Tradbow Close: A Small Game Photo Dump

[FairWeather]

That looks like fun!

 

[howl]

I sent an arrow into the spot where a squirrel had been with I released said arrow the other day. Hat's off!

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Trumpkin

I have rarely been this envious.

Please become my friend.

That is all.

P.S. I have 2 black widows but no-one to teach me!

Hah! Peasant! We the almighty wabbit slayer, are not friends with anyone who cannot slay small game on their own. Get good, scrub! (I kid, I kid!)

Jokes aside, the best trad advice I can give you is to buy the Solid Archery Mechanics online course from The Push. It's gold, man! Well worth the $200!

 

[Don Fischer]

Thanks! I agree. And when I did live near grouse I was such a lousy shot with a bow I usually reached for a sidearm instead . Didn't want to break my arrows.

Ha! I was thinking of what gun you carried for backup!

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Ha! I was thinking of what gun you carried for backup!

Oh I have definitely shot grouse in the head with a S&W 629.

 

[mevertsen]

Lets be real, this is probably as much a bragging post as it is a celebration of bow hunting. That said, it's the offseason, and I do love killing small game with traditional bows! I've even been known to abandon deer hunts just to chase squirrels in pecan groves.

I have a couple rules of thumb for shooting small game with bows, mostly to avoid an expensive arrow bill.
1. Get them under 10 yards
2. Don't shoot above head height

Pretty simple, right?

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What heads are you using for the small game.

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

What heads are you using for the small game.

Usually some knock off version of a VPA small game thumper. Occasionally my pig arrow gets pressed into service when the action gets hot and heavy, so that's usually a VPA 3 blade or a Magnus Stinger.

 

[Don Fischer]

Lets be real, this is probably as much a bragging post as it is a celebration of bow hunting. That said, it's the offseason, and I do love killing small game with traditional bows! I've even been known to abandon deer hunts just to chase squirrels in pecan groves.

I have a couple rules of thumb for shooting small game with bows, mostly to avoid an expensive arrow bill.
1. Get them under 10 yards
2. Don't shoot above head height

Pretty simple, right?

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Nice bow! If I was to go back to bow's I'd look for another recurve! problem is I don't shoot them very well!

 

[ccbutler3]

Nice! Flinging some serious arrows, nice shootin Wensel