attached to the 125 grain woodsman heads. With weight washers, Im at a 230 grain, 3 blade broadhead for a 500 grain total arrow weight. Time to start sharpening for This seasons, Idaho elk, WI, IN, OH and TX whitetail hunts.

DIY_guy

In preparation of archery Elk in Idaho, Ive been shooting my big fixed blade heads out to 60 yards (I have a 5 pin sight with pins set at 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 yards) but last night I tried a little hold over shooting broadheads at 70 yards. On the target I made, I placed 2 strips of tape that are 30" apart which represents the top of the back and bottom of brisket of an adult bull. The spots I sprayed on the foam are 6". Ive been shooting 4 arrow rounds. I pick a different spot for each arrow to avoid wrecking stuff except for 70 yards since Im just gapping so I shoot for only the center bullseye. A few more weeks to practice.

DIY_guy

Sure! its only 9 days until I depart for my Idaho Elk bowhunt so why not change my mind on the arrows I plan to use and start a totally new arrow build that is stiffer ( to tame these 250 grain broadheads) and is 40 grains heavier. No worries. ;-)

My prior build was a GT hunter XT 400 spine but Im seeing a little whip with the 250 grain heads so Im going stiffer to a 300 spine after trying a few. Total arrow weight will be 540 grains. Time to start building.

mrbb

personally I would use storm damage to MAKE new travel routes, no time to do so, as all them fallen tree's you can direct deer a lot better than ever with using them to make barriers and such to steer them
use normal wind and sun setting/rising to your fav now and make the deer move in ways you benefit
a chainsaw and sum sweat can make you some awes om set ups IMO!

DIY_guy

I finished the first dozen of the new arrow build today and also finished sharpening the first dozen of my 230 grain woodsman heads. I use flat diamond plates in grits of 400,600,800,1200, 2500 and them lap them on ceramic plates to a mirror finish of razor sharpness. I mounted them on steel adapters and spun all to be true. No, Woodsman heads are not gold. They come black but we get to customize things to our whims.

9 days until I depart for the elk hunt. Here is a 30 second video of pointy thing goodness. These will travel with me from Idaho to Wisconsin, to Indiana to Ohio and Texas.

DIY_guy

Sure I depart for Idaho elk season in only 6 days but why not buy a new sight with smaller pins and start over sighting in out to 70 yards. Now I have 4 of these sights for different arrows ranging from 390 grains to 450 to 540 to 700 grain arrows. Just slide one sight out of the dovetail, slide in a different sight, swap arrows and you are in the game no matter which species and location on the globe, Im hunting without all sorts of sighting in over and over.