Hunting Glossary Continued

deerCable Guard - This holds the cables off to the side so that there is always ample arrow clearance.

Cable Slide - This is designed to fit onto the cable guard, its purpose is to help the cables move across the guard smoothly. Buying a new cable slide made from Teflon is said to be capable of adding speed to the bow by reducing the amount of friction. Teflon, when it is pure, is either clear or a milky white in color. If the slide does not appear white, then it is not made out of Teflon.

Cackle - This is the type of call that a turkey emits.

Call Back - This is a list provided by judges before another series in an event, indicating who is going to be invited back for participation in the neck round. The people that do not make the call back list have for some reason been disqualified.

Calling - This is a term that is used to refer to imitating different sounds that the deer make so that they can be lured into shooting range.

Camouflage - This term describes coloration that is designed to help the human body blend in more with the environments surrounding it. Animals also have their own natural camouflage as well.

Campaign - This term describes the pursuit for a title for a hunting dog.

Carnivore - This term describes predators that live almost exclusively on the flesh from other animals.

Carrion – This is a term that describes dead animal flesh.

Cast - This term describes giving a dog a certain direction through hand signals and body moves to direct the path of the dog. This is commonly used for the purpose of blind retrieves.

Cast Refusal - This describes a situation where the dog is not responding to a cast or a direction that is given by the handler.

Center Serving - This is the center portion of a bowstring, which is wrapped in order to prevent the bowstring from sustaining damage.

Center Shot - This is the point placing the shaft of the arrow directly in line with the grooves.

CERF - This is a term that stands for Canine Eye Registry Foundation.

Cervidae - This is the taxonomic family that deer belong to.

Champion - This is a title that is given to dogs that have won AKC licensed dog show championships.

Channel Blind - This describes a blind run in the water that makes it tempting for a dog to exit out of the water because of the close proximity of a bank on each side of the channel.

Character Point - This describes the first point that exists from the main beam of the white tail deer’s antlers, extending upward.

Cheating – This describes a situation where a dog is avoiding obstacles or cover when enroute to an item or when returning from retrieving an item.

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Bow Prep Pre Season

windingcrossbowboltWhen the air begins to get crisp, when the leaves begin to change, that is when you know the season for bow hunting is on us again. Bow season is coming, and it is not far off now. By this time, you should hopefully already have a game plan figured out regarding what your bow hunting season is going to entail. It is generally a good idea for you to have a bow checklist that will help to prepare you ahead of time for the season. Preparing your bow for the upcoming season is not going to be a unique task, because bow hunters tend to be creatures of habit after all. Check out this bow checklist to see what you should do in order to prepare yourself, and your gear, for the upcoming season.

Bow Maintenance

There is nothing wrong with spending time shooting your bow even during the offseason. On the bright side, when you shoot your bow during the off season it will make it easier for you to keep up with regular maintenance for your bow, such as making sure that the strings are waxed, making sure that the strings are in good condition, making sure that there are no frays on the strings, making sure the limbs have no stress cracks, making sure that the noise dampeners and the vibration dampeners are in good condition, making sure the cams are all in tune and so on.

Bow Practice

It is important that you ensure that you get plenty of practicing time with your bow before you climb in the stand, and this is especially important if you are using new arrows, new sights or new broad heads that you are not used to. This is one of the most important steps in the prep for your bow before the season. There is nothing worse than stretching out the string for a one-in-a-lifetime kind of trophy only to see your arrow cruise beneath him because you didn’t zero in before the season opener. After all, if you’re spending a lot of money on your bow hunting gear, then why not make sure that you are justifying the investment by getting your practice in long before the real shots come into play.

It is important that you take the time to become re-familiarized with your pins and the yardage that you have them set for. If your pins are in need of adjustment, then make sure that you get all of the zeroing in and the adjusting before hand. Make sure that you are taking the time to get yourself acquainted with your bow all over again in order to achieve the best possible results. The preparation that you make pre season can be all the difference when it comes to catching that trophy buck you have always been waiting for, or going home empty handed.

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