WHITETAIL at 10 YARDS! Self Bow Hunt pt. 2
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- It's the season opener and I'm attempting to take my primitive self bow into the bow blind and get a whitetail close! I'm presented with a whitetail buck at 10 yards, a shot I'll never forget!
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Shot traditional for many years. Made my own bows for many years. And just learned something from an old traditional shooter. I always struggled with getting consistently tight groups and the old man told me it's all arrow spine. Properly and equally spined arrows are the key to shooting consistently tight groups. Look into that. Love the video!
As always fantastic story telling LFG thank you for letting us share in the adventures
I really appreciate videos like this, this is what makes you stay humble while hunting. What a great opportunity and what a great learning experience. There’s plenty of ups and downs but persistence will get you there eventually. Keep up the hard work LFG. One of the top notch UA-camrs I’ve watch for the past 5 years.
Its so true sometimes the old ways are better. To learn and grow your mind and appreciate what you really have in this world.
It looked like the arrow glanced off of the blind window. Great hunt! Keep up the hard work, don’t give up
I’ve been shooting trad bows for the past couple season and been lucky enough to harvest a few deer with it. I believe some of your inconsistencies are in the anchor point due to a short draw in the self bow. I also found a draw clicker to help a ton when practicing a repeatable draw. Please don’t put to trad gear down! It’s the best rush when that arrow finally hits its target!
Clicker is most certainly an underutilized tool and helped me stop short drawing. I 100% agree. I’ve shot trad for just over a year and it is 100 percent the best most effective tool to help me so far along with far too many reps a day.
You are so right. I went back and worked on my shooting and figured out a good spot on my jawline. Much more consistent! Thank you
Stay with it bud! You’ll get many more times the satisfaction. 😊
what matthew said ☝
In my opinion, one of your very best videos. I envy, applaud, and appreciate your attempts in perfecting another side of your passion. It really showed
Just a tip… when a deer has its head down, they have the ability to drop their body much more quickly than when they have their head raised. I’m sure you may already know this but if the deers head is down it is much better to aim low rather than where you would normally aim
don’t listen to the other reply i have seen tons of these they are all scams
Really enjoyed your commentary regarding the history of your bow making journey. Stay with it sir, your hard work will pay off.
God bless
Your videos are absolutely awesome great family man and great Outdoorsman keep the good videos up I appreciate them
You've set your goal. Keep at it.
Stick with your selfbow, turn that hat around and pick your spot and it’ll turn out a lot different. When I started shooting trad I still had a compound and when things got tough I always jumped back to my wheels. My last buck I shot was at 18 yards with my elite and all I could say in the moment was I wish I’d had my recurve. Now that I’m on the same journey into primitive bow making and hunting I HAD to get rid of my crutch or I knew I would continue to lean on it and never hit my goals in primitive archery. Stay focused brother, you got this
I picked up a longbow with the intention of harvesting a deer because I began to find a compound too easy for my liking. I thought I would just fling 100 arrows and be good to go. That led to a wounded animal that I did not find. What that experience did do was humble me and really made me dive deep into the rabbit hole of traditional archery. I have since killed 3 deer and a squirrel with my longbow, acquired my great grandpa's recurve, and shot at least 50,000 arrows in 3 years. I love your channel, from the fishing, to the hunting, and even through those rough days of brain surgery. I watched it all. I am excited to see where this archery adventure takes you because I know where it took me. Good luck and give your next ditch pickle a sniff for me.
I struggled when I started bow hunting as well, but my dad taught me to practice as close to a hunting situation as possible. Even though there is nothing that can replicate the adrenaline rush and heart pounding/deep breathing that an up-close encounter with a whitetail will cause you, there are ways to mimic the situation. I would put on my hunting clothes, do 10, 12, 15-ish push ups, sprint 50 to 100 yards and then pick up my bow and shoot it. Elevated heart rate, out of breath, my shooting was poor at best, but the more I did it the better I became. Every little bit helps in this game! Keep training, you'll make it happen! Thanks for the great vids!
I always love when your videos pop up. Thank you for the indigenous recognition. Good luck on your journey!
Justin, I just have to say, although the hunt didn't turn out like you were hoping. The production quality and value of this documentary are astounding. I don't know if you edit all of your own videos, but this is better than anything on TV or nature sites.
Aaand just like that, I don’t need to watch the video.
@@zakerid Don't read comments before watching the video if you don't want spoilers then lol
@@calebleger was literally the first comment. D’oh.
You said a lot right there bud!!! Traditional archery is very addicting hard decision to make but your right confidence is everything!!!
I haven't even finished the video yet but as soon as you mentioned Empire of the Summer Moon I had to comment. It is such a good book and the history in it is just insane. I highly recommend that everyone read this book. It explains so much of our nation's history that is simply ignored. Gosh it's such a good book.
This is so inspirational. I just got into bow hunting this year. And already have an iche to learn traditional....
my favorite outdoorsmen!
Its funny, this is exactly the video I needed to see today. I'm like you a few years ago - this is my first year bow hunting (or hunting period for that matter) and I'm pretty much figuring it out all on my own. I think the reason I've identified so much with this trad bow series is I've been able to see you struggle and learn at the same time I am. I have doubts and fears about my abilities but I've worked hard this summer and next week I'll be taking those lessons out into the field for the first time. The best part of your channel has always been your humility and letting the viewer see your progress, setbacks, and doubts. Thank you for being a mentor to me to the outdoor world, its changed my life. This trad bow journey for you seems like it means a lot, so I hope you get back out with it soon, and if the opportunity arrives to harvest a deer as much as I would love to see the shot, there will be more hunts in the future - please feel free to take the deer and not lose it due to a camera adjustment. I've got the Empire of the Summer Moon arriving tomorrow!
Hey Justin, love the video. Archery with a stick bow is as pure as it gets. Here's a tip that helped me: start with small game and work your way up. It helps discipline your mind to be calm, and teaches you to trust instinct over impulse. Also its hard to remember in the heat of the moment, but holding a draw on a longbow can mess up your shot as its deforming the limbs. After smoothing drawing back let that arrow fly as soon as you hit that sweet spot. You'll get a buck with your bow one day soon, I know it. :)
Justin..its a long season! Stick with the traditional for sure! You will hit your mark! Good luck in the woods brother! 🎯
All you can do is practice and keep that drive up! God bless you!
Tons of respect for you! I think everyone here has said it too. Just don’t give up and practice practice practice. Best of luck to you. You will succeed, just takes time like other things in life.
Wow. How exciting was this. My heart was pumping and I was not even there.
All the first of the video was great. The deep stuff of the building of the bow, the long journey of learning to shoot it, the relationship to the Indians and Fred Bear was super. I was on the verge of sharing this video with my traditional bow mentor. I'm glad I waited because when I saw the feeder it deflated me . I realize this is Texas and that is the way 99 percent of the hunting is done because it's easier to be successful. You have chosen traditional archery because of the challenge, now complete the journey and get rid of the feeders. JMHO
Don’t give up lfg! You got this I agree with you 100% the rush of being that close to a buck is like nothing else!
Justin - You are one of the most coolest all real dudes there is! Love everything about what you do - I really hope you write your own book one day!
LFG you have the best videos on UA-cam. Can’t get enough. Thank you.
That deer knew the safest spot was in front of you haha ,
So much respect 🫡 for you diving deep and connecting to historical roots. Keep the passion aflame 🔥. Thanks for sharing your inspiration for this journey and I know that with patience, persistence and hard work you will accomplish that goal.
I too would love to make my own bow and take a deer 🦌 with it. 🏹
Prob my favorite hunting vid you’ve posted. I haven’t taken the leap into trad yet, great content as always
Y’all do this man a favor, like his videos, it’s the least we can do for this amazing content!!
Man I had a near identical experience as you did when I got my first compound 2 years ago. Practiced all summer, felt really good and confident. Bow season comes and I get a shot at a doe and maaan every single thing I practiced just went out the window and I whiffed the shot. I was so disappointed in myself but luckily there were several does and one wandered back over to about 20 yards and I redeemed myself and put down my first deer with a bow.
Obviously your situation is much more difficult with the prim bow and hopefully you're able to redeem yourself too! Appreciate the respect you show for the animal in not wanting to wound it and knowing when to back out and get some more practice in. Best of luck from Indiana!
Practice don't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect!! When I was 14 my dad wouldn't let me bow hunt until I could put 10 arrows in a row on an 8-in pie plate at 30 yards. It took me 3 months shooting every day!! The following year I killed my first year with a bow basket rack eight point.
This video is almost poetic in its portrayal. Good episode for sure.
ive been watchin all your videos for many, many years. you are the only person on youtube that i have the notification bell turned on for. lol. I have been shooting traditional style bows for many years as well. if there is a couple tips that i can give you with shooting instinctively is 1. get you an anchor point. i have seen when you shoot and alot of the times it looks as if your right hand is just floating. This causes arrow flight to be inconsistent. I always anchored my middle finder in the corner or my mouth. this makes it where you draw back to the exact same place every time. and 2, when you release the arrow, dont try to pluck the string, but instead let your fingers go limp and scrape your fingers straight back down the side of your face while simply trying to "touch your elbow to whatever is directly behind you". if you practice these 2 steps with traditional archery, your groups will tighten up tremendously and confidence with a traditional bow greatly increase. hopefully this helps. good luck buddy and happy hunting. Dont ever give up. youll get it.
i highly doubt this is real.
The rawness of your chase to hunt primitively is so admirable and enjoyable to watch the process. Thanks for sharing.
Love these journeys man glad we get to go on them together with you!!
Keep with it. Stick with the primitive bow for sure. You trained and are ready. Just believe in yourself.
Huge tip for practicing real time situations. Run 10 yards back and forth then sit down and shoot it practices shooting with your heart pumping and trying to shoot the right spot every time your mind will be racing and when you end up hunting it will seem like it slows down your process. Try it out. It helped me with shot placement.
I love the setting of all your videos. very family and nature oriented, very cinematic. And most importantly, you have self control and self awareness. You have my full respect Justin :) Keep them videos coming, hope to see you get that buck soon with your bow!
Don't put it down just yet,keep on shooting with it. Remember if at first you don't succeed try,try again.dont get down on your self you got this LFG!
Great Video , I didn't see the first arrow flight but I think your first arrow may have clipped the blind, hang in there ,trad bow hunting not easy, had a young buck look in the blind once, we were both surprised. Thanks for sharing..
Justin what an awesome video buddy!! I love how you got into primitive bow making and your journey totally awesome story!! I definitely hope that you don’t put the bow that you made down!! You definitely need to pick it back up and keep trying or it will definitely make it harder and harder not to get one with the awesome bow you have made!!! Definitely pick it back up and keep trying buddy don’t keep second guessing your self just keep at it buddy and you will make it happen!!! Remember keep up all the hard work buddy!!!!
LFG great video that ball cap will mess you up shooting fingers turn it around or don't wear one. It might help you to get a recurve to practice with it will take out a bunch of guess work and build your confidence up.
You’ll get one brother. Got unlucky on the 2nd shot it hit the fence.Tough when the heart is pounding.
People will always tell you what you did wrong after watching these videos, but I applaud you for the effort and for going back to the basics. It's easy to get caught up in the cool tech and gadgets that take some of the guess work out of hunting, but this...this is awesome. Good luck out there brother. Can't wait to see when everything comes together.
Byron ferguson use to make and shoot straight bows. He was the best trick shoot I ever saw. His arrows had big floppy feathers and were tuned to the bow. A rest, nock and real feathers will help to keep your arrows from going array. An arrow with hard plastic feathers will push the point down and to the right. Nock and a good rest will help contain that. That fixed my issues with a recurve along with a sight.
Amazing video man. Definitely one of your best. I highly recommend the book: Of Ishi and Elvis. You and everyone else will thank yourself
Amazing, my heart was racing for that shot . That's a nice buck I hope you get him , that was awesome 👌
Once you master the traditional bow, are you going to try a traditional stalk next without the blind and/or feeder? I would be down to watch both journeys. And they don't necessarily have to be short term goals.
Practice at longer distance. It will help you tune yourself in for the closer shots. When you can shoot small groups at 20 and 30 yards your 10 yard groups will tighten up. Thank for the videos.
What has helped me thro out my training as a EP(Executive protection) is to do a cardio workout like a good one heavy breathing arms shaking ect and then shoot your body will pretty much go thro all of this when ur having your adrenalin rush you'll learn how to control your shaking and breathing and clear your mind
Amazing video man!! Love how you weaved in the native history of the property nice work!! I’m also trying to get a deer with a self bow this season iv takin them with trad bows but not a self bow! Good luck on your next hunt🏹🦌
Very cool hunt! You will make it happen, and I look forward to seeing it. The first 28 deer I shot at with my recurve, I missed high. Personally, I have to go through my shot process (literally saying it to myself in my head) which helps me focus in the moment of truth. Please keep at it! BTW you will probably never have complete confidence with a trad bow, until you make a kill or two. After that you will gain more confidence, than you’ve ever had. Try hard to fight off those thoughts of doubt. From everything I’ve seen, you look like your shooting plenty good enough. Keep after it, and you will make it happen.
Making your own arrows and using the same broadheads help to match the bow you made primitive hunting is primitive you gotta go 100% in the bow and arrow scheme, love the drive of these videos! My dad shot a recurve for alot of years and made alot of arrows of his own growing up in New Mexico I've seen my dad harvest elk, muledeer and turkey with his own made bow!
Finally hit 1million subscribers!!!! I've been around since 2013-2014 I believe so it's awesome to see
Many mans rocking the Iron Wills 💪
Justin, as a avid traditional shooter myself, let me give you some tips that you may or may not know.
1st, You have to find a anchor point. Mine is my pointer finger in the corner of my mouth. Your release looks good though.
2nd, and probably the most over looked is the ability to concentrate on a spot. I have paneling in my house. That gives me small panel nail heads to look at. In the off season I’ll take 30 minutes a day a just focus on that nail head. It can be from 5 feet away or further. Focus so hard on that small object until it’s all you can see clearly… everything else will be blurry. Do that everyday. That way when a deer comes in front of you and you pick out that one hair behind the shoulder, you’ll barely miss that hair. If you shoot at the deer, you’ll barely miss the deer but you’ll shoot high every time. Focus on a small spot.
I suggest watching Clay Hayes on here on UA-cam if you don’t already.
3rd, don’t pick up that compound if your serious about traditional archery… two different bows, and two totally different styles of shooting. It doesn’t take much shooting with a compound to have negative affects on your traditional shooting form. It affects most everyone else I know that shoots traditional then shoots compounds.
Remember, pick a spot, anchor, apply back tension, relax forearm and hand for a smooth release.
Good luck the rest of the season, it’s only just started!
Keep going with your self made bow until you “need the meat” then pull out the compound!! I’m rooting for you to reach your goal and show everyone that LFG is absolutely the best!!!!
Don’t give it up brother. Keep practicing and working on your form. You’ll get there.
long time hunter, first time trad this season. love it man
One thing to keep in mind, after many years of trad bow hunting. Shooting tight groups at a target is one thing and an accomplishment. Shooting at an animal is another. You have to concentrate on aiming at the smallest thing you can see on that deer. A tuft of hair, a spot of shadow, etc. The enemy of the instinctive hunter over the instinctive target shooter is focus. Early on, sometimes for a few seasons is struggling with "shooting at the deer" rather than ignoring the rest of the deer and everything else and focusing solely on where exactly you want the very tip of that broadhead to enter the animal. It is a tough one to overcome sometimes.
great vid man, cool to see the journey unfold
Please never give up. You can do this. Like you said practice practice practice and it will come to fruition. ( wow what a word ❗) Love the videos keep your head up and nose to the grindstone ❗✌️🤟🤘🙏
Good luck man cool stuff
Amazing video! Good work Justin 👍
First shot ya definitely hit your blind window. Keep at it you'll get it done. Great video
Heh Brother.... outstanding video.
Thinking outloud here and as an unmarried marriage councilor! 😉 When I watched your video of the ground blind you are shooting from i was immediately concerned about your space for shooting a traditional bow. I started shooting with a traditional osage bow my Grandpa had made. He had made the arrows too but didnt shoot them as they were very old. I started hunting with a recurve and later with one of Bear Archery's first compound... the Grizzly . But one thing I experienced is if anything touched any part of the bow it really effected flight. Something I'm sure you know. But shooting a traditional, from a sitting position in a cramped space with a canted bow creates all sorts of possible problems. Some that you would never know for sure. Make a ground blind in that Bush and clear the brush. Its an ultimate challenge to blend in and most importantly stand quietly. Just thinking outloud. If the winds right and you sit still and move slow when necessary you can do it. Of course there is good ol buck fever sometimes and you just get more experience...lol
Dont give up. You're doing a bang up job.
You're good people.
God bless all here.
Stick it out with the traditional bow would be really awesome to get him with the bow you made love the videos keep up the amazing work.
The RMS gear guys got some good videos . Let's go get an elk
Stay with it bud, you’ll get it.
Great build up. Interesting stuff.
Discipline yourself and make yourself earn it! Done a great job building the bow and outstanding shooting also. Keep at it you have the work ethic don’t let missing that buck keep you from reaching your goal. Stick with the trad bow and you will be much more grateful when it all comes together!
Hey LFG, I noticed how Mike is still bent way over. You were but,you've really corrected your stance 🙌 well done ✅.
JO JO IN VT 😆💕
Been using nothing but traditional Archer equipment for 25 years. Trust me it's worth it. You got this brother
Great video.
I think beginers luck should have come into play by now. So it leads me to believe your just trying to hard. RELAX. The difference between gripping your bow tight and shooting with out wrapping your fingers around the grip is about 6-12 inches at 10yrds not factoring-in shaking. The faster the arrow speed the tighter the group should be. So a slower shooting arrow is going to result in a more damatic emphasis on the shot placement. Since we can never accurately gauge how hard we are squeezing the grip. It only leaves one choice for consistant accuracy.
Now with a compound. The bow will jump forward right out of your hand. That is the entire purpose of a wrist strap. We need to TRUST it and rely on it 100%. It is the only thing stopping it from lawn darting into the ground and bending or breaking the thin walled aluminum hydralic balancer.. right? That trust is vital. Use your strap everysingle shot there is no room for simplicity(laziness) here.
Then the same holds true for a longbow. Just it is not going to be so dramatically noticeable.
Practice practice practice So that in a highly overwhelming situation you will not be calculating complex analysis of every single millisecond by millisecond change witnessed from observing the target, in a scewered time line of 5 minutes that in reality was only 20 seconds.
So in short breath deep slow and steady to keep blood to your brain flowing at the same rate as it was when you were sitting there bored wishing something would come along. Don't think just wait for the moment to present itself when you know it is the time.
Looked like your arrow just grazed the blind and got deflected slightly. Very inspirational hunting to watch though Rackly!
I feel very similar about hog hunting with a blowgun! With that being said, you're definitely inspiring me to make my own bow and give that a try!
Your doing it the right way.
Awesome book!
Welcome to the show my friend lol 😆
I use to shoot long bow. Unfortunately an unjury has stopped that. 🥺. The best advice I can give is have a good anchor point and practice. Also tuning. Getting your bow tuned with the arrows is key. You should be able to shoot your arrows without fetching just as good as with. Get a good anchor point and practice for several months before the season starts.
I build lots of self bows and Comanche and historical accurate bows one of the best people you can watch is hunt primitive
Go get him buddy you got this
Awesome hunt, what I’ve learn from archery hunting is that you have to practice with the same exact arrows/board heads you’re going to be using to hunt with. I know it sounds expensive but I rather loose couple of dollars than an animal.. goodluck and keep pursuing your bow goals!
I respect you! Keep after the journey .
100% lfg bow hunting is the best
The only Googan that gives respect to our Native American brothers and sisters....yahateeh abinaa (Good Morning) from the Navajo Nation. Keep up the great work!
Don't give up on your self bow and go to your compound just yet. If you keep on concentrating Shooting your self bow, it'll be much sweeter. You should also start shooting 3-D tournaments with your trad bow, it will train you on yardage and aiming. Also go rabbit hunting with your trad bow, aim mall miss small
Don't give up. I went from compound to trad 18 years ago because compound was to easy. And I haven't regret it. It takes time. Look up the video on "Hitting 'em like Howard Hill. Tha
t's the method i use. Keep it up
Hey I would recommended trying to use a tree stand and put the feeder right under it.
great work brother! living the dream keep it up
I traded my compound bows in and strictly going straight trad. Mostly because I like the simplicity because I can work on them myself. The closest in any direction of a bow shop for me is a hour and half away. And I don't have time to travel that far if anything goes wrong with a compound bow. Just some suggestions. Deer can drop just like you mentioned the ducking so maybe try aiming a little lower. Also don't try to shoot instinctively. Learn where your gap is. Use your broad head as your aiming device. And shoot at 10, 15, 20, 25 yards. That way you have an idea where to aim at. I don't shoot instinctively and I been shooting trad for years. I still use gap shooting. These are all suggestions. One thing is for sure though don't give up on the self bow.
always entertaining videos!
Keep up the good work. I’ll be looking forward to the progress regardless of which platform you use!
Keep ‘em coming
Keep your head up and just keep practicing! You’ll get one soon! Good luck man🦌🦌