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buckknife

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6 months ago my elbow started bothering me,im right handed and my left elbow has developed a tennis elbow,anyway thats what the Doc said.
My pratice session before season kept getting short each time.
A week before season i hit it every night,i knew 70# was just too much for me any more,could not pull it back like before,but once i got to the 80% let off point i was fine.
I could pull it back last week but it was a tussel.Got in the tree stand tonight and i did a practice pull,could not do it.I would get to the almost the breaking point but i just couldnt do it.
I knew this day would come some time but just not this soon.
I was mad siten there knowing if a deer walked out i was helpless to do any thing but watch.I put my arrow back in the quiver and just sit till dark to see what would come by.Nothing came by any way but i did see a big body deer in the picked corn field on the way out.
When i got home i tried pulling back the old golden egle set at 70# could hardly even budge that thing.
Well i started cranken down the pse,man it took a lot of cranks to get the point it was comfy.I have a 50# scales so i tried it out and the bow bottoms the scales out well before the break over point.
set the target up and made some shots at 20 yards under the light pole.
Lost about 10 yards off of where i used to be.Im dead on the bull at 22 yards.That will work for me.
Getting old sucks,im 45 but tonight i felt like i had another 20 years added to my age.
the moral of the story is dont wait to be in the tree stand to admit to your self that your shooting too many pounds anymore.
I felt bad enough the way it was,think if some thing like the albia buck had walked under my stand and i couldnt cut the mustard anymore.
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Your doing well Buckknife, I came to that realization in my mid 30's. Don't feel bad a well placed arrow will still blow threw'em at the lighter weight. Plus you will not have to strain when it is 30 below either. I bet if a monster came into range that last little bit would have rolled over.
 
Rudd that 30 below comment is a great point. I usually pull the bow back once when I get on stand and once before I leave. 2 years ago during a cold snap I couldn't pull the bow back before I left. Funny how those muscles work in the cold. Made me sick to think what might of happened if Mr. Big came buy. I turned it down the next day.
 
i'm just wondering if i'm the only person here, that when they get all settled in, will take the bow and act like a deers comming pull it back and everything. I did it Thursday night and i actually anticipated a deer comming from behind me and walkin about 5 yards away, and me shooting it, but i never shot. Well about 2 hours later. 11 pointer came right from dead behind me circled up to about 5 yards pulled back when he was about 30 yards and let the big boy eat my beaman!! put him down within 100 yards. So do any of u guys pull your bows back just to get comfortable once you get settled int your stand?
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My routine is this: I get in the stand and take the arrow out of my quiver and stick it under my armpit and twist the arrow and slide it back and forth. This cleans any dust or anything off the arrow. I then put the arrow on the string and pull the bow back once and imagine shooting my big. Then I let it down and put my bown in the bow holder. Cleaning the arrow will help keep any noise from a dirty arrow over your rest. You also get loose and get your bow pulled back once - listen for any noise that might spook a whitetail. One instance it was rainy out and my equipment was pretty damp. I had a buck cruizin by at about 5 yards. Went to pull back and my cable slide made noise and he was out of range before I got pulled back. Recommend pulling back once and awhile in wet conditions.
 
i always pull my bow back a couple times before it's legal shooting hours. if i'm at my mom and dad's i'll sometimes shoot into the dirt bank in the morning or before i go out in the afternoon. i'm starting to get to the point where high pounage is probably a bad idea...of course, i'm 26 and i'm still a pup and think i can do anything.
 
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