You are watching on what kind of device? I watched on old-school desktop with big monitor and saw ZERO commercials.
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THP PUBLIC HUNTING CHALLENGE PA
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You are watching on what kind of device? I watched on old-school desktop with big monitor and saw ZERO commercials.
131north
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Well, episode 4 was on my phone - but even the others I felt like we're increased watching on Roku. Maybe need to bust out the laptop and give that a try! Are you logged into an account when you watch? I wonder if that's a factor...
The type of device you are watching on can dictate how many ads you see?
Didn't watch yet, World Series deciding game is one of the few things I'd prioritize over that, but heard a little about how it went down. Hunters make their own luck is all I can come up with. He's got his own style, is very good at it, and some insanely good juju.
Yes. But it's because I run an adblocker, which I don't think you can run if you're watching on a phone via the YouTube app.
Just started that last episode on a virtual machine via www.youtube.com (no adblockers) and I see what you guys are saying--the ads are horrible!
d_rek
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It's basically like watching cable anymore. Ads every 5-7 minutes. Pretty sad. RIP free Internet.
The fix is pretty easy. Watch youtube on Chrome or Firefox with the uBlock Origin addon installed. Here is a youtube video on how to do it.
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Zach: Wild card, yes. Loose cannon?
I don't think so, but he may start to get that reputation. He takes some risky shots in my opinion. I know others will disagree. To his benefit, he's been successful with tough shots he's taken. We can say his practice and knowledge and archery setup all contribute to his being able to get away with less risk aversion. But this shows how close you are all the time when you ride those lines and I think good juju has been his best hunting companion after the shot.
He is genuinely disappointed by the result of this shot. That shows his character. And he says he wants to look at what happened and learn from it, that's what makes any hunter better.
He's obviously a really skilled hunter. In my opinion, maybe he can learn from this that making a bad shot and taking a bad shot aren't the same thing, but that's for him to decide. Obviously, he got a great PA buck if that's what matters at the end of the day to him.
Enjoyed the excitement of that last hunt with the Beast guys. Wish they would have got that beauty, but you see how much Dan just enjoyed the encounter. Even though he touts himself as the BB serial killer, I love how his love of the hunting wilds comes through.
I'm always torn on the shot selection thing.
I've killed my last two bucks with frontals (15 yards, <10 feet in a tree). You have approximately a baseball size target on a whitetail. One similar experience to Zack, one dead within seconds. I can hit a baseball 99/100 from 15 yards. The bad experienced I misjudged where the baseball was. Still I'll continue to take them, I'm there to kill deer, not win a virtue measuring contest. I feel comfortable with the shot. I see the reasons for not taking it. Nobody is changing my mind and I'm not here to argue about it.
At the same time, I also feel that when one chooses to broadcast their activities to the hunting community and non-hunting community at large, they bear a greater responsibility to reduce WCGW to basically zero and also to convey to Johnny that watches a couple youtube videos and goes and buys a Walmart bow how maybe beginner shot selection is different than someone with 2 or 3 decades of experience.
I've killed my last two bucks with frontals (15 yards, <10 feet in a tree). You have approximately a baseball size target on a whitetail. One similar experience to Zack, one dead within seconds. I can hit a baseball 99/100 from 15 yards. The bad experienced I misjudged where the baseball was. Still I'll continue to take them, I'm there to kill deer, not win a virtue measuring contest. I feel comfortable with the shot. I see the reasons for not taking it. Nobody is changing my mind and I'm not here to argue about it.
At the same time, I also feel that when one chooses to broadcast their activities to the hunting community and non-hunting community at large, they bear a greater responsibility to reduce WCGW to basically zero and also to convey to Johnny that watches a couple youtube videos and goes and buys a Walmart bow how maybe beginner shot selection is different than someone with 2 or 3 decades of experience.
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Interesting Dan got busted twice in this challenge and both times they said milk weed shows wind direction is fine. Makes you wonder how warm scent molecules and milk weed mimic each other in still conditions.
That shot Zack put on that deer was strange. He was right of the camera guy, shot went left of center and rode the ribs down and out. The buck wasnt head on to the camera guy, but close. That would make it hard quartering to Zack.
The big take away was that buck stayed in thick cover and only entered the logging trail at almost dark. Tough to kill deer that behave like that.
That shot Zack put on that deer was strange. He was right of the camera guy, shot went left of center and rode the ribs down and out. The buck wasnt head on to the camera guy, but close. That would make it hard quartering to Zack.
The big take away was that buck stayed in thick cover and only entered the logging trail at almost dark. Tough to kill deer that behave like that.
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It would be interesting to see Zach's ground game in less diverse habitats (like forested hills/mountains). I would learn a ton from that.
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When I first saw the shot, I thought for sure that he put it through the nearside shoulder on purpose with his new heavy arrow setup. If he went for a frontal shot, I doubt he hit near where he was aiming at all (with that angle you'd want to hit towards the nearside). It was pretty dark and he might've not seen the deer well or his arrow hit something.
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I was thinking about his shot all morning. I can see how you think you can't miss at 3 yrds. But that angle looked tuff. If he was strait on it would send that thing right down the pipe. Which would make that a nasty gutting job. I like to think I would have not taken that shot. But hard to say. I wasent there
Oh yeah. Joe R. Is a stone cold killer. Good work Joe.
You know what impressed me most about Joe in this series? When he missed that buck early he made no excuses. He flat out said it took him a bit by surprise and he wasn't sure if was too amped up or if his bow hit something. Great to hear that. I think it was pretty obvious by the wide margin of error that the bow hit the camera arm as the edited video text stated but most guys would instantly be making excuses on why they missed. Joe just owned it. Good for him!
Unfortunately those are the kind of shots you often end up with hunting from the ground like that. It's not for the guy that needs a perfectly broadside or slightly quartering away shot, inside 25 yards, at an un-alert deer, through a nice clear shooting lane to feel confident in releasing an arrow. The reality of that style of hunting is you're going to be forced to take some less than ideal shots, or your not going to shoot at very many deer. It's certainly not for everyone. FWIW, I've taken 3 frontal or nearly frontal shots on deer in the last few years and watched or heard all 3 of them crash. I don't think all of those shots were in this "baseball sized" kill zone I keep hearing about either...
Have you sliced an arrow right through the middle? Did it make it a nasty mess in the stomach area? I hate getting into the guts. That's what I worry about.
131north
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There was a Tethrd video with the opposite reaction.
Yes and yes, once. Field dressing him wasn't pleasant. I can see that being a deterrent from taking that shot
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