Bowhunters........................

[mymindisamob]

................... what do you have on you while on the prowl? Accessories (tabs, gloves, armguards, etc.), blades, specific/specialized clothing, gear, gear, gear. What did you start off with and then change, ditch or keep for more than intended?

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

In my quiver i keep a release or glove depending on what bow i'm shooting, arrow puller if at a 3d shoot, tip grip for tightening them. I'll keep a bow press if i need it. Extra tips, arrow knocks, string wax. Maybe some extra brass knocks. I'll carry a folder and my swisstool. Boots, jeans whatever. I try and keep a hat with me and bug spray. I started keeping a quiver on my bow and went to a hip quiver. Tried a few different arrow types. I've settled on alum, i tried carbon but didn't like them. Plastic vanes are cheap but i like synth. feathers. I hate bullet points. If i think of more i'll add.

 

[EDDAKA]

For my compounds:

hoyt vipertec, 27.5 inch draw, copper john thee pin sight, with light. Older style trophy taker rest (best one in my opinion, bullet proof little things.)

Great bow. I really like the 04 vipertec.

Bow-tech general: Matte black with red cams Saunders stabalizer, Sure-loc adjustble 5 pin, (pre-cobra version.) Same trophy taker rest.

Then ye old target bow.

2003 BLACK Hoyt Protec, XT3000 Limbs, set up with a Toxonics target sight and 4X Fatboy Scope, NAP Blade Rest, AEP 30" Stabilizer


Release: I loooooove my tru ball pro diamond. Best release ever. So simple, and you don't have to deal with straps and all that.

Gold tip XT hunters. Cheap and the fly excellent.

I use "fobs" instead of feathers. I definitely prefer them over vanes/feathers. They can't really get damaged either.



However....Eventually you grow out of the I need a "super fast wheelie bow!!" stage and pick yourself up some quality recurves/longbows


Been shooting a #55 Bear grizzly for almost 2 years now, (a browning wasp before that.) I now wonder why i never started with recurves in the first place. I shoot without tabs/or gloves. I just learned that way. I was never in the cold bowhunting so I never really had to worry about my fingers, and having to keep replacing tabs and gloves was mildly annoying.

I wear a custom leather "latigo hunter" armguard made by mikes archery leather.


oh, and broadheads! For compounds I liek 100 grain slick triicks. For recurves, some good 'ol sharpened zwicky eskilites, or eskimo's.

 

[banana-clip]

My most important peice of equipment for early bow hunting here in Georgia is my thermacell...those skeeters are a pain in the butt here in Sept and Oct.

 

[mymindisamob]

I shoot a 55# Bear Grizzly with a Great Northern bow quiver and have recently switched from aluminum Eastons (Fall Stalkers) to some carbons that a buddy handed down. For tips I use Sliks for target and Zwickey Eskilites for hunting. I use a Skookum Mega Tuff tab even though I shoot 3 under and I just got turned on to Archery Armour armguard that is a very cool combination of kydex and leather.

 

[Bet That Hurt]

My bow is a Leon Stewart Slammer and I make my own wooden arrows tipped with Magnus 1 broadheads. I use a side stalker leather quiver for hunting and a GFA quiver for practice. I don't take too much extra when I hunt - 3 or 4 arrows, one of which is a blunt in case I see a grouse, and a knife or two.

 

[MonkeyBomb]

I have my PSE Baby G, I carry a camelback stryker with the usual overnighter PSK and a pax for splitting the pelvis on Elk. A drag harness and cheesecloth for keeping it clean on a quartered elk. Keep a wyoming knife and a couple of knives for skinning. Usually carry an XD 45 for the surplus of Mountain lions and Bears. Some 550 cord for hanging the quarters away from the gut pile so I can pack it out without having it eaten or sprayed by a lion. A chemlight and a headlamp if i'm out later than I planned.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

i have been a trad. archer/bowhunter for many years now... both of my boys, my wife and my father in law all shoot too... though these days being so busy and all, i shoot regularly, but i don't get out and hunt that often... maybe once or twice a year...

here is my hunting set up..

-the bow- is a 62 in. reflex-deflex longbow, drawing 58#'s @ my 27 in. draw length.. it was made by Chaparral archery.. the thing is a rocket..

-arrows- in a bow quiver. i normally shoot/make all of my own wood arrows, these arrows are Easton 2216's..

-my good ol' trusty fedora..

- Camelbak woodland hydration pack, loaded with all sorts of goods.. this is a great little pack.. it is made from saddle cloth, so it is nice and quiet.. it's contents:
-water (of course)
-spare glove.
-spare string.
-FAK.
-Snow Peak SOLO Ti cookset.
-cutlery/sharpening stone.
-PSK.
-small sil-tarp.
-game bags if needs be.
-spare socks.
-another layer.
-headlamp.


depending on what i am hunting,terrain and distance, i sometimes use my stalker style side quiver.. it has a nice foam bottom...

besides having 4-5 broadheads with me while out in the field, i usually have a few of these bad boys in my quiver too... they rock for birds and small game..

Zwickey Judo points..(L)

Ace Hex blunts..(R)

the back quiver i normally use for shooting..

the fam at a recent weekend long Trad. 3-D shoot..

shoot straight..

Mike

 

[SGP]

I use a 55# Kassai Raven recurve. I love that thing. Currently shooting Gamegetters with natural fletching, field points, and blunts. 3 finger tab, no armguard, no quiver. I only hunt for small game, and I've got individual broadhead sheaths if I ever end up going after deer (probably not anytime soon).

Does anyone know where to find (or at least have a decent image and measurements of) asian release thumbrings?

 

[mtnfolk mike]

I use a 55# Kassai Raven recurve. I love that thing. Currently shooting Gamegetters with natural fletching, field points, and blunts. 3 finger tab, no armguard, no quiver. I only hunt for small game, and I've got individual broadhead sheaths if I ever end up going after deer (probably not anytime soon).

Does anyone know where to find (or at least have a decent image and measurements of) asian release thumbrings?

here you go... search the net.. there is lots of info. online about thumb rings..

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Thumb+Rings_i6341X_baseitem.html

 

[SGP]

D'oh! thanks Mtnfolk... shoulda thought to check the place I bought the bow...

 

[cut it out]

bow: BOB LEE RECURVE
arrow: self made woodies with 5 inch feathers
broadheads: Stos or grizzlies
knife: GROHMANN DH RUSELL CANADIAN BELT KNIFE
Lone wolf tree stand
bottle of water

 

[HomeBru]

My most important peice of equipment for early bow hunting here in Georgia is my thermacell...those skeeters are a pain in the butt here in Sept and Oct.

+1 on that! I bought one last year and it was invaluable!

I usually carry WAY too much stuff with me...

Fedora with leaf stenciled camo and juvenile turkey wing feather. The feather will be replaced by whatever the next cool feather I happen to find is...

Vista Maverick II Fleece back quiver with homemade fletching protector.

Cabela's All-Day Transporter fanny pack filled with: two calls, extra release, 550 paracord, cover scent/attractant, mini snickers bars, at least two knives, three flashlights, and a thermos of coffee.

J-

 

[sambo.]

my $0.02..... when on the prowl....

70lb Fred Bear Showdown compound bow
5 arrows
Varmint Buster blunts or single bevelled Outback Supreme 125 grain broadheads (i tend to take a dozen sharp broadies with me and half a dozen VBs).
wrist-sling release aid thingy
Camelback backpack
knife
another knife
leatherman
comprehensive first aid kit
water bottle as well as bladder in backpack
a day or so's worth of emergency rations (four small tins of tuna)
lunch (not the emergency rats)
space blanket

and some other stuffs.