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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #147858

Got a 3×5 mule deer up on the Rim opening day.

(Three inch spike [broken] on one side and a five inch spike on the other.

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in reply to: String Squeak #147857

Try string wax on the loops.

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in reply to: Feedback on bow. #147569

Back in the day, Browning made some fine bows. You can Google ‘browning archery company’ and get more info on them fading away.  Kinda sad.  I haven’t owned a Cobra but my Browning Explorer was pretty sweet.

“I really like the feel of that Cobra …………. ” Seems to me that that’s the feedback that really matters. I have a soft spot in my heart for the old retro recurves and a lot of those Golden Age bows will still hold their own with the new stuff. Sounds like you’ve got a winner; shoot the heck out of it.

>>>>>————> One thing, though; Stay with the older B-50 type string material and NOT the newer FastFlight stuff. Older limb tips just weren’t designed for it.

 

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in reply to: Co-Flex ………………..Good stuff !!! #147525

Even more uses …………………… Lacking a spare tip protector for the lower limb, I cut a strip about an inch wide & wrapped it onto the tip. Works great !!!!

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in reply to: Black Swan #147519

Thanx but I already have that issue.

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in reply to: Co-Flex ………………..Good stuff !!! #147415

Grip on the Super Diablo is holding up well. Very pleased with it.

While I’m waiting on delivery of the latest orphan I adopted off of eBay (Black Swan 62″ / 62# @28″) I got out my coyote calling bow (Bear Magnum 48) and mounted an eight arrow retro Bear spring arm quiver.  Totally cool quiver but a wee bit ‘twangy’ for a hunting bow.  Added some quiver foam on top of the factory stuff and wrapped any of the wire frame that  I could with thin strips of Co-Flex. Much better; less twangy and more thuddy.   Thud I can handle.  I’m liking that Magnum 48 more all of the time.  Not quite as fast as some of my other bows but out to 30 yards (good coyote calling distance) it’s a heck of a shooter and fun to shoot.

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in reply to: bowstring size #147337

Best suggestion I could give would be to call 3 Rivers Archery or one of the string makers. There ‘should’ be some information printer on bottom half of the riser ……………………… 45# @ 28″, a serial # and AMO xx inches.  Somebody should be able to get you the right sized string with that information.

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in reply to: Small game hunting, Ace Hex Head or The Hammer..? #147318

Cool idea putting a .38 case over a field point !!!!

Thinking that the weight could be adjusted a bit by dropping in a few #6 birdshot.  Mounted on an expendable #2 or #3 shaft I will fear no Ground Squirrel sitting on a rock !!!!

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in reply to: elk scull #147267

Good article in this month’s (July/Aug. 2020) Predator xtreme magazine on skull cleaning with bugs.

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in reply to: Going with with what you have. #147266

I’m a huge fan of roving with Judo blunts.  A little walking, a little shooting & maybe a bit of scouting while you’re at it.

Makes for a pretty good day.

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in reply to: Meet some hunters in Minnesota #147265

You might try going to local sporting goods stores and ask about other trad shooters.

Also …………….. If there are any tournaments with-in fifty miles go and check them out. Good people and good times weather you’re a serious shooter or just casual.  Sometimes just the exchange of ideas is worth the drive.

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in reply to: selfbow shelf position #147255

And on the other hand, we have our Kyudo brethren shooting bows so far from center that I have no idea how they even begin to tiller.

This is why I don’t build bows ………………… after almost six decades of building arrows I’m still amazed at the amount of physics involved in a simple pointed stick with bird feathers on the end.   The variables involved with reflex / deflex , straight limb / recurve limb, riser shapes & length, materials and tapers in bow builds must be endless.

The whole thing gives me a headache and I may go up on the mountain this afternoon and hunt the wiley feral pinecone.  (Plus, it’s 108* down here in the desert today).

 

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in reply to: selfbow shelf position #147237

I don’t claim to know squat about bow builds, ……………just thinking out loud.

With the arrow rest in the center, wouldn’t shooting with a high wrist on a built up grip and the arrow nock right up under the eye be the hot ticket ???

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in reply to: elk scull #147133

Several ways ………………………… some less good than others.

Boiling, actually, simmering for a long time. Don’t submerge the antlers and watch for teeth that fall out.  De-greasing and rinsing afterwards required.

Ant hill. Put the skull on an ant hill. Probably need some form of cage to prevent problems with stray dogs. Doesn’t hurt to wrap the antlers with something to keep them from getting sun-bleached.

Decomposition. Pretty much the same as simmering ………… just takes a lot longer and stinks to high Heaven.  If you know a canine trapper, they would likely love to have the water when you’re done.

You Tube probably has better instructions.

Best option; Find somebody with a Bug Box, pay the fee and let the beetles do the work.

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in reply to: Fletching application order #147048

rgrist;

This whole straight fletch / helical fletch thing is one of those mysteries of archery.

Spoiler alert; There’s no difference with field points and probably no difference with broadheads.  There’s a thread around here somewhere that covers it fairly well with reference to a couple of articles that cover it very well.

It makes no sense but just to be sure, I took a matched set of 6 straight fletch / no off set and 6 helical / max twist and shot for distance.  At aprox. 180 yards they impacted into one mixed group.  At that point I got a head-ache thinking about it and went off to hunt dirt clods.

I still use helical on my arrows, mainly because that’s just the way all of my jigs are set up and it just seems ‘right’ to put broadheads in front of helical.

YMMV.

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