windingwinds
Plinker
I'll let him go when he's ready, maybe late season, maybe next year, it's up to him. If he does the work and is up to weight and is accurate enough I am not going to crush him by telling him to wait. Or he might end up taking a deer during shotgun season and not want to go archery late season, hard to tell with 12 yrs olds.
We only take short range shots here, usually below 30 yards, and we do not go unprepared. I am going to guess his drawlength isn't going to change over 2-3" the next year. If he follows his brother's growth pattern he won't hit a good spurt until after age 14. So he does need a shorter arrow, thanks for the recommendation Foamkiller.
I have already had to let 2 separate does pass and a very nice buck pass last night because of one quartering in, one just a little over my yardage, or on the buck he just wouldn't stop when I called and while it would've been a 10 yard shot there were trees and a moving shot was not in my plan (what a freakin rush). My oldest son his first hunt let 2 large does pass because he knew if they didn't offer a good shot he wasn't to shoot at all. It's been a great season! I won't count the doe I missed as great, but as it was a clean miss and I recounted the yardage there I'll know whether to shoot next time. My goal is no wounded deer unless you count the dead ones.
On my oldest son, he shot a Fox Squirrel last night and his brand new Muzzy 4 blade broadhead BROKE at the screw in part and off took the squirrel into a tree with the blades in the stomach........guess I'll be shopping for better broadheads.
We only take short range shots here, usually below 30 yards, and we do not go unprepared. I am going to guess his drawlength isn't going to change over 2-3" the next year. If he follows his brother's growth pattern he won't hit a good spurt until after age 14. So he does need a shorter arrow, thanks for the recommendation Foamkiller.
I have already had to let 2 separate does pass and a very nice buck pass last night because of one quartering in, one just a little over my yardage, or on the buck he just wouldn't stop when I called and while it would've been a 10 yard shot there were trees and a moving shot was not in my plan (what a freakin rush). My oldest son his first hunt let 2 large does pass because he knew if they didn't offer a good shot he wasn't to shoot at all. It's been a great season! I won't count the doe I missed as great, but as it was a clean miss and I recounted the yardage there I'll know whether to shoot next time. My goal is no wounded deer unless you count the dead ones.
On my oldest son, he shot a Fox Squirrel last night and his brand new Muzzy 4 blade broadhead BROKE at the screw in part and off took the squirrel into a tree with the blades in the stomach........guess I'll be shopping for better broadheads.
and 125/135 gr. I make my arrows (except for the shaft). I'm drawing roughly 50#s out of a 55# bow. With a ~480 grain arrow I'm shooting ~9.5-10 gpp. Proven effective for most animals on the planet. 
. I really like the Kazaway but I think it wasn't worth the $130.00 I spent vs. the $30-40 for the biscuit. The biggest advantage I see with the drop-away is that there is no fletching contact so it doesn't have a chance to wear the vanes. I've never had that problem but I've seen some vanes on others arrows get a little wavy from using the WB. Also I don't know how the WB would work on vanes with a large helical twist.
). Everything has been too far away or it's been too dark. My eyes suck so I don't feel comfortable shooting until at least around 15 minutes after legal light. Maybe tomorrow will be my lucky day.
