Hard lesson and good reminder

[j-kam406]

Good reminder... Ive never been there but I can imagine!

 

[Aussie_hunter_jd]

I always keep my tied to my wrist. Have forgotten it though, not a great shot with fingers.

Better than my brother, called up a fox up to 8m for him early this year, drew back almost released and realised he'd forgotten to nock an arrow!

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[JimP]

Not to hikack the thread, but I've hunted 3 units in south, central CO, one a wilderness unit, and I've always had cell service.

I hunt in 3 states. Colorado, Utah, and Arizona and where I hunt there is no cell coverage. You can drive a ways to get some but not where I hunt and for some strange reason I usually don't see too many other hunters where I go.

On the release I was just reading a post over on the Utah hunting forums where a hunter had forgotten his release also. He bagged his buck yesterday using just his fingers on the string as we had to do years ago.

 

[Slugz]

I hunt in 3 states. Colorado, Utah, and Arizona and where I hunt there is no cell coverage. You can drive a ways to get some but not where I hunt and for some strange reason I usually don't see too many other hunters where I go.

On the release I was just reading a post over on the Utah hunting forums where a hunter had forgotten his release also. He bagged his buck yesterday using just his fingers on the string as we had to do years ago.

Its not a strange thing to not see other hunters and be high enough to receive a cell signal from a 5th generation cell tower.....more are being put in daily. Time's are a changing Jim P embrace the technology Good luck this fall.

 

[JimP]

I like technology and work in the field for 33 years building and repairing it. But there are just some places that there never will be a cell tower or coverage here in the US. There is no reason for the cell tower companies to build one where they will not make any money off of it and money is what drives it.

Now I need to go shoot my muzzle loader and get ready for next weekend.

 

[theleo91386]

My go to release died on me last year and if I hadn't of had a backup in my pack it would have been about a 10 hour round trip to go somewhere to buy a new one. I always have a spare release in my pack and a back up bow back at the rig. I haven't needed the backup bow before but I'm sure it's just a matter of time before I do.

 

[Catahoula12]

I always have a spare with me in pack not for fear of forgetting number 1 but in case there is a malfunction. Just like all the other small things in my pack. Two flashlights ( small n lightweight ).

 

[Iron Mike]

About 30 years ago while Blacktail hunting in Northern California, I realized I left my release at home a few hundred miles away. I had not been shooting all that long with a release then so I took a day to practice and reset my sights for fingers. I did get my buck that year, a small forky I believe, but I learned my lesson. I have since carried a spare with me that is exactly the same model as I shoot with. I switch them back and forth on different days when practicing so they get the same wear if that even really matters. When I buy a new release I get two. Back when I left that release at home the bows were easy to shoot with fingers. My short bow now would kill me with fingers but I would figure a way if need be!

 

[HuskyMusky]

before I leave to hunt... ie the truck, I make sure I have everything I need to hunt, not everything I need for the day, but everything I need to take an animal legally...

my bow, my release, my arrows, my tag,

not that many items on the "essential list"

the other items are a luxury, although I prefer to have everything I need.