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I recently purchased a 70 lbs Realm X. Prior to that I was hunting with PSE Evolve 35, 70 lbs. On the Evolve I was using an MBG Ascent Verdict which I added a 4th pin to (gets me out to 50 yards). With that set I was using a 455 grains arrows shooting 68 pounds at 28.75"of DL. The sight tape I was using was marked 276 fps. Today I went out with the Realm X. Same draw weight, same exact DL of 28.75", but the difference is I up’ed my arrow weight to 505 grains. Started at 20 yards and gang adjusted the head. Moved to 30 and was dead on…ok. Moved to forty, again dead on. Fully expecting to need to drop the 4th pin a little at 50 yards but it was also dead on. I then moved to 60 and dialed the sight with the existing 276 fps tape, dead on. Moved to 70 and shot a great group which if anything was a little high( a little right also, but it was windy). Plugged the numbers in and added 15 grains for a peep and d-loop and came up with a 347-348 IBO. Oh, I forgot to mention I am shooting on comfort. Prior to measuring the draw weight I confirmed the scale with a 60 pound dump bell which was also within a 1/2 pound on our quality bathroom scale. Plus I have been pulling between 67-68 pounds for about 15 years now and nothing feels different. Like I said, strange but good!

Have any of you ever found the MBG sight tapes really off?

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Want to attempt to shoot some coyotes that have been hanging around. I’m in central Minnesota and it’s Spring so I’m not sure exactly what calls I should be using. I have an Icotec G500 call with 200 calls and the tail wagger attachment.

My friend says he does 2 sits a night and starts 2 hours before end of daylight. He says the last two hours in the evening and morning are most productive. I’d only be doing 1 sit near my house so perhaps just the last hour at my place?

What calls should I use?

Been scouting a lot in preparation for the upcoming season. Just to the right of this picture is a yearly overhanging branch. Decided to put my camera on it and the oaks that are just to the left. Getting lots of pictures of some decent racked bucks, but this is the one I am going to be concentrating on.

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I’m looking into a higher tier hunting clothing. I keep going back to first lite. I want clothing to cover early season bow hunts plum through early elk late mule deer and spring turkey. My question is is this stuff worth the money and as good as advertised.

Hi all!

New here and looking to get my first bow. Im an older guy just started late. Was wondering what you guys think would be a great starter bow that is good enough that I wont have to buy another bow when I get more familiar with the sport? Also, what are the must have accessories? Sorry if this has been asked a 1000 times, I figured I would post instead of search to help get my posts up so I can buy a bow off this site. Thanks in advance for any replies!

Alright first off my setup:

Mathews TX-5, if your not familiar with this bow, it’s basically a Triax on Crack. 28" ATA, 5" brace, the IBO is based on a 29" draw at 345, but it was a few FPS faster than my PSE expedite (IBO 352 with 90% mods) with same specs/ arrows so I usually put 355 into the calculators.

60# limbs maxed out to 61.6#
27" mods, actual draw is probably closer to 27.25"

Shooting Easton Axis with the full camo wrap and blazers 11.4 gr/in

300 spine
28" long
100 gr. Ethics Archery Inserts
125gr. Field point
total arrow weight 575
16%+ FOC
calculated at about 250 fps.

at 20 yards, bareshafts are impacting maybe an inch high, slight nock low position, many times when shooting yesterday the bareshaft landed inside of a group of 2-3 arrows at 20.

at 30 yards, bareshafts are impacting about 5" high with a nock low position.

My rest is about bottomed out in it’s adjustment (straight through berger hole), nock is about 1/16" high. I did try moving the rest up and it exaggerated the bareshaft misses, so the bow is responding appropriately.

This bow/ setup is going to be a hunting rig mostly shot at ranges 20-25 yards, never over 30 on a critter. I do practice out to 50 or 60 just for giggles.

Would you start twisting cables/ moving the nock point around? or would you leave well enough alone?

I’ve had some say that they are in the top echelon of European glass. Wondering what kind of experiences others have had.

Am I going overboard buying something like Easton Superdrive arrows for my first set of high quality arrows? I’ve never built or shot anything with a nock insert.
I currently shoot Easton Powerflights and some Beman’s that came with my bow. Also, I only shoot target, but would like to get into 3D

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