Post by: Mike Bolin on July 09, 2020, 10:33:07 PM
Primary bow for this Whitetail/Turkey season in Indiana will be my 60" Widow PTF, 46#@28", 29" Beman ICS Bowhunter shafts with a standard insets and a VPA 3 blade up front. Total arrow weight is right at 500 grains. Using mostly 15' ladderstands this season. Hunted higher in the past but I've been working on brushing them in and setting up lower for better shot angles.
As a backup bow I had my Widow PLII, 62" and 45#@28". Shoots the same arrow/broadhead setup to the same spot as the PTF out to about 25 yards and I try to keep my shots under 20 yards with 10-15 being my sweet spot! I have always preferred close shots, even more now since having to drop in bow weight. Been hot here for a good bit so most of my practice has been early morning or after 8:30 in the evening. There have been a few local shoots and I've managed to make a few of them.
SO, what game are you hunting and what bow and arrow setup are you planning to use...?
Post by: buckeyebowhunter on July 09, 2020, 10:38:51 PM
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Post by: The Vanilla Gorilla on July 10, 2020, 12:14:05 AM
Ill be hunting here in southeast OK for pigs, deer, and bear, with my Great Plains 55# recurve. Ill be shooting Easton arrows tipped with Ace broadheads for a total weight of 540gr.
Post by: hybridbow hunter on July 10, 2020, 01:55:31 AM
64 inches /19 inches riser 57#@32
That thing is at the very top of all the bows I ever had.
Will hunt locally and northern Spain and Namibia in August 2021
Post by: TIM B on July 10, 2020, 05:37:04 AM
Tim B
Post by: 9 Shocks on July 10, 2020, 07:23:20 AM
The bow in this pic!
Post by: smokin joe on July 10, 2020, 08:05:49 AM
Arrows are 3-Rivers Traditional Only 500 spine cut to 29.5"
I will be using Wensel Woodsman broad heads, with 125 grain brass inserts and 5 grain collars. There will be a two-inch reflective wrap on the arrow shaft behind the broad head. The tail end has a Glory Nock light-up nock in green, plus a 6" custom wrap and three 4-inch feathers. This weighs in at 12 grains per pound. The FOC is very favorable.
I have also tuned an eleven-grains-per-pound arrow using a Gold Tip Velocity 500 shaft, with 75 grain inserts and 160 grain 3-blade VPA heads. Again, great FOC.
Both arrows fly like a laser beam.
I will use this same set up for for javelinas, hogs and bears.
Post by: Sam McMichael on July 10, 2020, 09:06:01 AM
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Post by: Wudstix on July 10, 2020, 09:17:15 AM
Mike B - those VPA3 wouldn’t be 250 grains would they?
:coffee: :campfire: :thumbsup:
Post by: Will Telluteyrd on July 10, 2020, 09:42:10 AM
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Post by: evgb127 on July 10, 2020, 10:22:15 AM
I’ve also “booked” a three-day “stay-cation” this year to go hunt a remote area of one of PA’s state game lands. Although deer and bear will be my primary targets, I really want to try to get a lot of small game hunting in as well. My goal is to get enough “ingredients” to make a nice game pie. :archer2:
Post by: caleb7mm on July 10, 2020, 10:27:29 AM
Hoyt Dorado 50# @28” 53# at my draw
Full length GT traditional 340 with 50gr insert
Full length wrap w/4-4” Trad vanes
200GR day six XL Broadhead
Mountain muffler string X99 with dynema puffs
Springy rest
My favorite tree stand is the millennium lock on. Very comfy and I have no issue sitting all day.
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Post by: dnovo on July 10, 2020, 01:21:00 PM
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Post by: Cool Springer on July 10, 2020, 01:33:14 PM
51# @ 30"
31 1/4", 500 spine Gold Tip Trads with 125 gr. heads. I haven't decided what broadhead because I haven't used a 125 grain head in many years. I tried using a 400 spine with lots of weight up front, but I can't get perfect flight like I do with the lighter spine arrows. Total arrow weight is a tad under 500 grains, but since I'll be primarily hunting whitetails, a lighter arrow will not be a problem.
Post by: jds44 on July 10, 2020, 01:54:26 PM
Stalker Stickbows 58'' Wolverine SL, 52 lbs @ 28'' (50 lbs at my draw)
Gold Tip Traditional 400s cut to 31'' with 100 grain brass inserts and 150 grain Magnus Stinger broadheads
- Total arrow weight ~ 559 grains
- 160 fps
(https://i.imgur.com/Z91SBJy.jpg)
Backup bow will be my 60'' Martin Dream Catcher shooting the same arrow setup
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Post by: Gdpolk on July 10, 2020, 06:17:16 PM
By gun: whitetail (2-day permit hunt), squirrel, rabbit, dove, quail, duck, goose
By muzzleloader: whitetail (one weekend only IF I draw a muzzleloader permit for a certain area) with the option for incidental feral pig
70% of my time will be spent with a bow in hand. 15% with a rimfire for small game in hills country. 10% with a scattergun for birds. Maybe 5% with a rifle/muzzleloader for permit hunts for whitetail.
My bow of choice is my custom Sarrels Sierra 2-piece with antler tips from one of my deer shot with my 1-piece Sierra. I made it into a grab and go travel case which is pretty darn handy for trucking all over the state and occasionally out of state. No out of state options are on the books for this go around.
(https://www.gpolkknives.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG-6811-scaled.jpg)
Post by: Homey88 on July 10, 2020, 07:01:53 PM
Post by: Friend on July 10, 2020, 09:31:20 PM
Have narrowed it down to a Mountain Monarch and a Bob Lee Ultimate for the majority of deer hunts…may still be thinking about the Stalker Wolverine…will likely be toting either the TimberGhost and Covert Hunter on the short blind hunts.
Post by: Bluefeather on July 10, 2020, 09:48:11 PM
Post by: Mike Bolin on July 10, 2020, 10:09:07 PM
Post by: Wudstix on July 10, 2020, 10:11:31 PM
:coffee: :campfire: :thumbsup:
Post by: Bowguy67 on July 11, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
I’d like to use my PSA 64lbs a little too, 400 spine bemans with a magnus stinger. The bow has sentimental value as my kids names are on it. Like to get one or two with it again.
Post by: kennym on July 11, 2020, 08:15:37 PM
She has done me well on whitetails...
And one muskrat , he was digging in my pond dam ! LOL
Post by: achigan on July 11, 2020, 08:57:27 PM
Post by: Wudstix on July 11, 2020, 09:36:14 PM
I fell into 19 of the VPA Terminator 190 grain heads that will be riding up front this year. With possible Grizzly Instinct original run 190 grain riding shotgun.
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Post by: flyonline on July 12, 2020, 12:42:56 AM
Most likely will be toting my 58" 1970 Root/Shakespeare Warrior in 55lb with full length GT Warriors in 500 with 100gr brass insert, 25gr brass collar and 200gr Outback Stealth broad heads for a tickle over 600gr.
Or perhaps my 70" 50lb own design boo backed cypress longbow which shoots the same arrows.
Steve
Post by: Trenton G. on July 12, 2020, 11:34:36 AM
I'll just be chasing deer this year. I've got a lot of bows to play with but I'll probably only take two out in the woods. My main go to bow will probably be my Stillwater Aberdeen, 60" and 57@29, so probably just a fuzz over that at my draw length. Shooting GT Trads, 400 spine with 200 grain Grizzlies up front.
My second set-up will be my Abbott longbow, 66" and 62@30, so about 60 for me. Will be shooting GT Trads 500 spine, again with 200 grain Grizzlies up front. I'm tempted to try some of the Grizzly Instincts this year. We'll see...
Post by: ShadeMt on July 12, 2020, 12:34:55 PM
Post by: Huntschool on July 12, 2020, 01:14:25 PM
For the real season it will be deer when I feel like it and possibly fall turkeys. I'll be using the following:
#1. My PL Greybark 64" 45#@ 28". This bow is set up with some older parallel carbons with Scirocco BH's glued
onto 125 gr steel BH adaptors 3 5" feathers.
#2. My old Widow MA, 45# @ 28" also shooting AD Stingers with the same BH setup as above.
#3. Since our draw weight has been reduced to below 45# I may try one of the above listed 39# draw weight
bows but keep the shots close.
Post by: Dave Lay on July 12, 2020, 08:06:12 PM
Haven’t settled on a set up yet , after a years worth of cancer surgery and treatments , I had a friend build me a 64” R/D longbow 45@28 it seems to like a 2016 and Zwickey Eskimo. But my normal ole reliable setup is a 58lb 60” Widow SAV shooting 2020,s and zwickey deltas. I hope I can work back into it by September and am having some problems with shooting the lighter weight but with time, I’m sure it will come, but I bet I’m back with my old friend the widow.
I’d like to do a out of state whitetail hunt and hopefully can swing it. I’ll be in one of my lone wolf assaults I’m sure.
Ive been scouting just to learn a new area but it’s so dang hot I can’t go as much as I want.
Post by: ESP on July 13, 2020, 10:25:39 AM
Bow: I have a Stickflinger being built as I type. [email protected]. Also have a tribe x3 and xtra long dryad acs longbow limbs. [email protected]. I like heavy weight VPA 3 blades 1 1/4”
Post by: kopfjaeger on July 13, 2020, 08:53:19 PM
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on July 14, 2020, 03:10:31 PM
Post by: Burly on July 14, 2020, 08:57:46 PM
150 Heritage classics tipped with either 200gr. VPAs or 190gr. Simmons Swamp Sharks. First up is Black Bear. I finally drew the Baldwin unit with 13 points. Then it's just chasing Whitetails here in Michigan. Hopefully next year I'll be getting another stick.
Post by: Bronoulli on July 15, 2020, 05:13:26 AM
Bow: 50# @28" Slick Stick
Archer: 28.5" draw, Off Shelf, 3 Under
Arrow Shaft: Gold Tip Traditional 400 cut to 29.5"
Arrow Front End: 200gn GrizzlyStik Maasai with 200gn insert
Arrow Fletch: 4x4" AAE Trad Vanes @90 degrees
Total arrow weight: 730gn
Post by: twitchstick on July 16, 2020, 11:03:15 PM
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.
Post by: Bobaru on July 24, 2020, 08:20:16 AM
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.
Post by: MattfromVT on July 24, 2020, 11:22:24 AM
Post by: DXH on July 26, 2020, 01:06:53 AM
First game will be Wyoming Speed Goat in 3 weeks.. making new arrows now.
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Followed by Alabama Pine Goat in October.
Can't figure out how to post pics.
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Post by: smag on July 26, 2020, 04:54:05 PM
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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Post by: Tedd on July 26, 2020, 05:51:42 PM
For whitetails.
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Post by: curlis on July 26, 2020, 08:56:51 PM
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Post by: arrow30 on July 27, 2020, 08:18:37 PM
whitetail and hoping to cross paths with some missouri hogs,(if i can get in down wind of them) i know where they are. :goldtooth:
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Post by: Friend on July 27, 2020, 09:22:14 PM
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
Post by: Petrichor on July 28, 2020, 12:57:39 AM
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!
Post by: Petrichor on July 28, 2020, 12:59:42 AM
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.
Post by: Tom on July 28, 2020, 07:42:33 AM
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Post by: Dave Lay on July 29, 2020, 07:00:31 PM
Post by: Mike Bolin on July 29, 2020, 08:51:47 PM
Post by: Friend on August 03, 2020, 04:45:37 PM
Just finished setting up:
Bob Lee Ultimate...62"s...45@28
BE Carnivore 400...100 gn insert...190 gn Tree Shark...~520 gn total
Post by: Wudstix on August 03, 2020, 06:00:03 PM
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Post by: smag on August 07, 2020, 08:47:18 AM
have some 60yr old cedar shafts I redid all spine 51-52lbs, 29", 5" wild turkey highbacks (cut by hand). Old Magnus two blade vented 90grn with a 100grn weight under. 575grn total. Point on is 30yds.
Osage is King~
HH~
Post by: Tim Reese on August 07, 2020, 02:04:34 PM
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Post by: Ryan Rothhaar on August 10, 2020, 10:17:23 AM
I'm shooting Dads old MA2 with the original limbs for that one, 62 at 29, 64 inch limbs. .340s and big Snuffers.
Next couple years gonna get busy, Africa put off till 2021, working on AK moose for '21 too, looking at several possibilities for '22.
Also never thought I'd see GECs on here! Discovered these a couple years back....man it's good I dont live near the factory store! Dont "need" more knives but I had to pick up a 2 blade #23 in woodland micarta for a belt knife. GEC quality is something else!
R
Post by: Theeasyway on August 11, 2020, 11:06:27 AM
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Post by: Todd Brickel on August 18, 2020, 10:26:17 PM
The bow from my collection getting the nod this year is my 15th Anniversary Bighorn Ramhunter Longbow built in 1992. It is 60#s @ 28”. I’m shooting footed Surewood Douglas fir shafts, made up by me using True North Arrows products. Tipped with Zwickey Black Diamond Delta two-blade broadheads.
Attached are pictures of my set-up and my first choice moose found while scouting.
Todd
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on August 19, 2020, 10:14:51 PM
Using a big jim Thunderchild. May switch up later if desired. As far as arrows, they're carbon with instinct broadheads. Cant remember the weight but they fly straight and are heavy enough
Post by: MnFn on August 20, 2020, 08:57:15 AM
Probably 2117 with two hundred grain heads.
Only whitetails on the schedule.
Post by: doubleo on August 20, 2020, 06:05:17 PM
Good luck everyone!
Post by: valleysniper on August 25, 2020, 11:22:23 PM
shafts 50 grain brass insert and 150 gr woodsman heads. hoping for a nice whitetail buck
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Post by: Josh H on August 26, 2020, 09:38:19 AM
Josh
Post by: Shane H on August 26, 2020, 09:43:08 AM
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Post by: Wudstix on August 27, 2020, 11:56:38 AM
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Post by: Pflum on September 07, 2020, 02:30:43 PM
56" Holm Made River Runner, about 45# at my draw
GT trad 500s, 150 grain VPA 3 blade
Post by: Pflum on September 07, 2020, 02:32:11 PM
Post by: frassettor on September 07, 2020, 03:18:31 PM
CX 350’s , 250 gr 1 1/4” VPA’s. 685 gr.
Using my Waldrop Pac seat . Best seat for hunting IMO.
Hunting whitetails, squirrels and rabbits.
Post by: SlowBowKing on September 07, 2020, 04:24:43 PM
Same setup as last year:
My dad’s old Ben Pearson Raider, 48” and 39# at my short draw length. Just put a new string on it to raise brace height up to 9.5” where it belongs, and it is crazy quiet!
Arrows are GT Trad 600s with 125 gr. Magnus Stinger 4 blades riding up front. 561 gr. total weight.
This year I’m planning on hunting exclusively from the ground in natural ground blinds wearing a ghillie.
Only new item that will be going with me is a Palmer Bowmate quiver—love not having a quiver mounted on the bow!
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Post by: Azmdted on September 07, 2020, 07:32:52 PM
Excited to be hunting again, anxious about learning how to tree stand hunt at 61 years old though. Season opens Friday.
Post by: Marksman Quivers on September 09, 2020, 07:04:21 PM
Mark
Post by: Eric Sprick on September 09, 2020, 09:37:02 PM
55@28. Beman Centershot 340's with Ace heads weighted to 235 grains.
Best of luck to all
Eric
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Post by: woodchucker on September 16, 2020, 11:29:52 PM
A handle with 40# 50th Anniversary #1 limbs (Retired, Old, figured it was time to drop some weight)
Bear "Grayling" Bowquiver loaded with 45-50# Cedar arrows my son Tyler made.
Old Bear greenies on the business end.
Deer, maybe Bear? Never shot a Bear.... Never really wanted to LOL
Post by: huckbuck on September 17, 2020, 12:03:53 PM
:coffee:
Post by: Friend on September 17, 2020, 11:20:23 PM
Stalker FXT...62"...52@28
GT Ultra Light 340...100 gn insert...190 gn Tree Shark...25% EFOC...570 gn total
Post by: Bluefeather on September 18, 2020, 11:16:43 PM