[richard roop]

in reply to: Target “Shed” #159954

What is this ‘rain’ of which you speak ?????      The old ones once spoke of water from the sky, but these were just tales to frighten small children.

Good lookin’ shed, though.

Question;  Does shooting into the side of the bale seem to work better than into the edge ??  Seems like it might stop arrows better but I’d worry about cutting the strings and making a real mess.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #159730

Kees;

Google;    meet the champs wilhem brothers

It should come right up for you.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #159729

Kees;

Happy to help. We have some really interesting history but sadly too many new shooters are only interested in arrow speed and where the ’14’ ring is on the 3D target.

Ok ……………… End of rant. If you’re not familiar with the Wilhelm Brothers, they were quite a pair. One of them due to a shoulder injury anchored center of chest. Phenomenal shots doing a lot of “Do not try this ……… EVER” stuff like shooting cigarettes out of each other’s mouths. If you can find a U Tube video titled Meet The Champs I’m pretty sure that you’ll watch it more than once.  I’m still trying to find out what they used for their ‘smoke arrows’ .  Off the chart ‘cool factor’.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159725

Raymond (or anybody else )

Let me know if you’re going to visit. Mayhap we can get together and fling a few arrows. Safari Club International, not to be confused with the Dallas Safari Club, is just down the road from Tucson Mountain Park.  Desert Archers is based out of there with  an Outstanding archery range.  Just down the road the other way is the Sonoran Desert Museum.  Kind of a cross between a museum and an open air wildlife zoo.  Also well worth the visit, just not in the heat of the summer.  And, as long as I’m making shameless plugs, the nearby Coyote Pause Cafe has good food and it’s right across the street from the Tucson Mineral & Gem World if you’re into rocks & fossils & such.  Makes for a pretty full day or two.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159711

Off today with the Mrs. to the Safari Club Museum in Tucson.

Neat place to spend some time & get psyched up for hunting season.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159653

More thunder & lightening than rain but every little bit helps.

Been spending time on the bales. Major emphasis on the mental aspects of form. Seems to be helping; ……….  cow patties out in the dry wash fear me.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159607

Yeah, the local drought has been hard on everything. Then some kind of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Fever came thru and knocked down the jacks & cottontails. They seem to have recovered this year.  Which is good ’cause I can’t make my secret recipe ‘Elk Burgers’  without jackrabbits.

Deer season’s coming up fast ………………….

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159601

Email sent ……………….. but with my ‘puter skills …………………… ?????

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159596

I would say that I’m gonna be sore in the morning but I’m already sore.

Made some changes to my day-pack and went out to hike around the desert for a while with a bunch of blunts and a couple of broadheads. Did quite a bit of roving shooting,  and jumped a few jackrabbits. Got a running shot on one that came close and when it stopped out about 60 yds, almost hit it again.  I call that a win all of the way around.  Made a stalk just for yucks & giggles on a couple of Javelina that I spotted and got close enough to satisfy honor.  Made a 20 minute coyote calling stand just for an excuse to sit in the shade for a bit. Nothing came in but as I was packing up had one in the brush do the bark – howl at me.  Long hike back to the truck.

So ……….. a couple of  tweaks to the day – pack, more practice roving shots and more hiking to get in shape & deer season, here I come !!!

[richard roop]

in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #159575

So, Dima …………. What kind of terrain are you hunting when the leg’s not broke; farmland, desert, mountains, swamps ????

What kind of critters do you have to fling arrows at ??? Big game, small game, bowfishing ???  Gotta love bowfishing.

You might want to do a web search on a guy named Nubbie (sp?) Pate.  Now, THAT was an interesting guy.

Get all healed up & shooting !!!!!

[richard roop]

in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #159566

“So only shoot at rabbits.”

Uh …………………. No.

One of the simple joys of shooting Traditional is Roving, alone or with a hunting partner or two. I have my field points, blunts and broadheads all set up to impact the same. With a quiver full of blunts I can wander the desert taking shots at dirt clods, cow patties, and small game up to the size of Jack Rabbits. Great practice for hunting big game and great fun.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Browning Backpacker I #159445

What IS that green stuff all over the ground ???

Bow’s lookin’ good !!!!

[richard roop]

in reply to: Whatch Got Going 2022 #159213

I’m in the process of adding another shot to my modest backyard range;

I want to get about 5′ of that expandable a/c ductwork and set it up with a kneeling, shoot-thru  shooting position at one end and a small game target out past the other end.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Browning Backpacker I #159066

’bout all I know about Browning bows is that back in the day, they were considered pretty good bows. Harry Drake, the flight shooting guy was their designer for a time.

I think that once you get it cleaned up & tuned in you may reconsider that ”probably paid too much for it’ .

[richard roop]

in reply to: New bow ……………………… #159052

Good info ………………. Thanx !!!!

My Super Secret Vibration Dampeners are sold at Wally World in the baseball section as ‘choke rings’ for bats.  A drop of Neetsfoot  oil on the inner surface and slide ’em down to the fade-outs at the riser.  I wipe off the excess oil with Isoprol  (sp?) Alcohol. I used two on the top & two on the bottom.  I also installed a set of the OMP rubber baby buggy bumpers at the limb tips.  For string silencers I’m running cat whiskers, one normal sized mid-point on the string and two smaller ones spaced out on the other end of the string.  A guitar picker turned me on to that silencer spacing with more information on string harmonics that I likely need. (Willie Jack / American Dream ) I have no problem trading speed for silence since in my mind, every bow’s a hunting bow.

I’m liking this bow more & more.

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