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in reply to: Competition vs Hunting Arrows #146901
When you place your order, you might want to get a set of those cards that show the scoring areas on different 3D targets.
Some of the kill placements will make you wonder and then there’s the 12 ring. One would think that it would be in the center of the 10 ring. Ain’t always so.
And……………… if allowed at the shoots you attend, a decent set of optics depending on just how serious you want to get.
in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #146900First off ……..Even with my 60# recurve…………….. I wouldn’t use a blunt on anything larger than a jackrabbit. Turkeys & such I go with broadheads.
Close range stuff, (5 to 20 yards) I have 6 fletch flu-flus with the big black rubber blunts up front. Very accurate and they hit like Thor’s Hammer.
Long range stuff, (25 yards to infinity) I like the Judo heads set up to group with my broadheads. Accurate, good small game head and I can usually find them in the grass or brush when roving.
in reply to: Am I a Trad shooter…? #146848Greetings from S.E. Arizona.
Are you a Traditional shooter ??? Well …………….. Kinda, sorta, somewhat, in a way. Who am I to judge ?? I once had a ‘purist’ tell me that what I did with my recurve ‘didn’t count’ because I shot off of an elevated rest. 25 years later and I’m still shooting off of a rest.
Think of Traditional as a journey with a compound at one end and an Atlatal at the other. In between you have recurves, longbows, selfbows and lets not forget our Kyudo friends to whom the pursuit of perfection is more than just putting the pointy end of an arrow into a target. Along the way, there are side roads into building bows, making arrows and twisting up strings. How about flight shooting ??? Traditional, yea or nay ??? I hunt with a six inch stabilizer…… am I a bad person ???
Shoot what makes YOU happy. Now, if you show up at a tournament with a sight, (or a stabilizer) expect somebody to cry to high Heaven. Just register as Non-Competive and have a good time. Talk to people about what they shoot and why. Most traditional folks are happy to help. Sometimes too happy. Take all advice (including mine) with a grain of salt. But, sometimes, a single nugget of information can be well worth the registration fee.
Actually, you’re fortunate in that you have a valid excuse to buy another bow. Wouldn’t want to mess up the one that’s sighted in but need one to learn gap or instinctive shooting. I like eBay, but then, I’m into retro recurves although they have something for everybody.
in reply to: Competition vs Hunting Arrows #146832Well, if you can keep the two separate in your head, more power to you. I never could.
Best suggestion I can offer would be to contact the manufacturer of your bow, ask if he has a few minutes to chat and tell him that you want to wring every last bit of performance out of your set-up.
Good luck & let us know how it works out for you.
in reply to: Competition vs Hunting Arrows #146823Ok ………………… Lemme get this straight. You have a set-up that shoots “very very well”.
Sounds good to me; Shoot it !!!
I have never bought into the concept of target bow / hunting bow. I hunt. Ergo, I shoot a hunting bow. 3D, roving, field round or American Round it’s all just practice for hunting.
Now, if your main interest is tournaments, my suggestion would be something that shoots very very well and work on form in the morning, form in the evening and form at supper-time.
We tend to make this a lot more complicated than it needs to be.
in reply to: Broadhead sand pit #146822Well …………………. I made the thing about 4 foot by four foot on three sides with the front open. Should have put re-bar down the centers of the compost blocks as everything spread out a bit as I added sand. (Takes a LOT of sand). Got everything braced up and am quite happy with the result. I can shoot my 3D targets and step over and let a couple of broadheads fly.
Since it’s sifted beach type sand from a sand wash I can shoot my actual hunting arrows a couple of times, put the file to them and good to go with a quiver full of arrows that I KNOW fly true.
in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #146821More quail ……………… less rabbits.
Some kind of rabbit killer bug going around. Found 6 dead jacks and a dead cottontail the last time I did a little roving / hiking / scouting.
in reply to: Picking an aluminum arrow ? #146820Greetings from South Eastern Arizona.
My go-to arrow is the Easton 2213. Very versatile shaft size that will work well in the mid 50# to upper 60# range.
I get ’em on E Bay.
in reply to: Martin Family Ranch Texas ??? #146747Web site’s back up but nothing about hunting.
Kind of disappointed ……………… still looking for a ‘hunt’ not a ‘canned kill’.
in reply to: Martin Family Ranch Texas ??? #146650Well ……………… for some reason, now their sites down ????
in reply to: Martin Family Ranch Texas ??? #146627Google martin family ranch hog hunting
Should come up. They’re in the Hill Country.
in reply to: Outgrown Bow or Wasted Time? #146525Right now I have the brace height on the Mag 48 at 8 & 1/8th. It’s not ‘quite’ as fast as my Super Diablo, but it’s close. Fun bow ………….. glad I got it !!!
in reply to: Outgrown Bow or Wasted Time? #146518Laura, and All;
I picked up a book on eBay, “Shooting The Stickbow” by Anthony Camera. Have not had the chance to read it page by page but have thumbed thru it a couple of times and am very impressed. Seems to be a very well written reference manual that covers just about everything stickbow.
A fine book, well worth the coin. !!!! I recommend it highly.
in reply to: Outgrown Bow or Wasted Time? #146516Just to be clear, the 10 & 1/2 inch brace height was the string that came with the bow. The 3 Rivers guy suggested 7 & 1/2 to 8 & 1/2. It’s shooting well at 8 & 1/8 but I still want to try somewhere about 7 & 3/4 just to see what happens.
in reply to: Outgrown Bow or Wasted Time? #146505Ralph;
I can’t wait to try that. !!!! I tend to do that ‘target acquired, shoot’ thing back around my point on distance and beyond. Thanx !!!
Not too sure about that chart. I just had a Bear Mag. 48″ arrive. According to the chart I should be drawing about 15 inches ???
FWIW; I’ve only shot the Bear 48 a bit after making a call to the expert dude at 3 Rivers to find out what the brace height should be and making a new string. (The 10 1/2 ” brace height seemed to be a wee bit excessive.) . Still getting to know my Lil’ Buddy but I gotta say ………….. the thing’s flat out fun to shoot.
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