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Truth.
I, and a friend of mine, wanted to know how primitive we could go, and still get meat. we tried spears on rabbits, self made bows, and slingshots. I still hunt small game with a slingshot.
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the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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I have killed stuff in f u ck ed up ways also.
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I have killed stuff in f u ck ed up ways also.
I'm deadly on small game with a slingshot. nothing f u cked up about it.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Truth.
I, and a friend of mine, wanted to know how primitive we could go, and still get meat. we tried spears on rabbits, self made bows, and slingshots. I still hunt small game with a slingshot. Amateur ! A guy I worked with when I climbed utility poles for the cable company killed a spike buck with a hand thrown pipe wrench from 20' straight above it on a utilty pole in a corn field. I've killed rabbits with a hand thrown rock and several species of birds and small game with homemade slingshots and bows when I was a kid.
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Truth.
I, and a friend of mine, wanted to know how primitive we could go, and still get meat. we tried spears on rabbits, self made bows, and slingshots. I still hunt small game with a slingshot. Amateur ! A guy I worked with when I climbed utility poles for the cable company killed a spike buck with a hand thrown pipe wrench from 20' straight above it on a utilty pole in a corn field. I've killed rabbits with a hand thrown rock and several species of birds and small game with homemade slingshots and bows when I was a kid. sound familiar. i throw knives and often use large screwdrivers! 
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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Dude I grew up with a wrist rocket after stopping making homemade
Ones for c hrist sakes
Stop taking things a personal affront....
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An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
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The people that did that are not archers because they're not shooting bows they're shooting crossguns.
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Dude I grew up with a wrist rocket after stopping making homemade
Ones for c hrist sakes
Stop taking things a personal affront.... Stop assigning emotions or motives to me I have not expressed. (You are making chit up in your head).
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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Ya ever hear of a home made pod arrow with a 20 gauge slug
Land version of a shark stick.
BTDT
not proud of it either
Different lifetime long long ago.
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Dude I grew up with a wrist rocket after stopping making homemade
Ones for c hrist sakes
Stop taking things a personal affront.... Stop assigning emotions or motives to me I have not expressed. (You are making chit up in your head). Really?
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Ya ever hear of a home made pod arrow with a 20 gauge slug
Land version of a shark stick.
BTDT
not proud of it either
Different lifetime long long ago. yes, there are a few versions. fires a shotgun shell on impact. qualifies as a firearm, and only legal to use during gun season. https://youtu.be/WK_jkPhrddchere is one based on the .357 or .38 bullet
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the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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New tech stuff their.....
78 tech for 15 yr olds was small nail with tip rounded off in insert of an aluminum
arrow and duck tape to hold shell in place
Bout 10 -12 Yards was pushing it for range with a 40 pd fiberglass bow.
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New tech stuff their.....
78 tech for 15 yr olds was small nail with tip rounded off in insert of an aluminum
arrow and duck tape to hold shell in place
Bout 10 -12 Yards was pushing it for range with a 40 pd fiberglass bow.
yep, and it was low enough quality that someone decided "Gee! i could make these and SELL them!! and if you watched the video, you would see the results of the improved version. I have no interest in such a poor design. If I had designed it, it would cock and lock with a true firing pin, nd only be triggered on impact. as is, I'm not impressed.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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Ren and Kel: I once killed a fly with only a straw and a spitball...Imagine what I could do on a rabbit with my straw. 😉
Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog
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Ren and Kel: I once killed a fly with only a straw and a spitball...Imagine what I could do on a rabbit with my straw. 😉 try this. might improve you kill ratio.... i use hex nuts. if you want more mass, fill the center with lead.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
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Ren and Kel: I once killed a fly with only a straw and a spitball...Imagine what I could do on a rabbit with my straw. 😉 Ya ever see those little plastic pistols that shoot salt for flies. I might pick one up the next time I run across one. Post up some pics of results. Shyts and giggles type of stuff.
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Metal political buttons back when we were kids.
Pop pin out backside and use as little frisbees.
Killed chipmunks with them.
Farthest was over 30 yards.
They fly with a rolling arc so it takes a while to get the knack.
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Let's face it, compounds aren't really bows. They've been bastardized even more than BP weapons. kill 10 wild adult whitetails with a compound bow , no baiting on public land then get back to me. I have killed deer with recurves and compounds both can be difficult to kill a adult deer add cold weather " below zero" and most rifle hunters would not do it. Yeah you better know who you're talking to, I've bowhunted since 1982 and have bowhunted in 9 states taking whitetail, mulies, antelope, elk, bear, turkey, mountain goat, in that time. Will go moose hunting in WY next year...I hunted compounds until the mid 90s, then went exclusively to recurves and am now using both. Compounds aren't really bows, that's just my opinion. I like them though. AT MY AGE OF 65 YEARS and have bowhunted since about 10 years of age I have seen plenty and killed many animals,whitetail deer,mule deer,turkeys,mnt. lion,bear,caribou,buffalo,elk "largest bull elk with a bow 374 B.C."antelope,russian hogs,,many predators,i started with a used longbow when I was 8,then recurve back in the 60`s and then compound bow in 1973,won a few archery tournaments including a state title in the harder class free style. so have bowhunted now over 55 years,raised a son who won many many state titles and some national titles too in the harder F.S. class,son has killed plenty animals too and this year he beat my bull elk with a bigger bull with his bow but you won`t read about this giant bull elk I raised him to be humble.>> archery ? ya I know archery and its by far much harder even with a compound bow than rifle hunting ,but I do enjoy both rifle and any bow to hunt with !
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