What game are you hunting, and what is your setup for this season?

[twitchstick]

This year the big game I will be hunting will be mule deer and elk. I have a deer tag in Utah and 3 elk tags. I have a cow elk tag and a archery elk tag for Utah. I also drew a late season archery bull tag in Arizona. Outside of big game I will hunt rabbits, grouse, turkey and what ever else is legal.
     I have a few set ups I will use. My first is my Big Jim Buffalo 60" 54@ my 28" draw. I am shooting 605 gr.  Carbon express Heritage arrow with grizzlys, woodsmans or snuffers depending on what I'm hunting. I will be shooting miss Hope(St. Judes) in August and is a JT Traditional Archery's APOLLO - 62 inch - 50@28.  Arrow at set up will be determined apon shooting her.

[Bobaru]

I can't argue with success.   My standby is a 54# Brackenbury Drifter.  Wes Wallace tells me it's older technology and not quite as efficient as it could be.  But, it's quiet ...  and effective.

I like cheating on arrows.  My days of (warped) woodies are over.  I'm shooting ICS Bowhunter arrows with 150 grain Mangnus Stingers.  (Shooting carbon is cheating to me, but ... hey... they stay straight and I got it from the top dog at Compton's that I was "okay" with carbon for being "traditional" )...   

For whitetail, I've been shooting with bleeder blades.  That gives these old eyes a little more blood to follow.  But, last year, I didn't need to trail any deer:  all of them when down in sight.

I should have signed up to go west for Elk.  My mistake.  I only have so many of those hunts left in me.  Had a blast last year thanks to advise from John Cholin.  He put me onto Absaroka Beartooth Outfitters.  My son and I sure didn't regret that tip.

Good luck everyone.

Good luck.

[MattfromVT]

Still on the fence about trad vs compound for this year. I may start with trad and switch after rifle season. Bear Montana ~55# @29". Easton aluminum 2018s with Zwickey Eskimos.

[DXH]

60" Ivory Hunter Osage Recurve - 60 lb @27"
First game will be Wyoming Speed Goat in 3 weeks.. making new arrows now.

Followed by Alabama Pine Goat in October.

Can't figure out how to post pics.

[hunting badger]

I'll be hunting moose here in Alaska with a 54# recurve that I made and GT traditionals with 200 gr. Grizzly up front. I will be hunting caribou also but hopefully with a ASL that I'm in the process of building. I'm shooting for 50# at my draw length, I hope to shoot Ace 165gr standards for caribou. I will be hunting whitetail on my Arkansas property with a FHLB at 45# GT traditional and Ace broad heads. Our archery moose season starts in 16 days but those counting?

[Hoosierarcher88]

Not settled on a setup yet but indiana whitetail. I have a 62" 57#@27" firefly 3 piece longbow coming that is all purpleheart and 300 grain tuffheads. Arrow will be determined by what the bow likes. I just moved a few months ago to about 15 minutes south of terre haute so im going to be checking out the fairbanks landing fwa area for public land this year.

[smag]

HedgeHunter custom 68” static selfbow 43@28” 550-600grn two blade arra.
HHer 67” selfbow 45@28
HHer 66” selfbow 42@28
HHer 64” static selfbow 40@28

Heck any HedgeHunter with a 550grn arra

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[Tedd]

New in 2020 Black Widow PTF, 60lb@30" .300 spine Three Rivers shafts, factory insert, 250 gr weighted Zwickey Deltas, 5" shield cut feathers, arrow wraps from one stringer.
For whitetails.

[curlis]

Whitetails in Ohio with a 62" Thunderstick MOAB at 47@28.

[elk nailer]

elk and wt deer, caribow taiga recurve 50# @29 with 525 grain arrows, grizzlies.

[arrow30]

an old favorite ,my saxon recurve, 400 dark timbers, 100 grn insert, 225 grn. zwickey 4 blade deltas,total arrow 620 grns. 23.35% foc.

 whitetail and hoping to cross paths with some missouri hogs,(if i can get in down wind of them) i know where they are.

[Friend]

Will be pursuing deer…

One set that is difficult for me to get away from:

Stalker Wolverine FXT…62”s...52@28

GT Ultralight 340...29 ¾”s…100 gn insert…190 gn Treeshark…570 gn total

[Petrichor]

Will be looking to get my first deer and hog trad harvests. 7th season only trad hunting and to this point have only taken squirrels.  But this is my year!

Bow is a lh quilted maple toelke chinook 58 inch 50lbs @ 26 inches. Arrows are cedar shafts with trad vanes and am not sure of my broadhead choice just yet. Good luck to all!

[Petrichor]

Still on the fence about trad vs compound for this year. I may start with trad and switch after rifle season. Bear Montana ~55# @29". Easton aluminum 2018s with Zwickey Eskimos.

Drop the wheels and dont look back. As long as you own a cane, you'll walk with a crutch.

[Tom]

Turkeys,deer, possibly bear-46#@29.5 64"hummingbird Kingfisher t/d lb with 2114 with Eskimo or Delta with 100 gr. insert. Backup is a 62@" Hummingbird Bowie t/d lb with same arrow and specs. Good luck to all this fall.May also try a '64 Damon Howatt Hunter just for the heck of it.Always fun to tote a classic bow.

[Flbowhunter]

Only hunting hogs and deer this year in FL, maybe turkeys. Full length Beman ics hunter shafts (which I can't seem to find anymore?) with a 100 grain brass insert and ace standards weighted up to 200 grains, out of a old mountain mesa 50@28 which I draw to ~30.25

[ESP]

Flbowhunter. They are now Easton 6.5 carbon shafts.

[Dave Lay]

Mike, I had posted earlier on I wasn’t sure about bow selection yet, due to some health issues, but I’ve found I can shoot my normal 60” widow SAV, 58 lb and a 580 gr. 2018 with a zwickey delta . I will be hunting whitetails and bear, and possibly hogs, but It looks like no out of state hunts this year though. 

[Mike Bolin]

Dave-glad to hear you're able shot your old reliable! I wish I could still shoot my "old bows", but with my shoulders being the way they are I'm afraid that ship has sailed! At least I'm still able to shoot! Good luck this season old friend!

[Friend]

***Pursuing whitetails***

Just finished setting up:

Bob Lee Ultimate...62"s...45@28

BE Carnivore 400...100 gn insert...190 gn Tree Shark...~520 gn total