Thought I’d share some of the things I keep handy during my pre-season tune-up and carry along with me when I go on out-of-state hunts (that was a lot of hyphenated words…).
Any deep-celled fishing tackle box works well and you can basically fit anything you need inside except a bow press. Sometimes I wish I knew my way around one, but then again I don’t claim to be any sort of archery gear expert so I don’t mind waiting in line at the local pro shop like anyone else. Besides, if I do have a major mechanical malfunction with my bow, Elite Archery’s guarantee will stand behind me and have me back and hunting in 24 hours.
Field points, spare broadheads that I’ve collected over the years (Spitfires, Thunderheads, Wasp, Muzzy 3-blades), Slick Trick Broadhead components including spare washers, ferrules, blades, spare launcher prongs for rests, and bolts for attaching rests and sights. You can even see a Whisker Biscuit that I got from a friend. I’ve never shot one, but know from watching him that they are incredibly simple to set-up and could bail me out in a jam.
On the other side of my tackle box is a spare string stopper bumper you can see hiding under my package of new Slick Trick blades, spare nocks, washers, and o-rings, a judo-point for small game opportunities, an Allen wrench set, string lubricant, some old Rage practice heads and a Rage broadhead (just in case I go delusional again!), and some gigantic ancient broadheads that might help if I end up having to take down a big beast (I’m thinking maybe cape buffalo or something with a sharpened up Zwickey-style broadhead).
Last but not least, I’ve got a sharpening system I keep handy for laying a slick edge on my broadhead blades (not pictured, but that will be the topic of my next post).
So, a bunch of stuff I need, a bunch of stuff I might need, and a bunch of stuff I probably will never use much less need. My archery tackle box might give you an idea or two about something you’ve been overlooking in your own gear repertoire and adding that item might save you a headache down the road.
Leave me some feedback and comments. Let me know what you didn’t see in my tackle box that you like to keep handy in yours.
