thing is - we all live in different areas; with different issues and situations.
One person here implied its stupid to hunt without a cell phone- well there is no cell phone coverage here - so why does carrying one make me smart?
I don't hunt one spot; one farm; one 100 acre bit of land- I hunt an area that is huge; with all kinds of different habitat.
The weather has been different this year - more than ever before; the game are moving differently; and in different areas; and there is mr wolf out there: confusing things even more.
I remember a long time ago - when my observations about deer vocalizations were laughed at- ( a buck snort is the result of a hunter eating too many beans - does snort - but deer make NO other noises).
I remember talking to a friend about how smart the whitetails were; and another guy walking up and telling us we were fools; because deer were animals and " animals don't think!".
Now see that guy grew up on his great grampas farm; and in doing the planting and harvesting and such- upon a fenced in five square mile acreage of farm land-- over time-- had figured out where to sit to shoot a big buck.
And by god and golly if you didn't shoot a big buck in the first ten minutes of light- you were no hunter !!
Everyone went to the bar and burned their doe tags - because it was just plain stupid to shoot a doe; well not stupid; but it was more like being a communist.
Putting out a trail camera and seeing what animals are in an area; it is fascinating to me; and yet I do not believe it will help me take a deer.
Oh yeah the Lakowskis can put up a 100 trails cameras on their sections of private land; and come up with big deer ranged at 60 yards; with their bows they carry into the woods in bras - and wear scent proof clothing 30 feet up in a tree. They are getting more and more boring- and insulting the average person that hunts public land.
In my traditional bowhunting I try and keep it simple; I am not shooting a self bow; I do not have the opportunity to have a bow come apart and make another - because our seasons are not year around like the native americans were.
So - I have fiberglass on my bow to insure it won't break.
I make my own wood arrows; practice a lot; scout with binoculars; look for tracks; look for deer; elk and bear sign; and I am hunting to my potential.
I for one remember when Asbell didn't carry a years worth of emergency food in the form of belly fat with him on his traditional bowhunts.
I remember him glueing razor blades onto his broadheads for more cutting area- the Indians didn't do that did they Fred?
I think Alaskas HAARP must be running; we are biting at ourselves over nothing.
I think it is fine to draw lines in the sand about our conduct in the field; and about our equipment limitations.
But really - sitting all day in a woodlot in Iowa is NOT like hunting all day in the mountains; and to put limitations on anything other than using common sense and the adherence to the main thought of what traditional bowhunting is - is fair to one and not to another.
Chewing on Freds leg for expressing his beliefs is not right; his trying to help us and traditional bowhunting is a good thing.
And all Fred has been doing is trying to help us get the most from our experiences traditional bowhunting.
Lets not shoot the messenger.
Topic: Article by G Fred in the new TBW.. please re-read with a better explanition on pg 3 (Read 2449 times)
