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Some of my self filmed videos
- Thread starter swampsnyper
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I finally got to watch the videos. They were pretty good, thanks for sharing them 
Those were some awesome bucks and huge hogs!
Those were some awesome bucks and huge hogs!
swampsnyper
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That was filmed with a cannon HF S-100. They don't make it anymore. It was an awesome compact camera with features of the big pro cams. I used a 3rd Arm camera arm. Last year while blood trailing my sons deer I let him hold the camera as he walked around and put it down somewhere. On our way out I asked where my camera. He had a blank look on his face... He put it down somewhere. We never found it. I bought a cheaper canon. It's junk compared to what I had. I quit self filming. It became to much work and to much gear to haul. I miss watching the vids though.
I put one of those atn shot traks on my bow this year. Obviously its not the same as filming your hunt, but for 100 bucks it works pretty good and its cool to have a little footage before the shot, and maybe see the shot. I haven't gotten into self filming more than that because I'm trying to bring less gear into the woods!
rr79 said:
This is without a doubt the stupidest comment I have seen on this site. I have seen plenty of bows with training wheels wound a ton of deer. It is not the bow it is the man holding it. I wonder how many like you are completely imprisoned to technology? And no - I don't think "you get it"
rr79
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Ha i used to think like that all the time. Then i thought about trying it for the challange. Now i own no compounds and hunt with traditional gear only. Its most fun ever. Just bagged another doe last week. The fealing of success is 10x. But i still think deer with a gun is no challenge for me anyway. But i am right. I hardly ever wounded deer with a compound. So far i wounded 6 with traditional. I am a great shot to 30 yrds. Its not that. Its slower and less precise. No kisser, no peep, no sight sevel ect. And out of a saddle its hard to keep propper shooting form vs technology of modern bow. Although my opinion was one sided. Its pretty valid. When i said i get it. I meant i understand wanting to take the challangeing rout. Then i compared it to spearfishing. I own my comnent. It was one sided. I think everyone is guilty of one sided opinions on a subject here and there. And look now i am addicted to trad archery. Dont even have a compound and dont want one ever again.
The word harvesting is for vegetables. i kill things.
The word harvesting is for vegetables. i kill things.
rr79 said:
So let me get this right, this thread was started in March 2015 - so in nine months you sold your compounds and now hunt only with trad gear and you have somehow managed to wound six deer this year with trad gear and you think this is something you should be proud of by posting on a public site????? If this is the case, you deserve a trip back behind the wood shed for some old fashioned "enlightenment" --- you don't just pick up trad gear and start flinging arrows. No wonder you felt that way about trad gear in 2015.
rr79
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Yeah pretty much shortly after that i thought about it. Sold both compounds for a new bow but ended up buying a hoyt recurve. I loved it. Loved shooting it. Practiced a couple months daily. Stacking arrows in the 10 ring daily. Hunted all this year. My problem was trying to take same shots as compound from a saddle. Twisted around ect. Cant do it. Lose form and shots off. No problems from stand. I only admited to the deer for my point. Not to brag or anything else. It was the point that it wouldnt have happened with modern tech.
rr79
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So how long should one practice with trad before hunting? I cant put them any closer to the bullseye. I made some mistakes and learned i cant take certien shots from the saddle. Has nothing to do with length of time. One thing maybe i should have done was practice from saddle more twisted and diff angles. Again. Not proud of the deer i lost at all. Was back on original point on originals post. Why i left my one sided comment before i gave trad a try was its not as accurate and easy as modern tech. And that it probably wouldnt have happened with modern tech. Swamp snyper probably wouldnt have missed either. There are probably many people shooting trad bows who arnt as supirior as you. The few i know are always loseing deer. They been doing it many years. Ohhh and if you live near nj i do have a woodshed and willing to let you try your luck
swampsnyper
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I had a guy once tell me I shouldn't hunt with a weapon I'm not a master of. I just don't see the fun in that. And I'm sure he isn't a master of his gun. I hate losing an animal but it happens.
As far as how long should you practice before taking it in the woods, I can't tell you that. That's for everyone to decide for themselves.
As far as how long should you practice before taking it in the woods, I can't tell you that. That's for everyone to decide for themselves.
essdub
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Re: RE: Re: Some of my self filmed videos
I might not be a master of the trad bow, but I believe that under the vast majority of circumstances I will make a clean shot , or I have sense enough to not take the shot. The incident I described was just a botched shot at very close range. It sucks. It happens, though. Try as we might, we're not gonna be perfect. The fact that we are (usually) harder on ourselves after such a mistake speaks to our character and our love of nature and the animals we hunt. Hunt on, bro.
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I agree. Losing any animal sucks. I shot a doe this year with traditional bow and then the bottom fell out and it went from light rain to heavy rain. My shot wasn't perfect. It was farther back than I intended. I didn't find the doe that night. Or the next day. A couple days later, I followed the buzzards. Terrible feeling.swampsnyper said:
I might not be a master of the trad bow, but I believe that under the vast majority of circumstances I will make a clean shot , or I have sense enough to not take the shot. The incident I described was just a botched shot at very close range. It sucks. It happens, though. Try as we might, we're not gonna be perfect. The fact that we are (usually) harder on ourselves after such a mistake speaks to our character and our love of nature and the animals we hunt. Hunt on, bro.
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rr79
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Well dave pretty much said you cant hunt with one in 9months time. I am guilty of my one sided opinion i made before i tried traditional. Although i love it i still dont think i was that far off. I mean swamp sniper whats your opinion? Is it easier and do you miss and wound less with compound. I shore did. I found i like the challenge.swampsnyper said:
swampsnyper
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I rarely missed with a compound but I wasn't perfect with it. I never cared for deer hunting much growing up. My dad didn't hunt so I only went on a few hunts with friends as a guest and they would just put me in a stand on a pipeline and I watched both ways till a deer came out and I shot it. Not very fun to me. My 1st buck was a young 8pt and a guy at the camp asked if I was shaking. I said no. He said he would quit hunting if he didn't get excited. I said I was excited but no shakes. Those words really got to me and I thought about them a lot. I always thought I must be missing something. It wasn't until I got my 1st bow and got in the woods and actually hunted a spot to ambush a deer. When that 1st lil deer came in range on a trail I was hunting my heart dropped. I made a perfect shot and heard her fall in the palmettos. After the shot the shakes took over me and the words from the guy at that camp years ago slapped me in the face. I had a revelation and said to myself this is what he meant! Never hunted with a gun after that, stopped duck hunting and went all in on bow hunting. A few years latter I met a guy that shot tradbows and I wanted one just to shoot in the yard. I couldn't put the thing down. I quit practicing with my compound and only picked it up right before the next season to make sure it was sighted in. I wanted to kill one bad with my tradbow but limited my self to using it on spots that were thick and only allowed close shots. Wasn't long I quit going to the spots that I didn't feel confident with the tradbow. I could shoot it great in the yard from a tree stand but when a live deer came out I would rush my shot, start thinking, aiming and developed target panic just on live deer. I was also self filming and that added to the pressure and rushing because I had too much going on. Well the camera is gone but I don't get to hunt as much as I want to because every weekend my boys want me to take them. But when I do get to go it's tradkill or no kill.
I'm not sure Dave meant 9months isn't enough practice time to hunt with a tradbow. It's hard to determine exactly what people mean in text. Never let anyone's opinion determine how you live your life. Especially something on the Internet. Your opinion about me didn't change how I hunt. Lol do what makes you happy.
I'm not sure Dave meant 9months isn't enough practice time to hunt with a tradbow. It's hard to determine exactly what people mean in text. Never let anyone's opinion determine how you live your life. Especially something on the Internet. Your opinion about me didn't change how I hunt. Lol do what makes you happy.
kenn1320
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Glad you got a handle on it, can't say I personally would have kept hunting and wounding to get to deer number 7 before stopping and figuring out the problem. I shot 2 Toms with trade equipment, lost both. While my friends kill them with trad gear, I have decided its not for me. Ive missed a couple easy shots on deer and killed one over the course of 5yrs or so. One of the misses the deer jumped and they all went back to eating acorns. I sat and smiled at the arrow sitting there and said today isn't my day, not going to just keep shooting till I hit one. We all need to know are own personal abilities. I have an aiming system now and don't have off days like I did with the pick a spot method. Im the best shot in my own yard, but you develop a false sense of confidence there. I shoot 3d competitively now and that seems to help.
rr79 said:
Sorry but to wound six animals in a row in one season is ridiculous..... And i was pointing out you were the one in the original post that implied hunting with trad gear is not proper in 2015. I merely pointed out it was obviously not proper for you at this point.
rr79 said:
Sorry but to wound six animals in a row in one season is ridiculous..... And i was pointing out you were the one in the original post that implied hunting with trad gear is not proper in 2015. I merely pointed out it was obviously not proper for you at this point. And i never said anyone shouldn't hunt with nine months practice i said you shouldn't be based on your wounding record. I haven't wounded six deer in over three decades of hunting and if i did in one season i wouldn't be out hunting is be practicing.
rr79
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When ya first started trad how many did ya miss or wound? And have ya shot any from the saddle? I have zero problems from a stand. Just the saddle. Be honest.
swampsnyper
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Let's just drop it. I know you got your feeling hurt. Can't please everyone. Do what makes you happy and carry on.
swampsnyper said:
Agreed. It's Christmas everyone so let's move on and have a Merry Christmas.
rr79 said:
I have lost some animals in 35 years and some of those was due to not being allowed to pursue an animal that made it to private ground And yes i have shot a few from saddles.
My entire point was that you need to practice. You shouldn't be figuring out that you need practice from a saddle by wounding deer. You should PRACTICE shooting from a saddle to determine if you are ready to hunt with one. Same with trad gear. You are going about things backwards.
Now I'm sorry if I offended you, that's life. I dont ascribe to this PC world view of you shouldn't be offended. You do it right and I'll be first to slap you on the back and brag on your kill. But, if you wound six deer in a row and post that in a non chalant fashion on the web and I'm going to call you out on it. This is exactly the kind of thing that turns non hunters into anti hunters.... Get my drift?