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Title: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:04:00 PM: I recently had made a couple of arrows just for stump shooting and finally had the chance to get out and shoot them this past Sunday.

They are Beaman carbons .600 (skinnys) with an Ace Hex 145 gr followed by a Muzzy Grasshopper(20gr.) The carbon has an aluminum footing(1813) to keep things together...

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:06:00 PM: Nasty looking,and almost is as big as a small bowling ball when you are making your draw.

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Post by: jbat73 on March 05, 2012, 01:08:00 PM: Should be able to do some serious stumpin' with that setup, nice work. J

PS- what glue or epoxy did you use... :thumbsup:
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:09:00 PM: Headed down to the bottom and thought this was pretty unusual,they like the wetlands,but in the middle of a creek?

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:13:00 PM: Here was the first shot. The broken end of a limb sticking up in the air about three feet,

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:16:00 PM: A clean miss, just off to the left. Those hex heads look huge. You have to look hard to see this one,the silver footing is to the left of the stick.

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Post by: ronp on March 05, 2012, 01:19:00 PM: Great looking stumping arrows, Craig.
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Post by: ronp on March 05, 2012, 01:19:00 PM: What do you use to keep the aluminum foot on?
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:21:00 PM: Thanks Ron. This next photo to stump shooters is like having a nice 10 pt roaming your back yard.
All nice and punky orange,it even sounds like a vital shot when you hit it.

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:24:00 PM: JB Weld makes a good secure bond. This next shot was a small piece of stump sticking up. The shot felt good...

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:26:00 PM: and was.

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Maybe I will be able to get use to that big hunk of steel out there.
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:29:00 PM: This whole area use to be farmed,and the soil down in the bottom is very rich. I wonder how many rows of corn this put down before it called quits?

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Notice the trees growing up through it.
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:32:00 PM: I hunted close to this scrape this season,never had a shot. The year before I missed the same buck from the same location on two separate occasions.

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Post by: BOHO on March 05, 2012, 01:32:00 PM: great pics. thx for posting
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:36:00 PM: You are welcome Tom,thanks for looking.

Out there a couple of yards was a piece of stump just behind the one that is horizontal. I try to keep my stumping in line with my hunting which is close. Every now and then you have to just let one go.
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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:38:00 PM: I did not miss by a whole lot,but I missed. (http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/DSCF6013.jpg)
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:40:00 PM: Heading north now up into some thick stuff. Not a huge rub,but it sure looked pretty in early March.

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:42:00 PM: OK, I know I do not have to explain this one. Maybe 13 yards.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:43:00 PM: There is some brush in the way but I think I can snake it through.

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Ticked off of some of that brush and hit a little low.
Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:46:00 PM: The thing I like most about stumping is the things you see and find sometimes.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:48:00 PM: I started to carry a backpack along,old bottles,sheds,trash. It comes in handy.

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:50:00 PM: If this holds its water for another couple weeks the Spring Peepers will be singing their love songs.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:54:00 PM: Stumping also invites imagination. Across that pond there is a nice Bull Elk bedded down. His vitals are between the saplings,with the leaf being his heart. It is a shot and a half for this guy,but he has no clue I am here.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:56:00 PM: A better shot of those vitals,shhhhhhhhh.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:58:00 PM: Well, not in the leaf,but not a close shot either.

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I may have to track this one.
Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 01:59:00 PM: A clearer photo.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:01:00 PM: Sun was out today but there was a steady breeze blowing out of the west...

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:04:00 PM: This would have been a treasure find had it been complete, a very old Coca-Cola bottle with the town of Shamokin printed across the top. Very cool.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:06:00 PM: Two of my favorite woods,Walnut and Oak....

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:07:00 PM: Time for a break.

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:11:00 PM: I do not know if you guys can make it out but 3/4 of the way up that Oak and between the tree to the left of it you can see the roof of a barn. That tractor earlier in the post is just below the barn.
We are almost to the top.

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Post by: tarponnut on March 05, 2012, 02:12:00 PM: Stumping/roving is a lot of fun and great practice. Great pics!
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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:12:00 PM: Nature's design.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:14:00 PM: Spring is right around the corner,I think this guy is leading the parade. Caddis fly???????? (http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/DSCF6027.jpg)
Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:18:00 PM: You know, I have come to conclude that my favorite stump shot is the hole shot. Your concentration just fills it right up. This one is exactly 15 yards,I stepped it off.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:20:00 PM: The funny thing is I missed a nice doe on this sidehill just to the left of this. The last week of the late season,sitting on my Waldrop at 18 yards.
Right over her back. She would have been in trouble this time.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:24:00 PM: Big trouble.

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Title: Re: A Sunday afternoon stumpin walkabout.
Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:26:00 PM: Real big trouble........

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:27:00 PM: Well the sun is starting to drop, and Lori is probably wondering where I am at......

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Post by: monkeyball on March 05, 2012, 02:30:00 PM: Thanks for coming along,see you again.

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Good Shooting,
Craig
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on March 05, 2012, 02:36:00 PM: Supper cool stuff. :thumbsup:
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Post by: yellow bow on March 05, 2012, 05:14:00 PM: That was great. Thanks. :cool:
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Post by: wooddamon1 on March 05, 2012, 05:19:00 PM: :thumbsup: :campfire:
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Post by: snakebit40 on March 05, 2012, 05:32:00 PM: That was cool. Thanks! :thumbsup: :campfire:
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Post by: ronp on March 05, 2012, 05:47:00 PM: Thanks for sharing, Craig. I have been doing more stumping this year than ever before. Great times.
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Post by: pauljr on March 05, 2012, 06:26:00 PM: Nice pics Monkeyball, if im not mistaken thats a little black stonefly, one of the very first hatches of the year. Looks like fun I did alittle of that myself this weekend.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 05, 2012, 06:51:00 PM: Craig, Thank you for taking me along. I always like your stumping adventures.

Hope your son is doing well.

Charlie
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Post by: tukudu on March 05, 2012, 07:37:00 PM: Nice pics Craig and I would second the black stonefly. Nice
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Post by: Bernie B. on March 05, 2012, 07:40:00 PM: Thanks for taking us along on your hike in the woods! Great pictures and story line. Stump shooting is the best kind of practice there is!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Post by: lpcjon2 on March 05, 2012, 07:40:00 PM: I think the local SWAT team may be interested in those arrows for taken down doors during drug raids.

Very nice walk you took me on, Thanks
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 05, 2012, 08:29:00 PM: I really enjoyed this. You have inspired me to take a break soon and get out in the woods to do some stumping.

Thanks.

Oh, by the way, how do you like those Grasshoppers? Do they hold up as well as Judos? I have been thinking about trying some of those behind my Small Game Thumpers.
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Post by: JJB on March 05, 2012, 08:32:00 PM: That was fun, thanks for taking us along. Nice pictures too.
-Jay
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Post by: Norminator on March 05, 2012, 08:56:00 PM: Hey man......nice shot on the birch stump.

Norm from Canuckistan
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Post by: maineac on March 05, 2012, 09:03:00 PM: Nice!
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Post by: imhntn on March 06, 2012, 12:34:00 AM: A very nice outing. Thanks for sharing it.
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Post by: misfire on March 06, 2012, 07:00:00 AM: A great walkabout and some good shootin! Thanks for sharing your day with us.
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Post by: flippnsticks on March 06, 2012, 07:39:00 AM: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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Post by: docmerrow on March 06, 2012, 10:11:00 AM: very nice
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Post by: monkeyball on March 06, 2012, 11:08:00 AM: Guys,glad you enjoyed it. If you have never gotten out stumping you are really missing a great time and some great hunting practice.

Thanks for the I.D. on the Stonefly,I am a garden hackle fan myself,so was not sure.

The Grasshoppers worked great and those Hex blunts are destroyers.The combo worked real well together.

Thanks again,
Craig
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Post by: tradbower on March 06, 2012, 01:13:00 PM: I sure enjoyed the walk and the shooten ,maybe next time I will give you some competition (LOL)
fantastic pictures.
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Post by: Todd Alexander on March 06, 2012, 02:05:00 PM: From one PA stump hunter to another, I really enjoyed the walk. If you ever want to chase some stumps in Fulton Co. let me know. The stump herd could always use some thinning.
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Post by: stujay on March 06, 2012, 02:10:00 PM: Like what you have done with your stumping arrows! :thumbsup:
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Post by: jackdaw on March 06, 2012, 06:19:00 PM: Aaahhhh Monkeyball, another great trip through the scenic hills of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania! Brian and I will have to join you on the next roving adventure.....or as soon as he figures out how to master that cotten picken' Cricket-clicker!!! I'm aluminum footing some shafts as well...it's the only way to fly.....! Good pics old friend.......time for some peanut butter/ oatmeal cookies..........jackdaw
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Post by: mahantango on March 08, 2012, 06:36:00 AM: Well done Craig!
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Post by: LONGSTYKES on March 08, 2012, 07:53:00 AM: Thanks Craig, Really enjoyed the pics.
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Post by: fmscan on March 08, 2012, 01:58:00 PM: Craig, Simply enjoyable. Thank you. You never disappoint...
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Post by: maxwell on March 08, 2012, 04:58:00 PM: Great pics as usual Craig, however you should be flinging them arras, fun to watch them hit from afar.