Rubber boots, do you buy it??
08-20-2007, 09:02 AM
#41
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
Posts: 6,453
RE: Rubber boots, do you buy it??
ORIGINAL: cptleo1
You have no idea how it was.
If you care to give it a try.
Here is what you need/don't need.
Recurve bowLaminated not fiberglass
Maybe 160 FPS
Cedar arrows/Turkey fletched/6"
Glue on Super Hilbray BH / Hand sharpened
Finger tab
Leather boots/ NO Gortex
WWII wool fatigues
No CamoBurnt Cork face paint OK
No metal standsclimber or ladder
no scent shield/ camp fire smoke OK
Camel or Lucky Strike cigarettes OK/ everybody smoked
1/4 of the amount of deer we have today
No Google - To find out info, you had to KNOW somebody and call them on the phone.
No trail cam
No Ariel photo's
No GPS
No trail timer
No Interstate system
No 4 wheeler
No pro-shop
You could call Bear Archery and speak to Fred.
WMA's /Nope
Seven day season
Nothing made of plastic
Seems, this is what it was like in 1964 when I got my first deer.
ORIGINAL: Buck_Slayer
It's amazing that anybody even ever got a shot at anything "back in the day"
It's amazing that anybody even ever got a shot at anything "back in the day"
You have no idea how it was.
If you care to give it a try.
Here is what you need/don't need.
Recurve bowLaminated not fiberglass
Maybe 160 FPS
Cedar arrows/Turkey fletched/6"
Glue on Super Hilbray BH / Hand sharpened
Finger tab
Leather boots/ NO Gortex
WWII wool fatigues
No CamoBurnt Cork face paint OK
No metal standsclimber or ladder
no scent shield/ camp fire smoke OK
Camel or Lucky Strike cigarettes OK/ everybody smoked
1/4 of the amount of deer we have today
No Google - To find out info, you had to KNOW somebody and call them on the phone.
No trail cam
No Ariel photo's
No GPS
No trail timer
No Interstate system
No 4 wheeler
No pro-shop
You could call Bear Archery and speak to Fred.
WMA's /Nope
Seven day season
Nothing made of plastic
Seems, this is what it was like in 1964 when I got my first deer.
08-20-2007, 09:04 AM
#42
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Rubber boots, do you buy it??
ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d
Thanks for clearing up the math..
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
105424 members leaves 1054 members in that 1%....yeah, that leaves room for me, GregH, AP, etc..ect.
ORIGINAL: Greg / MO
Nope. You've just seen real-world experience from two of the guys who probably put in more time in a treestand than 99% of anyone else on this forum...
Nope. You've just seen real-world experience from two of the guys who probably put in more time in a treestand than 99% of anyone else on this forum...
Thanks for clearing up the math..
Hard cast goes on Wednesday. [&:]
08-20-2007, 09:04 AM
#43
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Apopka, FL
Posts: 248
RE: Rubber boots, do you buy it??
I wear rubbers! ~boots that is
I wear RedHead BuckStalkers and they are the most comfortable shoes I have ever purchased...including more comfortable than most sneakers. They were like $60 at Gander Mountain, they are camo, rubber (scent free) and provide great traction.
I wear RedHead BuckStalkers and they are the most comfortable shoes I have ever purchased...including more comfortable than most sneakers. They were like $60 at Gander Mountain, they are camo, rubber (scent free) and provide great traction.
08-20-2007, 09:17 AM
#46
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Rubber boots, do you buy it??
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
Now, now... let's not go overboard. We had plastic nocks on our wood arrows. You do remember the old Mercury Speed Nocks don'tcha.
Nothing made of plastic
08-20-2007, 09:35 AM
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mich
Posts: 1,090
RE: Rubber boots, do you buy it??
Ive used rubber boots for years and will not go into my hunting area with out them.I do not wear them untill I get to my hunting spot .I spray them down after I put them on and take them off when I return to my truck.Now that they make them insulated with 1500 grams+of insulation I can wear them all season. I have my older pair of uninsulated ones I use for early season and turkey hunting.
