CR Archer
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After I posted a picture of my deer kill in my 25th year year of hunting I started to contemplate the changes over 25 years. I was happy to see other hunters with as much or more experience respond to that post.
Most every aspect about bow hunting has changed, over these years. The bows, the arrows and broadheads are just a few. It used to be you saw a few wooden platforms, heavy homemade steels hang ons and we each maybe owned a storebought stand. We used screw in steps and tree limbs to climb.
We had a few camo choices - my first camo were dark green Key work pants and a camo tree bark jacket. We had the old white long johns that everyone wore. For cold weather insulated brown bibs.
For game detection you had a unit that when the thread was broken by anything going down the trail it stopped a clock, one time use until set again.
Sitting in the treestand one day I came up with the old defination of terms you hear about today. The other "experienced" hunters on here will like these and hopefully add some.
C’Mere Deer – What we said to ourselves as we watched a deer approach. “ C’mere deer keep coming this way so I can shoot ya!”
Acorn Rage – What happened to a hunter sitting in an oak tree – it was not hard to get pissed when acorns kept dropping off your head
Food plot – a picked or unpicked field of corn or soybeans.
Scentshield – some red fox or skunk smell sprayed on your boots
Scent control – when you rubbed some green walnuts on your clothes – I still love that smell
Shooter – a buck that was close enough you to shoot
Bonus Tag – you were lucky enough to draw an any sex tag for shotgun season
Deer hunting lease – when you gave the farmer a couple rolls of salami for letting you hunt their land.
Feel free to add more if you think of any!
Most every aspect about bow hunting has changed, over these years. The bows, the arrows and broadheads are just a few. It used to be you saw a few wooden platforms, heavy homemade steels hang ons and we each maybe owned a storebought stand. We used screw in steps and tree limbs to climb.
We had a few camo choices - my first camo were dark green Key work pants and a camo tree bark jacket. We had the old white long johns that everyone wore. For cold weather insulated brown bibs.
For game detection you had a unit that when the thread was broken by anything going down the trail it stopped a clock, one time use until set again.
Sitting in the treestand one day I came up with the old defination of terms you hear about today. The other "experienced" hunters on here will like these and hopefully add some.
C’Mere Deer – What we said to ourselves as we watched a deer approach. “ C’mere deer keep coming this way so I can shoot ya!”
Acorn Rage – What happened to a hunter sitting in an oak tree – it was not hard to get pissed when acorns kept dropping off your head
Food plot – a picked or unpicked field of corn or soybeans.
Scentshield – some red fox or skunk smell sprayed on your boots
Scent control – when you rubbed some green walnuts on your clothes – I still love that smell
Shooter – a buck that was close enough you to shoot
Bonus Tag – you were lucky enough to draw an any sex tag for shotgun season
Deer hunting lease – when you gave the farmer a couple rolls of salami for letting you hunt their land.
Feel free to add more if you think of any!
