Post by: Archie on August 14, 2023, 01:06:26 PM
The story: I was out scouting moose hunting areas, around 6-7 miles down Mystery Road, a dirt road/trail many miles out of town, with a friend. We were on 4 wheelers, covering a lot of ground. Going around a corner, I almost bumped into a small bull. He bolted and ran down the trail in front of us for 50-75 yards. Soon after, driving a little slower, we jumped a single grouse and it disappeared, we had no idea where it went. A few minutes later, 4 spruce hens flushed off the road and landed about 25 feet up in a tall spruce. All four stood in line, left to right, beautifully silhouetted against the clear blue afternoon sky, like someone painted them there. About 20 yards away and up, it was a nice clear shot, and I hit him square with a 2018 xx75 and G5 small game broadhead. The other three didn't fly. My hunting buddy shot a 2nd one with his Henry .22, and the other 2 flushed and disappeared. Those were the last grouse of the afternoon. We enjoyed the rest of the day out on the trail, mapped a few spots as possible hunting areas, and ended up racing back to the truck, trying to outrun a storm.
Please post some pics of your successes!
Post by: Wudstix on August 14, 2023, 02:05:26 PM
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Post by: durp on August 14, 2023, 05:14:39 PM
Hope this thread takes off :thumbsup:
Post by: Maclean on August 14, 2023, 06:11:50 PM
Hope to post a pic soon. I love hunting grouse while hunting elk. :campfire:
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Post by: Maclean on August 15, 2023, 04:15:54 PM
Some good shooting and good eating. I learned to hunt going after small game. Not only is it fun but can be done with others of like mind without worrying about spooking the game like Deer. Lots more shots as well especially if you’re trying to hit them on the run or in flight like Pheasants. Brings back of great memories of my younger days.
I couldn't agree more! :archer2:
Post by: Terry Green on August 15, 2023, 04:53:09 PM
Absolutely!
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Post by: Terry Green on August 15, 2023, 08:08:59 PM
Wyoming....
Going for my 3rd...
Post by: Maclean on August 15, 2023, 11:25:07 PM
You can see the alignment already in place before the draw begins. :archer2:
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on August 16, 2023, 03:28:02 PM
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Post by: Kelly on August 16, 2023, 04:13:24 PM
Congrats, just curious what your bow is? I like the looks of it!
Post by: Terry Green on August 16, 2023, 05:43:41 PM
Drop Dead Gorgious.
Post by: Gordon Jabben on August 17, 2023, 02:02:14 PM
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on August 17, 2023, 02:25:24 PM
My picture and post is gone. I guess I broke one of the rules. :dunno:Your photo might have been to big i.e too many megapixels
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Post by: wood carver 2 on August 17, 2023, 04:53:55 PM
Love grouse breast fried in butter with a little flour, salt and pepper...elk camp wouldn't be the same without it
At moose camp, we cut up the grouse we kill and roll them in whatever we have. ( all dressed up potato chips works great.), and we deep fry them. Oh man… 😁
Here’s a picture of my first ever bow kill at moose camp.
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Post by: Kelly on August 17, 2023, 11:49:07 PM
Kelly, that was the last St Jude bow, Miss JT Traditions Hope.
Drop Dead Gorgious.
Terry, what length is that bow? Trying to figure which model that was made from, Apollo?
Post by: Terry Green on August 18, 2023, 09:13:25 AM
Hope bow from 19 or 20. I'll see if I can find her in a bit.
Post by: Terry Green on August 18, 2023, 10:16:22 AM
HOPE, right hand....APOLLO - 62 inch - 50@28 - FAITH is the same.
Riser - Stabilized Spalted Maple
Grip - Sapele with Maple accents
Overlays - Leopardwood with Maple accents
2X Carbon - Unidirectional carbon back and belly
Tapered Bamboo cores
Shelf - cut to center
Brace - 7 to 7.75
Post by: F. Dobbs on August 18, 2023, 11:35:20 AM
Post by: Terry Green on August 18, 2023, 12:56:23 PM
Kinda what I'm doing now....can't move from this phone, and I'm just waiting on a call....board so thought I's share in this fun I had Monday afternoon...
Just wandering around my grandfathers house waiting for the gas man to show up and fill up the propane tank...wandered by shop n tractor barn and what do I see....a host of boring bumblbees....
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Yep, made me wish I'd had my bad-mitten racket that I use on them at the house .....when it dawned on me.....I got a bow, flu flus, and a Clark's head in my car. I didn't get to go this weekend and test out the head on chukar, so here's my redemption...
What a blast this was, most shots were from 5 to 8 yards....not going to tell ya how many I hit cause you probably wouldn't believe me anyway, but will show you the ones that I found, or at least the parts that I was able to find....Some had the head missing, and other's the abdomen....and one had both missing as I only found the thorax.
Hitting a bumble bee is much easier than finding it afterward...a large majority are never seen again cause you have no idea where they went....just a 'pot' and a vanishing act...
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As good at it worked on bees.....gotta figure it would work great on birds of the smaller variety... and seems to be a very durable head cause it got shot into the ground a lot as some of the bees dove from fighting, and they made great targets buzzing low about a foot off the ground trying to re-group...and those were a bit easier to find.
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Flu Flu shooting is just too much fun.....been a long time since I felt like a kid at Granddad's house....but at 47, I might as well have been 12 again cause that's how I felt.
If ya don't have flu flus....you are missing out on some of the simple fun.
Post by: Captain*Kirk on August 18, 2023, 08:24:33 PM
Keep 'em coming...these are great! :bigsmyl:
Post by: RIVERWOLF on August 19, 2023, 05:55:26 AM
Due to loss of habitate & farming (and yarding) practices (herbisides/pestasides/fencerow clearing/urban sprawl etc..) :readit: ...but those topics are for another conversation...... :saywhat:
Like many , I cut my youthful hunting canines chasing small game with bow & arrow , then a few years with my old .22- and singleshot 410 .....-and
then making my way back to the stick and string o so many years ago....It is how I will go out....bow in hand canines worn and tattered .... smiling........
Small game/Roving releases our Natural instinct to roam ...explore...learn....HUNT......
...Nomadic Rejuvenation......let it shine........ :campfire:
Post by: RIVERWOLF on August 19, 2023, 06:33:28 AM
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Post by: RIVERWOLF on August 19, 2023, 08:21:23 AM
No matter your age , small game is always Big on fun...... :campfire:
Post by: Terry Green on August 19, 2023, 01:55:08 PM
My picture and post is gone. I guess I broke one of the rules. :dunno:
Not that I know of ... I never saw it...repost it.
Post by: Tony Sanders on August 19, 2023, 04:52:16 PM
Tony
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Post by: wood carver 2 on August 19, 2023, 06:45:42 PM
How do you cook those stingrays? It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten them.
Dave.
Post by: RIVERWOLF on August 19, 2023, 07:03:26 PM
Good to see you posting again .
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Post by: Maclean on August 19, 2023, 11:15:54 PM
Post by: Archie on August 20, 2023, 02:50:30 AM
Oh yes a thread and topic after my own heart. I love bowhunting small game. I cut my hunting teeth on small game many years ago back on the old farm, now 58 years later, I am still out after them.
Tony
Nice, Tony! I remember seeing your posts from quite a while back. Always enjoyed them.
Post by: Tony Sanders on August 20, 2023, 07:38:38 AM
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Post by: Maclean on August 20, 2023, 08:15:33 AM
Well done!
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Post by: Archie on August 21, 2023, 02:30:11 PM
LOL, yes Maclean I think you are right(laugh) he probably won't qualify for small game with that kind of weight, shuck that even heavier than some deer. Here is the 70Lber I took, which turned out to be a female. She was right at the point of giving birth, and we just pushed on her stomach and out popped 5 little stingrays. We put them in the water and away they went.
Away they went... that's really cool!
Post by: Terry Green on August 21, 2023, 02:39:09 PM
Post by: Gun on August 21, 2023, 02:52:58 PM
Since I became a senior, small game, some game birds, and fishing is free. Just need a drivers license as proof. We have 3 species of rabbits w snowshoe and jackrabbits the most common. I've shot the only cottontail I've ever seen. Maybe the last one?
Post by: Tony Sanders on August 21, 2023, 04:15:59 PM
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Post by: Maclean on August 21, 2023, 11:00:04 PM
The pics are awesome! :campfire:
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Post by: Terry Green on August 22, 2023, 03:27:27 PM
Yeah, great thread.
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Post by: Terry Green on August 24, 2023, 07:52:30 AM
My smallest trophy was a yard rat on top of my block target at 16 yards. Don't think I took a photo!!!.
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Post by: Terry Green on August 27, 2023, 02:13:25 PM
I really wish I would have had Ray Hamond take a pic of the mouse I shot from lying on my belly under the deck that was on other side of the moble home. Ray was worried I would hit the water pipe running along the ground. I told him otherwise. That was the same weekend I shot the bumble bee out of the air and took 6 shots at hogs and connected all 6 times. The 6th shot was through a boar Ray had shot and it came by me carrying the mail. What a weekend at Ray's Hog Heaven. I was shooting out of my head that weekend.
Oh, but remember, instinctive shooting doesn't exist!!
Post by: Terry Green on August 27, 2023, 04:02:10 PM
I really wish I would have had Ray Hamond take a pic of the mouse I shot from lying on my belly under the deck that was on other side of the moble home. Ray was worried I would hit the water pipe running along the ground. I told him otherwise. That was the same weekend I shot the bumble bee out of the air and took 6 shots at hogs and connected all 6 times. The 6th shot was through a boar Ray had shot and it came by me carrying the mail. What a weekend at Ray's Hog Heaven. I was shooting out of my head that weekend.
Oh, but remember, instinctive shooting doesn't exist!!!
Post by: Skates 2 on August 27, 2023, 05:28:16 PM
Oh, but remember, instinctive shooting doesn't exist!!!
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Nice frogs arrow30 !!!
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I have more but not easy to find on my phone lol I wish I had a picture of the quail I took years ago with a snuffer. No it wasn’t flying, but I snuck up on them. Taken coons, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks. Drew feathers off a flying pheasant, but that was all. Missed many rabbit 🤣 I just love small game hunting!!
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