Post by: Dahdoe on August 07, 2024, 05:16:59 PM
Post by: frank bullitt on August 07, 2024, 06:03:55 PM
I won't tell someone how they Should feel!
It happens in hunting, no matter the weapon or tool we choose to use.
I've hunted squirrels since I was a young boy.
And have taken 100s with gun and bow.
Last year, I shot one with a 22 rifle, that made a noise like nothing I had ever heard a squirrel, make.
Animals have personalities, too.
It's an experience, I believe all hunters will have in the field.
What you do or hunt will be your choice and desire, going foward.
I have known a few people who shot a deer, and would never hunt again.
And that's okay, your still a good person, human being!
Your always welcomed here, for sure!
Post by: Bowguy67 on August 07, 2024, 06:46:32 PM
Post by: Pine on August 07, 2024, 07:07:54 PM
Post by: Dahdoe on August 07, 2024, 10:59:25 PM
Post by: Charlie Lamb on August 08, 2024, 04:52:26 PM
over the years. You need to accept the fact that some of your harvests are going to b e messy.
For a long time I thought the best medicine for rabbits was an HTM bubber blunt on a 600gr. arrow out of a 70# recurve. :archer2:
Post by: Russell Southerland on August 09, 2024, 09:50:49 AM
Is the rabbit season even open there?
NO.
09/14/24 - 02/28/25 Rabbit, Jack Statewide
09/14/24 - 02/28/25 Rabbit, Cottontail and Snowshoe Hare Statewide
Post by: Bowguy67 on August 09, 2024, 10:18:58 AM
Post by: Terry Green on August 09, 2024, 01:21:16 PM
Your statement means you 'thought' rubber blunts were the ticket and are still using the for such, or are you using and advocating a different head?
Thanks Bud!
Post by: Charlie Lamb on August 09, 2024, 07:24:57 PM
Post by: mgf on August 11, 2024, 05:30:52 PM
I've killed lots of them with rubber blunts. Mostly very close shots at sitting rabbits and the blunt often tears right through.
Not saying blunts are the best just that I've killed some rabbits with them.
Post by: Longtoke on August 12, 2024, 08:42:29 PM
Post by: frank bullitt on August 15, 2024, 09:29:16 AM
Down in Florida, had one just popped up.
No points needed!
Post by: Charlie Lamb on August 15, 2024, 01:08:56 PM
Nothing "pointy". You must have a flat surface to make the kill as humane as possible to impart shock. Even a broadhead is "messy and slow" in the way it kills. Just one old bowhunters opinion after hundreds of rabbits taken.
Post by: Terry Green on August 18, 2024, 08:03:54 PM
I have been on a few hunts in TX where lighter arrows and bow weights were not effective with a rubber blunt. Lots of the Rabbits escaped into the land of daggers and spikes carrying a very soar body part.
I prefer the Hex type blunt and some other, I can't think of the name at the moment, in normal woods or thickets. In TX below the frost line I do prefer my modified WWs as they will pin down the Bunny to the ground or base of a cactus or mesquite trunk for easy retrieval.
By all means, anyone that has hunted with me knows I'm not afraid to go into that type of an environment for a hog or javie, but a 12 yard 'who knows whichaway' that bunny ended up at, its a LOT harder to see them in that mess. I used the modifies ones in The Bowhunters of Tradgang DVD.
The Wensel Woodaman modified small gamers story from 2005......
I tried out some WWs with the tip severly pyramided on some bunny's at TX Sweat earlier this year, and they did real well....although I was really after hogs and javies...I didn't really go after bunnys.
So I used them again during the Littlefeather Bunny hunt last month...and I was really after bunnies so the heads got a LOT of use.
They performed very well...often pinning them to the ground, prickly pears, or mesquite trunks. Very consistant hit-recovery ratio. Best I've found OR seen for bunnys.
However, I did see room for improvement in getting them out of the back quiver....they tended to drag a bit. So I took them to the belt sander and backed them up at the turn using the guard as a jig and took off the sharp corner and flat spotted it. Made a big difference....now they just glide out.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/IMG_3121.JPG)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/IMG_3122.JPG)
Post by: toddster on August 23, 2024, 01:50:41 PM
Post by: stagetek on September 08, 2024, 05:57:44 PM