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in reply to: Grizzly El Grandy Sharpening #53118

Thanks, Dave
I will straighten out the shipping with you and will keep you up to date when I get at those “grizzlies”.

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in reply to: Grizzly El Grandy Sharpening #50178

Dave (Kingwouldbe)
Thanks for the tutorial. Looking forward to your curved tooth file – also copied your jig to get ready for it and I have a whole mess of “grizzlies” to pactice on.
Frank

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in reply to: Missed a grouse today #38176

Great, Clay – now your mind is set and has become one with the arrow. You have issued a first warning, a second sterner warning and nows it’s fair to shoot for fare on the table. Good luck.

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in reply to: ANYONE ELSE THIS CRAZY? #33158

I limit myself to ruffed or spruce grouse, when they aren’t moving.

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in reply to: Shooting Footage #33154

Nice shooting, Brian, seems to be working for you. Good release and hold.

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in reply to: help with the longbow #18828

A great video available to longbow archers, new and old is one called ” Hitting them like Howard Hill”, an older media source by John Schultz. In my mind it sets down the basics better than anything I have viewed or read. Although it emphasizes form well, it promotes a very fluid shooting style which seems to fit the longbow shooter more easily. In particular of benefit for my shooting was the “grip”.

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in reply to: stringing bows #18041

I highly recommend a stringer for any recurve. There are two types. One has cups on each end, large one for lower and small for top. The second has a cup for bottom limb and a pressure pad for the top. There is a very good film clip by 3Rivers showing the use of both types on their web site.

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in reply to: shooting longbow #62232

I favour the split finger draw, since that was the way I learned it. However, some archers prefer a “three fingers under draw” for a close shot. Although I have tried that method, I still prefer the split finger hold and release for all shooting.

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in reply to: New Grizzly coming soon! #58875

I’ve never suffered erratic flight with a Grizzly tipped wooden arrow and have used them for years. Being left handed and using right wing feathers was a natural choice for me with the “Grizzly” of the day being also set up with a right bevel. Agreed, competition is mounting and, I, too have been employing Abowyer products. The new “Grizzly” will be welcomed and the left bevel will certainly be appreciated and include many more traditionalists.

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in reply to: Dad's old photo, a peek into the past #51720

Archer52:

A great archive – more of us oldtimers should have recorded the past in the written word instead of stored and sometimes forgotten memories. G. Fred’s recent article brings that message forth in a very informative and experienced manner. Thanks for letting me share your heritage.

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in reply to: Any Stringmakers out there? #51045

Chris

I viewed your video. Nice work!

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in reply to: Any Stringmakers out there? #49843

GTA
You will surely be “hooked” now that you have made a “Flemish”. The three-bundle is done the same way, takes a little longer but you now have the option of adding another colour. My own choice still remains the dacron material in dark brown, tan and black. I use a jig with finishing nails as pegs which allows for an even taper of all the strands. Good luck and keep twisting.

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in reply to: Your Maximum Yardage #42809

Fifteen yards is my comfort zone, twenty if the shot is perfectly exposed. When it doesn’t feel right, I don’t shoot. A turkey this Spring benefited from that decision.

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in reply to: Holding at full draw #42806

Steve
You’re “bang-on” with your advice and explaining the process exactly as suggested in the “Target Panic” section of a little book by Dr. Jay Kidwell entitled ” Instinctive Archery Insights”. I have fought “target panic” for years and while I don’t consider myself cured, I can, at least get the sight picture and hold it, and shoot, with proper follow-through. It surely does rely on total concentration as a set up to the form and subsequent shot. I am finding that all my practice these days is very close range, however every now and then I step outside and fire a shot at a very small leaf or blade of grass, 20-30 yards away, just to make sure the instinctive part still ” kicks in”. At that distance and with my setup, the sight picture remains the same and I can usually make the shot. As you say, I think the battle with “target panic” is always there and must be rehearsed over and over.

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in reply to: Proper grip for longbow shooting #20894

As John Scultz would say ” Howard would tell his students to get a hold on the bow like picking up a suitcase”. That seems to work the best but depends on physical makeup and what your hand muscles allow you to do comfortably. As has been stated, when holding a longbow there is a more heeling grip and more solid than the relaxed hold required for a recurve.

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