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in reply to: Ashby Bowhunting Foundation Website #140419

Gonna take some time to read all of that & ponder on it.

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in reply to: Warf conversions #140418

‘Warf’ conversions ??????

As in Star Trek ?????

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in reply to: Kota killum brace height. #140388

“……. shoots well & quiet.”

That’s the correct brace height right there for you. May not be exactly the same for somebody else but it sounds like you’re golden where you’re at.

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in reply to: Nfaa trad class #140353

I shoot a fair amount of Tournaments and plan on shooting more in the future. I enjoy the camaraderie, the competition, and the b.s. between shooting stakes.  Some clubs such as Conejo Valley Archers in Southern Calif. put a lot of thought & work into their shoots with some really interesting shooting situations.

What I do not enjoy is how the equipment & division rules have become absurd. Male / female / youth / cub, Self-bow, longbow, recurve seem like it should about cover everything but those who manage tend to micro-manage.  Case in point; I recently shot the First Annual Calif. Traditional Championship.  I’m an old fart so I would shoot Senior Class, yes ??  Nope, they had Senior, Silver Senior & Master Senior.  Recurve ; off of the shelf or elevated rest ?? Alum / Carbon or wood arrows?? They had a separate class for it all.  So many classes that the awards didn’t really mean all that much.  I have a buckle that proclaims “Calif. State Champion”.  So do a lot of other people.

This has been an on-going problem with the NFAA. The clubs can’t afford the awards to cover all of the classes.  Now, I see the governing bodies of 3-D are going down the same path in an effort to please everybody.  Madness !!!

Can’t really say what the answer is other than to suggest fit into what Division you can, enjoy the shoot and look forward to fall.

 

 

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in reply to: Smoking arrows ??? #140074

Seems like if it was white phosphorus that made the smoke, six of ’em in the hat would have ignited the hat.

We take ourselves too seriously these days. Those old timers shot for the pure joy of shooting.

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in reply to: I'm Back… #140073

Cool !!!!

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in reply to: TBM Article on hunting deer with lightweight bows #139293

Mayhap you’re thinking of an article in the Aug. / Sept. 2018 issue, “The Ground Game” by Jeff Stonehouse . ???

Antelope rather than deer but with a 37# Bear Temujin.

Interesting read.

 

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in reply to: Understanding aluminum arrows help! #139271

I can say without fear of contradiction; ……………….. Depends.

I am a huge fan of the 2213. I’m also running 60# @28″ w/a 27″ draw so our set-ups are not too much different.  The question for you is “How are they flying for you” ?? I had to go to a heavier point and add three of those 5 grain washers to get perfect arrow flight, paper tune & bare shaft.  I can get a wee bit anal about tuning to the point that I added glue lines to the back of my bare test shaft to make up for the lost weight of the fletching.

 

As far as a hunting shaft, again, ……………….. depends.

If you’re hunting out of a tree stand , shooting close range downward, yes a heavier arrow such as a 2117 or even a 2219 might be better. Otherwise, not a thing wrong with a 2213 for hunting if you have it flying straight.

 

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in reply to: Smoking arrows ??? #138841

The video was ‘Meet The Champs: The Wilhelm Brothers’

Well worth the watch !!!  Apparently, Walt Wilhelm had a shoulder injury in the past and drew the arrow to his chest.  They were both awesome shots.

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in reply to: String question; #138801

Ok ………………. I think that I want to learn how to do this.

One thing I need to check on, though is the equipment rules at shoots; would the cool looking two color string be considered ‘string markings’ and get me disqualified ????

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in reply to: What ya got goin'? 2 #138769

Cool video. …… The really neat thing, though is that that video could have been filmed on any range I’ve ever been on with a Trad crowd.

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in reply to: Math Question; #138683

Yeah, if it hadn’t been for my slide rule I never would have survived High School New Math.

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in reply to: Math Question; #138681

Cool !!!

Thanx.

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in reply to: Math Question; #138622

Way more math than I can wrap my mind around.

What I was implying was that, for example, my Super Kodiak, 60# @ 28″ shoots a 500 grain arrow 182 feet per second.  VxVxWT in grains divided by that 450,240 number  gives me 36.78 foot pounds. Divided by 60 pounds of draw weight ……….. the bow is 61% efficient.

On the other hand, my 60# Pearson Mercury Hunter shooting the same  500 grain arrow at 174 feet per second comes out at 33.6 foot pounds of energy and is 56% efficient.

 

No ??

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in reply to: Bear Super Kodiak ???? #138594

HEY !!!!! …………………….. Now we know who posed for that statue ‘The Thinker’.    BwaaaaaHaaaaaHaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!

When I get some more free time, I’ll have to drag out the Decibel Meter and compare speed to noise.  I swear, my work is never done.

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