Recent content by Brendan
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Bowmars to change plea tomorrow?
Robby is a legit good guy as are a number of the admins over there. I 100% feel like they're just sick and tired of all of the dumpster fire arguing threads over there, and I'm sure there's an element of sponsors getting pulled in too. Unfortunately, there's still just a ton of BS on RS and...- Brendan
- Post #46
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Wet - Snowy - MT 2022 Opener
I opted out of the first 9 days of the season, hoping it quiets down a little by Halloween.- Brendan
- Post #8
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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goHUNT, OnX, BaseMap? Which and why for e scouting?
Google Earth for desktop scouting. Caltopo paid subscription gives you additional layer overlays within GE. I prefer Gaia to both Basemap and OnX for everything in the field. -
Elk Arrow Weight?
I agree with the comment above that tuning gets more difficult (and less forgiving) as arrow speed goes up. A lighter arrow shot faster is also louder. If it were me, same as 805 above, I would increase my arrow weight until my arrow speed was around 285 FPS. A lighter faster arrow will... -
Broadhead Accuracy Issues
Buy some spray foot powder from the drug store and spray down your entire rest and cables near where the arrow passes and shoot a couple to make sure you're not getting any fletching contact first. That will drive you crazy when trying to broadhead tune a bow. After that - most likely all of... -
New guy from Mass
Unfortunately - I do live in Boston... Well, Medford actually and work in Boston, so close enough. My only advice - DO IT! I've gone Elk hunting 3 years in a row, OTC / General tags, and am driving myself back to Montana again 2 weeks from tomorrow. I have a deer tag, but have never... -
New to Hunt Talk - female hunter
Welcome aboard - I'm in Medford here. Any chance I met you at Hank Shaw's Buck Buck Moose dinner in Cambridge last fall? Story sounds familiar. Brendan -
Pin Gap Spacing
Not necessarily true. A draw length can be both too long, or too short. Many people have one that's too long (Leaning Back, string past the tip of the nose), but then you have the people who bend their bow arm too much to get the string to their nose (too short). My advice - watch this... -
hoyt carbon defiant turbo
So - mine was a little different, had a limb fail at full draw. No dry fire or anything like that, it just went on me. I've had good luck with Hoyts, but someone has to draw the short straw I guess... Went back to the dealer June 26th, not sure how long it took them to get it back to Hoyt...- Brendan
- Post #6
- Forum: Want To Buy
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hoyt carbon defiant turbo
I shot a CD34 and CD Turbo side by side for 3 months. Sold the CD34 and kept the Turbo, so I think this opinion is pretty subjective. At the bottom end of the cam (I'm a 28.5" draw, so A or B Slot) I found the Turbo not bad at all and still getting better speeds than the 34 with the same...- Brendan
- Post #4
- Forum: Want To Buy
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Cam lean
So - wonky cam lean can make your rest tune way outside of true center shot or way inside, and shimming cams is relatively common to get the bows shooting with the arrow and sight close to down the center where you don't have yokes to tune with. With that said - doesn't sound like your shop did... -
Mechanical broadheads
No, you actually don't need to do that for fixed blades either. You do want to make sure they spin true on an arrow spinner just like a fixed blade for best flight. I will usually decide on a head, buy six of them. Shoot one of them for practice and closely inspect the other 5 to make sure... -
Kuiu Zip Off Bottoms
I've moved mostly away from Kuiu gear except for a couple key pieces, but as mentioned - just buy them... One of my favorite pieces of gear. Just think of how much of a pain in the A** it is to take off Gaiters and boots when it's wet out if you want to layer up or layer down.- Brendan
- Post #11
- Forum: Other Product and Gear
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Kuiu hate
So - I own Sitka, First Lite, Kuiu, Arc'Teryx, Marmot and a whole bunch of other gear. My take on Kuiu - some of their gear is really good. The pieces I still own are still the best for me in those situations. But, the company rubs me the wrong way. Hard to describe it, but sort of like...- Brendan
- Post #32
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana preference point question
Everyone should understand this. Preference points don't help you with any special permits in the draw - Bonus points do.- Brendan
- Post #13
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
