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Wow!..nice hunt and buck!..horse! Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

5 racks of salmon Beer can chicken and ribs Beer can chickens & pork butt Ribs and more ribs Dragon tongue...AKA beef brisket Countless wings, thick cut pork chops, venison chops, cowboy steaks, weiners and sausages! I keep it in my shop, even while cooking. It is still in great shape other than some finish burned off the fire box. It can be repainted, but I keep it coated all over with spray cooking oil, and it has no rust. My shop smells like a bbq shack! Much better than the oil and grease mechanic smell..LOL! Well...that's my update! A year and a half old! Oops Still love the thing! Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Been doing a little surfing around and looked at the Elite (one I hadn't considered til now) some good reviews, actually like the Energy 35 over the Tour for the AtA and the IBO was decent. It can go to 31 inch which will fully load the limbs for max power. Not sure what the let off is..guessing 80%? I will check it out in hand at Traditions as suggested..thanks Camomanbg! The Mathews Z9 certainly would fit me, thanks Gene!.. great reviews, guys saying they wouldn't trade it for anything and such. Amazingly it has only 30 inches AtA, seems it might have a very steep angle on the string at full draw, but maybe the longer parallel limbs and the brace height compensate that. 80% letoff..It's just a bit slow at 312 IBO. I'm looking to launch logs of 460 to 500 gr. or more at a speed that can keep down the rainbow trajectory I already have with my old 305 IBO Inferno. I suck at ranging in the woods for some reason, so I'm trying to hopefully give myself a little wiggle room on the poor distance judging thing. I know the distance to my targets if they stand still, but I missed a nice buck 2 years ago because he was moving and stopping and moving quickly again. Needless to say he out maneuvers my predetermined laser sighted trees and rocks and logs with confusion!...so I missed by 5 yards of judgement over his shoulder. I went to lighter carbons to shoot missiles and got a lesson in how a bow is supposed to work with enough preload of projectile. Long story short it doesn't digest arrows less than 420 grains with any regularity. So still looking for some power to launch logs and stay relatively flat shooting out to 30 yards and not be objectionable drop at 40. The Martin bows were intresting to me, I found they were not as good in reviews. The rytera line seems ok but I need to try a draw cycle and shoot a bow before I can condemn one for a poor review. PSE makes a bow called the freak...Hmmmmm..maybe, I might just be one. It goes all the way to 33 inches. One review said it launches 515 grain arrows at 297 fps through a chrono!..maybe at 80 lbs draw I guess. 38 inches AtA is another very long bow. Well keep some more coming if you have experience with newer bows that have the draw of at least 31 inches. I probably measure more toward 32 but I have made my old bow more comfortable by lengthening my mechanical release and did have a loop installed for a little extra, but I couldn't get it to work with my bow as for some reason it pinched the nock and lifted the arrow off the rest at full draw. Maybe it is the steep angle on the string, I don't know but I know the shorter the AtA is on these modern short speed bows it will not work for a draw lengthening device very well. Almost all speed bows end at 30 inches draw today. Some are 30.5.. Maybe that could work but I don't want to be cramped or put any more length on my release...keep them coming guys! I'm open and looking. If you got favorite pro shops to recommend, please do so. I am between Rochester and Buffalo so I can go either way to try some BIG bows..Thanks guys Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

okay I've been hunting with a PSE that dates back to 1996 ...yeah I know I'm like Arnold Schwarzenegger using the bow made from a tree to shoot the predator with...LOL! I'm tall, wide, have a wide wingspan and I drag my knuckles, so I'm looking for a bow that seems to be only about 5 percent of the market..a 31 inch draw or longer. Some of you archers out there are giants... what do you use, what brand, what bow do you recommend pros/cons... cuz I'm in the market for an upgrade. thanks Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Reminds me of my first hunt with my daughter Amanda when she was 6. We were rifle hunting the catskill mountains on my friends farm. Just got sat down and I reminded her we need to be quiet now, and then 30 minutes later the crunch crunch of leaves starts getting louder and closer. She said I hear something, and I said sounds like a deer. She said I see it! I said, Yup, its a buck coming. I look and she has her ears covered already..haha!..then boom goes the 30.06 and the buck ran down hill just out of sight through the trees. She said did ya git it?..Yup..we gotta track it, but not far. I knew it fell only 50 yards from the shot. I let her do the same as you! Track the deer as I made like I couldn't find blood and she got all excited telling me over here dad!..I can smell it too! It was fun watching her go spot to spot with enthusiastic here's some more! She is a 28 year old daughter and vet tech today who still loves hunting and never stops thinking of that first day hunting with dad. We still get chances to hunt together, and each time we relive the first. Congrates on a successful hunt, and a great teaching moment for your son!..you will remember the day for years to come...trust me...I know! Thanks for bringing my memory forward again on a special time like yours and your young hunter! Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Great buck Scott!..nice shot! Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Great buck! Great shot! Congrates! Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nice kill!..bow shots are a real treasure. That's a good one for the memory! Evidently deer can't see pink camo!..hahaha! Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

I was fishing with Mike, and Tom on canandaigua last year and saw the same thing with the baloon almost in the water. I think they must do it regularly, but sure looks like mayhem is about to ensue!...not for me! Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Excellent hunt Brothers!..inspiring, and helps make my own aches and pains seem way less impairing. A great story of challenge overcome! Mark

Those rainbows sure look better on here with that camera! LOL! You got a program working for sure...WTG! Mark Sent from my PC36100 using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Nice Dave!..way to get the youngster to "love" king fishing..hahaha! Mark cent frum my knotso smart fone..