Eric is planning a hunting trip this weekend. Instead of carefully washing his clothes in scent-free detergent and then applying buck scent junk, I find this…
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| Camouflage |
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| Camouflage (Designed by Mother Nature and By God) |
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The only thing as patriotic as the old red, white and blue
Is green and grey and black and brown and tan all over too! |
Yep, I have a goat barn full of camo hunting clothes. The idea is that by the end of the week they will smell like goats and hopefully goats smell enough like deer to attract the other deer. I’ll keep you posted as to the effectiveness. Also, if a chicken decided to roost on that clothesline, that would NOT be funny AT ALL. But if it does happen, I will post a picture of that too . . . when I finish laughing!
UPDATE: Eric went on his hunting trip. They saw several deer, but he couldn’t get a bow shot on any of them. He feels certain that the deer saw him. The first one he saw was very far off and it turned and looked right at him. I suppose he will be buying some of that awful smelling scent cover stuff before his next trip. Oh well, it was worth a try!
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Hi, I just started reading your blog and was astonished to find that your husband goes hunting using bow and arrows. Is that legal where you live? And where is that? As much as I like the romantic notion of boz hunting, as far as I know the risk of wounding animals instead of killing them is increased tenfold by not using a hunting rifle (the decrease in range and power does that, I should point out: it’s not the quality of the hunter!). So not the best way of going about creating a more balanced eco system/sustainable society/insert your favorite casue here. 🙂
All the best and keep blogging,
C.
Hi Chris! Thanks for the comment! I will try to explain the bow hunting insomuch as I am capable, not being a hunter myself! First, we are in Alabama. Not only is bow hunting legal, the first month and a half or so of deer season is for bows only. I don’t know if you are familiar with the equipment or not, so I’ll give you a little run down… These aren’t Robin Hood’s bow and arrows! 🙂 Eric hunts with a high-tech compound bow that takes 75 pounds of pressure just to draw (I tried and didn’t even come close!) The arrows he shoots are outfitted specifically for the type of game that he is hunting, and do damage similar to a hunting rifle. The bow has sights and a trigger release, so it is extremely accurate –But Eric deserves credit there as well, in that he practices year-round on his bow skills. As you pointed out, you do lose something in the range of the bow, but his is accurate to about 40 yards and he feels like it takes more skill as a hunter to kill a deer with a bow since you have to be closer to the animal and patient enough to wait for the right shot. Of course, with a bow or rifle a poorly placed shot is at risk of injuring rather than killing an animal, so the conscientious hunter must use great care at all times. Feel free to ask more questions if you have them! -H
Hi, and thanks for your explanation. Stalking deer is difficult enough with a rifle, so I’m fully appreciative of how good a hunter you’d have to be to hunt with a bow. I didn’t think it was a Robin Hood bow we were talking about, of course, but I’ve never heard of a trigger release on a bow before, so you live and learn. How does that work? I would love to try my hand at both shooting and (eventually) hunting with a bow of that kind, but I don’t think it’s legal anywhere in Europe.
I only used the Robin Hood reference to say that I was shocked by the number of bells and whistles the bows have these days. 😉 I used to shoot (targets) with a compound bow as a child and this is really nothing like what I had at all. The trigger is basically a leather strap that gets attached around the wrist. It has a hook that you put on the string, and you pull the bow back with the hook rather than your fingers. Then you reach up and pull a little trigger that releases the arrow. It’s pretty cool! I saw them for the first time on a show called “Top Shot” and was amazed! Here is a link with a picture of one similar to what Eric uses: http://www.amazon.com/Company-Eliminator-Caliper-Release-Adjustable/dp/B001EYBY9M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386767437&sr=8-1&keywords=bow+trigger+pull What part of Europe are you in? We recently returned from Ireland, and certainly the views of hunting (and weapon ownership of any kind) were very different from ours! (And the views in the Southern US States tend to be quite different from those in the North, as well…) I did find this link that may help, apparently bow hunting laws vary from country to country, but it is legal in at least parts of Europe. http://www.europeanbowhunting.org/ Again, I’m glad to (attempt to) answer any questions about it! Have a great day!