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Offline wijim

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« on: March 07, 2006, 11:49:25 AM »
anyone else gonna use a bow on their bird?  im goin traditional....using my recurve...lol....i'll see how that goes.

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2006, 06:18:56 PM »
I am going to be using a bow.  At leats for the first 3 weeks of the season.  Except mine is a compound.  I have all the respect in the world in the world for you guys who can shoot trad.  Not me just yet still like my gadgets and stuff for now.  Are you goint o be using a blind or just tyrin to go for it??  I am going to try it without a blind and see what happens.
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2006, 01:36:19 AM »
i have bow hunted turkey for years(untill) i broke my back, and taken several birds with both compound and recurve.
the hardest thing to do in any hunting situation is getting drawn back on a turkey !!!!
goodluck to all.....jeff
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2006, 07:54:34 AM »
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I am going to be using a bow.  At leats for the first 3 weeks of the season.  Except mine is a compound.  I have all the respect in the world in the world for you guys who can shoot trad.  Not me just yet still like my gadgets and stuff for now.  Are you goint o be using a blind or just tyrin to go for it??  I am going to try it without a blind and see what happens.


will use a blind at times...but mid-day...probably locate and get as cloe as i can and call from under a pine or something.

have shot a few with compound....its very cool.  im just getting way into traditional.....so i just gotta do it.

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« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2006, 01:22:20 PM »
hey, great i love hearing about some more fella's lookin to go trad for their gobbler, i go longbow for turkey every spring and fall with my buddy who shoots recurve, took up the bows when our parents wouldnt let us take the shotguns, its fun, hopin to get mine the year (im usally calln, n plus drawing my longbow while kneeling aint to easy) my buddy killed his last spring, but i only had one come in and hang up at 70 yards!

if ya can work with a buddy and good camo is a neccesity!
we both use homemade ghilly suits (lotta hours went into thoose bad boys,worth it)

Good luck in the field!

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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2006, 05:23:36 AM »
I have been thinking of making one of those gilly suits.  How did you all go about doing it??  Also was it expensive, if you don't mind me asking, I am on a college students budget?
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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2006, 05:12:46 PM »
id love to help you out and good news, im on a high school students budget so you should be fine!

1st go get ur self a BDU top from ur local army navy store base your colors  of the vegatation growing in spring in your area, this is about 25 bucks.
now head to a sports store,wall mart, dicks somethin thatll sell a volley ball net ( i know what ur thinking but trust me)
now get some burlap and jute cord (burlap bags and bailing twine) living on a farm all theese materials are readily avalible to me, ask a farmer whos land u may hunt hell prolly give it to ya free!
Now the dye, you need some hard core clothing dyes, in blacks,greens,and browns, mix theese in five gallon buckets till u get almost a black brown,black green, and plain ol black.

so now ya got some dyed burlap and jute a volley ball net and a BDU, not the material that come to most hutners minds when they think camo but u my freind have enlightened!

now cut your burlap into 12 to 18 inch strips the width should match the links on your netting.
now the hard part, its worth it however (to some :))you need to stich the netting to the BDU stich with an X pattern over the spots were the netting forms an X ,this is the long part, but keep in mind with this camo you can literally disapear into a hallside or feild edge.

YAY, now the netting is done, dont put away the neddle and thread yet though, u gotta stich ur burlap onto there, this isnt as hard as the netting part but some people choose to go "shaggy stile" and use all jute cord wich can be tied on.

good luck, this will improve your hunting skills greatly if you learn to use it right!

one more thing once its all done leave some long peices of jute cord so you can tie on vegatation near by!
 
-cory