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Since we have all this talk on here about bowhunting, traditional seasons, baiting,illumanock, ethics etc... How about the use of range finders in archery.. I personally have one, not till 2 years ago. I bowhunted 18 years without one and boy do I wish I had one all those years. I feel a HUGE part of being a archer is the ability to range your game without the use of "electronics" to tell you how far things are, this is a skill, some are very good at it, it takes alot of practice and to me is a crucial part of being a bowhunter. I use to just hike and guess ranges of things then pace it off to see how close I was, did this for years and become very good at this by the time I was 20. The use of range finders has extended my range dramatically!! I shoot my bow out to 100 yards during practice sessions, I am very confident in my range out to 60 yards on deer and 70 on elk ,now with the use of range finders I am able to take these shots, I now know the exact distance.These rangefinders have complimented todays high tech bows they are fast enough and accurate enough to kill game out past 100 yards, but there arent many hunters out there who would let a arrow go at 60 yards at a deer if they didnt know the exact distance. Back in the day there was not a chance I would shoot much past 40 yards unless I had marked off my distances in my treestand with markers so I would know. To me there is alot less game in the woods due to the use of these devices, yes there is the argument ethical clean kills, but to me this direclty aids hunters in harvesting of game animals. There are alot of big bucks that would be dead if I had one of these when I began my bowhunting career. It also makes me wonder why P&Y allows deer in the book with the use of these. This goes the same way with long range shooting of guns, people taking animals at 700-1000 yards, these animals are not dead if these hunters dont have accurate range finders. U can debate they could get closer and shoot,but alot of times u cant when they are shooting over canyons or mt sides. Whats your opinion on the matter?
Sounds like your nuts to me- for starters- bragging that you can shoot and elk at 70 yds with an arrow tells me your a dumb ass. Do you know how far an elk an move by the time your arrow gets to it? Completely and totally DUMB. Then you go on to imply rangefinders are unethical because they improve yearly harvest quotas. I'm willing to bet that because of the use of rangefinders- most hunters wound less game because they tag out after the first shot- unlike the guy that wounds 3 elk a year by taking 70 yard shots with his bow only to eat tag soup at the end of the season.
Quote from: huntnnw on January 04, 2011, 11:17:01 PM Since we have all this talk on here about bowhunting, traditional seasons, baiting,illumanock, ethics etc... How about the use of range finders in archery.. I personally have one, not till 2 years ago. I bowhunted 18 years without one and boy do I wish I had one all those years. I feel a HUGE part of being a archer is the ability to range your game without the use of "electronics" to tell you how far things are, this is a skill, some are very good at it, it takes alot of practice and to me is a crucial part of being a bowhunter. I use to just hike and guess ranges of things then pace it off to see how close I was, did this for years and become very good at this by the time I was 20. The use of range finders has extended my range dramatically!! I shoot my bow out to 100 yards during practice sessions, I am very confident in my range out to 60 yards on deer and 70 on elk ,now with the use of range finders I am able to take these shots, I now know the exact distance.These rangefinders have complimented todays high tech bows they are fast enough and accurate enough to kill game out past 100 yards, but there arent many hunters out there who would let a arrow go at 60 yards at a deer if they didnt know the exact distance. Back in the day there was not a chance I would shoot much past 40 yards unless I had marked off my distances in my treestand with markers so I would know. To me there is alot less game in the woods due to the use of these devices, yes there is the argument ethical clean kills, but to me this direclty aids hunters in harvesting of game animals. There are alot of big bucks that would be dead if I had one of these when I began my bowhunting career. It also makes me wonder why P&Y allows deer in the book with the use of these. This goes the same way with long range shooting of guns, people taking animals at 700-1000 yards, these animals are not dead if these hunters dont have accurate range finders. U can debate they could get closer and shoot,but alot of times u cant when they are shooting over canyons or mt sides. Whats your opinion on the matter?great thread and post and i agree 100%. ultimately, i think technology will kill us in the end as far as our hunting priviledges go.... and the biggest culpret, atleast in my opinion, is this frigg'n thing i am typing on. today, you can go online as a complete novice to hunting and within one year, have a darn good working knowledge of a specific species, where to start locating that animal, what tactics to use for that animal, what bow works best, how to shoot that bow, tune the bow ect ect.... then log onto google earth and virtually see the terrain before even stepping foot out there to locate lanmarks such as pinch points water ect. technology scares me in the world of hunting and what i fear that it will take away from us..... and "the nekid lady box" is numero uno on the list as far as technological advances for hunters.btw, calling someone a dumb ass because their proficiency with a weapon is superior to your level of "acceptable" limits is kind of counter-intuitive dont ya think?..... and this is coming from a stickbow guy.
The great Fred Bear had no qualms with shooting game out to 60 yards with his recurve. Pope and Young shot animals out to 70 with their longbow. I guess you are calling the fathers of modern archery a *censored* as well?
DB- there is no question about that..... a good example is bow building. when i started 12 or so years ago, the net was, for all intents and purposes, in it's infancy. there was almost zero info on the topic and really, only a few books that were vague at best.fast forward to today.... the site i sent you the link on is THE place for laminated bow building. when i created that forum on the site, very few guys were building other than pros but there was some interest. soon, there were a few hobby guys doing build alongs as well as some pros chiming in. now, guys can go from knowing nothing, to having the right tools and techniques from that site and create a bow that took me 50 or so to get to the same level through trial and error.hunting is becoming the same way...... not that it is really a bad thing...... i'm just saying.
