P&Y criteria?

[GF.]

Not that I'm thinking I'll ever have to worry about them, but....

Is my let-off too high to qualify? It's gotta be 80 or 85%, and I was thinking that there was a restriction put in pace on that. Just toying with the idea because if my bow is ineligible anyway, it might be kinda fun to get one of those stabilizer-mounted video cameras at some point, just for S&G purposes.

Of course, if the deer/Elk were big enough for P&Y to ever be an issue, it would be a whole lot more fun still to be there with the recurve in hand instead o' the Contraption....

[Twanger]

I'd really like to put a camera on my bow too to record the shot... even though the danged this is already heavy as lead. Cam is definitely not P&Y legal. Got a make/model in mind?

[dave-t.]

Would you put it in the book if it did net p&y?

I think p&y lightened their restrictions on letoff, but I can't recall the exact percentage number right now.

[GF.]

Are you talking about things that take pictures or things that snap over when the string goes thump! :confused:

The videocam is purely speculative on my part right now.... Just off the top o' my head, I've spent $300 on hunting-related stuff just gearing up for the Elk trip, replacing everything from shot-up arrows and too-heavy broadheads to worn-out socks, 15-year-old boots (which are a size too small now, anyway), 25-year-old (seriously!) woodland BDU pants, a way-too-big raincoat.... That's the difference between a bull tag and a cow tag right there! :eek:

Plus airfare....

So the video's not exactly in the budget, but between the stab mounts that will hold just about anything that can be put on a tri-pod to the 'lipstick' cams that are out there to the purpose-built models, there has got to be some way to get a ring-side seat to all the fun & games....

But with the ban on electronic devices (which I favor, actually), it might make more sense overall to go with something like a helmet-cam. Besides, those shouldn't jump at all with the shot, and that alone could disrupt the image right about the time when your arrow is striking home anyway... I dunno.. Maybe image stabilization has that pretty well covered...

Is there one that you like? The purpose-built ones might actually make the most sense if they have larger lenses, good low-light/high-speed capability and a little more optical zoom. At 30 frames/second, I've only very rearely seen a good capture of an arrow strike. Not that I'm keen on the 'splatter' aspect (not in the least!), but I'm sure a lot of tracking jobs could have worked out better had the archer known exactly where he hit.

I dunno... Part of me wants to keep the technology out of the field as much as possible, but I can also see some practical & educational apps for it in cases like this...

Dave - I don't know if I'd put a buck in a book or not, honestly. It does seem a little bit like an ego thing to do it. People talk about 'honoring the animal', but I don't buy that for a minute... I suppose if the deer in question were large enough that a lot of people would be likely to care to hear about it and I had gotten it with a tradbow, hunting on my own two feet, and doing it someplace that wasn't a suburb of something, I might put it in just to make a statement that big deer can still be taken the old way. But plunking whatever monster happens to bumble through the funnel while I'm up in a tree with the Contraption?

In that case, there would be so little sense of a Notable Accomplishment that it'd be pure self-gratification, and I'm just not that into myself....:rolleyes:

Not that I wouldn't have the deer mounted. :D I like looking at a big dude as much as the next guy, and I've always thought that one nice specimen of each species that I've hunted would be enough for me.

[Twanger]

sory GF... in the above post cam=camera.

[GF.]

'Snoworries....

But what about you - been sizing 'em up?

[Twanger]

'Snoworries....

But what about you - been sizing 'em up?

You mean cameras?

I've been thinking about putting something on my bow like the Stealth Cam Compact, Ultralightweight Digital Action Camera. Weighs 3 ounces. These things seem to run about $130-$160.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0057191418653a&navCount=3&podId=0057191&parentId=cat603871&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=MainCatcat602006-cat603871&catalogCode=QZ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat603871&hasJS=true

[GF.]

...... These things seem to run about $130-$160.



Which is less than I think they're gonna paste me for at the airport tomorrow.... The damn Pelican box is bigger than I need it to be, and too big to meet the size spec for archery tackle.... and 'oversized' bags cost $175 these days.

If I can't get a little mercy at the counter, I'm looking at damn near as much for my luggage as for my freakin' plane ticket! :eek:

That's what I get for 'saving' money by using what I have instead of going out and buying something that's specifically built for a bow.....:rolleyes: