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in reply to: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! #171565

Very good, thank you for asking !!!

Either the Bursitis in my left shoulder is getting better or I’m learning how to draw around it.  Coming back, slow but sure !!!

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in reply to: Tim Wells ??? #171504

Sadly, links are beyond my meager computer skills.

Google tim wells archery you tube and something should come up.

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in reply to: Battle Clout #171431

Yup …………….. 200 yards is a poke & a half out there.  But, as one of my shooting mentors, Cal Vogt, pointed out to me a lifetime ago on an 80 yard walk-up, ‘If your bow / arrow combo is properly tuned and your form is good; line will follow. If you’re hitting left or right or left and right it’s time to do some looking into why. The targets will talk to you if you’ll listen.’

That leaves elevation.  Maintaining back tension for a clean shot while leaning back at the waist is gonna be the hat trick. Raising the bow arm for elevation will only lessen the distance you can shoot.

So, if the wind ever dies down over this way I can get out and mark something off and lob a few into the sky.

>>>>>———–> Note; This is NOT practice for hunting !!! Yeah, I know ……. Howard Hill, elk, 180 yards.  That was then, this is now and we ain’t Howard Hill. This is purely for the joy of sending a shot high in the sky, watching it’s flight and urging it on with a ‘Go baby, go, go, GO !!!’

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #171366

Ok ………….. Another book well worth the read;

Best of Trail’s End by Jim Dougherty.

No secret that I’m a fan of Jim Dougherty. His Varmint Hunter’s Digest is required reading by anyone wanting to squeeze the rabbit for predators. I’ve always enjoyed his style of writing and he has the knowledge & experience to back it up.

The book’s worth the coin it costs ………………… or if you’re cheap have somebody get it for you for Father’s Day.

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in reply to: Nem member to the bow rack #171318

That’s the one !!!!!

Found some lighter arrows & put a new string on it. Love the grip. For some reason, the belly side of the shelf is a bit higher than the center, so I had to raise the rug’s middle to get arrow flight.  I may just go with the tried and true, bullet proof Bear Weather-Rest.

Fun to shoot !!!!

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in reply to: Practice with a purpose. #171197

Ok …………… My computer skills are really limited.

No idea why the post didn’t go thru or why it showed up later ?????  Thanx to a moderator in the shadows ???

Anyway, the point is to keep it interesting by focusing on different things on different days. Yesterday I was on the 30 yard line with no thought other than ‘bow arm’.  Today I  was on the 100 yard line just for the joy of watching ’em fly.

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in reply to: Practice with a purpose. #171173

Ok …………….. Something didn’t go thru ???

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in reply to: Archery in the Schools #170866

Outstanding !!!

That’s the most kids I’ve seen without their faces in a smartphone in a long time.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170865

Here’s to hoping that everyone adjusts to the ‘new normal’.

Good luck & stay strong !!!!

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170716

Here in Az. it was in the low 80s today and the Slaughter in the Water  has begun. Carp swimming upstream to spawn and schooling in the Gila at the Eden  diversion dam.  Nothing big; three to five pounders but hey, bowfishing in Feb !!!!!

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170574

Here’s a thought that might work for cutting the nocks into wood shafts;

Get a 2×4 about 10 inches long and rip it into a couple of 1x4s.  Mark the centerline and use a wood gouge or a Dremel tool to make matching grooves the size of your arrow shaft in the wood pieces. Put the shaft in the grooves in the block and clamp that to your table with just enough for the nock sticking out, then cut away.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170570

Don’t know if this will help or not ………….

At one time I had a pair of Vice-Grips that I removed the adjustment bolt and found a longer one . I forget the thread size. I drilled a hole in my bumper and installed the bolt vertically with a couple of lock nuts.  I could then screw the Vice-Grips onto the bolt and have a decent sort-a vice / sort-a third hand.  I have the same set-up on my all things fishing bench with a smaller pair of the long nose model for fly tying and such.  Neither are heavy duty but might be handy for working on arrows.

The vice I have on my archery bench started life as a suction cup base model. After a few years it didn’t suck so well and I just bolted it down. No idea where I got it from.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170560

Have you got a Harbor Freight somewhat sorta near you ???

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #170539

We could use about six weeks of gentle winter rain over this way. It’s been waaaaay too dry this winter.

I saw on the news that PETA was whining about the mistreatment of that groundhog. Hard to believe how far removed from reality some people can get.

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in reply to: Rotator Cuff Stuff #170407

Got my Mojo back !!!!!

Recently my shooting has gone downhill. I lost 5 yards on my point on, going from 45 yds to 40 yds for no good reason. I would shoot a paper plate sized group at 30 yds but below the paper plate I was shooting at. Very annoying and affecting my confidence.  I was also noticing that the Deltoids in my left shoulder hurt. Not the happy soreness after a good work-out but that pain that starts to cause concern kind of hurt.  Not good.

Then the other night, I was cruising some U Tube videos and ran across one by John Schultz that I’ve seen before on the Swing Draw.  That’s pretty much my style of shooting except I hold at full draw a bit longer and then expand on thru.  It took a minute but the ‘dumb light’ came on and I realized  that somewhere along the way my form had changed over time.  I was now bringing the bow up and the arrow back to anchor in one movement putting a massive strain on my Deltoid muscle on the bow-arm  instead of bringing the bow up, partial draw and then drawing the remainder of the way straight back to anchor. A small thing with huge implications.  Once I got my mind right and my form back, good things started to happen and I could work on back tension & bow-arm again. Now, I’m a little taller, a bit better looking and shooting is fun again.

Seriously, I hope that I caught this before I did any damage to muscle, tendon, or cartilage.  I’ve now written out a detailed check-list of shooting steps that I read aloud before each practice session.

Much Thanx to John Shultz. …….R.I.P.

 

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