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after a long hiatus of non hunting, I finally picked me up a new bow. well kind of new, last years model, total for arrows and everything, came to around 800 bucks

I remember when i bought my first bow, a martin prowler in the early 90s, I think me and my dad payed 300 for the whole setup, My bow alone cost 450

Picked up a Bear Truth, Man is it fricken awesome.

I have been lucky enough to be granted permission on 2 farms in rome ohio, for the next 4 seasons. One of the farms hasnt been hunted in years, the other, just during gun season..

all I have left to get is a ladder stand and Im all set. Im gonna try and take a turkey this spring off one of the farms

I gotta get out there and do some scouting asap too.. to find where the deer are coming in at.

wheres the brownie bowhunters at?

Clay will be around this post in a minute. He's pretty into Bow hunting so he can share some tips/stories with you.

Love to bow hunt, if i had my choice between bow or shot gun....hands down bow hunting would win everytime.

I own a PSE fireflight, have had that bow for years, have always looked into buying a new one, but havent, it's kinda like a warm glove or a old pair of sneakers, but the new Matthews adrinaline has me rethinking it....but still the price might keep me a couple years away from purchasing it.

I normally hunt public lands around Nwest Ohio where the deer population isnt anything like it is in Southern Ohio & eastern Ohio, but I do have to say it improving. I do have a fishing buddy who has land around the defiance area an we did last year do some shot gun hunting on ther with the kids, we've talked and were gonna hit it this fall with our bows....we've spent the last few years giving the kids first & best shot at a deer and normally go last, but there getting older and now wanting to go with thier friends, so we said heck with them...LOL...We've put them first for years, now it's our turn, LOL...my buddy took a 10 pointer off this area a few years ago and the kids took 4 the first day and 3 the next while shotgun hunting last fall. so we pumped.

I dont use a tree stand but hunker down along side a tree all camed up waiting.....nothing like it, being out in the woods on a crisp fall day with the leaves turning,.......nothing like it.

anyway good luck, now is when ya wanna start practicing getting oyur shot down, I practice at 20 -25- 30 -35 yards, somew people take farther shot, but to me I wanna make sure I get a quick clean kill and to me anything over 35 is always a risk, not that other arnt good shots, but there is so many varibles that can throw off a shot at 40 yards. so get out and practice, and good luck this fall,

i'm no expert by any means, just a guy who love the outdoors, with a average shot but if ya got any questions, I'll be happy to give you my opinon. Do hit the web sites and DNR books to learn the rules many have changes, expecially some where you have to carry written permission to hunt others lands at all time, DNR officers dont wanna hear I have permission they wanna see it and you can get fined if you dont have it in writting,

My bow is put away for the season, for the most part I try to get out a couple times a month to practice shooting, but I'm getting ready for my Bass fishing tournament season which is fast approching, cant wait. I do think I heard bow season oipens this year on September 27 or 28th..good luck and have fun,,,,

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Picked up a Bear Truth, Man is it fricken awesome.

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Fred Bear models are good solid bows for the money. Sounds like ya bought it new, keep going back to this place for tune-up and to have your bow checked out every season, hopefully for that price they will do it free of charge, if not find a place that will and buy your items there, I go to a local place I've been going there for years, bought my bow there & my sons bow thier, Every year I get a tune up & string waxed up for free, They know i'll be bqck to buy arrows ect.

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all I have left to get is a ladder stand and Im all set.

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I take it your gonna buy a ladder that comes with a safety Harness.... ...right.

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I gotta get out there and do some scouting asap too.. to find where the deer are coming in at.

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never too early for that, just keep in mind, deer winter feeding patterns & paths are totally diffrent from thier summer patterns, winter deer will travel good distnace to find food, summer it's all around them so they dont travel and many of thier paths will become grown over in the summer, except for the water hole path, hint....

Normally I start walking around the woods for deer season around Mid August, to see if there are any paths, when i find a path, I think about ok why is this path here, what are they doing on this path, coming or going, to what are they going to or coming from...which directions are the tracks if any, think about this beacuse you wanna position yourself to face them coming towards you...wind direction is something to think about but if you buy scent eliminator your less likely to have to worry about it, Once you find a place & set up your tree stand in late august or mid September, measure off the distances you practice shooting at 20-30-35 yards, in a circle around your stand, putting little orange hunter tacks on trees. This way when your in your stand and all excited becuase a 12 point buck is standing there you dont have to think ok how far is he away for your bow signts, you can look at the tacks and know he's....far away, becuase you measured it off, and than use your bow sights to get a perfect kill shot. ....just a few hints, probebly nothing you werent taught already....but it's just fun to talk about it....

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The Reason Im trying to go asap, wouldnt the winter patterns next year pretty much be the same? Im assuming summer patterns will be useful for septemb er-october months...

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Pretty much yes the same, but keep and eye out for why the patten is there in the first place, corn field soy field, ect, should the reason change like the farmer dosent plant, could effect the path, but if the farmer plants corn again or soy again it should remain closely the same.

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by the way, whisker biskit or drop away?

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That really depends on you and what you feel comfortable with. To me the W biscuit is to bulky, but I learned to shot years ago when sights werent used, I've had a tuff time adjusting to sights, we use to shoot by feel and too me I like keeping all the attachments on my bow very simple, do I use the drop away I sights, all the new fangled things are nice but really not needed, when it's all said & done it comes down to you & how straight you can shoot the arrow, things help, but practice is the best.