[richard roop]

in reply to: indian bows #149962

This is a w.a.g. on my part, but you might try calling Wilderness Archery in Calif.  They’ve found stuff for me before that’s hard to find.

916-630-8700

As I remember, they open 11;a.m. left coast time.

Good luck.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Draw length ????? #149698

Yeah, I’ve told people that I started shooting back in the 20s ……………….. 2016, 2018, & 2020s were the thing.  Then the hot ticket was the 2117 & the 2219.  Somewhere in that phase Bob Jenson started using the way too light 2213s to hunt deer with. Scandalous but the guy just kept putting deer in the C.B.H. record book until we took notice.  This was back when we thought a compound shooting 235 fps (fingers / no sight) was ‘smoking’.

Good times past.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Draw length ????? #149670

…………… and this seems like such a simple sport; put the pointy end of an arrow toward the target, yank it back & cut it loose.  The reality of it appears that just an arrow would take several books of Physics to cover, the bow a pile of Physics books to explain and at least a thick pamphlet of bowstring info. Add a small library on shooting form and it’s a wonder we haven’t all gone mad.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Draw length ????? #149659

Ok,…. Much Thanx !!!!!

One more quick question that I’ve wondered about; Is the measured draw force the same as the bow is being drawn as it is when the bow is being let down ???? Seems like it should be but then things aren’t always what they seem to be.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Ground Hunting #149249

Folding dove stool with a backrest.  Cut off the bag under the seat and sewed in a decent day-pac with good shoulder straps. Added a hip belt with some pouches and a bow hook. Good still-hunting set-up and if I want to sit a saddle or some such likely looking spot, a few clips with the brush pruners backs me into a bush quite nicely.

 

[richard roop]

in reply to: Old Ben Pearson arrow ?? #148406

Made up a couple of the ‘to spec’ Tracers and gotta say ………….. They’re butt ugly. No wonder nobody remembers them; they must not have been around for long. Going to go with the orange cap / yellow fletch / blue crest & blue nocks that Jim Dougherty used.

On a positive note; this whole thing has been an excuse to thumb thru a bunch of old Archery magazines. Articles by Tom Jennings (pre-compound) Dutch Wambold, Milan Elott, Emery Loiselle and Jack Witt are as relevant today as they were back in the day. Don’t know who owns the rights to those old articles but it would be a kick to see some of it brought back into the light of day.

 

[richard roop]

in reply to: My Possibles Bag #148136

Nice.

My ‘possibles bag’ started out as a folding dove stool with backrest.  (Backrest is worth it’s weight in gold). Tossed the under the seat bag and sewed in a decent day pack, then added a hip belt with a couple of pouches on the right and a bow hook on the left. Carry everything from game handling stuff to my FoxPro game caller, a novel to read, lunch, lights, fluids, repair items and possibly a kitchen sink.

A bit heavy but anything worth doing is worth over-doing.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Old Ben Pearson arrow ?? #148135

Duh …………… Why didn’t I think of that ??

Got into a page with a ton of catalogs and found the ‘Tracer’ arrow. It wasn’t what I remembered, being mostly black & orange. Now I need to decide whether to go with that or the orange cap / yellow fletch / blue crest that I’ve found a Bow & Arrow cover shot of   Jim Dougherty using.

Tough decisions.

[richard roop]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #148101

Just finished a Bambi Burger that I mixed in Johnsonville Italian Sausage instead of the usual fat.

Mighty fine !!!

May have to try that with a couple of JennyLopes just to see how it turns out.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Old Ben Pearson arrow ?? #148073

Found an ad Nov. ’71 Archery World for Easton with Jim Dougherty with the arrows I’m interested in but it’s in black & white.

Close but no cigar.

[richard roop]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #148066

Test Post;

 

Went Jackalope hunting yesterday but all that I saw were does.

[richard roop]

in reply to: String Squeak #147994

Mayhap it’s not the wax that’s too old. ???

Try spraying Lemon Pledge on the offending parts.  Won’t help but at least you won’t smell like Ben Gay Ointment.

[richard roop]

in reply to: String Squeak #147936

Try string wax on your joints.

[richard roop]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #147906

Lots of wolf sign;

Less elk ………. less deer …………. and very few turkeys.

[richard roop]

in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #147874

Ok ………… Will try this again;

Unit 27 somewhat near Hannagan Meadow. Bow is a Black Swan 62# @ 28″ that I liked from day one and am liking more all of the time.  Arrows are old school 2213s with Zwickey 2 blades sharpened Hill style.  Slightly oversized shield cut 3 fletch.  Arrow flight is awesome with broadheads, blunts and field points grouping together at 60 yards. After shooting a lot of 3D shoots confidence was high on the buck broadside at 30 yards.  Double lung with the point poking out the off side after clipping a shoulder blade. Saw it go down after about 75 yards.

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