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i find arrows on the farm all the time that were lost a long time ago. most are uncovered when we burn. They are all mine, since im the only bowhunter in the family. I always recognize the arrow, by the tip or the size , or faded camo pattern on the aluminum. It brings back memories of when and at what it was released. A pretty neat look into my bowhunting past, really. My latest find was a XX75 autumn orange 2114- feathers gone, but with a recognizeable WASP cam-loc 3-blade still intact- clearly from my high school days. I never pick them up, I leave them to find again one day. Losing arrows is all part of it, and finding arrows later is sometimes better than finding them now.
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I agree its part of it. One of the "joys" of shooting traditional is the occasional horrendous shot that glances off your target never to be seen again. Last year I put up my deer target a couple times with no backstop on a hill because I wanted the pressure of losing the arrow to be more like hunting - a miss is painful.
Oh and finding a lost arrow is a pretty nice moment.
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quote:Originally posted by TRAP: Sounds like a good place for a treestand
That area back there is thick with deer. I had permision to hunt it years ago but the farmer died and some big factory farm outfit bought it and posted in all no hunting. They recently tore down the old farmer's homestead and planted it too. It was sad to see it go. There was so much for the deer to eat back there that it made them very hard to pattern.
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I found it! The arrow was about 20 yards behind my backstop and about 3 yards into the field. A perfect kill shot on a corn stalk which was exactly what I was aiming at
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So then you had to trespass to get your arrow back. How do you feel about that? Personally I tend to not like factory farm systems that don't let the neighbors bow hunt on the property, makes me feel like I have no place to go, those border lines could just as well be hurricane fences.
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quote:Originally posted by pavan: So then you had to trespass to get your arrow back. How do you feel about that? Personally I tend to not like factory farm systems that don't let the neighbors bow hunt on the property, makes me feel like I have no place to go, those border lines could just as well be hurricane fences.
I dont feel at all bad about it. My going into that field for 5 minutes time may have prevented hundreds of dollars of damage to a harvesting machine plus it saved me the cost of a Magnus broadhead a XX75 arrow and a heavy brass insert!
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I got a metal detector last Christmas. It is oh so sweet for finding those arrows that just seem to get lost in nothing at all. I need to bring it with me to my stumping spots and find some that I have lost over the years.
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That's cool you found it. My son found one of my lost ones months later and it was aged but still good (easton st epic) the rest of my lost ones are in that OTHER dimension. haha
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Never place your target in front of a "black hole".
Glad you found it ..............I wouldn't have felt guilty about venturing onto that ground to hunt for an arrow either.
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I lost an arrow just the other day much like you have just described I didn't find my arrow but I did find a yellow jacket nest. Ouch! Be careful. Ben
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Look at the bright side. Now you have a perfect reason to buy a new metal detector. Mine has come in handy several times when I have lost an arrow in the thick stuff.
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