Traditional Archery

So......I am having a real urge to try my recurve's for still hunting, maybe some tracking when we get some snow.

 A few things have changes since last year when I declared I would not hunt anymore. One is I had a nagging cough , possibly from some mold issues in the house. That seems to be gone for a few months now. Second is the apples in the orchard adjacent to my hunting patch is looking decent this year.

I had  put up a double stand near a trail when I first started hunting this area, mostly for my wife to feel secure. It was on a leaning tree and over a few years it has gotten to the point of  having a down angled bench, no beuno! So last year I knocked it over but couldn't find the key to the lock. I recently cut the lock and moved it to a better spot about 80 yards from where it was , it now is on a well worn path from a swamp to the apples.

 This will still be a stand for Kim. In the years since setting up the double I hung a fixed about 50 yards from it on a junction of 3 trails that pass thru a stone wall. until last year I had only been in that stand a hand full of times that I haven't seen deer, at least within gun range. Last year I only went 4 times before the cough got uncontrollable. Never saw a deer that season, apples were non existent so feeding trails were different.

   I did recently get a new hunting compound a PSE Decree, it is wicked fast and holds surprisingly well. I got it used for a steal, it took all of 3 shots at 20-30-40-50 to get my Easton Da-Torch's hammering! I plan on using this rig when in the stand, I have potentially 30 yard shots and my instinctive recurve skills are only trust-able to 25 y at the moment.Shooting Swhackers out of the Decree,they are the best flying broadheads I have ever used.

  I have a hard time sitting in the stand and have always enjoyed still hunting the swamps with rifles, this season I will do it with a PSE Nighthawk 40# with a 3 arrow Quickee quiver and Easton Traditional Axis and 100g Muzzy's

   I can consistently hit an 8" circle at 20 and would push to 25 if conditions are right. Really, I dont expect to see anything more than 20 anyways due to the thickness of this swamp. I used to live at a farm in Mont Vernon NH and was jumping deer when getting to my stand fairly regularly, twice having deer giving me the eyeball at 15 yards. Had I been using a recurve with a nocked arrow a  shot would have presented itself. this experience is what got me thinking about recurves.

I do intend to  mess around with a fixed crawl to try and get point on at 23 yards or so. If this occurs I should be good for point on from 15 to 25. then perhaps sit a stand with the 'curve. We will see.

    You may be thinking  ...PSE Nighthawk? I thought you were shooting a Ghost! I am and I love the feel of that bow, but it is not drilled for a bow quiver, and a trad version or cat quiver cost as much as the Nighthawk, which also shoots awesome, has a good feeling grip and accepts a Quickee!

    Since I am still building my student bow stable, any bows I get are multi purpose , should I get  a nice quiver for the Ghost, the Nighthawk will still get shot by someone at some point.

Anyways.....have a great day.

I am please to say I will be at OBX trying to slay some Spanish mackerel next week...wish me luck!