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in reply to: javelina hunting #30228

Issa- Sounds like fun- all we can hunt up here in the rainy NW are slugs! Check out our resident hog expert, KingWouldBe, about 10 posts down on the Big Game thread- and be ready to be awed by some of those M-1 tank sized tuskers pictures and advice. According to his obvious expertise, with your equipment, I would start small- one does not want to be unzipped from your gaggle to your zatch!
How do you like the Chastain?- looking for a 2-piece takedown around the same weight as yours.
Good pig sticking-Bert

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in reply to: Small Game #30209

Jesse- Thanks for bringing up the subject of Eastern vs Western grays- nothing I could find in the 2009 Washington game regs- will check it out. Are the Eastern visually different enough from the Western to make a distinction at hunting distances?- or do they have an elitist, liberal lisp with an Obama sticker on their ass( excepting Massachusett recently)?!!
However, THERE SHALL BE NO HUNTING AROUND THE DOMICLE WITH SQUIRRELS WE FEED ACCORDING TO MY BETTER HALF- well, I do agree as it would be akin to “hunting” cornfed deer on a game farm.
Good hunting-Bert

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in reply to: A heavy arrow that shoots flatter than a lighter arrow! #29922

Dr. Ed- Thanks for your quick and accurate perusal and observations of the above mentioned testing. Having an interest in the historical, actual use of the longbow, the most formidable hand-held weapon until the advent of the gun during the middle-ages- but it required constant practice by a dedicated group of men over decades led by an intelligent tactician, which the English had during the 13 and 1400’s and the French almost never possesed.
A couple of interesting books on historical EFOC arrows and it’s effect in battle, and ones I highly recommend, would be Juliet Barker, “Agincourt”-written by a gifted historian and “Vagabond” by the equally gifted fictional writer who does his homework, Bernard Cornwell.
Essentially, the longbow archers were the light artillery of the age, used in the beginning of the battle( and usually outnumbered by their foes) to spread death and discord amongst the enemies’ heavy, knighted cavalry- could you imagine the panic as any of those heavy BHs by the thousands slammed and skewered armored men and more importantly- their horses, which promptly threw their weighted charges into the mud to be warhammered and pierced by the more nimble infantry-which included the archers when they had finished or run out of arrows?!!
May seem to be a bit off topic here but I think history has alot to teach us about archery and what kind,weight and shape of BHs and EFOC tested by men in battle when it really was life-or-death-or in your case, large, hairy creatures that wish to turn you into toe/hoof jam!
Soldier on, Doc!- as you stated, the word is getting out and we eagerly await further experiments and astute observations and conclusions. Thanks-
Bert

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in reply to: Small Game #29798

GTA and Duncan,
When your Dad fishes out a live squirrel from a knothole with a treble hook and line, you have to get that, which should prove to be very interesting and informative, video- I’ll pay to watch it! Should be all teeth and claws- how do you get an angry squirrel off your face?!!!
Bert

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in reply to: A heavy arrow that shoots flatter than a lighter arrow! #29791

Ray- You have too much EFOC when you have to aim and fire your arrow like a mortar round to hit a 20yd target! I’ll, of course, defer to the good Doc on this subject as he is our resident expert- those Papua New Guinea arrows look more like “spears”, but they work for them.
If you type in “english longbows and arrows” on Google on page 3 you’ll come to a very interesting PDF file on English longbow testing by Matheus Bane in 2006 whereupon he tests 4 different BH’s-short bodkin, needle bodkin, wide bh, and curved bh on 30″ ash shafts from a 75# yew longbow on various armor of the 14th century. No EFOC numbers but his arrows weigh, respectively, 1150 gr.,905 gr.,950gr., and 935 gr.
I’d like to get your opinion, Dr. Ed, on his testing as he lists alot of physics numbers of which you would be much more knowledgeable than us mere HS grads- all I know is that I would not like to be on tne receiving end of 5000 English archers firing at a rate of 10 to 20 shafts per minute unless I was in a tank!
Bert

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in reply to: Hello from new member #29062

Welcome Gentlemen and fellow toxophilites- Like David said we’re all newbies here, so come on in, enjoy, share and learn from some of the best hunters, technicians and teachers that I have pleasantly found anywhere.
Be sure to check out the Ashby Library for a fount of reallife experiments and verifable info on EFOC arrow shafts and broadhead design- a certifiable treasure trove from our own Dr. Ed Ashby! Good hunting-Bert

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in reply to: Small Game #29040

You lucky guys! Here in the state of Washington, we have the native Douglas squirrel who is a noisy, cute little guy that you wouldn’t get a teaspoon of meat from and the non-native grays that are all over the place, in fact usurping the Douglas’s habitat and, thanks to the powers that be, both are a “protected” species. Go figure!
Currently, we have 4 grays that have trained my wife and I to constantly feed them peanuts, which they either eat or most often bury in the yard and I suspect we have more peanuts then Ole’ Jimmy Carter’s farm stashed away( hey, I didn’t start it- have to blame this on my soft-hearted wife- we won’t get into the 4 racoons that require dry catfood at this time!)
I mean the one that comes up to my hand and gingerly places his little furry clawed paw on my hand to gently and quite delicately take the proffered nut- he has haunches the size of Rosy O’Donnells thighs and I keep thinking what kind of gravy- No, my wife would kill me!
So, I guess it’s back to hunting the wily and feral giant slugs that infest this part of the USA- you know, it’s just escargot without the shell, alot of butter and garlic and you can barely taste the slime!
Great video, GTA, good shooting and you should email a copy to PETA( Alaskan for People Eating Tasty Animals)!
Your Dad needs a gaff hook or small treble hook attached to a limber sapling to pull those pesky blacks from their knothole recess IMAO-Bert

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in reply to: A GREAT DOG STORY! #29000

Steve- Gosh darn it!, you made me tear up this Sunday. Great story and thanks for sharing it with us in such a commendable and stirring fashion.
May the Good Lord guide, heal and protect our brave troops and you and Tank. Bert

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in reply to: A heavy arrow that shoots flatter than a lighter arrow! #28888

Dr. Ed- It’s great to hear from you- we’ve all missed your intelligent posts. Nothing like the power of a demonstration to affirm your observations and experiments with EFOC- wish I could have been there to hear the collective gasp when the EFOC arrow hit the wall! Must have been much gnashing of teeth from the knitting needle, plastic-vaned, little lightweight mechanical machines they call broadheads fired from their overly complicated portable nautilus contraptions crowd!
Received some CarbonExpress shafts from Daniel(StandingBear) in a mutual trade and await eagerly my order from 3Rivers to experiment with EFOC- will keep you apprised of my results.
A belated Happy New Year, Doc, and may this post find you in good health and spirits- God bless- Bert

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in reply to: Make a Flemish twist string? #22488

Hiram- Love tutorials on trad bow equipment especially on essentials, like strings- bows without strings are crummy walking sticks! Recently purchased a four color 8 strand (O.L.Adcock influence) D-97 with padded loops from SBD Strings, flemish- looks like dental floss but works great so far. String on, bowbrother!
Bert aka BrightRaven( last year HalfaHun)

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in reply to: adapter points #12092

Thanks Dave for my first morning laugh and for Steve adding to it- Don’t you dare edit your post! We may have start a new thread if this is going the way I know it is!
Query- is a “perfect shot” when you hit what your aiming at and a “perfect shi…” when you miss?
Dave, you may have added, inadverdently, a new phrase into Toxophilic lexicon- Kudos! Did the Mexican food have anything to do with it?
By the way, the aluminum adaptors suck.
Bert aka BrightRaven(HalfaHun has met his demise)

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in reply to: Custom building a 2 piece stainless steel broadhead #12076

Good Saturday morning to you Daniel- just had acouple of thoughts about bh #2 design I’d like to run by you.
Would it be neat to incorporate the feathers most of us use- either shield or parabolic- into the, as it were, backend of the broadhead?
Looking at the design you created, this morning a name came to me- Raven- the bh reminds me of the strong curved beak of that amazing bird, kind of my “totem” animal spirit- besides Bert is Germanic for “Bright Raven” so , since it is a new year, goodbye “HalfaHun”.
Just a couple of idle thoughts from a rambing mind who hasn’t had enough coffee yet!
Blessings to StandingBear from BrightRaven aka Bert

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in reply to: BLOOD TRAILING BASICS #10346

Well, Chris, you can add another one to your desk list- HalfaHun-Bert. Good thing is wasn’t an Elk, you would still be out there! It’s a memory with your Dad that you’ll never forget, never want to repeat but always reminiscence about and that is precious.
I, too, had the disastrous journey with my Dad and others to hike after the elusive California Condor at the age of fourteen- It rained, we weren’t prepared, no fire, two ticks in my neck after spending hours in a wet cotton sleeping bag, and no condors- I wouldn’t trade that memory for anything!
Best-Halfahun

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in reply to: 300 yard 22lr shooting! #10312

Hey Chris- 0 replies!- what’s up with that? I’m very impressed especially since you’re using low-end ammo- must be a good combo with your rig. Well, you know, the best will make a good shooter better, but a bad shooter with the very best is still bad!
Thought about the military? They will teach you and let you play with some very nice and spendy sniper weapon systems- and nowdays you get to shoot for real- Mujis at 2,430 meters anyone! Yeah, it sucks, but they started it and it’s up to us to finish it- Muhammed can go kiss my rosy-red you know what!!
You have a skill set that not many people possess- it’s up to you how hard and far you want to take it, the opportunities are there.
Best my fellow American- HalfaHun

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in reply to: Custom building a 2 piece stainless steel broadhead #9200

Fellow bow brothers- I’m not online for a couple of days and a revolution occurs- to use our real boring names instead of the fruits of our imaginations and inspiration. So be it, I accede, but I think we should sign our posts with our assumed names- I mean, no more StandingBear or Greattreearcher or snuffernot- God forbid!
As to broadhead names I guess I’ll have to favor the “Bert” now- the deadliest bh of the planet, able to blow through bone and cut flesh like s@&* thru a short dog!- just kidding, Patrick’s the Attila or perhaps the “Hun” for it’s simplicity would be appropiate.
About sharpening, the straight edge is certainly easier but the elliptical or convex head is no harder than your knife which unless you have a Wharncliffe has a pronounced curve towards the point- get a KME and forget about it. Personally I rarely shoot my hunting broadheads because I dedicate one head and arrow for practice only, and since they are all built matching as close as possible, wear and tear on the “real” heads is minimized.
We’re just going to have to get Dr. Ed Ashby back so he can test both heads in the real world- You’re going down Dave!!
Thanks Daniel!- we had some ideas but he is the craftsman putting it all together and all kudos to him.
HalfaHun

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