In retrospect, I would shoot the DNA over the Decree IC. The torque on the Decree was harder to control. Inevitably, with the Decree, I would have a flyer about every 4th or 5th shot where I got a little lazy but the DNA was more forgiving when you have a lazy shot. My record deer kill is still with the DNA, 82 yards, even though I am now shooting a Mathews V3. You can see that kill here - kzbin.info?search_query=82+yard+axis+bow+kill - Thanks for watching and all the best.

That's a good plan. Start at a lower poundage and make sure you work on getting your form correct. Then move up in poundage as you get proper form down. There are plenty of good videos here on KZbin to help with proper form. Thanks for watching.

I wish I could Brady but I am living and working overseas. Maybe in a few years I can get back to ranch content. All the best.

Thanks for watching :)

Congratulations! Thanks for watching.

Noted, TY.

Yes, thick for sure, thick bodies, hard to kill cause those lungs are pushed up into the chest protected by shoulders. I stopped using mechanicals after this hunt... kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3u7p6eQf9JqjJI - Now I use a fixed 2 blade hardened steel 150 grain broad head that I sharpen on my stone and then hone with a leather wheel to razor sharp. My penetration problems have gone away. Thanks for watching and blessings to you.

I probably could build you one if I was retired. Unfortunately I am presently working overseas and my time in the states is limited to about 1 month a year. Thanks for watching Kenny.

Never had a problem. Still works well. Thanks for watching Chandler.

@@RealRadNek awesome!!

Thanks for the advice, thanks for watching.

Sorry to hear that. Have you tried returning the bow? Sounds like a manufacturing defect.

@@RealRadNek Actually, yesterday I put a .024" piece of feeler gauge under the lower, left limb. This sprung the lower cam straight and I'm getting no more right nock tear, through paper. Today I'm working on vertical nock travel, now that horizontal travel is 'fixed'. Retarding the lower cam by 2 twists of the C.C. seems to be working. (all adjustments on this bow are counter-intuitive!) Try laying an arrow against the right side of the lower cam on a Blackout bow, I'll bet the cam leans into the string.

I wish. I am presently working overseas and there will be very limited content for next 2 years at least. Thank you for watching though. I will be spending vacations mostly trying to get my Oklahoma property prepped for attracting deer.

Yes, they are very very tight for sure. Just on durability, I would not buy another one of these either. You can see my pinned post on top of this thread. Thanks for watching.

Mathews V3 27”. I’ve been working overseas now for a year and a half so only get to shoot it once a year when vacation rolls around but I have been shooting a recurve over here in my small high rise apartment. Looking forested to retirement. Thanks for watching.

My head, except for the first line. Got that from Solomon. Thanks for watching.

Umm, comparing a Mathews V series bow with this one is like comparing a Toyota Corolla with a Porsche 911. That’s why the 4.5 star for this bow fits in the category of a Corolla, not a Porsche:). Thanks for watching and all the best.

Very sad indeed. Unfortunately corruption and self serving congressmen and senators, not to mention our president, seems to be the norm in Washington DC these days.

Thank you Wc for the kind words. All the best.

Sorry for the delay. The PSE would be a better quality bow but it all depends what you are looking for. Are you a beginner or do you have some experience with archery? Thanks for watching.

For sure, this video's more than a few years old. If you want to find great deals on PSE bows, you can usually find a year or 2 old pro line models on eBay for about 1/2 price or better. I have bought several like that. However, PSE has sold and I'm not sure who is running now. They may have stopped letting pro shops sell new bows on eBay. Thanks for watching Wayne.

Thanks for watching. Unfortunately, I have a job overseas now so my con tent is going to be very limited. Thanks for watching.

Thank you, sir William, all the best to you.

You are correct. However, of the 45 or so owners of Indian Creek Ranch, near 11k acres, low fence, most of us have agreed not to shoot any elk that are not somewhat mature bulls, 5x5 or bigger. I have had one near opportunity on a big 6X6 mature bull but I was 200 yards away in the wrong stand that particular morning about 4 years ago. If I was shooting any elk, I could have arrowed several cows already and a couple of spikes and one 2X3 in the last 7-8 years. Thanks for watching Bradley. Lord bless you and have a great season!

@BowhuntingRadNek That's great that yall do that. It would be awesome to see a thriving elk herd. I hunt just south of yall in Campwood and also uvalde. I'm actually looking for land to buy in the Rocksprings area. Thanks for the great content and God bless you! Hope you have a wonderful season too!

@@bradleystrother649thanks for the kind words Bradley. I know the herd count in our area remains around 80-100 but once they go off Indian creek they are shoot quite readily. Not sure they’ be made it to camp wood. Your not too far from Indian creek but they would have to make their way through a vast wasteland of cedar infestation. No food for wildlife in those cedar infested parts. At present I’m working overseas so I may get to hunt 2-3 days a year until I retire. Thanks for watching and all the best to you.

Yes, however, I believe they have a newer version of this bow out now. I would suggest you find a good archery shop in your town or one close to you where are you can go and talk with the pro shop to allow you to shoot some bows. They will be able to set you up with the correct bow, draw length, Peepsight, height, and all the other details of setting up a bow properly. If you try to do it on your own, it will take you a long time to figure out all the intricate details of becoming a competent archer. All the best and thanks for watching.

Yah, this one goes back a few years. I think it was a year or two after this season, I started using a thumb release - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33Xg6FpgJainas - Still not the greatest shot but I can keep my family fed with venison - studio.kzbin.infoZ08EwMObszk/edit - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5LZh5qoapycnrc - Thanks for watching and have a great season!

This will definitely make your saddle hunting much more comfortable for an added 8-10 ounces in your pack. I only use 1 strap for bow, gear and for saddle seat strap. Thanks for watching and let meet know how it goes.

Yes but the good thing is you can use generic string of the correct size. I would agree you use more but it is not enough to matter in my opinion. Thanks for watching. Blessings to you.

Did you see the gator steel your doe? Thanks for watching. Have a great season.

Welcome and all the best to you. Work has taken me overseas so my content is limited but there is many videos going back to keep you busy for a while anyway. Blessings.

Sorry to hear that, thanks for sharing your experience. It will help others intelligently decide. Have a great season!

Thanks for sharing your experience. It always helps those making a choice. Thanks for watching and have a great season. Blessings

Nothing IMO is full proof but scientifically if you look it up it is a real probable process that changes the molecular structures of the molecules that smell coming off your body. Thanks for watching and blessings to you.

Thank you for the kind words. It has enabled me to do all day spots in a saddle. Blessings and all the best to you.

Wouldn't that be nice if the TPWD showed up with a truckload of deer for my property but here's the reality. I own 101 "no fence" acres on an association ranch that is 10,600+ low fence acres where 15-20 elk were released free range on the property 20+ years ago by the land developer. The elk have established small populations on the ranch and beyond since the whole ranch is low fence. The Axis herds are large and strong in the whole of the Hill Country of Texas and their populations have been well established for years going back 50+ years on our ranch and elsewhere. However, in recent years Axis populations are numerous enough to put pressure on native whitetail populations since axis are better suited for survival being both grazers and browsers. WT are browsers only giving them a distinct disadvantage in lean rain years. All the other exotic deer types are rare in number as they get shot rather quickly. Thanks for watching. Blessings to you.

@@RealRadNek sounds like your place would be an exciting hunting experience with the possible opportunity to see and harvest so many different game animals.I hear the Axis deer are fine eating although I have never seen one. Have a Good Season.

@@gmatthewpaul axis are tasty for sure, yes we are blessed. Thank you for watching and you have a great season too.

I would love to see that, do you have a video camera? Thank you for watching and have a great deer season. Blessings to you.

@@RealRadNek I'm trying to get picture to send you

@@jodyfrasnelli8928 awesome!

Thanks for watching and have a great season. All the best

Thanks for sharing, I would never advocate for sharpening a field trip and shooting it at a deer as even a double lung might take a day or two for a deer to die. I’m now using a 150 grain hardened steel fixed 2 blade honed razor sharp with leather wheel. No more bone problems with mechanicals that open up like an umbrella. Thanks for watching and I hope you have a great season. Blessings

@@RealRadNek not saying the field tip is a good idea but if a .22 can kill a deer and a 450 bushmaster wounded one it comes down to shot placment. I havent used any 2 blades before only muzzy trocars and schwacker 252 fixed

Got plenty for my needs, thanks.

They must have changed what comes in the package. Mine came with two. Sorry to hear that.

TY Charlton, it's a good stand as long as you don’t have a long hike. thanks for watching.

It’s still working well. Thanks for watching.

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching. Blessings

That, I do not know. It has only been tested with up to 70# compound bow limbs. Also, the way I built this one is more for parallel or very near parallel limbs. I would hate to tell you that you could and then you get hurt or it not work so I'm saying no. Try at your own risk if you do. Thanks for watching and all the best.

Thanks for watching. I go back to my original conclusion. They should have made a user friendly simple design that does not require me to take specific tools into the field to make sure the thing works before I shoot it. That has nothing to do with sharpness off the blades. At present, I have fixed all broad head issues I had with mechanicals by switching to fixed. I now shoot a 150 grain 2 blade fixed solid piece of hardened steal that I sharpen and hone with a grinder and leather wheel to razor sharp. Last animal I harvested with it was a bear shot near long ways through the bear and it passed all the way through. You can watch that here on my channel if you like. It has solved my bone issues and failed openings as well as having to drag alan wrenches into the field. Thanks again for watching and happy hunting this season. Lord bless you.

@@RealRadNek it was set properly but shooting them into a block of cardboard loosened them up. I watched another video after yours and the dude had absolutely zero issues, he mentioned you want to be able to push the broadhead through paper and the blades just barely not open and its set properly. He shot it through a steel sheet, a board, and a concrete block and it didnt break or even really dull the tip. The curved blades bent downward but never broke, he said it was field point accurate, he had taken many animals with that broadhead effectively and no issues. Im glad you found a broadhead you like but i just didnt really agree with a negative review over an error you made(i dont mean that in a mean way its just how it is ya know). You dont need to take tools into the field but even if you did its not a big deal. Tree stands and blinds have to be taken into the field and a range finder for archery. Its probably the same size allen you have to use to set your pins on your sight so its really not a huge deal, they are ready to hunt with out of the box and most broadheads dont get shot more than two or three times before they are replaced so they arent designed to withstand a dozen shots. They are made to be razor sharp for the first couple shots and then either rebuilt with new blades or just replaced all together. I wouldnt give them a bad review based on what happened because i was trying to find videos on whether to buy them or not and one guy said yeah they are amazing and you say no so it would confuse people if in the end you say well it may have been me where i tightened it down and shot it into a foot of cardboard 4 times so that may be why it didnt deploy on the pig. Also you shot back on the pig not really hitting any bones which would have also been a helpful ending recap. Tightened the set screw too tight and didnt hit bone is why it didnt function properly on the pig.

@@ratedredneck96 my original concussion still stands. Have I ever had an issue with NAP Killzones when using them for several years? Only once when I hit shoulder bone and got about an inch of penetration. That’s why I use fixed heavy now. But never did I have to adjust a Killzone out of the package to get it to work properly. This broadhead never worked properly out of the package new. That is my point. The more complicated you make something, the more room for error of use from the designers intention. That’s my point. On another point you have not raised but I mention in my review is the fact of the screw to hold tension on the blades that deploy is it moved so easy that if I was hiking to my stand trail blazing, I would not have confidence that the screw did not move. Just give me a broadhead that works every time straight out of the box without me having to figure out how it works. I don’t want to go find a piece of paper to run a brand new broached through to see if it’s working properly nor do I want to have to adjust it not knowing for sure if I got it right or not. That’s all. All the best and thanks for watching.